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Who said you can't coin your own term? What is "Boning the Fish"? It's a moment. A defining moment when you know that your favorite TV Show, Celebrity, Movie Series or Music Group has reached its peak. That instant you know from now on...it's all downhill. Some call it a climax of sorts. We call it "Boning the fish". From that moment on things will simply never be the same.

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Closer, The - TV Shows
Sorry, gotta STRONGLY disagree with this. I've been subjected to enough torture--I mean, episodes, to know what I'm talking about here. Kyra Sedgewick flounces around acting like she's 25 (like most women over 40 do these days) with this ATROCIOUS breathy, southern accent that my 4-year old nephew wouldn't believe. She's so breathy it seems as if she's always just had sex in every scene. She treats her boyfriend like absolute garbage, even to the point where she sides with her bratty teen niece over him. And she comes off as SYMPATHETIC compared to the other people on the show! The ONLY good part about this dreck is the guy who played Captain Harris in the Police Academy movies is in it, and even he can't begin to make up for the rest of this garbage. -- Submitted By: (DolFan316) on July 28, 2010, 9:57 pm

Young and the Restless, The - TV Shows
I just don't get soap operas. Oh, don't get me wrong, I get why they appeal to chicks (lots of talking, then talking some more, followed by talking, etc.) but soap actors have their own strange little insular world where you never see or hear about them hanging out with anyone else and nearly all of them seem to have discovered this magic formula where they can stay looking the same for 30 years or more. Sometimes I think they're all secretly aliens. Seriously. But then I think to myself, why would aliens waste their time acting on soap operas? They're only brainwashing half the adult population that way. LOL -- Submitted By: (DolFan316) on July 28, 2010, 9:31 pm

Coach - TV Shows
Meh. Shelly Fabares was the only reason I watched the show to begin with :-) -- Submitted By: (DolFan316) on July 28, 2010, 9:26 pm

So You Think You Can Dance - TV Shows
We loved it the first season. Second one, not so much. Can't watch it now. The show was about dancing initially -- it still is, but too much attention on the judges (some of whom are now so glammed up it's hard to recognize them). -- Submitted By: (HistoryProf) on July 28, 2010, 4:37 pm

Coach - TV Shows
The Pro thing was only the icing on the cake for me. The decline started with winning seasons -- before long, the whole premise that made the show funny unraveled. Hayden was supposed to be an earnest, middle-of-the-road kind of coach. Next thing you know, he's Bear Bryant. It didn't make sense, and the show suffered. The comedy with Luther and Dauber was some of the best stuff the show offered -- even Christine was hilarious at times, but Nelson got worse and worse as the "success" model kicked in. The pro job was just stupid -- probably not as stupid as Christine having a baby, though!!! -- Submitted By: (HistoryProf) on July 28, 2010, 4:29 pm

Young and the Restless, The - TV Shows
Boned when my wife started boring us with it daily. I swear it's the longest hour of every day. Characters are wooden and predictable and the plots are so recycled it should be labeled "green" TV. -- Submitted By: (MtDoMe) on July 27, 2010, 1:43 pm

Quincy M.E. - TV Shows
Too true, Pelirojo! I could never figure out this show's appeal...Klugman is just Oscar Madison. If you see him on earlier episdes of the Twilight Zone, for example, he's always playing EXACTLY the same part -- always the same accent, same delivery, same "urgency", too serious to take seriously. Never, NEVER understood this show lasting like it did. Boned from the start. -- Submitted By: (HistoryProf) on July 27, 2010, 1:17 pm

Sesame Street - TV Shows
When I watch this show nowadays (mainly to mute the TV and overdub it), the begining segment with Elmo ends up going on for far too long to be enjoyable. So I think it boned when Elmo came along. -- Submitted By: (MorbidDuck) on July 26, 2010, 2:48 pm

Pokemon - TV Shows
I stopped caring about it around Gen II - but there were other factors that got annoying after a while. Ash gets a good Pokemon and it starts to serve him well...he lets it go. But above all, it was Jessy & James (Team Rocket) showing up just about every episode - I couldn't stand their stupid "motto" after some time, not to mention there was a lot of times they could have gotten the drop on Ash and company. You'd think after getting shocked, burned, or whatever else so many times, they'd throw in the towel. -- Submitted By: (BigAl) on July 26, 2010, 12:51 pm

Star Trek: Deep Space 9 - TV Shows
No way! This show NEVER BONED. Its still rocking. I was introduced to Star Trek with TNG and got totally converted. When I heard a new series was to air(DS9) I was quite adamant it would suck- how could it top TNG? BUT, I was wrong. LOOOVVVEED the fact DS9 had a complete new setting with new rules, new politics,new characters. The whole Dominion war thing was just fantastic, the alien beings in the wormhole made me think a lot about what is real, who I am etc. This show is definitely NOT BONED. -- Submitted By: (chickidee) on July 24, 2010, 7:54 pm

