Fukui San September 17, 2018 Share September 17, 2018 I had a realization about a show that was completely obvious that I was shocked I never realized it before. I didn't see a topic on Everything Else TV that would fit in, so I'm making it here. Please merge if I just missed it. The embarrassingly late realization: It wasn't until Season 2 of American Vandal came out and all of the episode titles were poop references that I realized that all of the episode titles of season 1 were penis references. It should have been obvious! 4 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/74128-late-to-the-party-obvious-things-about-shows-you-realized-embarrasingly-late/
HazelEyes4325 September 17, 2018 Share September 17, 2018 I'm spoiler-tagging this one as it has to do with the plot of The Good Place. Reveal spoiler It wasn't until the season 2 finale that I realized that this show was a re-telling of The Wizard of Oz. I adore The Wizard of Oz and I'm usually pretty quick to catch onto things like this, but that one caught me completely by surprise. 1 7 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/74128-late-to-the-party-obvious-things-about-shows-you-realized-embarrasingly-late/#findComment-4679946
GaT September 17, 2018 Share September 17, 2018 I'm not sure if this counts, but I watched Mad Men for 2 seasons before I realized that the actor who played Pete Campbell was the same actor who played Connor on Angel, a show I have seen at least 5 times all the way through. I'm still amazed it took me that long. 3 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/74128-late-to-the-party-obvious-things-about-shows-you-realized-embarrasingly-late/#findComment-4679971
DearEvette September 17, 2018 Share September 17, 2018 On 9/17/2018 at 5:18 PM, Fukui San said: The embarrassingly late realization: It wasn't until Season 2 of American Vandal came out and all of the episode titles were poop references that I realized that all of the episode titles of season 1 were penis references. It should have been obvious! Expand Heh. Speaking of American Vandal, it took me almost all of episode one to figure out it was a parody. In my defense... I wandered into the living room while my husband was watching it so I had no idea what it was. And my husband is an inveterate documentary watcher. That man loves a good documentary. He had just finished Ava Duernay's the 13th. So how was I to know he hadn't just started a new one? At any rate, I remember sitting there outraged that this asshole was getting a whole documentary because he was vandalizing his school. My husband laughed his head off while I was making my pissy comments. and then laughed harder at me once the light bulb went on. 11 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/74128-late-to-the-party-obvious-things-about-shows-you-realized-embarrasingly-late/#findComment-4680052
festivus September 17, 2018 Share September 17, 2018 On 9/17/2018 at 6:16 PM, GaT said: I'm not sure if this counts, but I watched Mad Men for 2 seasons before I realized that the actor who played Pete Campbell was the same actor who played Connor on Angel, a show I have seen at least 5 times all the way through. I'm still amazed it took me that long. Expand I love that. I only knew it was him from reading about the show before it started and knowing VK was going to be on it. He looked and acted nothing like Connor. 3 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/74128-late-to-the-party-obvious-things-about-shows-you-realized-embarrasingly-late/#findComment-4680080
Hanahope September 17, 2018 Share September 17, 2018 On 9/17/2018 at 6:08 PM, HazelEyes4325 said: I'm spoiler-tagging this one as it has to do with the plot of The Good Place. Reveal spoiler It wasn't until the season 2 finale that I realized that this show was a re-telling of The Wizard of Oz. I adore The Wizard of Oz and I'm usually pretty quick to catch onto things like this, but that one caught me completely by surprise. Expand Wow, I had no idea. I'm gonna have to think on this. 9 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/74128-late-to-the-party-obvious-things-about-shows-you-realized-embarrasingly-late/#findComment-4680490
Picture It. Sicily September 17, 2018 Share September 17, 2018 On 9/17/2018 at 6:16 PM, GaT said: I'm not sure if this counts, but I watched Mad Men for 2 seasons before I realized that the actor who played Pete Campbell was the same actor who played Connor on Angel, a show I have seen at least 5 times all the way through. I'm still amazed it took me that long. Expand I did the same thing with Joel Murray, who played Freddy Rumsen. I had no idea he was also the one who played Greg's overgrown frat boy buddy Pete on "Dharma and Greg". It was really embarrassing when you realize I was watching D&G reruns nearly every day at that time. I worry about my brain sometimes. 3 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/74128-late-to-the-party-obvious-things-about-shows-you-realized-embarrasingly-late/#findComment-4680502
