“My god, this show was terrible. My wife’s sister was into it, and we ended up watching a lot of it when we were dating. I think they tried to make the banter like Gilmore Girls, but it ended up being the characters repeating their current plots and arcs over and over. I don’t remember the characters at all, but the main character was such a horrible person, and the audience is supposed to root for her. The main things I remember about it were the religious girl claiming she killed her dad by having sex with her boyfriend, and apparently, you go to Bologna to get bjs.” —u/MachFighterG “I just rewatched the whole series, and man, what the fuck kind of drugs were the writers/producers/network people on?! There is so much that happens on that show that would NEVER be on network TV these days.” —u/kaytay3000 —u/KE789 “Abby Lee is batshit. … Plus, those themes she chooses for the dances? I think there was one about [showgirls], and all the girls were, like, 10? And then, the actual moms…it’s so entertaining, but I do fear for the mental health of everyone on the show.” —u/amic21 “Until this show, our representation in media was mostly prostitutes, gang members, and slaves. But this family was a normal family with kids that looked like me, and it was LIFE CHANGING to see onscreen. I also grew up listening to his standup with my entire family. We’d sit in the living room and laugh so hard we were crying. Bill Cosby did so much for the Black community. And when the news broke, it didn’t feel real. It was like accusing our dad of being a predator. … “For me, it’s the most difficult example of separating the artist from the art. I can’t do it. So, I can’t listen to his standup, and I can’t watch The Cosby Show. “Fuck you, Bill Cosby. You did wonderful things for my community, but your actions polluted them. You did terrible things to innocent women. You deserve to rot in hell.” —u/anyonecanwearthemask —u/kyloismydad “I can recall, at least TWICE, girls finding out someone close to them back home died…and the photoshoot the next day is at a cemetery, or death themed. The one with Kahlen having to play Wrath in a coffin that was lowered into the ground stands out to me. She did great, but did they need to psychologically play with her like that to get the emotion they wanted? “Also see: Saying you’ve been growing out your hair for 5+ years was a kiss of death in that show. Guaranteed, Tyra would give you a ‘Mia Farrow in Rosemary’s Baby’ if she heard that you loved your long hair.” —u/ItsAndieHere “There was always the ’topless’ episode where everyone was pressured to be naked, which now just seems exploitative. I also remember instances of male models crossing the line with touching during photoshoots, and Tyra tells the girls that stopping the shoot is wrong, instead you should just flirt back and convince them to stop.” —u/CorpCounsel —u/ColdFIREBaker “Also, there were multiple other 16-year-olds kissing and dating adult men. The show really should have been set in college, not high school.” —u/ettierey —u/MorphieThePup “I saw this streaming somewhere recently and figured, ‘why not?’ It’s one of those shows that was so much a part of pop culture (dancing baby, anyone?), but is all but forgotten today. I couldn’t make it through the first episode.” —u/lipslut —u/babyjokester “Yes — the victim blaming when Chuck literally tries to r*pe Jenny…and then, everyone just forgets it for a while and acts like he’s just a bad boy. Then blaming Serena for ‘ruining a family’ or whatever when a married dude pursues her.” —u/aquariussparklegirl —u/mandurpandur —u/ccx941 “My wife and I rewatched this whole series on Netflix recently. One thing that bothered us was how often Kelly was dating older guys. At 15, she dated a college guy. In the Hawaiian movie (age 17), she dated a lawyer. At age 19 (in college), she dated her professor. Only the last one had the age difference brought up, and even then, they kept doing a bit. It was really a little creepy.” —u/Jaleou —u/godoflemmings “90% of Scrubs holds up. Okay, maybe 80%. That other 20% is the constant early ’00s ‘ha gay’ jokes. It’s a good time capsule of the era. I don’t know if a modern sitcom would have a main character say, ‘Ok, so I’m a little homophobic. I’m sure you’re a little racist.’” —u/Elementium —u/ChewySlinky “It’s still a bit of a comfort watch, but Barney’s character has aged like milk. You couldn’t get away with so much of the shit he said now. I think he bragged about selling a woman once? Robin and Lily are kind of pick-mes, and Ted is a creep. He literally wore Robin down for years and essentially forced her to date him. Marshall remains amazing, though.” —u/Hallowmendoza —u/Losing__All__Hope “Chandler’s dad is LGBTQ. At the time, it wasn’t clear if they were trans or cross dressing (and that distinction wasn’t really clear in popular culture at the time), but it is played for laughs a lot. Early on, it’s only played for laughs (the actual character didn’t show up for a few seasons, they just kept referencing Chandler’s embarrassment at his gay/cross dressing dad). “Monica used to be fat. They put her in a fat suit and play it for laughs that this gorgeous, thin woman used to be really fat. EVERY flashback has ‘Monica was fat’ as a major joke punchline.” —u/FunkyPete —u/marliepanda —u/narcberry “Holy shit, Jack Bauer and everyone that even gives him the time of day should get life in prison.” —u/Ahrimanic-Trance —u/atmospheric90 “One of the strict Wife Swap families had a…tragic ending. A son from a strict family who was in a bluegrass band killed his brother and mother years later.” —u/bvills28 —u/Prettay-good “Tfw when the main character, a sex columnist, has a whole episode about being uncomfortable that her date is bisexual and in the end can’t accept it. She was supposed to be very open-minded, too.” —u/releasethekaren “I’m still surprised that Kimmel was just given a pass on the fact that he wore blackface on The Man Show multiple times.” —u/VulfSki “Jimmy Kimmel will absolutely trash misogynists on his talk show and hold himself up as a feminist icon. Are there any clips of people on his show bringing up that every episode of The Man Show ended with several minutes of ‘GIRLS JUMPING ON TRAMPOLINES!’” —u/Dad_in_Plaid —PokemonMaster619 “Wasn’t the first episode about Drake making fun of Josh for dressing up as a girl to give advice, then uses that advice to trick a girl he likes, leading to Josh almost getting beaten up by her boyfriend, only to end with the lesson, ‘You are who you are, not what you wear’ (I think that was the lesson at least, that Josh didn’t need to wear a dress to give advice) while ignoring what Drake did?” —u/rogash98 “Ah yes, the Underage Feet Collection.” —u/Ham__Kitten