Star Trek TNG - TV Shows
I loved the show(still do). The first season was a bit iffy but, there were some really great episodes(I liked the Inner Light and the episode where picard shouts'There are 4 Lights!!!'. The tv series were much better than the TNG movies which is a shame. Miss this show -- Submitted By: (chickidee) on July 24, 2010, 7:43 pm

Futurama - TV Shows
I can't say this show ever BTF, I can say the first three seasons were the best. They must haved changed writers, directors or something for the fourth season because the story plots and writing was that same. Even the direct-to-DVD movie's and the new episodes don't have that wit and freshness that the first three season's had. -- Submitted By: (workstoomuch) on July 24, 2010, 1:44 pm

Criminal Minds - TV Shows
One of the most intense shows on TV! -- Submitted By: (Toprank) on July 23, 2010, 10:09 pm

Da Ali G. Show - TV Shows
I hope the guy, that decided to put this clown on TV, got fired. -- Submitted By: (Toprank) on July 23, 2010, 10:07 pm

Closer, The - TV Shows
One of the best shows on TV, that no one watches. -- Submitted By: (Toprank) on July 23, 2010, 10:06 pm

Yu-Gi-Oh! - TV Shows
Screw the rules, I have- eh, let's not. A 4(No)Kids(InThisDayAndAge) is an automatic bone... but at least LittleKuriboo's Abridged Series is tolerable.... -- Submitted By: (NotABot55) on July 23, 2010, 12:46 am

Star Trek: Voyager - TV Shows
During the "Year of Hell" episodes Janeway cuts off her hair than when the timeline is Restored, the ship is perfect, the crew are resurrected ,but oops Janeway's hair doesn't COME BAAAAAACK! UH OH maybe some hair extensions 4 a few episodes 4 continuity! THIS IS a defining BTF 4 the whole ST FRANCHISE!!!!! -- Submitted By: (ChrissyM) on July 22, 2010, 7:47 pm

Soap - TV Shows
Jimmy Baio was awesome as Billy, exspecially trying to dump his hot teacher, Funny! -- Submitted By: (ChrissyM) on July 22, 2010, 7:39 pm

Farscape - TV Shows
John dressing in drag almost BTF 4 me but he pulled it off" -- Submitted By: (ChrissyM) on July 22, 2010, 7:35 pm

Seinfeld - TV Shows
I relaized that george is the Loser of the show or the gang he always gets a bad hand but Loser style -- Submitted By: (thedude19766) on July 21, 2010, 1:45 pm

Everybody loves Raymond - TV Shows
yesterday (7/20/2010) I saw the rerun of ELR where marie interpts amy and robert's wedding and when robert became upset what id ray (aka nippieboy) do he didn't do anything and ask if robert got his gun and also sit down if I was ray I tell marie to sit down and shut up! -- Submitted By: (thedude19766) on July 21, 2010, 1:40 pm

In Living Color - TV Shows
I didn't get into In Living Color till its last season - I was doubled over laughing at the Dirty Dozens game show (got me into "yo mama" insults). I watched it in reruns and eventually developed a liking for Homey the Clown, Fire Marshal Bill, and other recurring skits. I daresay it didn't feel the same after Damon Wayans left, but after Keenan left, the humor seemed forced at times. -- Submitted By: (BigAl) on July 21, 2010, 12:13 pm

Monday Night Football - TV Shows
Kingbk, you might as well have had a hammer when you made that post, because you NAILED it! At this point Monday night football's about as relevant as the institution of marriage! -- Submitted By: (DolFan316) on July 20, 2010, 8:22 pm

Buffy The Vampire Slayer - TV Shows
Twenty years from now, fans of this show will come across it in reruns. They'll say to themselves 'I remember this show, it was great'...Then, when it's over they'll sit on their couch, stock still. One thought will bubble to the surface, just one. And it is this: "What the hell was I thinking when I was watching this crap?" -- Submitted By: (BrianBuck) on July 19, 2010, 7:56 pm

Girlfriends - TV Shows
i usually hate these shows but found myself strangely addicted to this one -- Submitted By: (twigletmania) on July 19, 2010, 2:20 pm

Monday Night Football - TV Shows
Monday Night Football is a product of the past that just doesn't have the relevance it once had. The program was meant for three channel television, when you were lucky to get two football games on TV a week. Today, there is football on multiple channels on multiple days a week. It's one of those things people just need to hang on to hang on to, like Dick Clark doing New Years, Saturday Morning Cartoons and other relics that should be retired. The show was always Howard Cosell's show, and though Frank Gifford and Al Michaels both did commendable jobs taking over, you sensed it was never their show. You knew it was past its prime when they tried putting Dennis Miller on it and then Tony Kornheiser. The celebrity worship, crass commercialism and lopsided games are other reasons this boned this fish. This game could be on Tuesday, Wednesday or Friday for all I care anymore. -- Submitted By: (kingbk) on July 18, 2010, 6:29 pm

