TeeVeeStevie

The whole Apu controversy is idiotic, and I'm so angry that the show's going to end up caving, especially after addressing it in such a clever way that made it seem like they wouldn't. The Simpsons is literally all about goofy/exaggerated/ridiculous stereotypes with funny voices, performed mostly by the same small group of voice actors, and a lot of the stereotypes are ethnic/national: - Groundskeeper Willie (Scottish) - Krusty the Clown (Jewish) - Fat Tony, Luigi Risotto (Italian) - Mayor Quimby (Irish) - Cletus Spuckler (Southern Redneck) - Uter Zorker, Gunter and Ernst, Coach Lugash (German) - Cesar and Ugolin (French) - Bumblebee Man (Mexican) - Cookie Kwan (Chinese) - Kumiko Nakamura, Akira (Japanese) - even Homer (American) But only the Indian one is problematic . . . after 30 years! GTFO

The idea might've come from this old article: https://www.nytimes.com/1996/06/30/magazine/recycling-is-garbage.html

Charlie said his mom had witnessed two turns of the century, which means she had to be at least 120 years old! LOL That's a good callback to Charlie not being sure of his age, but apparently having lived through many more historical events than you'd guess possible judging by the way he looks.

What I was calling ridiculous is the way that TV relationships so blatantly ignore reality on so many levels. The statement you're talking about was just one example, and I think it's pretty well-known that non-Asian women don't often date Asian men. https://theblog.okcupid.com/race-and-attraction-2009-2014-107dcbb4f060?gi=d1370fa47c33 https://mic.com/articles/74135/are-asian-men-undateable#.wCYHHIp8u

That last sketch made no sense. There were never any antagonisms or hierarchies between Poles and Italians. They both immigrated around the same time, were both near the bottom of the social ladder, and were both considered "not real whites." Was the "joke" supposed to be the hypocrisy of the Poles? The cluelessness of the tour guides? Or was it just an excuse for the writers to slam Italians?

I guess the writers have tried to make her seem more down to earth and less like the "unattainable dream girl" but not very believably IMO. We're still in TV fantasy land territory. If only high school had been like it's depicted on all these shows! Re: Manny, this isn't the place to get into that, but let's just say I'm not the only one to notice him being paired up with hot girls: http://forums.previously.tv/topic/34368-s07e06-the-more-you-ignore-me/ (Posts by CleoCaesar, Tooch & Latverian Diplomat)

What I mean is that he's a chubby hip-hop fanatic with geeky friends, and she's like a future homecoming queen. And since you bring up racial issues, AM/WF couples are also extremely rare in the first place. It's just not a realistic relationship from any angle. It's a ridiculous "TV relationship" like the ones on Modern Family where Manny is always paired up with really cute popular girls even though he's a chubby dork. For once I'd like to see these types of characters with someone in their own league, or even with no one at all.

Nice Teen Wolf parody with the bathroom "transformation" scene. On another subject, Eddie's relationship with the cute blonde is about as believable as Manny's relationships on Modern Family. It's like the old "fat guy/hot girl" trope being applied to teens now on every show.

The crossword puzzles are an interesting idea. Weird that they're being introduced at the end of the season though. Why is this forum so dead when the Jeopardy one is so active? Don't most people watch both shows?

Walter O'Brien is pale skinned. He also has blue eyes and dark brown hair like a majority of Irish people. I don't see anything unusual about him. Plenty of Irish people look even darker than that, such as Colin Farrell and Caroline Morahan.

Yeah, I guess Toby's not much of a catch either, what with the gambling problem and everything. But at least he's laid-back and fun. I don't think I could stand being around Happy for a very long time.

What if your husband decided to change his name to something you didn't care for, and you had to hear it spoken, see it written and use it yourself everyday? What if he wanted to wear sweatpants to your special anniversary dinner? Or what if he went out and did this to himself? None of those things would affect anyone but him, right?

Stanley the Manly!

Of all the things in this show that stretch credibility, nothing is harder to believe than Toby's romantic feelings for Happy. She's cold, distant, robotic, demanding, scornful, grouchy and mean. And she's not even that hot to make up for it. No way would a (relatively) cool guy like Toby be going so gaga over her.

The silliness of the Johnson/Johnson argument was obviously the source of the humor, but looking at the situation realistically, it was Bow's fault for making a distinction between the two identical names in the first place. If she had just said "Maybe they [the lesbians] will each keep their own last name; some couples do that." the whole pointless argument could have been avoided. Dre's ridiculousness after that was just a response to her initial ridiculousness. Which last name(s) to use is something couples should discuss before getting married and be on the same page about, just like everything else. It does impact men because they're 50% of the marriage and have to live with whatever decision is made too. They should not be left out of the conversation as someone upthread suggested.