Blergh September 17, 2018 Share September 17, 2018 OK, this is somewhat of 'd'oh' moment for me to admit but when I was a kid this show called Another World came on in the afternoons- and it took several viewings before I came to realize that it was a soap and NOT a sci- fi show! 13 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/74128-late-to-the-party-obvious-things-about-shows-you-realized-embarrasingly-late/#findComment-4680522
ratgirlagogo September 17, 2018 Share September 17, 2018 What a great idea for a topic! Thanks, Fukui San! The first one that leaps to mind is Warehouse 13. It took until season three (!) for me to realize that the title was a reference to another classic Canadian sci-fi show with a similar premise: Friday the Thirteenth, the Series. Also I only figured out VERY recently that Aaron Ashmore from that show (and Lost Girl and Killjoys) was not the same actor that appeared on (possibly the worst TV show ever) The Following. I didn't realize he had a twin named Shawn Ashmore! 5 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/74128-late-to-the-party-obvious-things-about-shows-you-realized-embarrasingly-late/#findComment-4680788
Popular Post Sandman87 September 18, 2018 Popular Post Share September 18, 2018 Don't feel bad forumfish. When I was very small, I used to think that all shows were being performed live, even when they were reruns. Even the cartoons. 31 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/74128-late-to-the-party-obvious-things-about-shows-you-realized-embarrasingly-late/#findComment-4681092
merylinkid September 18, 2018 Share September 18, 2018 On 9/17/2018 at 11:25 PM, ratgirlagogo said: What a great idea for a topic! Thanks, Fukui San! The first one that leaps to mind is Warehouse 13. It took until season three (!) for me to realize that the title was a reference to another classic Canadian sci-fi show with a similar premise: Friday the Thirteenth, the Series. Also I only figured out VERY recently that Aaron Ashmore from that show (and Lost Girl and Killjoys) was not the same actor that appeared on (possibly the worst TV show ever) The Following. I didn't realize he had a twin named Shawn Ashmore! Expand Damn i thought it was similar about finding weird objects but never caught the reference 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/74128-late-to-the-party-obvious-things-about-shows-you-realized-embarrasingly-late/#findComment-4681486
Fukui San September 18, 2018 Author Share September 18, 2018 On 9/17/2018 at 6:41 PM, DearEvette said: Heh. Speaking of American Vandal, it took me almost all of episode one to figure out it was a parody. In my defense... I wandered into the living room while my husband was watching it so I had no idea what it was. And my husband is an inveterate documentary watcher. That man loves a good documentary. He had just finished Ava Duernay's the 13th. So how was I to know he hadn't just started a new one? At any rate, I remember sitting there outraged that this asshole was getting a whole documentary because he was vandalizing his school. My husband laughed his head off while I was making my pissy comments. and then laughed harder at me once the light bulb went on. Expand This is hilarious. Please tell me your husband watched Documentary Now. Don't ask why. On 9/17/2018 at 6:08 PM, HazelEyes4325 said: I'm spoiler-tagging this one as it has to do with the plot of The Good Place. Reveal spoiler It wasn't until the season 2 finale that I realized that this show was a re-telling of The Wizard of Oz. I adore The Wizard of Oz and I'm usually pretty quick to catch onto things like this, but that one caught me completely by surprise. Expand It hadn't occurred to me but it really makes sense! I don't think it's an obvious thing at all but a very subtle reference or theme. 4 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/74128-late-to-the-party-obvious-things-about-shows-you-realized-embarrasingly-late/#findComment-4681595
selkie September 18, 2018 Share September 18, 2018 On 9/17/2018 at 11:28 PM, forumfish said: As a little girl watching PBS, I thought "Viewers Like You" was the name of a corporation that supported the station. Expand The one that got me back in the day was 'Live Via Satellite" and I thought Via Satellite was a town in Spain or Yugoslavia or something. 18 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/74128-late-to-the-party-obvious-things-about-shows-you-realized-embarrasingly-late/#findComment-4681796
Shannon L. September 18, 2018 Share September 18, 2018 When I was a kid, I used to think the To Be Announced was a show with a small group of adults talking about the biggest new/political reports of the day. I thought it was named that because we never knew what that would be from one day to the next. 20 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/74128-late-to-the-party-obvious-things-about-shows-you-realized-embarrasingly-late/#findComment-4681938
