Future of Commercial TV
July 2nd, 2013 at 8:41:30 AM permalink | |
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 | Ernest Borgnine didn't even act on stage until he was in his 30's. So when he won an Oscar in his late 30's for portraying a man who wasn't very handsome, struggling with trying to get married while having a lower class job, you can believe he may have had those feelings in real life. |
July 2nd, 2013 at 5:32:34 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
I saw a early episode of AITF the other day and it was hilarious! Archie was an over the top bigot. You can't find those early shows even on cable, you have to buy them. What we thought was advanced TV in 1970 is now considered to be as bad as the 40's when it comes to race relations. I was an adult in 1970, Lear's shows were cutting edge on what was going on in society. The attitude today is the Inquisition all over again. We pretend Archie's don't exist anymore and we think that way they'll go away. Sure they will. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
July 2nd, 2013 at 8:42:28 PM permalink | |
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 | One of the clever things about Archie Bunker was that he took a shot at every possible ethnicity including white groups (British, Germans, etc). It was never clear what he was himself. I always thought Julia Louise Dreyfuss had some very funny takes on political correctness. |
July 3rd, 2013 at 3:21:36 AM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18202 |
I always thought he was some kind of Brit/Scott mix based on his religion and dislike of white groups that came "later." The President is a fink. |
July 3rd, 2013 at 8:24:29 AM permalink | |
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
At one point Archie is called a WASP. But he refers to England as a "fag country," and Germans as "Krauts", and the Irish as "Micks". |
July 3rd, 2013 at 11:46:53 AM permalink | |
TheCesspit Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 23 Posts: 1929 |
That could still make him a Protestant Scot... It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die.... it's called Life |
July 3rd, 2013 at 12:44:49 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
I like where Tina Fey kisses Salma Hayek on the mouth and makes a crack about now she see's why men like it. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
July 3rd, 2013 at 3:53:15 PM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18202 |
Doesn't mean he can't be British heritage. IIRC he said their being a fag country is part of why we threw them out of here? The President is a fink. |
July 3rd, 2013 at 5:30:17 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 | There are still Archie Bunker's everywhere, but most of them don't live in the US. Archie was a dying breed. There are still lots of Southerners who don't like Blacks and Jews, but they aren't very vocal about it. One thing I discovered when I owned the taxi company was many Black people are under the impression that most Whites spend a lot of time thinking and talking about ways to hold Black people down. This was stunning to me. The exact opposite was true, I didn't know any White's who did this, they just don't care what happens to Blacks. Its not on their radar. The few Black people I got to know well were surprised about this. Then they were dismayed, because to find out you're not even on the radar is more disturbing than people talking about you all the time. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
July 3rd, 2013 at 6:02:58 PM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18202 |
That could explain this. The President is a fink. |