NBA on ABC - TV Shows
There's no comparison between the NBA on ABC today and the NBA on CBS/NBC from the 80s and 90s. First off, the NBA was in its golden age in the 80s up until the mid 90s. Bird, Magic, MJ, Barkley, Malone, Stockton, Isiah, Ewing, Robinson, Olajuwon, Drexler, Pippen etc. Today's NBA is ruled by Kobe and LeBron. Sure, we hear about Nash, Nowitzki, Wade, Duncan, etc, but TV and analysts emphasize these two players, and sorry, they just don't have the same aura that players like Magic, Bird and MJ had. Also, the game is watered down now. In the 80s and 90s players played team ball with fundamentals, tough work ethics, and never back down attitudes. Today the players are too buddy buddy with each other, complain too much about calls, showboat, and the rules have made the game softer with more focus on the refs and calling fouls. Some of this has to do with players being allowed into the NBA right after high school and not playing college ball and getting strong there (which they switched, thank God), but some of this also has to do with Stern. He rode the coat tails of Magic, Bird and MJ making the NBA a gold mine, but after MJ retired teams have moved and the game isn't the same. Most true sports fans I know could care less about the NBA, except for maybe the Lakers and Celtics. NBA coverage is terrible now. I hate Stuart Scott. He makes me long for Bob Costas and his dramatic build ups. They don't have a theme song that works. There aren't many games over the season. The same four teams play every weekend. Mark Jackson and Jeff Van Gundy are trying to revive the whole Bill Walton-Snapper Jones dynamic, but it doesn't work as well this time. Mike Breen, a holdover from the NBA on NBC, is good, but Al Michaels sounded about as bored as a kid in a library on a summer afternoon. I think it's a good thing he's no longer doing it. The NBA when it was on NBC/CBS was just more likable, dramatic, and fun to watch. It just isn't that way anymore. -- Submitted By: (kingbk) on July 18, 2010, 6:01 pm

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century - TV Shows
Hawk really should have been cool, he had all of the ingedients for it, but somehow he was more of a turkey. The second season did try to be more serious but did they ever find any 'lost tribles of humanity'? They seemed to spend most weeks either ferrying aliens about or searching for fuel. Gerrard's hair was funnier by the week and when he turned into a 'Satyr' in one episode it was actually an improvement, although the curly wig he wore near the end of that episode was the funniest thing I have ever seen on television. -- Submitted By: (thegorillaismine) on July 18, 2010, 11:44 am

Bewitched - TV Shows
A something just occurred to me: Did Samantha go to Hogwarts? -- Submitted By: (Friedrich_Feuerstein) on July 16, 2010, 11:18 am

Hannah Montana - TV Shows
This show boned the fish but not (in my opinion) for any of the reasons listed. Let me tell you when this show went down hill. The start of the first season was the awkward "getting to know you" stage where its obvious to even a duck that Miley Cyrus is in her awkward teen years. The later of season 1 gets good and is setting the stage for the perfection that is season 2. Now season 2 marks Hannah Montana coming into her own, her style is unique and truly like a superstar, funny story lines and such. Now lets talk about the wigs that Hannah(Miley) and Lola(Lilly) wore, they will play an important role later on. Hannah's wig was long and became her signature look besides her clothes and Lola's wigs were in a cute bob like style in many gorgeous colors resembling an anime character. Season 3 is a drastic change and is marked as the Bone The Fish/Jump The Shark moment. This is when Miley Cyrus started complaining about the weight of the wig, and just complaining in general about what made her AFFORD who she is today. This is a classic sign that when the main actor/actress does not like what what he/she is doing, the performance and dedication is always gonna go down the toilet along with the show. Anyways, because of the complaining, Hannah's wig was curled and that was like making Barney brown instead of purple.....it just was not right. They must have burned all of Lola's wigs because when season 3 started, she just wears this long morbid and trashy blue wig which destroys her whole look. Speaking of looks, Hannah's look changed during season 3 and onwards. In season 3 specifically her clothes no longer sparkle and glisten, but are 80's inspired getups. Not even an innovative version of the 80's clothes, but the mockery of the fashion in the 80's and its really sad and makes Hannah look like she is trying too hard. Thats all I can think of. -- Submitted By: (LockeandMasenko) on July 14, 2010, 11:21 pm

Bewitched - TV Shows
Yep, the 2nd Darrin. Dick York's comic timing was impeccable: it takes a very talented straight man to set up the gag so that Endora, Uncle Arthur, or Aunt Clara can hit it out of the park, something the Other Dick never could master. He was the producer's original choice at the very beginning of the show's run BTW-can't imagine why. -- Submitted By: (JohnDiFool) on July 14, 2010, 6:10 pm