Ceindreadh September 18, 2018 Share September 18, 2018 On 9/18/2018 at 12:53 AM, Sandman87 said: Don't feel bad forumfish. When I was very small, I used to think that all shows were being performed live, even when they were reruns. Even the cartoons. Expand After I got that dramas were pre-recorded, for a while I thought that each episode was filmed in the week after the previous episode had been broadcast. 9 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/74128-late-to-the-party-obvious-things-about-shows-you-realized-embarrasingly-late/#findComment-4682020
ChromaKelly September 18, 2018 Share September 18, 2018 All the sexual innuendos went right over my head when I watched Three's Company as a kid. It wasn't till later that I realized Larry was trying to get in every girl's pants, Mrs. Roper was just wanted Mr. Roper to do her, the whole Jack is pretending to be gay thing... 16 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/74128-late-to-the-party-obvious-things-about-shows-you-realized-embarrasingly-late/#findComment-4682863
theredhead77 September 18, 2018 Share September 18, 2018 This one is movie related (but the move is so old it's been on TV). I was well into my 30s before I learned that the MIG fights in Top Gun were taking place in the Middle East (or over Russia, I can't remember now). I got into a serious argument (online) with a friend because the MIGs were clearly just off the coast of San Diego. The argument was so bad that my friend called me thinking I was trolling him. I really have no idea why I thought that since I grew up watching Top Gun (it's sure appropriate for a kid!), but I did. 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/74128-late-to-the-party-obvious-things-about-shows-you-realized-embarrasingly-late/#findComment-4683103
meep.meep September 19, 2018 Share September 19, 2018 It took me around 40 years to finally realize why everyone on The Prisoner wore striped clothes. Apparently, I'm slow ....... 14 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/74128-late-to-the-party-obvious-things-about-shows-you-realized-embarrasingly-late/#findComment-4683850
merylinkid September 19, 2018 Share September 19, 2018 On 9/18/2018 at 5:32 AM, Shannon L. said: When I was a kid, I used to think the To Be Announced was a show with a small group of adults talking about the biggest new/political reports of the day. I thought it was named that because we never knew what that would be from one day to the next. Expand That's actually a really cool idea for a show. I mean we have that now, but the name is GREAT. 13 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/74128-late-to-the-party-obvious-things-about-shows-you-realized-embarrasingly-late/#findComment-4683865
Guest September 19, 2018 Share September 19, 2018 (edited) Captain Stottlemeyer on Monk is Buffalo Bill in Silence of the Lambs. Did he ever tell Monk to rub the lotion on its skin? Nearly everyone on the Andy Griffith show is single. Edited September 19, 2018 by ParadoxLost Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/74128-late-to-the-party-obvious-things-about-shows-you-realized-embarrasingly-late/#findComment-4683943
Popples September 19, 2018 Share September 19, 2018 On 9/19/2018 at 12:49 AM, ParadoxLost said: Captain Stottlemeyer on Monk is Buffalo Bill in Silence of the Lambs. Did he ever tell Monk to rub the lotion on its skin? Expand Holy hell! I did not realize that. While I've never seen the film in it's entirety, I've seen clips of that scene loads of times. I also didn't recognize that Sharona was Evelyn from A League of Their Own. 3 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/74128-late-to-the-party-obvious-things-about-shows-you-realized-embarrasingly-late/#findComment-4684161
Haleth September 19, 2018 Share September 19, 2018 On 9/19/2018 at 12:49 AM, ParadoxLost said: Captain Stottlemeyer on Monk is Buffalo Bill in Silence of the Lambs. Expand He played the sheriff on The Bridge a few years ago too. It wasn't until I read it on the forum that the two bumbling techs on Westworld-- Felix and Sylvester-- were named after cartoon cats. 3 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/74128-late-to-the-party-obvious-things-about-shows-you-realized-embarrasingly-late/#findComment-4684664
Joe September 19, 2018 Share September 19, 2018 Corporal Klinger on MASH was actually supposed to be trans (transsexual or transvestite, I don't know know enough to say), or at least claiming to be trans. I know he was trying to get sent home for being insane, but that never worked for me. Yeah, he wore a dress, but he seemed on the same level of sanity as everyone else. Everyone had their quirks, is what I'm saying. 3 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/74128-late-to-the-party-obvious-things-about-shows-you-realized-embarrasingly-late/#findComment-4684797
