# Enjoying something that you aren't the target audience for **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 3, 2009, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enjoying-something-that-you-arent-the-target-audience-for/491822 "2009-04-03T07:25:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enjoying-something-that-you-arent-the-target-audience-for/491822/21 "2009-04-03T17:34:49Z")
37 year old female here. I regularly watch The Fairly Oddparents, The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, Spongebob Squarepants and Jimmy Neutron. I listen to Disturbed, Tool, Dream Theater…lots of progressive and heavy rock. I also love 80’s music. I probably am the target audience for that though. 🙂 I do enjoy action packed shoot-em ups too. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enjoying-something-that-you-arent-the-target-audience-for/491822/22 "2009-04-03T17:39:57Z")
I’m a black male who, in my late, 30s loved watching _All That_ and _Kenan & Kel_. I also enjoy _What Not To Wear_ and _Spongebob Squarepants_. ---
**Author:** ![acetylene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@acetylene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/acetylene)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enjoying-something-that-you-arent-the-target-audience-for/491822/23 "2009-04-03T17:50:35Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > I play the Pokemon games. Me too. I got into them because of my kids but I really enjoy them. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enjoying-something-that-you-arent-the-target-audience-for/491822/24 "2009-04-03T18:13:18Z")
40yo Female Last of the Summer Wine Father Ted (A little closer, at least I’m Irish) Handy Manny (When my daughter loses interest half-way through, I leave it on the DVR so I can find out how it ended. [blush]) Anything Harry Potter Montgomery Gentry (especially "Whadda 'ya think about That) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5swQa8V5LTM](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5swQa8V5LTM) Gretchen Wilson (especially “Redneck Woman”) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L30V5vnYHzk](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L30V5vnYHzk) ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enjoying-something-that-you-arent-the-target-audience-for/491822/25 "2009-04-03T18:19:51Z")
52-year-old American woman. I have all the _Asterix_ comic books, both in English and in French. I just love them. I think they can be hysterically funny, and they also taught me quite a lot about ancient European history (even riddled with anachronisms as they are). I love the Harold and Kumar movies. I’m sure they’re aimed at the dumb stoner fratboy crowd, but they crack me the hell up. I was happy to see both the actors appear on _House_ at different times. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enjoying-something-that-you-arent-the-target-audience-for/491822/26 "2009-04-03T18:21:58Z")
I’m on the downside of middle age, female - I used to watch Pokeman cartoons when my daughter was little. (I’m ashamed to admit it, but I had a painfully embarrassing crush on James.) I’m unusual in that I don’t care much about Housewives of Bayonne, those shows where they try to dress you up, Lifetime for Women, chick flicks, or Sex and the City. I’ll watch them with someone if I have to and make the appropriate noises, but I’d much rather watch Dirty Jobs or Mythbusters. Or science fiction, or old monster movies. ---
**Author:** ![tds1273](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@tds1273](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tds1273)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enjoying-something-that-you-arent-the-target-audience-for/491822/27 "2009-04-03T18:24:57Z")
I doubt, nay, _hope that I will never grow out of loving cartoons. From South Park_, Adult Swim, and the Fox Sunday line up to _Flapjack_, _Chowder_, and (if I’m up early enough)whatever happens to be on Saturday morning; from Disney to Miyazaki; and all the classics from my youth that I’ll still watch if I have a chance. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enjoying-something-that-you-arent-the-target-audience-for/491822/28 "2009-04-03T18:33:46Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > but I’d much rather watch Dirty Jobs or Mythbusters. Oh yeah! Mythbusters! Whooo hoooo! And Junkyard Wars. . . and what was the one with the fighting robots?!? ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enjoying-something-that-you-arent-the-target-audience-for/491822/29 "2009-04-03T18:49:44Z")
Being 26, I don’t think I’m supposed to swoon and get all happy over 40s Screwball Comedies, yet I love them! Cary Grant is the perfect man. My whole life, I’ve had the sense that since I’m a girl, I shouldn’t like football. Every time a woman bitches to me about how much she hates it when a man in her life watches football, I experience vaguely violent impulses. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enjoying-something-that-you-arent-the-target-audience-for/491822/30 "2009-04-03T19:20:30Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > \ > I love the Harold and Kumar movies. I’m sure they’re aimed at the dumb stoner fratboy crowd, but they crack me the hell up. I was happy to see both the actors appear on _House_ at different times. Jim and I really enjoyed them, too. We’re about as far from the target demographic as you can get. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![infinitii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e8c25b/32.png) [@infinitii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/infinitii)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enjoying-something-that-you-arent-the-target-audience-for/491822/31 "2009-04-03T19:54:17Z")
