Do you have a serious TV show that you like but also laugh at sometimes?
By dragon54u
@dragon54u (31634)
United States
January 19, 2011 8:38am CST
I was reading a discussion about horror movies this morning and it reminded me about one of my favorite shows, Supernatural. My son got me addicted to this show and I've caught up on all the old episodes.
But it's so ridiculous. 
If someone drank as much whiskey as they do on a regular basis they would have a gut, not a lovely hard body, and would lose every battle they waged in an alcohol haze/hangover. Ditto all the fast food and greasy burgers. And not just this show but other dramas and adventures--what is it with the look at each other, look at the dangerous person or animal, the hesitation then the fight or the running away? In that time, whatever it is could have killed them. And with all the injuries they get, why the pretty faces?
It'd be nice if real life was like TV--you can take a beating and get right back up and go about your business with no cuts, few bruises and no internal damage.
I get a chuckle out of thinking of Sam and Dean as what they would be in the real world--paunchy and bleary with alcohol most times, multiple DWI convictions, faces that barely look human from all the beatings and definitely not the eye candy the show presents them as.
Can you think of any shows that would be so much different in real life?
If someone drank as much whiskey as they do on a regular basis they would have a gut, not a lovely hard body, and would lose every battle they waged in an alcohol haze/hangover. Ditto all the fast food and greasy burgers. And not just this show but other dramas and adventures--what is it with the look at each other, look at the dangerous person or animal, the hesitation then the fight or the running away? In that time, whatever it is could have killed them. And with all the injuries they get, why the pretty faces?
It'd be nice if real life was like TV--you can take a beating and get right back up and go about your business with no cuts, few bruises and no internal damage.
I get a chuckle out of thinking of Sam and Dean as what they would be in the real world--paunchy and bleary with alcohol most times, multiple DWI convictions, faces that barely look human from all the beatings and definitely not the eye candy the show presents them as.
Can you think of any shows that would be so much different in real life?2 people like this
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@uath13 (8192)
• United States
19 Jan 11
I can remember only one episode from supernatural. The one where ( I think his name was Sam ) goes to the future after the apocolypse , meets himself & finds out that Sara Palin caused it after being elected president & pushing the little red button
It goes with my theory that the Aztecs were just a few days off on their doomsday predictions. Is it pure coincidence that the president gets sworn in just 5 days later?
It goes with my theory that the Aztecs were just a few days off on their doomsday predictions. Is it pure coincidence that the president gets sworn in just 5 days later?@dragon54u (31634)
• United States
19 Jan 11
Ha! That was Dean and he found out it happened because he made a wrong decision. I found it amusing that the Angel Castiel had become a hedonistic hippy.
With everything going on, I wonder if the Aztecs won't be proven right. Well, at least I won't have to worry about having enough money for my retirement if they are!
That was Dean and he found out it happened because he made a wrong decision. I found it amusing that the Angel Castiel had become a hedonistic hippy.
With everything going on, I wonder if the Aztecs won't be proven right. Well, at least I won't have to worry about having enough money for my retirement if they are!
@dreamsharmin (2281)
• China
20 Mar 11
No i don't have any serious TV show that i do like but also laugh sometimes.
I don't watch any TV shows now a days i stop to watch them.I don't have much time to watch any TV shows and i don't want to addicted myself to any TV shows. So i just stop to watch.
Good day!
@dragon54u (31634)
• United States
20 Mar 11
You're right, they are addictive. It's unbelievable how many millions of people are sitting hypnotized in front of their televisions each night rather than playing with their children, taking a walk or something else constructive. Television could have been such a wonderful tool for good but it's been used to put a nation to sleep.
I'm careful about my television time and very picky about what I do watch.
@danrunsfast614 (1396)
• United States
26 Jan 11
Well, I always laugh a bit at the idea of Glee. No way would some of these kids, looking like they do, be chastised like that in high school. Also, Supernatural, like you mentioned, is one of my favorite shows, but it forces me to laugh at some of the ridiculous stuff as well.
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@dragon54u (31634)
• United States
26 Jan 11
I've never seen Glee but the parodies I've seen of it are pretty funny. I don't really watch that many TV shows and they are mostly dramas. We get a new Supernatural this Friday and I hope it's a good one!
@burrito88 (2774)
• United States
20 Jan 11
Where do Sam and Dean get their money.
Years ago, back in the day, we used to watch the original Battlestar Gallactica. That was meant to be a serious show but it tended to lack little things. Like writers wih more than a 3rd degree science education. The reason we watched was to see how many mistakes they made. Little things like having fires in outer space. The worst was the time they exposed part of the ship to outer space to put out a fire (got that part right), but crew members were exposed to space without suits only wearing normal clothes and plastic "life masks" that allowed them to breathe. Even if that could work, their lungs would explode from positive pressure, their blood would boil from the vacuum, and the rest of their bodies would freesze from exposure to alsmost absolute zero. I know the re-make was probably better, but to this day I can't watch it. (Of course making Starbuck a woman doesn't help.)