Popular Post doodlebug September 19, 2018 Popular Post Share September 19, 2018 On 9/19/2018 at 1:23 PM, Joe said: Corporal Klinger on MASH was actually supposed to be trans (transsexual or transvestite, I don't know know enough to say), or at least claiming to be trans. I know he was trying to get sent home for being insane, but that never worked for me. Yeah, he wore a dress, but he seemed on the same level of sanity as everyone else. Everyone had their quirks, is what I'm saying. Expand Homosexuality was considered a mental illness back in the 1950's, so Klinger's cross dressing was part of his efforts to be declared mentally ill and sent home. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Psychiatric Disorders (DSM) listed it as a mental illness until 1974. That's the guidebook for American Psychiatry to classify disease. And, yes, of course, the military also banned gays from serving back then, but Klinger undoubtedly felt a mental health discharge was preferable. And made for better TV. 25 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/74128-late-to-the-party-obvious-things-about-shows-you-realized-embarrasingly-late/#findComment-4685234
Ceindreadh September 19, 2018 Share September 19, 2018 On 9/19/2018 at 4:32 PM, doodlebug said: Homosexuality was considered a mental illness back in the 1950's, so Klinger's cross dressing was part of his efforts to be declared mentally ill and sent home. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Psychiatric Disorders (DSM) listed it as a mental illness until 1974. That's the guidebook for American Psychiatry to classify disease. And, yes, of course, the military also banned gays from serving back then, but Klinger undoubtedly felt a mental health discharge was preferable. And made for better TV. Expand IIRC, there was one episode where Sidney the recurring psychiatrist was king to give Klinger a section 8 on the grounds of homosexuality, but Klinger was offended by it and refused. 10 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/74128-late-to-the-party-obvious-things-about-shows-you-realized-embarrasingly-late/#findComment-4686060
AimingforYoko September 19, 2018 Share September 19, 2018 I posted this about ten years ago on TWoP: I didn't realize until about a decade after it had left the air why the show was titled Hawaii Five-0. 11 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/74128-late-to-the-party-obvious-things-about-shows-you-realized-embarrasingly-late/#findComment-4686070
bmasters9 September 20, 2018 Share September 20, 2018 That the title of that 1965-69 CBS Western action/adventure series The Wild Wild West (w/Robert Conrad and the late Ross Martin) can be taken three ways: If you start the accent on the first Wild, you can think of it as being about how wild it was in that region of America then. If you accent on the second Wild, you can think of the Wild West as having a wildness over and above what it was known for. But if you accent the West, that puts the emphasis on Jim West (Robert Conrad's character) and his proto-MacGyver-like (or proto-A-Team-like) methods of getting out of whatever jams he found himself in (some of his methods being pretty darn wild). Would you see this the same way? 1 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/74128-late-to-the-party-obvious-things-about-shows-you-realized-embarrasingly-late/#findComment-4687131
DrSpaceman73 September 20, 2018 Share September 20, 2018 On 9/18/2018 at 12:53 AM, Sandman87 said: Don't feel bad forumfish. When I was very small, I used to think that all shows were being performed live, even when they were reruns. Even the cartoons. Expand Its hard to do live cartoons. Exhausting on the artists. After a long time of watching 30 Rock, I realized Jenna is just like alive action Miss Peggy. I pointed this out and someone on here, I believe, pointed out to me the show is pretty much like The Muppets with Liz as Kermit. 7 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/74128-late-to-the-party-obvious-things-about-shows-you-realized-embarrasingly-late/#findComment-4687321
DrSpaceman73 September 20, 2018 Share September 20, 2018 Also never proven and just my own theory, but I always viewed Arrested Development as like weird, 21st century California comedy version of The Godfather. The son Michael reluctantly taking over the family business. The unproven but ongoing corruption charges vs his father. Michael trying to make the company "legitimate". The bumbling brothers that can't do anything right and just get in Michael's way. The family members that don't do much for the company and just hang around for money. Barry the attorney as the bumbling "consigliere". 1 10 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/74128-late-to-the-party-obvious-things-about-shows-you-realized-embarrasingly-late/#findComment-4687335