Farscape - TV Shows
Trying to jump-start things here... Some might point to season 5, but for me the tension was continually racheted up as that season wore on and we came closer to a resolution of the Crichton/Scorpius/Scarran plot-yeah the season finale blew as far as cliffhangers go, but the miniseries/movie more than redeemed it. So Never Boned for me. -- Submitted By: (JohnDiFool) on July 14, 2010, 6:05 pm

Hills, The - TV Shows
This travesty finally got canceled, thank God. Maybe it's the first step towards MTV returning to music... also maybe Santa Claus is real, politicians tell the truth, world peace is achievable, pro athletes are underpaid and The Simpsons is just as fresh as it was in 1989. -- Submitted By: (kingbk) on July 14, 2010, 5:16 pm

Full House - TV Shows
The show became completely unwatchable once it changed from "Full House" to "The Michelle Show" -- Submitted By: (catnapped) on July 14, 2010, 6:32 am

Hey Arnold! - TV Shows
The art of this show was pretty crappy. How much appeal can a kid with a football shaped head and a tiny ball cap have? -- Submitted By: (JayD) on July 13, 2010, 11:02 pm

Hong Kong Phooey - TV Shows
I guess some people think that showing somebody in a karate outfit is racist and degrading to asians. Oh, please. -- Submitted By: (JayD) on July 13, 2010, 10:56 pm

America's Funniest People - TV Shows
Same here. It always seemed to me that they were trying too hard to be funny. -- Submitted By: (Robert) on July 13, 2010, 6:54 pm

REAL Ghostbusters, The - TV Shows
I often wondered why they felt the need to add "REAL" to the title, then I learned about the other Ghostbusters cartoon. I have fond memories TRG, but I recall how it eventually became all about Slimer. He even spun off to get his very own show. I preferred Lorenzo Music to provide the voice of Peter Venkman, I like how he sounded like Garfield. -- Submitted By: (Robert) on July 13, 2010, 6:53 pm

That '70s Show - TV Shows
It was all-in-all a good show though it went down in quality from season six for a number of reasons. However, am I the only one who finds it odd they never directly ripped on Jimmy Carter throughout the entirety of the show. It was set during the years of his presidency and they had an episode about Gerald Ford visiting, so why the omission? -- Submitted By: (johnnydough) on July 13, 2010, 6:50 pm

South Park - TV Shows
South Park got better as time went on and character development was woven in. After a while, killing Kenny got trite, so Trey and Matt got rid of it. Sometimes you have to trim off the dead wood. -- Submitted By: (BigAl) on July 13, 2010, 6:35 pm

Dating Game, The - TV Shows
This show was always at its best during the "flower power" era. I mean, this was a game show for the hippie generation like no other. The clothes, the set, the humor, the personality, even Jim Lange. The later incarnations never could recapture that spirit quite as well. I think it's one of those game shows that was meant for the late 60s-early 70s and probably not after that. -- Submitted By: (kingbk) on July 13, 2010, 5:19 pm

REAL Ghostbusters, The - TV Shows
I'm inclined to agree that it boned when they replaced Lorenzo Music with Dave Coulier. It just felt so wrong on many levels after the transition. -- Submitted By: (BigAl) on July 13, 2010, 10:50 am

America's Funniest People - TV Shows
The only thing I enjoyed on this show was the Jackalope. Aside from that...not much else. -- Submitted By: (BigAl) on July 13, 2010, 10:49 am

You Can't Do That on Television - TV Shows
Loved this show long ago. The green slime, the water (gets water dumped on me), the jokes about Barth's cooking, tricking El Capitano...the list goes on. Why isn't this on DVD? I don't know... (gets slimed) -- Submitted By: (BigAl) on July 12, 2010, 9:08 pm

Sale of the Century - TV Shows
I remember Sale of the Century - it was a fairly good show and also something that whetted my appetite for Press Your Luck. Jim Perry was an interesting host. -- Submitted By: (BigAl) on July 12, 2010, 8:58 pm

Salute Your Shorts - TV Shows
Salute Your Shorts is something that deserves a DVD release, no doubt about it. -- Submitted By: (BigAl) on July 12, 2010, 8:43 pm

Keeping Up With The Kardashians - TV Shows
I'd rather watch paint dry than watch this useless pile of garbage. Who the @#$% cares about what some no-name family does on a daily basis? -- Submitted By: (BigAl) on July 12, 2010, 8:39 pm

Grace Under Fire - TV Shows
I HATED this show. I watched it up until Brett Butler gets the "bright" idea to do an episode where a neighbor is suffering clinical depression and Brett's character Grace is making fun of her! Really, Brett? Aren't you like the big-ass addicted-to-everything loser? -- Submitted By: (Stephanie) on July 12, 2010, 11:48 am