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@dragon54u (31634)
• United States
20 Jan 11
By the original, do you mean the one where Loren Green was the head of it all and Starbuck was Dirk Benedict? That was good and funny! I had known since grade school that you can't have fires in space and if you are exposed to a vacuum you'll implode even if you have oxygen. I liked to pick out mistakes in that one, too! And how about all the mechanics walking around the fighter ships while the bay was open?! I love picking apart science fiction shows. I've just begun watching Primeval and it's fun to pick on that one although I know less about dinosaurs than I do about space and science.
Sam and Dean get their money through credit card fraud--they'd be caught within a month in real life even with all the aliases they use! And they hustle pool with good-natured losers in biker bars, which would kill them within a week in real life as word spread among the biker culture.
@penrockerchic (1903)
• Philippines
21 Jan 11
We used to make fun of Ghost Whisperer. Don't get me wrong but I love the show. I love Jennifer Love Hewitt and David Conrad. I also love the whole series, watched everything from beginning to end. It's just that at times, I find Melinda's fashion sense to be funny. She always had that long gown, making her look like a witch all the time. I mean, people around her look good with their clothes but with Melinda, we sometimes make fun of her clothes. Also, her eyelashes are so long and she always wear make-up and mascara and really dark eyeshadows even when she's asleep. Still, I loved the show.
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@dragon54u (31634)
• United States
21 Jan 11
I've never watched that show but I can imagine all the laughs one could get from it!
@bikerider143 (119)
• India
20 Jan 11
in real life it depends on how they react to the persons behaviour,in real life we laugh at some people who are really serious about there work,in our view it may look like a joke.
@dragon54u (31634)
• United States
21 Jan 11
Yes, it's all subjective but some shows display serious situations that are funny because they would never work in real life.
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
19 Jan 11
yep. many of them. my daughter watches the one you speak of. ive never really gotten into it because its a bit beyond my comprehension. but i thought of Psych. its a comedy where this guy acts like hes psychic but hes actually just been raised by his dad to observe and remember things really well. except for the drinking the same things goes on with them and he eats things would make anyone else cringe.
@dragon54u (31634)
• United States
19 Jan 11
I've seen Psych listed in my directory but never cared to watch it. I'll catch it in reruns! Supernatural has great eye candy. 
@matersfish (6306)
• United States
19 Jan 11
I used to watch those murder shows with my mother, like Forensic Files and a couple more that I can't remember right now. Anyway, I know they were supposed to be serious, dealing with criminals and murder, but the actors were TERRIRBLE! I can't help but to laugh.
I also laugh for the same reason at I Shouldn't Be Alive.
It reminds me of those movies you see where the leading lady supposedly rolls out of bed depressed and hungover but she's still got a ton of makeup on, no bags under her eyes, perfect hair, etc. 
I just can't buy the drama of someone who's fallen into a cave if they look like they're just sitting there waiting on the lunch truck.
I just can't buy the drama of someone who's fallen into a cave if they look like they're just sitting there waiting on the lunch truck. 1 person likes this
@dragon54u (31634)
• United States
19 Jan 11
Yes, they fall into a cave and escape with no scrapes or bruises or torn clothing. That's funny in itself! We have shows like that here, serious shows with seriously bad actors. That's what makes them entertaining to me!
@NoWayRo (1061)
• Romania
19 Jan 11
I'd say these days it's mostly Grey's Anatomy, I like to calculate how many hours a day should have for those doctors to work as hard as they do, learn new things, party with their friends, fall in love and still look like supermodels. My favorite part is when they go out and get drunk in the evening - seriously, a surgeon with a hangover? I can't even operate the mouse when I have a hangover.
But I'm not addicted to the show itself, I just watch it whenever it's on, but I don't follow it.
When I was younger I watched Xena and the Gilmore Girls... made fun of them all the time, but couldn't stop watching. I even had a t-shirt saying "What would Xena do?"
But I'm not addicted to the show itself, I just watch it whenever it's on, but I don't follow it.
When I was younger I watched Xena and the Gilmore Girls... made fun of them all the time, but couldn't stop watching. I even had a t-shirt saying "What would Xena do?" 1 person likes this
@dragon54u (31634)
• United States
19 Jan 11
I loved Xena! It was a good show with a good sense of humor. Some of the things that Xena and Gabrielle did would be physically impossible unless someone trained for decades and they'd still need some help with wires and such.
As for Grey's, I don't know of any surgeon that will go out drinking when they know they'll be on duty the next day. Those I've heard of that have usually have lawsuits against them! Meredith looked a bit frazzled last week and her perfect hair was less than perfect--very gratifying to see. Seriously, if that show was real life those doctors would all be either in a rest facility, a mental hospital or in court for malpractice because they made a mistake while operating with a hangover.
Seriously, if that show was real life those doctors would all be either in a rest facility, a mental hospital or in court for malpractice because they made a mistake while operating with a hangover. 
@marinerpulak (1702)
• India
19 Jan 11
every tv show has an direct or indirect effect in our life. actually tv has take pert as a family membar now a days..
@dragon54u (31634)
• United States
19 Jan 11
Unfortunately, you're right. It takes way too much of our day. But it can be very funny when it doesn't mean to.