Sandman87 September 20, 2018 Share September 20, 2018 I used to watch House occasionally, and just recently started watching watching it again in syndication. It just dawned on me a few days ago that the character House is at least partially based on Sherlock Holmes: An abrasive person who's a genius at deductive reasoning and addicted to drugs, who's more interested in figuring out the problem than in fixing it, and who lives in an apartment with a street number of 221B. The last name is a bit of a giveaway too. It was the street number that made me figure it out. 1 9 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/74128-late-to-the-party-obvious-things-about-shows-you-realized-embarrasingly-late/#findComment-4687578
festivus September 20, 2018 Share September 20, 2018 On 9/20/2018 at 2:48 PM, Sandman87 said: I used to watch House occasionally, and just recently started watching watching it again in syndication. It just dawned on me a few days ago that the character House is at least partially based on Sherlock Holmes: An abrasive person who's a genius at deductive reasoning and addicted to drugs, who's more interested in figuring out the problem than in fixing it, and who lives in an apartment with a street number of 221B. The last name is a bit of a giveaway too. It was the street number that made me figure it out. Expand I never did figure that out on my own, I had to read it in the forums. In my defense, back then I didn't know a whole lot about Sherlock Holmes and I'm one of those people that the obvious goes right over my head sometimes. (lots of times :) 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/74128-late-to-the-party-obvious-things-about-shows-you-realized-embarrasingly-late/#findComment-4687607
paulvdb September 21, 2018 Share September 21, 2018 I'd watched 3rd Rock from the Sun for a long time before I realized that the male characters' names were from the saying "every Tom, Dick and Harry." 1 1 21 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/74128-late-to-the-party-obvious-things-about-shows-you-realized-embarrasingly-late/#findComment-4689767
Snow Apple September 21, 2018 Share September 21, 2018 (edited) On 9/21/2018 at 9:12 AM, paulvdb said: I'd watched 3rd Rock from the Sun for a long time before I realized that the male characters' names were from the saying "every Tom, Dick and Harry." Expand I only realized when they pointed it out on the show. There was a scene where Officer Don said the phrase and a look of realisation came over him........and mine. For another show, it was years after the show was off the air before I realized Head of the Class was the smart student version of Welcome Back Kotter. Edited September 21, 2018 by Snow Apple 7 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/74128-late-to-the-party-obvious-things-about-shows-you-realized-embarrasingly-late/#findComment-4689885
Danny Franks September 21, 2018 Share September 21, 2018 When I was a kid, watching 'Allo, 'Allo!, I never realised that the girls who worked as waitresses at the cafe also worked as prostitutes, servicing the German soldiers. Watching old episodes of it today, it was pretty bloody obvious. Perhaps I just didn't really know what prostitution was, then, because I definitely always knew that Rene was sleeping with both waitresses on the side. Really, it was surprising that the BBC were prepared to put that sort of thing on at 7pm on a Saturday evening. 8 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/74128-late-to-the-party-obvious-things-about-shows-you-realized-embarrasingly-late/#findComment-4689999
Llywela September 21, 2018 Share September 21, 2018 On 9/21/2018 at 1:19 PM, Danny Franks said: When I was a kid, watching 'Allo, 'Allo!, I never realised that the girls who worked as waitresses at the cafe also worked as prostitutes, servicing the German soldiers. Watching old episodes of it today, it was pretty bloody obvious. Perhaps I just didn't really know what prostitution was, then, because I definitely always knew that Rene was sleeping with both waitresses on the side. Really, it was surprising that the BBC were prepared to put that sort of thing on at 7pm on a Saturday evening. Expand They were prepared to put it out precisely because it flew right over the heads of any kids watching! Also, it was the '80s. The '80s could get away with a lot of things that wouldn't fly today. 10 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/74128-late-to-the-party-obvious-things-about-shows-you-realized-embarrasingly-late/#findComment-4690139
SrOfficial September 22, 2018 Share September 22, 2018 On 9/18/2018 at 5:14 PM, ChromaKelly said: All the sexual innuendos went right over my head when I watched Three's Company as a kid. It wasn't till later that I realized Larry was trying to get in every girl's pants, Mrs. Roper was just wanted Mr. Roper to do her, the whole Jack is pretending to be gay thing... Expand That has to be the smarmiest show ever. It did go over kid’s heads. I used to let my kids watch (ugh, awful mom!). During one episode, I overheard the following: Kid #1 - What’s a virgin? Kid #2 - I think it’s someone who’s never had a date. 5 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/74128-late-to-the-party-obvious-things-about-shows-you-realized-embarrasingly-late/#findComment-4692735