I love a lot of the Disney comedies – _Sonny with a Chance_ is one of the funniest shows on TV right now, I can’t miss an episode of _Wizards of Waverly Place_, and I once was seriously considering doing a tarot deck based on _The Suite Life of Zach and Cody_ (and now its sequel, _The Suite Life on Deck_. A lot of the Disney Channel Original Movies have their charm as well-- _Go Figure_ is still the best figure skating movie that has been made, and I’m counting the days until _Princess Protection Program_ is aired. And yes, I’m a 27-year-old male. (In my defense, _Hannah Montana_ and a lot of other stuff on there is completely unwatchable). ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enjoying-something-that-you-arent-the-target-audience-for/491822/32 "2009-04-03T20:13:24Z")
> [@I\_Am\_The\_Lorax](#): > > The Marx Brothers, The Twilight Zone, anything with Paul Newman, Simon and Garfunkel, Bob Dylan. I’m a 25 year old woman. I can understand the Marx Brothers, and maybe Paul Newman, but for the rest of the list, I thought that they were just targeting anybody who would watch or listen. > [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > I’m not really clear who the target audience for _Dead Like Me_ was–one friend opined that it was middle-aged women, but presumably ones who have grown tired of the Lifetime Channel–but I really enjoyed it and wished they’d been able to take the story to fruition rather than the abortive ending and pointless direct-to-DVD movie that resolved nothing. Huh, I loved dead like me. I never thought of it as a show aimed at middle aged women. And come to think of it, even though I never watched it on a regular basis, I think I kept watched Sesame Street for a while after I outgrew the age-range it’s intended for. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enjoying-something-that-you-arent-the-target-audience-for/491822/33 "2009-04-03T20:31:44Z")
44, female. I like: The \*Warriors \*series (about cat colonies, aimed at tweens) Various cartoons including _Kim Possible_, _Doug_, _The Replacements_, _Rugrats_, and _American Dragon: Jake Long_. \*The Harry Potter \*series \*World of Warcraft \*(I know people of all ages play, but I don’t think I’m their target demographic) Industrial/synthpop/EBM music Heavy metal (albeit the more melodic end of the genre) ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enjoying-something-that-you-arent-the-target-audience-for/491822/34 "2009-04-03T20:43:50Z")
My wife and I are over 50. That means that in terms of American commercial entertainment, there is _nothing_ that we are the target audience for. Anything we enjoy is targeted at someone younger or wealthier. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enjoying-something-that-you-arent-the-target-audience-for/491822/35 "2009-04-03T20:44:17Z")
30 year old man I watch _Sponge Bob Square Pants_ once in awhile. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enjoying-something-that-you-arent-the-target-audience-for/491822/36 "2009-04-03T20:47:13Z")
24 years old, female, I love the oldies…Frankie Valli, Lou Christie, the Crystals, the Ronettes…all the stuff they used to play on oldies stations, before they all died. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enjoying-something-that-you-arent-the-target-audience-for/491822/37 "2009-04-03T20:58:33Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > _The Westing Game_ and _Watership Down_ are still two of my favorite books that I reread more-or-less annually as an adult. Oh hell yes! Gotta check in with the gang at Sunset Towers on a regular basis. I can’t imagine how many times I’ve read that book. And Pokemon. I recently started playing the card game with my son, and instantly became hooked. At least the “I play with my son” thing gives me a bit of an excuse, you know? But when I’ve floated the idea of learning to play with a few parents of Pokemon-playing kids, they’ve treated me like I have two heads. It’s a “kid” game, so no adult could possibly be interested, right? There are a couple of dads that play at league. No moms. I’ve tried to be friendly to the non-playing moms, but apparently, they consider an adult woman who plays Pokemon to be so completely bizarre that they’ll barely talk to me! Or maybe they’re just scared that I’ll sic Torterra on their heinies. 😉 (And in case you’re reading this, Cee, I’m totally not talking about you.) ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enjoying-something-that-you-arent-the-target-audience-for/491822/38 "2009-04-03T21:38:09Z")
Another guy who likes a good Romantic Comedy - and many of the bad ones too. I also read quite a bit of the urban fantasy that seems like it might be more geared towards women. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enjoying-something-that-you-arent-the-target-audience-for/491822/39 "2009-04-03T21:51:41Z")
_Harry Potter_ for me, too. My wife and I started reading the books aloud to our oldest son when he was too young to read them for himself, and both got hooked. I’ll second the votes for _Jimmy Neutron_ and _Fairly OddParents_. The animated _Buzz Lightyear of Star Command_ series, when it was on, was also very good. I watched 'em all “because the boys are watching them.” Lots of gags for both kids and adults, just like the old Warner Bros. cartoons at their best. ---
**Author:** ![Auntbeast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Auntbeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Auntbeast)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2009, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enjoying-something-that-you-arent-the-target-audience-for/491822/40 "2009-04-04T02:49:05Z")
41 year old woman, just bought a 4x4 Jeep Cherokee (couldn’t find a good used F150 4x4)…and a Hello Kitty for the dash. (Might keep my husband from driving it). I read dystopian/post-apocalyptic fiction, listen to reggae, am very technologically savvy, like to know what is wrong with my cars, own more power tools than my husband, like guns and um…Goodfellas is my favorite movie. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enjoying-something-that-you-arent-the-target-audience-for/491822.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enjoying-something-that-you-arent-the-target-audience-for/491822.md?page=3)