Space:Above and Beyond - TV Shows
I just got this on DVD and have been rewatching, ahving only caught bits and pieces in college, which I remember liking alot (see my previous post). The show is really good now that I can watch it as it was intended to be watched in episodic format. The special effects are probably the worst part, they are choppy computer CGI, which at the time may not have been too bad, but really stand out now as being pretty goofy. Nonetheless, alot of interesting concepts- the silicates, in-vitroes, future tech and earth. And also, I forgot R Lee. Ermey was also on the pilot of the whos for good marine measure! You can also see the X-files influence since this came from that era on FOX and alot of the X-files team- there is an immediate "cover up/conspiracy" angle and characters based out of the ultra secret global corporation "Aerotech" which is fun as well. Anyway, never boned so check this out sometime. -- Submitted By: (Chubby Rain) on July 11, 2010, 6:12 am

MADtv - TV Shows
I hope people don't remember only the "Bobby Lee Years" as I like to call them when they think of MadTV. The show was really for a while there. I actually didn't care much for the very first cast lineup. I hated that Cabana Chat sketch and was glad when that cast member left the show. I actually thought Will Sasso was the funnier "fat guy" than Artie Lange. Maybe it was because Artie was notoriously on drugs during this show. Nicole Sullivan always seemed to be the "star" to me; I think the show's boning began when she left. -- Submitted By: (Travoltron) on July 7, 2010, 11:51 pm

Simple Life, The - TV Shows
Simple Life? Pfft. Simpleton Life would be closer. -- Submitted By: (BigAl) on July 7, 2010, 3:09 pm

PJs, The - TV Shows
Excellent show. Remind me why Fox axed this show again? -- Submitted By: (PYLrulz) on July 7, 2010, 4:21 am

American Dreams - TV Shows
The thing that bothers me most about the show is that you hear a lot of songs that weren't recorded until much later, sometimes a few years later. They are just too numerous to put here. -- Submitted By: (JayD) on July 7, 2010, 12:00 am

Californication - TV Shows
I was flipping channels and I turned to what I thought was a porno but it turned out to be this show. I still don't believe they even made this show in the first place. -- Submitted By: (JayD) on July 6, 2010, 11:14 pm

Tonight Show, The - TV Shows
The Tonight Show boned when Carson retired in '92 and that bobble-head guy took over. -- Submitted By: (Scaramouche) on July 6, 2010, 6:17 pm

Days and Nights of Molly Dodd, The - TV Shows
I don't think this show ever jumped, er, boned. I'd watch it all again right now. -- Submitted By: (Scaramouche) on July 6, 2010, 6:15 pm

Sex and the City - TV Shows
It boned for me when that whiney retarded guy who's always carrying a basketball showed up. -- Submitted By: (Scaramouche) on July 6, 2010, 6:09 pm

Office, The - TV Shows
The marriage, the baby, Kathy Bates, all this crap week after week about some printer that catches fire (who cares), and that new annoying guy whose job I don't even know. These are the things that have combined over the last season to bone the fish that was once The Office. -- Submitted By: (Scaramouche) on July 6, 2010, 6:01 pm

Olympics, The - TV Shows
I think there have been increasing degrees of boning over the last few decades. I first noticed it during the 1984 summer games when absolutely all they raved about was the American athletes. Then 'Up Close and Personal' stories began to encroach on actual sports time, and we got no end of tedious sob sagas about some skater's blind grandmother, etc., etc. I don't remember when the inevitable close-ups of (almost always American) athletes faces during the national anthems began, in the hope that we'd see a tear trickling down a cheek, but that was another stroke of the knife. The latest, for me, has been the introduction of snow boarding. Yes, I know, it takes skill, blah blah blah, but sruffy skateboarder types jumping out of sewer pipes and doing flips is a stunt, not a real sport. Could it be a ploy to draw in the millions of teenage snowboarders as a new audience? Nah. -- Submitted By: (Scaramouche) on July 6, 2010, 5:58 pm

Bridezillas - TV Shows
If my wife-to-be had ever acted anything like these monsters while planning our wedding- That wedding would have been SO off. -- Submitted By: (Friedrich_Feuerstein) on July 6, 2010, 4:39 pm

WKRP in Cincinnati - TV Shows
And yes Dolfan, I do agree that Bailey was much more attractive than Loni anderson. Bailey kind had that 'hot-geek' thing going on. -- Submitted By: (Friedrich_Feuerstein) on July 6, 2010, 4:36 pm

Keeping Up With The Kardashians - TV Shows
Yo! TV producers. I just have one question- Uhhhhhh why? I have plenty of crappy ideas for TV shows, so uhhh, instead of continuing to rehash this useless, and frankly, uninteresting crapola on the air, why not give some NEW ideas a try? Eh? -- Submitted By: (Friedrich_Feuerstein) on July 6, 2010, 3:31 pm

Mayberry RFD - TV Shows
I just never could get into this show. To me, it just wasn't Mayberry with out Andy Griffith and Don Knotts. -- Submitted By: (Friedrich_Feuerstein) on July 6, 2010, 3:22 pm

