# Are you women offended by all the screaming on daytime talk shows? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 5, 2012, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-women-offended-by-all-the-screaming-on-daytime-talk-shows/621010 "2012-05-05T18:02:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2012, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-women-offended-by-all-the-screaming-on-daytime-talk-shows/621010/21 "2012-05-06T14:11:04Z")
i had thought this thread was referring to the ladies of the view and how they can’t put together 5 consecutive minutes without trying to talk over each other. ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2012, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-women-offended-by-all-the-screaming-on-daytime-talk-shows/621010/22 "2012-05-06T15:39:27Z")
I’m not offended, and I don’t think it reflects badly on my whole gender. It’s brainless entertainment, and I can appreciate that - it’s just that my taste in brainless entertainment is very different. So I find these shows incredibly fucking annoying, and the worst part of going to the gym is that they have these shows on all the time in the ladies’ locker room. What I do find offensive is people like Rachel Ray and Whoopi Goldberg being obnoxious, ignorant jackasses about breastfeeding, and so that definitely jacks up the annoyance factor to 11 for me. But generally I feel like whatever, we all like silly shallow stuff of some sort. If you like makeovers and cheering for parmesan cheese, knock yourself out. ---
**Author:** ![yaddayadda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/f04885/32.png) [@yaddayadda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yaddayadda)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2012, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-women-offended-by-all-the-screaming-on-daytime-talk-shows/621010/23 "2012-05-06T15:51:27Z")
I use the off button. More people should try it. ---
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2012, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-women-offended-by-all-the-screaming-on-daytime-talk-shows/621010/24 "2012-05-06T16:25:15Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > I was more embarrassed by the whooping, hooting, and hollering by the men in the audience when Married With Children was taping. Everytime some woman in a crotch length bandage dress strutted on, they started blatting and bleating like sick goats. I remember reading an article on studio audiences, and the producers of “Married” said they would recruit their audiences from frat houses and Marine bases because that’s exactly the kind of people who would give them the responses they wanted. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2012, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-women-offended-by-all-the-screaming-on-daytime-talk-shows/621010/25 "2012-05-06T17:42:59Z")
I assume the audience is trained pre-show to do this stuff? ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2012, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-women-offended-by-all-the-screaming-on-daytime-talk-shows/621010/26 "2012-05-06T19:32:34Z")
> [@astro](#): > > Almost anyone (even kids in many cases) knows these shows are performance art set pieces where part of the act is to have the audience scream like banshees. In fact they are encouraged to do so by the show’s directors. Yep. I’m more annoyed than offended though. Applause should be earned, and just once, it’d be nice to see an honest audience reaction. On Wendy Williams’ show, her shoes get applause. Men can be just as Pavlovian, as was proven by that old talk show with the women on trampolines. I think Adam Corolla was one of the hosts. ---
**Author:** ![Corcaigh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Corcaigh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corcaigh)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2012, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-women-offended-by-all-the-screaming-on-daytime-talk-shows/621010/27 "2012-05-06T19:39:31Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > One of the downsides of prolonged unemployment has been that I have been exposed to way too much Kelly Ripa and Rachael Ray, even only momentarily. Something I have noticed is how the whole audience, or more, screams for the slightest thing. I used to watch those sorts of shows, I stopped because the screaming Ooooooooooooooooohhhhh and AAAAAAAAAAaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh just got too annoying. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2012, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-women-offended-by-all-the-screaming-on-daytime-talk-shows/621010/28 "2012-05-06T20:00:50Z")
> [@astro](#): > > While your question isn’t “super dumb” it is kind of naive. Almost anyone (even kids in many cases) knows these shows are performance art set pieces where part of the act is to have the audience scream like banshees. In fact they are encouraged to do so by the show’s directors. Do you not know this? So? The fact that he undoubtedly knows that the producers deliberately encourage and highlight this audience behavior doesn’t mean he can’t excoriate those who participate in it. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-women-offended-by-all-the-screaming-on-daytime-talk-shows/621010/29 "2012-05-07T00:44:18Z")