Dr.OO7 October 5, 2018 Share October 5, 2018 (edited) On 9/18/2018 at 12:53 AM, Sandman87 said: Don't feel bad forumfish. When I was very small, I used to think that all shows were being performed live, even when they were reruns. Even the cartoons. Expand HA! So did I! Not the cartoons though. Here's a good one: I thought "sleeping together" meant . . . sleeping. Don't look at me like that, so did you. Edited October 5, 2018 by Camille 2 16 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/74128-late-to-the-party-obvious-things-about-shows-you-realized-embarrasingly-late/#findComment-4728279
cpcathy October 5, 2018 Share October 5, 2018 It's not TV, but having to do with radio. When I was little, I thought that the bands would come into the studio and play a song, then they would leave and another band would come in, and so on. 18 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/74128-late-to-the-party-obvious-things-about-shows-you-realized-embarrasingly-late/#findComment-4728381
Maharincess October 5, 2018 Share October 5, 2018 On 10/5/2018 at 9:12 PM, Camille said: HA! So did I! Not the cartoons though. Here's a good one: I thought "sleeping together" meant . . . sleeping. Don't look at me like that, so did you. Expand I was so stupid as a kid that I thought salt cooled food off. If pepper made it hot, my mind just assumed that salt cooled it off. 13 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/74128-late-to-the-party-obvious-things-about-shows-you-realized-embarrasingly-late/#findComment-4728424
Popples October 5, 2018 Share October 5, 2018 (edited) On 10/5/2018 at 9:12 PM, Camille said: Here's a good one: I thought "sleeping together" meant . . . sleeping. Don't look at me like that, so did you. Expand Absolutely. It's why it took me many years to get the big deal about the final ending of the film Clue when Mr. Green says he's going home to sleep with his wife. I thought that he meant he was going home to go to sleep next to her in bed. It also didn't help that I had never heard the term "homosexual" before (I'd heard "gay"), so all the references went over my head. Edited October 6, 2018 by Popples Spelling error 5 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/74128-late-to-the-party-obvious-things-about-shows-you-realized-embarrasingly-late/#findComment-4728425
Annber03 October 5, 2018 Share October 5, 2018 On 10/5/2018 at 10:10 PM, cpcathy said: It's not TV, but having to do with radio. When I was little, I thought that the bands would come into the studio and play a song, then they would leave and another band would come in, and so on. Expand Okay, this is really cute :D. 6 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/74128-late-to-the-party-obvious-things-about-shows-you-realized-embarrasingly-late/#findComment-4728497
Blergh October 6, 2018 Share October 6, 2018 On 10/5/2018 at 10:10 PM, cpcathy said: It's not TV, but having to do with radio. When I was little, I thought that the bands would come into the studio and play a song, then they would leave and another band would come in, and so on. Expand You think that's bad? I used to think that whenever a live action show would break for cartoons or side- skits (e.g. Sesame Street and Electric Company), that meant all the live performers had stopped what they were doing to watch said cartoons and side-skits! But then again, at that age, I had the dream of growing up to be on both shows and telling my mother it would be possible because they came on at different times so I could just run over to the next stage when the first show had ended! 10 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/74128-late-to-the-party-obvious-things-about-shows-you-realized-embarrasingly-late/#findComment-4728638
WhitneyWhit October 7, 2018 Share October 7, 2018 This is one of my earliest childhood memories but it took me a while to realize that the siren I was hearing at the same time everyday was actually the theme song to General Hospital. It was in the days when their opening credits was the ambulance racing through the hospital gates. Also when I was very young I thought sitcoms were real and and it wasn't until I asked my mom if people watched us too that I learned what exactly a TV show was. 14 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/74128-late-to-the-party-obvious-things-about-shows-you-realized-embarrasingly-late/#findComment-4730843
merylinkid October 7, 2018 Share October 7, 2018 On 10/7/2018 at 5:22 AM, WhitneyWhit said: This is one of my earliest childhood memories but it took me a while to realize that the siren I was hearing at the same time everyday was actually the theme song to General Hospital. It was in the days when their opening credits was the ambulance racing through the hospital gates. Also when I was very young I thought sitcoms were real and and it wasn't until I asked my mom if people watched us too that I learned what exactly a TV show was. Expand It's not like she could say yes. it would destroy the illusion of the show. Sooo maybe they were. 5 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/74128-late-to-the-party-obvious-things-about-shows-you-realized-embarrasingly-late/#findComment-4731007