Life and Times of Grizzly Adams, The - TV Shows
That bear used to crack me up. He was one hell of an actor. -- Submitted By: (Friedrich_Feuerstein) on July 6, 2010, 3:13 pm

PJs, The - TV Shows
This comedy never failed me. I knew that every time I watched it, I would have at least one good laugh-out-loud moment. Is this on DVD yet? -- Submitted By: (Friedrich_Feuerstein) on July 6, 2010, 3:10 pm

Are You Being Served? - TV Shows
Pelirojo- I agree completely. My father spent many years as a manager in a mid-scale department store not too unlike the one depicted in AYBS, and having grown up in that kind of environment, the earlier seasons/series were spot on and very amusing. Sadly, the show became just over-the-top stupid and was rather unwatchable after a point. Then came that failed bit with the AYBS gang inheriting an English Bed & Breakfast (in lieu of ther pensions) and trying to make a go with that. No thanks. -- Submitted By: (Friedrich_Feuerstein) on July 6, 2010, 3:05 pm

Let's Make A Deal (2009) - TV Shows
It's a much better revival than the 2003 NBC edition (gag me), but it still has some problems. Like Bob with The Price is Right, Dick Clark with Pyramid and Allen Ludden with Password, Monty Hall IS Let's Make a Deal. You can't watch and not compare the two. I think Drew Carey's doing a fine job on TPIR, but he's not Bob and he never will be. Same with Wayne Brady. He's doing a fine job on this show, but he's not Monty Hall. He doesn't have the same salesmanship skills, the same knack for pressuring the contestants, or the same "trust me" with a sly wink demeanor that Monty had. Not only that, but he makes himself the star of the show, not the contestants. The era of game show hosts who had careers as game show hosts is long gone and instead we have stand-up comedians or talk show hosts doing it and they don't have the same punch that dedicated game show hosts do. The show is long at an hour. TPIR pulls it off with variety, LMOD just doesn't have that variety, plus it's too slow. What really bugs me too is that the show is an hour long, yet only one contestant plays for the big deal of the day. It has always been two contestants and with many contestants in the hour edition, how come they can't just go back to two? Are they that afraid of giving stuff away? It's probably my biggest annoyance with this version. -- Submitted By: (kingbk) on July 6, 2010, 2:56 pm

Speed Racer - TV Shows
... so Chim Chim can keep Ki-op from 'Battle of the Planets' company. "Goook umm deep deep deep! Nice Monkey." -- Submitted By: (Friedrich_Feuerstein) on July 6, 2010, 2:45 pm

At the Movies - TV Shows
The death of Gene Siskel. This program was always at its best when it was the two competing Chicago writers, one for a liberal-leaning paper, the other for a conservative-leaning paper, reviewing films. They both were passionate about movies and had great chemistry together, even (and maybe especially) when they disagreed. Richard Roeper was a good replacement, but he never had the chemistry with Ebert that Siskel did. When the program overhauled the formula completely with the two Bens, it was on its last legs. It was hard to take Ben Lyons, a pretty boy from E Network who got a job thanks to his dad, seriously as a critic, and his chemistry with the other Ben was pretty wooden. Thank God it only lasted one season in this format, but the show was officially cancelled even though the new hosts have been doing a more than acceptable job with the program. -- Submitted By: (kingbk) on July 5, 2010, 11:47 pm

That's Incredible - TV Shows
I used to watch this show as a kid. There were some real scary and bizarre stories, including one where this lady was married to a corpse named Speedy and this couple even appeared in the audience. They often had shows dedicated to incredible kids, and I can't remember for the life of me the name of this kid who was a walking encyclopedia of baseball and touted as a future star. Did this kid ever make it to the majors? Similarly, there was also this hockey playing kid who was supposed to give Gretzky a run for his money. Did he even make it to the NHL? -- Submitted By: (JayD) on July 5, 2010, 6:42 pm

Family Guy - TV Shows
Simply put, it just isn't funny. It's one cutaway gag after another, often beginning with "If you thought that was bad, do you remember the time..." I sure hope it doesn't go on for years and years. Let's free the manatees. -- Submitted By: (JayD) on July 5, 2010, 6:09 pm

Bradys, The - TV Shows
The Bradys don't work as a prime time soap. Too silly. It really boned when they had to move the house to another part of town. -- Submitted By: (JayD) on July 5, 2010, 5:55 pm

Jetsons, The - TV Shows
"Eep Opp Ork Ah-Ah" was the coolest thing about The Jetsons. Check out the Violent Femmes cover: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxV9tIlpN94 -- Submitted By: (Stephanie) on July 5, 2010, 11:26 am

