ok so I don't have cable tv...

[MrsBrady]

at least not lately...and when I did I didn't watch it much...

Also I usually assume if something is important, I will find out about it...
so I began to hear about this ancient aliens thing on the History Channel.

Are you f*&^%$# kidding me?

Don't they understand this stuff is BS?
This is really, frightening to me, passing this stuff off as history.

Totally BS. I mean if they wanted to call it....
"stuff that is really really far out there and woo and respectable archeologist debunk"
I might be ok with it.

Wow. This is another reason for me not to get cable. Why?

[HopeHoops]

1. As the Pink Floyd lyric from "The Wall" says, "I got 13 channels of shit on the TV to choose from."

Okay, so now it's 500 or whatever, but it's still mostly shit.

[MrsBrady]

6. clearly n/t

[MiddleFingerMom]

2. Relax. It's TV. And not even PBS, though if I amember correctly, PBS had CS specials, too.

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Speculative shows about the Pyramids and Nostradamus and the like.
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If you're wondering how he eats and breathes
And other science facts,
Just repeat to yourself "It's just a show,
I should really just relax
For Mystery Science Theater 3000."
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[MrsBrady]

5. well if the history channel

is going to put history out there
like a bad movie...

then I need to see Joel and the robots at the bottom of the screen...

just sayin'

[caraher]

3. The History Channel has been pure shit for years

At least the Hitler stuff was (mostly) reality based, but much of their fare is Nostradamus/ancient alien crap and has been for quite some time.

[MrsBrady]

4. wow...

just wow.

I don't think I should be so surprised....but I am.

[Curmudgeoness]

11. NO, you shouldn't be surprised.

History just wasn't entertaining enough for the masses, so they have had to resort to keeping the name of the channel but filling it with commercially sellable programming......like (and I am not making this up, I just googled it) Swamp People, Pawn Stars, Hatfields and McCoys, Ax Men, Ice Road Truckers, and American Pickers.

You are not alone in your disgust for what is passing as programming on the "History" channel.

In the past few years, however, things have changed. The History Channel has relegated most of their shows about planes, guns, and fascists to their mildly psychotic offshoot, the Military History Channel. This has left them with a lot of newly available airtime, which they've used to... go completely nuts.


First, they changed their official name from 'the History Channel' to simply 'History,' apparently hoping to trademark an entire academic subject. Paradoxically, however, their programming has less than ever to do with the study of the human past. Nowadays, operating under the premise that 'everything becomes history as soon as it happens,' they just make shows about whatever the hell they want.



Read more: The History Channel | Cracked.com http://www.cracked.com/funny-5720-the-history-channel/#ixzz28doezNys

[MrsBrady]

12. i'd seen some Ice Road Truckers

before I canceled the cable a few years ago...

I liked it at first...then realized it should be called.

"crazy mo-fo's with little to no social skills"

[Curmudgeoness]

17. I guess I have been off cable longer than you have.

I have not seen any of those shows, but have heard about many of them. I don't miss cable.

[Systematic Chaos]

26. Imagine how a show about the Conservative Cave would reel 'em in?

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

7. I have a zillion movie channels and scarcely watch them anymore

I have everything, from Maxx to Encore to Starz and the rest. The movies are increasingly old chestnuts they keep replaying. The Western channel, for example, is a cycle of about two dozen movies they've kept running for the last five years. They're obviously cutting costs by showing only crap. And there's also the problem that there are fewer and fewer new movies being made that are watchable.

[MrsBrady]

10. I'm glad I'm missing all that n/t

[rug]

8. Fine, but you're going to miss what Honey Boo Boo is up to.

Just don't come around and ask me what happened to her pig.

[MrsBrady]

9. i'll pass on this one

[Baitball Blogger]

14. You're going to hate more what Rosie is up to.

Rosie O’Donnell: I “Love” Honey Boo Boo’s Family, Want to “Buy Them a House”

http://www.gossipcop.com/rosie-odonnell-honey-boo-boo-buy-house-home-mama-june-shirley-temple/

[rug]

15. Lol. Rosie's great. This doesn't surprise me in the least.

My wife is a big fan of hers. She used to follow her on her blog. One day she was all excited and told me Rosie answered her on the blog and they exchanged posts for a few minutes.

[Baitball Blogger]

16. That would be cool if someone famous was actually exchanging posts.

I once got a fund raising call from someone who sounded just like Obama. Yeah, I believe I donated just because I would never say no if he actually asked in person.

[rug]

18. No, I'm pretty sure it was her.

She talked a lot about her kids and the planning for a cruise specifically for gay couples and their children. Very funny posts as I recall. She is very much down to earth.

[Indpndnt]

13. I'd share what The Learning Channel has devolved into.

But your brain would probably .

Educational television isn't what it used to be.

[MrsBrady]

23. so educational television is

now an oxymoron

[Indpndnt]

24. Exactly. They don't even try to hide it, anymore.

Now it's 'TLC,' and not 'The Learning Channel.' Maybe they didn't want to scare anybody away with that whole "Learning" promise. Or maybe too many people took it as a threat rather than a promise. And they're probably hoping that those of us who remember what the letters TLC once stood for, will soon forget.

Not happenin'.

[Moondog]

19. Anything to sell commercials. n/t

[MrsBrady]

22. I would be embarrassed

to have to sell ad space there.

[Chellee]

20. The Learning Channel...

recently had a "documentary" about scientists who discovered a mermaid's body. But the military covered up, so nobody knows... even though they made a documentary about it. Shh!! It's a secret, a government cover up secret. So don't tell anyone about the mermaids.

What was really unnerving was that the style was very much like a documentary. I stumbled onto it about a third of the way in and actually thought I was watching a documentary. I'm thinking maybe they had discovered some prehistoric fish that they had thought was extinct, but then it got really woo-woo stupid, so, no.

[MrsBrady]

21. so you learned what...

???

[Chellee]

27. I learned...

I need to stop watching The Learning Channel.

[lexx21]

25. American television has been forulated

to make us more stupid.

Think about this for a second... how much intelligence goes into a "reality show"?

Did you ever hear of the saying "you will acclimate to your environment"?

This is very true. I honestly don't think this is capitalism at work, but a long term plan of social reform. Uninformed people are far easier to control. If future generations don't know history then it is easy to repeat the mistakes of the past for singular gain. Lets face it... our youth today don't know crap about history. Find one who actually knows who Jimmy Hoffa is. Better yet... find one who knows who knows who Ed White was and why he died.

I made sure that my kids knew important events in history and prominent historical figures (they also know most lyrics to classic rock songs). If they were feeling "too bad to go to school", I would assign them a book report on such figures as Imhotep, Booth, etc... At least then they learned something.

Sorry, on a rant here.... American television just ticks me off with the stupidity of their programming.