HunterHunted October 8, 2018 Share October 8, 2018 (edited) On 10/7/2018 at 10:01 PM, LucindaWalsh said: I thought until about the fifth episode of Fargo that they had really made a casting super win by having the actor playing Lorne Malvo look so much like Billy Bob Thorton. Expand I'm not making fun of you, but this was so incomprehensible to me that I had to read it many times over until I finally realized that you didn't realize Billy Bob Thorton was in Fargo. Edited October 8, 2018 by HunterHunted 6 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/74128-late-to-the-party-obvious-things-about-shows-you-realized-embarrasingly-late/#findComment-4732533
janie jones October 8, 2018 Share October 8, 2018 On 10/8/2018 at 1:00 AM, HunterHunted said: I'm not making fun of you, but this was so incomprehensible to me that I had to read it many times over until I finally realized that you didn't realize Billy Bob Thorton was in Fargo. Expand Ha! Same here, and I couldn't figure out at first why it was so important to the plot that the character should resemble Billy Bob Thornton. 7 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/74128-late-to-the-party-obvious-things-about-shows-you-realized-embarrasingly-late/#findComment-4735226
AntiBeeSpray October 8, 2018 Share October 8, 2018 On 9/17/2018 at 11:28 PM, forumfish said: As a little girl watching PBS, I thought "Viewers Like You" was the name of a corporation that supported the station. Expand I thought they meant that all viewers were like each other. 7 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/74128-late-to-the-party-obvious-things-about-shows-you-realized-embarrasingly-late/#findComment-4735756
AntiBeeSpray October 8, 2018 Share October 8, 2018 (edited) On 9/18/2018 at 5:14 PM, ChromaKelly said: All the sexual innuendos went right over my head when I watched Three's Company as a kid. It wasn't till later that I realized Larry was trying to get in every girl's pants, Mrs. Roper was just wanted Mr. Roper to do her, the whole Jack is pretending to be gay thing... Expand Ran into something similar with Perry Mason. It took me two times to catch a doozy in one of the movies. Reveal spoiler From the case of the Fatal Fashion (1991). From a scene where Perry and Della are leaving the court house/police station... Della: Well? Perry: Well, what? Della: You still haven't told me if you decided to take her case. Perry: Della, there are thousands of very good attorneys in the city who would jump at the chance to defend a woman who is not only innocent but who could pay their fee without blinking an eye. Della: But you have something that they don't. Perry: What is that? Della: A secretary, who'll find it very hard to forgive you if you turn this case down. (Oh... Della. You sly dog you ;). Using the no sex card lmao.) Perry: (He shakes his head.) Della... Della: Oh Perry... (She looks at him.) Perry: Ok... Della, call Ken. He then walks away and as he does so, she looks at him with a small, satisfied smile on her face. Della: I already have. ( Meaning she forgave him... and all's right in that regard >:) -- and in regards to calling Ken (missed that part of the scene, but it still has such double meaning there, very clever of the writers and of the actors! (the way that the scene was played was brilliant and that last bit of line delivery... said sooo much)) Edited October 9, 2018 by AntiBeeSpray 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/74128-late-to-the-party-obvious-things-about-shows-you-realized-embarrasingly-late/#findComment-4735771
Popular Post Rockstar99435 October 13, 2018 Popular Post Share October 13, 2018 Not a tv show, but I must have watched Dirty Dancing 100 times in 3rd and 4th grade and it wasn't until I rewatched in my late 20's that I realized why Penny needed a doctor. 25 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/74128-late-to-the-party-obvious-things-about-shows-you-realized-embarrasingly-late/#findComment-4747293
Crs97 October 13, 2018 Share October 13, 2018 On 9/18/2018 at 12:53 AM, Sandman87 said: Don't feel bad forumfish. When I was very small, I used to think that all shows were being performed live, even when they were reruns. Even the cartoons. Expand When I was very young and living near Houston, I was so excited because it was snowing on Sesame Street and I wanted to see snow. As mom explained that television and real life were two separate things, I ran outside to see three snowflakes fall to the ground. Needless to say, it took years for me to accept that television was (1) not live and (2) not showing me things happening right now in my life. 17 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/74128-late-to-the-party-obvious-things-about-shows-you-realized-embarrasingly-late/#findComment-4747525
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