Jetsons, The - TV Shows
It is a long time since I seen a episode of Jetsons since I was a kid in the early 90s but I remember that both versions I enjoyed through there were problems with both versions. The 60s version was a clone of Hanna-Barbarea's own Flintstones in terms of plot devices/themes (working class family living in a time period far away from ours). The 80s version I thought had better animation and was better to look at than the grainy and pastel ridden 60s version but some plot devices were abit too corny and odd (remember the talking lip diary of Judy's that she whined to). Possibly the boner was the 90s movie that came out. I remember the 90s movie version was OK but it was quickly forgotten like most TV show turned into a movies movie. Then Hanna-Barbarea haven't done anything new with the series since because it is not as popular in making the mightly dollar unlike the Flintstones or Scooby Doo. -- Submitted By: (Ani) on July 5, 2010, 4:01 am

Murder, She Wrote - TV Shows
I've said the same thing about comic book superheroes (They come around, and all of a sudden, super villains start to appear). This is no different. If I saw that woman, I would head for the hills, lock myself somewhere, and not come out until she is at least a thousand miles away from me. -- Submitted By: (PYLrulz) on July 4, 2010, 11:14 am

Keeping Up With The Kardashians - TV Shows
Someone please take the words of that book Butters Stotch wrote and KILL THE PHONIES! (Yeah, it's a rip from Catcher in the Rye, but the concept is sound.) -- Submitted By: (NotABot55) on July 4, 2010, 1:26 am

Isis - TV Shows
To BrewMaster - agreed with you there! For a decent portion of male viewers in the 1970s, the ultimate television program crossover would have been Isis and Wonder Woman! -- Submitted By: (Mythigator) on July 3, 2010, 7:07 pm

Murder, She Wrote - TV Shows
On the flip side of Jay D's comment (and agreeing with several others), my question about this show was that since whenever Jessica was around someone got killed, how did she manage to not be treated like the Grim Reaper's answer to Typhoid Mary?! You'd think that for anyone with common sense, the mere words "Jessica's in town" would prompt a mass evacuation! Go figure ... -- Submitted By: (Mythigator) on July 3, 2010, 6:33 pm

Magnificent Marble Machine, The - TV Shows
I remember seeing this show on TV when I was a kid. I really didn't care about the celebrities or the questions; I just wanted them to get to the big giant pinball machine. Still rocks. -- Submitted By: (Mythigator) on July 3, 2010, 6:28 pm

Hong Kong Phooey - TV Shows
If you do a Google search for "Hong Kong Phooey" Racist, you will get hits. One of the top hits was some Chinese guy screaming profanities about how racist the show was and then admits he's never seen the show. -- Submitted By: (Travoltron) on July 3, 2010, 11:49 am

Let's Make a Deal - TV Shows
A somewhat lame and annoying show even considering the genre. However; it occassionally had its moments- like how one time they 'jokingly' gave away a baby elephant as the booby prize- but the contestant actually WANTED it and they'd already told her she'd 'won' it so their lawyers told them they HAD to let the contestant have said elephant which wound up costing them some $30,000 LOL! From that point on they only had booby prizes they could afford to lose. -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on July 3, 2010, 9:59 am

Jetsons, The - TV Shows
Robert, the 80's version wouldn't be able to hold an candle on an *IPOD screen* to anything much less the 60's version. Funny thing is that they tried to make the 80's version so 'topical' that it was dated as soon as it aired whereas the 60's version's proven timeless! -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on July 3, 2010, 9:45 am

Hong Kong Phooey - TV Shows
Hong Kong Phooey racist? Does this mean that there's a race of talking, clothed yet clueless bipedal dogs out there ? LOL RIP, Scatman and Joe E.Ross. BOTH of you all sounded as though you were having fun doing those voices! -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on July 3, 2010, 9:42 am

Cosby Show, The - TV Shows
There were just too many characters for a recurring weekly sitcom. You started out with the family unit which was fine, then came Sondra and Elven, Denise and her Navy beau, then the grandparents would show up for pinochle or whatever...and they jettisoned in kids every few months for the cute factor. In the end, not a lot of chemistry was built up because of the revolving door of kids and celebrities (OMG I ran into Stevie Wonder's limo!!!111!). Theo and Cockroach had great chemistry and so did Cliff and Claire. It didn't help that Cliff went from a laid-back worker with a good position to having his veins bulge out and referring to Hillman and so on every chance. It definitely had its funny episodes but it got too preachy and too populated before long. -- Submitted By: (CrazyPierre) on July 3, 2010, 7:17 am

Newhart! - TV Shows
Great show. No one brings the deadpan like Bob and he had a great supporting cast of zany small-towners. Came close to jumping with L,D&D getting a lot of airtime, but got through it. Fantastic series finale! -- Submitted By: (CrazyPierre) on July 3, 2010, 7:01 am

Jetsons, The - TV Shows
I've seen both the classic 60's version and the 80's version. The 80's version doesn't hold a candle to the 60's version. -- Submitted By: (Robert) on July 2, 2010, 7:12 pm

