Friday OT #2 - A Real Slap In the Face

[Angie]

I never watch CBS, and almost never watch live TV - so this week when I was on a work trip and flipping through the channels at my hotel that didn't have a guide on the TV, I was legitimately shocked when a new episode of "Big Brother" came up. I honestly didn't know that show was still going. Not that I have any vitriol against it or anything, I just legitimately wasn't aware it was still a thing.

Is there anything like that where you had no idea it was still a thing? Like, "Oh, they still make Corn Pops?! I'll be damned!" types of moments.

 

[BCClone]

There is s thread for every single one of those in here.


Hhhhmmm......how much to the mods check out the threads I now wonder.

 

[madguy30]

Saw a Rolos commercial last night that fits the bill perfectly.

 

[dahliaclone]

Just saw a promo for MTV's Real World/Road Rules Challenge...I thought those stopped like 15 years ago.

 

[LindenCy]

It's sad Big Brother is still going. However, now I want some Corn Pops.

 

[KCClone1]

 

[MuskieCy]

TOE thinks it's still relevant?????

 

[burn587]

Today driving through south Denver I was absolutely floored to see a Godfathers Pizza. I thought they only sold that in gas stations and a handful of locations in Nebraska and Iowa. I grew up on that pizza in Ames and miss it dearly. As soon as my 1 month paleo diet is up I’m getting some godfathers.

 

[BCClone]

It's sad Big Brother is still going. However, now I want some Corn Pops.

Sugar smacks kick Corn Pops ***.

 

[madguy30]

Saw a Fruit Loops commercial today. I think I knew they were still a thing, but didn't realize there were still commercials.

Had to look it up...Grey's Anatomy is still on?

 

[cyclones500]

A little outside of the specifics of the topic, since I'm aware it still exists: The Laugh Track.

Make no mistake, many of my favorite TV comedy series included a laugh track. But ... way past time for it to die.

 

[IASTATE07]

Sugar smacks kick Corn Pops ***.

Golden Crisp > Sugar Smacks

 

[dirtyninety]

Merge/

Actually, I watched a baseball game yesterday...and this dude named Craig Kimbrel pitched twice and gave up two homeruns to effectively ended not only his own career, but about a dozen others....I was like: "are the Cubs still a thing?"

Much like your Big Brother experience...I keep seeing these "Bluff City Law" commercials with Jimmy Smit and his fake hair trying to re-tread some lame 1990's social justice law firm show. I was like: Are these lying shows about phony crusading lawyers still a thing?!?!? Then I remember recently seeing soul-searching 20-somethings getting verklempt when they hear Kansas "dust in the wind" because it is the first time they ever hear it.....so I guess everything can be new to someone sometime.
Peace.

 

[CYdTracked]

My wife loves Grey's Anatomy. I can't stand the show and usually find my way to the man cave when it is on. There was an episode years ago where Grey did not have a pulse for like 2 hours and they somehow revived her. The whole episode I pissed off my wife because I was making sarcastic comments like "you know she is not going to die because what are they going to call this show if she does?" and "this is the moment you know this show sucks because there is no way in hell anyone would come back to life after not having a pulse for 2 hours let alone be able to be a fully functional doctor after that."

 

[coolerifyoudid]

Not recent, but a few years ago I saw some Sixlets in a store and thought, "Wait a minute, I swore they stopped making these."

I bought them and after eating a few, all I could think was, "What the hell did they do to the Sixlets? These taste like crap."

I learned that, while they still exist, they are not produced by the same company that they used to be. Their coating almost has a fruity flavor instead of the malted flavor I remember.

RIP childhood.

 

[khardbored]

people that still have "@aol.com" emails.

 

[Farnsworth]

My wife loves Grey's Anatomy. I can't stand the show and usually find my way to the man cave when it is on. There was an episode years ago where Grey did not have a pulse for like 2 hours and they somehow revived her. The whole episode I pissed off my wife because I was making sarcastic comments like "you know she is not going to die because what are they going to call this show if she does?" and "this is the moment you know this show sucks because there is no way in hell anyone would come back to life after not having a pulse for 2 hours let alone be able to be a fully functional doctor after that."

This would be me! We just switched off of cable to Sling and my wife was trying to DVR all her shows and I walked into her trying to find Grey's, and I'm like WTF this is still on? Then she weeped when she found out Sling doesn't carry network TV, so I showed her how to use the OTA to watch it live, or if she wants me to torrent it, I'll teach her how as I'm not going to.

 

[dahliaclone]

Today driving through south Denver I was absolutely floored to see a Godfathers Pizza. I thought they only sold that in gas stations and a handful of locations in Nebraska and Iowa. I grew up on that pizza in Ames and miss it dearly. As soon as my 1 month paleo diet is up I’m getting some godfathers.

There are still two sit down Godfather's in the Twin Cities. Buffet and everything every day. I go quite often.