Two letters, TV.
Two channels, Nickelodeon and Disney Channel.
Oh how they have changed from when we were growing up. Hey Arnold, Zoey 101, Lizzie Mcguire, the Amanda Show, That's so Raven, Even Stevens, Drake and Josh, Doug!, Rugrats, Troop, Life as a Teenage Robot, the list goes on and on and on. But what happened to these shows?? We now have shows like iCarly, Hannah Montanna, Supah Ninjas and so on. I know these old shows are cheesey, but they were real. They showed normal life for kids and teens. They showed how families got a long, and how school should be important. Shows today demonstrate people stumbling upon fame (whether on the web or musically), or living double lifes. We just can't relate to the ideas of the TV shows today like we use to be able to.
If we know TV has so much impact on youth today, then why are we allowing them to watch shows which falsly show what "teenager's lives should be like"? The shows should have some value and educational aspects incorporated. I am not saying it should be a boring school movie, but they shouldn't be mind-mushing cartoons either.
Inspiration comes from what we see. Then shouldn't we see what the real world is like, even with a few tweaks, so that we have the real picture, not some holleywood depicted version of what life with a million dollars would be like.
The shows need to be original (there is that word again). Not copy cats or repeats of other shows just in a different setting. If I wanted to watch a certain show, I would watch the real-original one, not a piggybacked one with different people.
Kids are growing up with junk TV, no wonder the younger generations are so messed up. We went from real life shows to stupid humor ruining kids futures.
This isn't all my thinking, I would like to thank Alysha Halaand about her contributions to this topic.(:
I think this is all I have to say for now. Until next time, Exit Stage Left.(:
I love it! Totally perfect, you depicted our discussion perfectly. TV is trash now!
ReplyDeleteomg! I almost blogged about this like the other day. I was babysitting and the kid was watching this cartoon called "fish hooks" i honestly got dumber. My favorite was are you afraid of the dark, my brothers and I would build a fort in our family room and then sleep there cuz we were so scared. ohhhh the good ol days
ReplyDeleteThe only show that is good, that is still going, and is still a cartoon for little kids is Sponge Bob, and that is only because, Sponge Bob is meant for an audiance of 20+ years old. Seriously, look it up. A 3 year old actually could not understand most of Sponge Bob's dialogues. Anyway, Scooby is going strong. See Ya!
ReplyDeleteThis is so true. The shows that were on when we were little were good, real shows. Now all the shows for kids are pathetic. I agree with Mallory that Spongebob is the only good cartoon left.
ReplyDeleteYeah TV is crap these days! There are no good shows on anymore! :(
ReplyDeleteAt least Hannah Montana is over with. All the cartoons now a days are dumb. The classics are the best. Even the olden day movies are better. Snow white and Cinderella are awesome Disney movies from the 80-90's. Now all the Disney movies aren't cartoons and have some inappropriate points.
ReplyDeleteNo one even knows the real meaning of original!!
ReplyDeleteHere amanda, this is one definition from urban dictionary....
ReplyDeletea person who does not listen to any particualr type of music. They are not townies, moshers, goths, trendys or anything else, they just act like themselves instead of being fake and following a crowd. :)
Thought you might enjoy since you absolutely love the word 'original'.
wha...that doesn't even make sense!
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