Mork & Mindy - TV Shows
It definitely boned with the addition of Jonathan Winters whose character is aging backwards just like Benjamin Button only a lot more corny. -- Submitted By: (JayD) on July 2, 2010, 6:52 pm

Jetsons, The - TV Shows
Since it's set in the future, will we eventually have to change the names of people and places to names that are astronomy related? Will Las Vegas become Las Venus one day? -- Submitted By: (JayD) on July 2, 2010, 6:43 pm

Hong Kong Phooey - TV Shows
Chubby, Robert, give it time, some idiot will do it. Bet you anything -- Submitted By: (PYLrulz) on July 2, 2010, 3:42 pm

Hong Kong Phooey - TV Shows
Racist? How's it racist when the title character is voiced by Scatman Crothers? Oh, wait, I know why. There are some people who see problems where none exist. -- Submitted By: (Robert) on July 2, 2010, 9:06 am

Hong Kong Phooey - TV Shows
Im surprised this show ahsnt been banned like some of the old Looney Toons for being "racist" by the likes of Whoopi Goldberg. -- Submitted By: (Chubby Rain) on July 2, 2010, 3:29 am

Hong Kong Phooey - TV Shows
I saw this on Boomerang. What a great show! Rest in peace Scatman Crothers (voice of Hong Kong Phooey). -- Submitted By: (Robert) on July 1, 2010, 8:13 pm

Sopranos, The - TV Shows
Just finished watching season 6 with Mrs. Chubby Rain, and wow did I forget how BAD this got- the last few episodes are painful to watch, it becomes the AJ and Meadow rail on the writers politicals issues (GWB, the US is evil etc.) for 15-20 minutes while the interesting characters (Phil Leotardo/ NY Crew- Soprano gangsters) are reduced to 3 minute vignettes between political/social rants. It's just awful- even the NY/NJ war is a joke- dumb deaths like Silvio are done just for shock, and the wasted death of Chris Moltisanti is just terrible. The finale upon the second viewing ws even worse, the other dropped story lines- Carlo is with the feds?! announced in the last five minuets and the wasted character arc of Uncle Junior just make this even worse, and it is amazing that the show is the same one that mesmerized everyone a few seasons earlier. Truly a bad ending to a great series. Boned in season 6- pass the slaw for the Soprano family... -- Submitted By: (Chubby Rain) on July 1, 2010, 7:40 pm

Yo Yogi! - TV Shows
While Yogi, Huck and Snag were shown as teens, other characters such as Hokey Wolf, Jinks the Cat, as well as Snooper and Blab remained in their adult form. -- Submitted By: (JayD) on July 1, 2010, 6:16 pm

Lizzie McGuire - TV Shows
Jumped day one -- Submitted By: (Freword) on July 1, 2010, 4:01 pm

Murder, She Wrote - TV Shows
Why would Jessica want to stay in Cabot Cove where dead bodies are piling up? Put it to you this way. If she lived somewhere else, she'd still find herself involved in a weekly murder. -- Submitted By: (JayD) on June 30, 2010, 11:13 pm

Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show,The - TV Shows
Was this the result of a bet to see who could come up with a worse Flintstones idea than the Great Gazoo? -- Submitted By: (Robert) on June 30, 2010, 7:22 pm

Bewitched - TV Shows
I understand that IRL, things happen- and where TV productions are concerned, that can create a little havoc for the story line. But when a TV show decides to go the route of doing a 'same character different actor' switcheroo on a popular TV show, a production company should, as a service to the fans, at least make some effort to find the best replacement possible. I know from experience that there are TONS of really good actors in Hollywood looking for a break. You can't tell me that (even in the 1960's) out of those likely vast numbers they could not find one or two actors who bore at least a passing resemblance to the first 'Darrin Stevens' and could even mimic him in a convincing way? And if they couldn't find him in a 'cattle call' in LA, they even try New York. Lot's of actors there too. -- Submitted By: (Friedrich_Feuerstein) on June 30, 2010, 4:35 pm

CSI - TV Shows
Naren Shakar leavinjg did not help . And now david Rambo is gone over to V. But worst of all, the way they did Liz Vassey. She did not resign as some have written but was asked not to return for season 11. In fact her manager had to tell her. The Lab Rats were a break from the Laurence Fishburn show. Another good cast member leaving. She has paid her dues and they were really quick on the trigger after Naren Shankar (did many of the episodes but more well known for the Lab Rats episodes). If they do not bring her back show will tank. It's already springing leaks. -- Submitted By: (ziggy28) on June 30, 2010, 4:30 pm

American Idol - TV Shows
Bone the Fish cited in a gay journal for tolerance over Ellen being gay not ruining American Idol?!? http://zeldalily.com/index.php/tag/bonethefish/ -- Submitted By: (Chubby Rain) on June 30, 2010, 6:40 am