# Guilty Pleasures **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 2, 2007, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guilty-pleasures/402485 "2007-05-02T16:14:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guilty-pleasures/402485/1 "2007-05-02T16:14:57Z")
I’m a guy. I’m a guy’s guy. I drive a truck, wear a tool belt at work, and think romantic comedies would be much improved if they had more explosions in them. But I love me some _Gillmore Girls_. I love it. 11 AM Monday through Friday on the Family Channel. It’s on the Effin’ Family Channel fer chrisakes, and on my days off I try to watch it. Me! I do that! The dialogue is exceptional and I find myself truly caring what happens to Lorelei and Rory. I have no business liking that show, but it’s one of my favorites. So, what’s your guilty pleasure? What TV shows, movies, or books do you absolutely love, but are a bit reluctant to admit? ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guilty-pleasures/402485/2 "2007-05-02T16:39:33Z")
Sorry, I am going to have to see your man card, I think it is suspended. My guilty pleasure? I can’t beleive I am going to share this. At least it’s not as bad as Gilmore Girls, though. I love ELO. Yep, the Electric Light Orchestra. Love 'em. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guilty-pleasures/402485/3 "2007-05-02T16:49:11Z")
I’ve never seen Gilmore Girls, nor do I know what it’s about _at all_ but I think that somehow in my head I’ve linked it to Golden Girls, so it doesn’t hold any interest for me. ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guilty-pleasures/402485/4 "2007-05-02T16:49:56Z")
Barry Manilow. I’ve even seen him live. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guilty-pleasures/402485/5 "2007-05-02T16:50:17Z")
My Guilty Pleasures: I read those Janet Evanovich novels… the Stephanie Plum ones. Yeah… I know. I will watch any stupid shit the Sci-fi channel produces. I just love cheesy scifi!! ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guilty-pleasures/402485/6 "2007-05-02T16:53:14Z")
I love Barry Manilow, ELO, and Madonna. So there! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guilty-pleasures/402485/7 "2007-05-02T17:15:08Z")
_In Touch_ magazine. I subscribe. :o ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guilty-pleasures/402485/8 "2007-05-02T17:28:53Z")
[QUOTE=A Monkey With a Gun] I’m a guy. I’m a guy’s guy. [/QUOTE] Ah. So you’re gay. I hope you two are very happy. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guilty-pleasures/402485/9 "2007-05-02T17:42:30Z")
[QUOTE=betenoir] Ah. So you’re gay. I hope you two are very happy. [/QUOTE] _::chuckle::_ I’m not, by the way; but that’s part of the reason it’s a guilty pleasure. And I will find your home, fly 3000 miles, and kick your ass if you tell anyone that I have a “sensitive” side. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guilty-pleasures/402485/10 "2007-05-02T18:41:41Z")
[QUOTE=A Monkey With a Gun] I’m a guy. I’m a guy’s guy. I drive a truck, wear a tool belt at work, and think romantic comedies would be much improved if they had more explosions in them. But I love me some _Gillmore Girls_. I love it. 11 AM Monday through Friday on the Family Channel. It’s on the Effin’ Family Channel fer chrisakes, and on my days off I try to watch it. Me! I do that! The dialogue is exceptional and I find myself truly caring what happens to Lorelei and Rory. I have no business liking that show, but it’s one of my favorites. So, what’s your guilty pleasure? What TV shows, movies, or books do you absolutely love, but are a bit reluctant to admit? [/QUOTE] It’s ok. Just tell your friends that you like looking at Lauren Graham. Nothing wrong with that! ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guilty-pleasures/402485/11 "2007-05-02T19:06:56Z")
Pro-wrestling. I first watched it during Bruno Sammartino’s waning days, and while I go through periods of disinterest, I still consider myself a fan all these decades later. Also, I’ll see your ELO, and raise you an ELP 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guilty-pleasures/402485/12 "2007-05-02T19:35:30Z")
I’ve gone into our living room several times and caught my husband watching the Lifetime channel and the WE channel. He immediately switches the channels, so I guess it’s a guilty pleasure. I like Young Adult fantasy novels. ---
**Author:** ![Terrorcotta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dbc845/32.png) [@Terrorcotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrorcotta)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guilty-pleasures/402485/13 "2007-05-02T19:49:23Z")
My hubby is with you **OpalCat,** he will watch any movie the SciFi channel dreams up _and like it!_ As for me, I like some yaoi anime series, adding extra melted butter to microwave popcorn and almost any weepy women’s movie from the 30s and 40s. Oh, and Marilyn Monroe in “Niagra” cuz she’s such a delightfully conniving bitch in Technicolr! ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guilty-pleasures/402485/14 "2007-05-02T19:49:24Z")
[QUOTE=OpalCat] I’ve never seen Gilmore Girls, nor do I know what it’s about _at all_ but I think that somehow in my head I’ve linked it to Golden Girls, so it doesn’t hold any interest for me. [/QUOTE] I’ve never sen the Gilmore Girls, but it makes me think of Gary Gilmore, who was executed in 1977. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guilty-pleasures/402485/15 "2007-05-02T19:56:49Z")
[QUOTE=Terrorcotta] My hubby is with you **OpalCat,** he will watch any movie the SciFi channel dreams up _and like it!_ [/QUOTE] Yeah! I either like it because it’s good, or I like it because it’s cheesy, or I like it because it’s so utterly terrible that I can have fun making fun of it. It’s win-win! ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guilty-pleasures/402485/16 "2007-05-02T20:20:17Z")
I like rock/non-death metal mainly, but for some reason I just love a dance tune now and then. Gorillaz “Dare”, Shiny Toy Guns “Le Disko”, stuff like that. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guilty-pleasures/402485/17 "2007-05-02T20:54:34Z")
I’ve read most of the novels of **Clive Cussler**. ---
**Author:** ![Gukumatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guilty-pleasures/402485/18 "2007-05-02T21:48:26Z")
[QUOTE=Siam Sam] I’ve never sen the Gilmore Girls, but it makes me think of Gary Gilmore, who was executed in 1977. 😕 [/QUOTE] The Gilmore Girls was dropped a bit behind in the execution schedule because of a clerical error. However, we are now aware of this and it will be rectified . . . soon. Their day is coming. My guilty pleasure is probably the emo/punk band My Chemical Romance. I’ve got so much against them, yet I can’t . . . stop . . . listening . . . ---
**Author:** ![PoorYorick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@PoorYorick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoorYorick)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guilty-pleasures/402485/19 "2007-05-02T22:29:15Z")
I’m 50 years old and will still drop what I’m doing if I see that Bugs Bunny or Oliver and Hardy are on TV. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guilty-pleasures/402485/20 "2007-05-02T22:49:41Z")
Do you mean Stan and Laurel, **Yorick**? (What’s “guilty” about ELO?) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guilty-pleasures/402485.md?page=2)