How can someone find a show about nothing cringe-worthy? :geek:
Cringe worthy series
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IMA SOL MAN
Flashlight Enthusiast
That is a question for idleprocess. Too philosophical for me. ;)
Well, it's on your list.
IMA SOL MAN
Flashlight Enthusiast
I know! But I don't know why Seinfeld is cringe worthy, he just is. Maybe because his show is about nothing... I'll leave it to idleprocess to 'splain it, 'cause he's really smart. :)Well, it's on your list.
Jean-Luc Descarte
Flashlight Enthusiast
Another one for the list:
The Big Bang Theory
To understand, just watch an edited episode with the laugh tracks removed. Several shows use it as a crutch, but TBBT is flatter than a sprite without it to carry the "humor".
The Big Bang Theory
To understand, just watch an edited episode with the laugh tracks removed. Several shows use it as a crutch, but TBBT is flatter than a sprite without it to carry the "humor".
Kestrel
Flashaholic
Don't forget "Alf"; jeez ... :shakehead:
All of the actors involved would agree with you.
By the last episode, the actress who played the daughter was horribly addicted to some hard-core drugs. The actor who played the dad genuinely hated the guy who owned Alf and made the puppet come to life. Things almost got physical. Alf's owner was apparently a raging ego-maniac. Everyone on set except his own hired technicians, hated him. All the cast members were sick of being on the show by the final season because the Alf puppet was constantly breaking down! We're talking numerous times per filming. Causing huge delays.
The "Dad" did an interview many years later in which he spilled the beans about everything. Especially that final episode. Ironically that day, the Alf puppet didn't malfunction once! Everyone wanted to just get it over with. So nearly the entire episode was done with one-take, for each scene. When that final scene was shot, and it was a wrap, "Dad" just walked out. Climbed into his sports car, and literally just drove away. Never spoke a word to ANYONE! No wrap party, obviously. Apparently the cast didn't even like each other by that point. Only thing they despised more than each other was Alf's owner. They were united in their apparently justified hatred of him.
I mean, I've never heard of another show so universally despised by everyone who worked on it.
Dave_H
Flashlight Enthusiast
Somebody left a Seinfeld season 6 DVD set out front of their house, which is typical after a (large) yard sale event here with items which don't sell, and owners just want rid of it. I picked it up and started watching, packed it up and gave it away after a couple of episodes. No doubt, Jerry is a funny and witty guy, but I found the plots often frivolous, and the characters mostly annoying and one-dimensional. Part of a successful show is being able to relate to at least some of the characters, which I mostly could not.
Dave
The Batchelor/Bachelorette. Trash T V
Dancing With the "Stars". Junk TV
Dancing With the "Stars". Junk TV
Honestly, I think that was the main point. You're not supposed to relate to any of the regulars on the show. They're all horrible, amoral people who for some odd reason like hanging out with each other almost exclusively.
Dave_H
Flashlight Enthusiast
I guess that is the point. A lot of the series I watch have good character development and acting e.g. Line of Duty which means you can relate to some of the characters. They are pretty 3-dimensional, even the "good guys" have their demons, not that that's unique...
In a lot of sitcoms, the characters are not necessarily evil or amoral, just stereotyped, superficial, etc. which is the nature of low-budget production and acting (which gives us something else to talk and complain about) :)
Dave
SCEMan
Flashlight Enthusiast
I loved Line of Duty and Seinfeld and can hardly think of two more dissimilar shows to compare.
Not back when it came out, but nowadays and if it crossed the pond from England to America.... The cringiest show ever....
'Allo 'Allo.
Set in Occupied France during WW2. The show follows the exploits of cafe owner Renee. An unlikely man who is secretly a high-ranking Resistance operative, fighting against the Germans. Aided by his wife and two Serving girls (whom he's secretly sleeping with behind his wife's back). Renee does his best to survive and thwart the Germans. Things are made difficult for him when a Lieutenant who seems to practice an "Alternative Lifestyle" has his eye on Renee. Quite some time later, a ranking Gestapo member shows up to take charge at the French village where Renee runs his cafe. If you think this would make for an intense drama.... Yes, you are correct. So why would this 1982 British TV show be horribly cringe?
It's a Situational comedy.
'Allo 'Allo.
Set in Occupied France during WW2. The show follows the exploits of cafe owner Renee. An unlikely man who is secretly a high-ranking Resistance operative, fighting against the Germans. Aided by his wife and two Serving girls (whom he's secretly sleeping with behind his wife's back). Renee does his best to survive and thwart the Germans. Things are made difficult for him when a Lieutenant who seems to practice an "Alternative Lifestyle" has his eye on Renee. Quite some time later, a ranking Gestapo member shows up to take charge at the French village where Renee runs his cafe. If you think this would make for an intense drama.... Yes, you are correct. So why would this 1982 British TV show be horribly cringe?