> [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](#): > > So? > > The fact that he undoubtedly knows that the producers deliberately encourage and highlight this audience behavior doesn’t mean he can’t excoriate those who participate in it. But why does he watch that crap? I don’t. Mostly, because I have a day job. But if I’ve got some days off during the week & I want to veg out in front of the TV, I’ll probably start up Netflix & continue working my way through _Supernatural_… I’m not going to accept blame for other members of my gender being silly. Not my cup of tea, but they aren’t clubbing baby seals to death or voting Republican. However, I can see how unemployment could make a guy bitter. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-women-offended-by-all-the-screaming-on-daytime-talk-shows/621010/30 "2012-05-07T03:36:34Z")
As I explained, I’m usually out of the room and my wife leaves them on for the birds, who like televised mayhem. Back when Jerry Springer used to tell people to “Be cool” the cockatiel thought he wanted to play Peek-a-Boo and he got excited whenever a fight would start because he thought Jerry wanted to play. Birds can be weird. ---
**Author:** ![Kim\_o\_the\_Concrete\_Jungle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ee7513/32.png) [@Kim\_o\_the\_Concrete\_Jungle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kim_o_the_Concrete_Jungle)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-women-offended-by-all-the-screaming-on-daytime-talk-shows/621010/31 "2012-05-07T03:44:12Z")
The white noise of people screaming is probably one of the most annoying sounds on the television. I’d love it if football broadcast would drop the crowd noise and have the commentators commentating at normal speaking level. If it’s too dry that way, maybe they could put some classical music on in background. 🙂 But of course, that would never happen. ---
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-women-offended-by-all-the-screaming-on-daytime-talk-shows/621010/32 "2012-05-07T14:05:28Z")
I don’t watch daytime television, even if I’m home sick or something. I don’t even watch talk shows, really, so I’m not offended. But if I did watch these shows, I probably would be. I was going to comment on the previous post about watching sporting events. I don’t mind the crowd noise so much as I cannot stand the commentators. 95% of what they say is useless, completely pointless, doesn’t add any information, and does not enhance my enjoyment of the sporting event. Certain networks (ESPN) cover certain sports (Indy car Racing) very poorly. I use the mute button for sporting events and just run the stereo in the background. I can fast forward through the commercials and provide my own commentary that way. I suspect that pretty much all sports do not require commentary at all. Flash some graphics onscreen that pertain to the score and statistics and I’m good. I don’t care what some Bubba who hasn’t touched a football in 25 years (or has seen his own genitals) has to say about the game. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-women-offended-by-all-the-screaming-on-daytime-talk-shows/621010/33 "2012-05-09T14:49:15Z")
I haven’t had the internet at home for a few weeks now. I don’t have a tv but my older daughter has one in her room. I’ve found myself in there a lot lately, especially last week when we were all hit with the flu. I can barely stand those talk shows, but I can handle the excited group screams so much more than the angry bleeping cursing screams. But what bothers me the most about either reality or talk television shows lately is the need to recap after every single commercial break. I didn’t know about the cheese thing. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-women-offended-by-all-the-screaming-on-daytime-talk-shows/621010/34 "2012-05-09T16:23:29Z")
> [@Rushgeekgirl](#): > > But what bothers me the most about either reality or talk television shows lately is the need to recap after every single commercial break. Saves on having to spend more on creating content. ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-women-offended-by-all-the-screaming-on-daytime-talk-shows/621010/35 "2012-05-09T16:53:55Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > _This_ woman is rather offended by daytime talk shows, period, screaming or no. I think they’re boring and repetitive and I’ve learned how to turn the station to something more interesting. > > I was more embarrassed by the whooping, hooting, and hollering by the men in the audience when Married With Children was taping. Everytime some woman in a crotch length bandage dress strutted on, they started blatting and bleating like sick goats. I came here just to let y’all know that when you Google “crotch length bandage dress” this thread is the first hit. So when anyone tells you that what we write here is unimportant and doesn’t reach the eyes of the teeming masses, then you can just reference this instructive exchange. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-women-offended-by-all-the-screaming-on-daytime-talk-shows/621010/36 "2012-05-09T21:27:36Z")
> [@Gagundathar](#): > > I came here just to let y’all know that when you Google “crotch length bandage dress” this thread is the first hit. So when anyone tells you that what we write here is unimportant and doesn’t reach the eyes of the teeming masses, then you can just reference this instructive exchange. That’s hilarious. I just tried it again and it is still the first hit. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-women-offended-by-all-the-screaming-on-daytime-talk-shows/621010/37 "2012-05-09T23:25:13Z")
It’s the only hit. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-women-offended-by-all-the-screaming-on-daytime-talk-shows/621010/38 "2012-05-10T02:39:38Z")
Well, I didn’t really have to specify ‘crotch length’, since any proper bandage dress IS crotch length. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-women-offended-by-all-the-screaming-on-daytime-talk-shows/621010.md?page=1)