It's a Situational comedy.
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Centennial
It started ok, I just kinda went with it.
then it got so political and the 'social correctness' was so far over the top, it became unwatchable.
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that said; Cristina Raines is a very pretty chic in it.
Centennial
It started ok, I just kinda went with it.
then it got so political and the 'social correctness' was so far over the top, it became unwatchable.
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that said; Cristina Raines is a very pretty chic in it.
pnwoutdoors
Enlightened
Cringeworthy, for me: television in general. Haven't watched broadcast stuff since the late 1990s. And never did watch much.
Two TV shows that I appreciated, at least most of the episodes that I had seen: Cheers, and Home Improvement.
Never could stomach the Seinfeld series, The Nanny, or The Simpsons. Aside from the first three or four years of Saturday Night Live (with the original crew), that one never sat well with me, eventually getting decidedly not funny.
Two TV shows that I appreciated, at least most of the episodes that I had seen: Cheers, and Home Improvement.
Never could stomach the Seinfeld series, The Nanny, or The Simpsons. Aside from the first three or four years of Saturday Night Live (with the original crew), that one never sat well with me, eventually getting decidedly not funny.
Mother Angelica, Live.
I only really get along with nuns that have automatic weapons.
Standard penguins need to stay in the convent and off my television.
I only really get along with nuns that have automatic weapons.
Standard penguins need to stay in the convent and off my television.
Ironically, I only used to watch "Cheers" so I could enjoy "The New Newhart Show" that came on immediately afterwards. (Yes, I know that for everyone else in America, it was the opposite way around.) Mr. Newhart gave all of us fans the finger with that ridiculously insulting ending to the series.
CoherentRays
Newly Enlightened
I guess Three's Company was so bad nobody could even remember it to add to the list.
I don't think I will ever understand terms like cringe or woke and whatnot, as they appear very subjective opinions to me.
But as far as series I have tried watching, and just gave up on, The Big Bang Theory is on that list for me as well. Funny, nerdy humour in the beginning, then it became very clear they ran out of things to do a funny twist on.
And as much as I am guilty at using the memes, series like Futurama and The Simpsons were also not for me. I understand Simpsons uses a LOT of relevant references like political controversy, but when I have no idea what they are talking about, it's hard to follow.
But while I didn't get Futurama, I did find "Tripping the Rift" to be fun though.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0315081/
I also see a NCIS-series mentioned...how many of those even are there? I was watching NCIS: Los Angeles, but I eventually dropped off. It didn't feel like they were getting anywhere, and when I finally caught up and had to wait for a new season (season 8 -> 9)...I forgot all about it. It went up to season 14. I barely remember any of it now, so am considering deleting the 57 GB I have of it from my home server.
A similar series I really did like was Burn Notice.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0810788/
Didn't even know the series even existed until after I saw Army of Darkness years ago, which I liked, and while checking which other movies was in that franchise, I saw Bruce Campbell was also in Burn Notice. I was waiting for more NCIS: Los Angeles and Hawaii Five-0 at that time anyway, so I downloaded the pilot, and I really liked that too.
But as far as series I have tried watching, and just gave up on, The Big Bang Theory is on that list for me as well. Funny, nerdy humour in the beginning, then it became very clear they ran out of things to do a funny twist on.
And as much as I am guilty at using the memes, series like Futurama and The Simpsons were also not for me. I understand Simpsons uses a LOT of relevant references like political controversy, but when I have no idea what they are talking about, it's hard to follow.
But while I didn't get Futurama, I did find "Tripping the Rift" to be fun though.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0315081/
I also see a NCIS-series mentioned...how many of those even are there? I was watching NCIS: Los Angeles, but I eventually dropped off. It didn't feel like they were getting anywhere, and when I finally caught up and had to wait for a new season (season 8 -> 9)...I forgot all about it. It went up to season 14. I barely remember any of it now, so am considering deleting the 57 GB I have of it from my home server.
A similar series I really did like was Burn Notice.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0810788/
Didn't even know the series even existed until after I saw Army of Darkness years ago, which I liked, and while checking which other movies was in that franchise, I saw Bruce Campbell was also in Burn Notice. I was waiting for more NCIS: Los Angeles and Hawaii Five-0 at that time anyway, so I downloaded the pilot, and I really liked that too.
