# Holy Shit! How can they show that on TV? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [November 21, 2023, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-how-can-they-show-that-on-tv/993457 "2023-11-21T03:56:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-how-can-they-show-that-on-tv/993457/41 "2023-11-21T17:14:04Z")
The section I’m referring to was cleared of trees by the **Rayonier** folks many years back and they replanted in rows which really seems to boost the discomfort level. Thanks, Rayonier! ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-how-can-they-show-that-on-tv/993457/42 "2023-11-21T17:17:34Z")
> [@solost](#): > > So, seeing a man’s bare butt can cause seizures in some people? Is that what I’m getting from this thread, or did I misread something? 😄 I dunno about seizures, but I’ve been told mine causes swooning and feelings of rapture. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-how-can-they-show-that-on-tv/993457/43 "2023-11-21T17:18:46Z")
You got three cheeks? 😆 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-how-can-they-show-that-on-tv/993457/44 "2023-11-21T17:22:30Z")
Don’t be so ‘cheeky’!! ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-how-can-they-show-that-on-tv/993457/45 "2023-11-21T17:24:26Z")
None. I’m a cat. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-how-can-they-show-that-on-tv/993457/46 "2023-11-21T17:28:15Z")
In a hat? In French, **Le Chat chapeauté** In Spanish, **El Gato in a sombrero** I’m goin’, I’m goin’. Yes, I know where the door is. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-how-can-they-show-that-on-tv/993457/47 "2023-11-21T18:13:54Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Those were all Jack Webb series, weren’t they? Webb was always serious about authenticity and using real cases all the way back to _ **Dragnet** _. Webb did have a hand in creating _ **Emergency!** _ but Cinader, his partner from _ **Adam-12** _, was the real driving force. They wanted the show to be a direct counterpart to _ **Adam-12** _ but the city wouldn’t play ball so we got LA County instead. Which allowed for a greater variety in storylines, IMO. > [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > I’m pretty sure Mantooth and Tighe had to take real life paramedic training for the show. Yep. They did everything required of paramedics except take the exam. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-how-can-they-show-that-on-tv/993457/48 "2023-11-21T18:42:14Z")
On _ **Cheers** _: **WOODY:** What’s shakin’, Mr Peterson? **NORM:** All four cheeks and a couple of chins. 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-how-can-they-show-that-on-tv/993457/49 "2023-11-21T19:00:32Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > > [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > > > > [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](#): > > > > > > Where the hell was OSHA? > > > > They came in after the credits rolled, and fined the company. > > > > After all, the name of the show was Emergency! not Bureaucracy! > > > > (Though an OSHA inspector lunchbox might have been cool for kids. not) > > (We wouldn’t be what we are without the nitpicks) > > California isn’t an OSHA state: they use a state-managed, OSHA-approved system. We should be able to give awards for that. A pedant pendant? ---
**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:** [November 21, 2023, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-how-can-they-show-that-on-tv/993457/50 "2023-11-21T19:47:55Z")
Anyone else remember seeing Radar’s butt in an early episode of M_A_S\*H? Yes, it’s true. They shot the scene of Radar and Blake hiding from a sniper who was shooting at their camp and when the shot it, they had Radar’s towel(they had been in the showers) come off when he is running from one tent to another. His exposed butt was right there on camera so what did they do? They left it in the edit and sent it to the network to see what they would do about it. They said nothing so it aired with his butt right there in the episode. Honestly, it’s for the best. A very scary scene for them, but hilarious when Radar makes a break for it and his towel comes off. ---
**Author:** ![CC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-how-can-they-show-that-on-tv/993457/51 "2023-11-21T19:51:50Z")
We are clearly an ultra-puritanical country, where the notion that there would be images of female breasts (horrors) would require a warning. Sheesh. ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-how-can-they-show-that-on-tv/993457/52 "2023-11-21T19:52:09Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > The end credits say the shows particulars were taken from real events. I know that’s true for _Dragnet_ and _Adam-12_, but I thought _Emergency!_ had a standard disclaimer that said the stories were fictitious. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-how-can-they-show-that-on-tv/993457/53 "2023-11-21T19:58:50Z")
Oh. I may be overlapping the shows. You’re probably right. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-how-can-they-show-that-on-tv/993457/54 "2023-11-21T20:25:17Z")
L.A. County. If the writers could think of it, it probably happened _somewhere_ in LA. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-how-can-they-show-that-on-tv/993457/55 "2023-11-21T20:26:31Z")
I don’t remember ever seeing the pilot episode/movie for _Emergency_. Watching it right now and _man_ is it cheesy. ---
**Author:** ![Sauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-how-can-they-show-that-on-tv/993457/56 "2023-11-21T20:27:22Z")
Only slightly tangentially related, but when I was a wee Sauron I had an _Emergency!_ lunchbox. I thought I was exceptionally cool with that thing. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-how-can-they-show-that-on-tv/993457/57 "2023-11-21T20:42:04Z")
> [@solost](#): > > So, seeing a man’s bare butt can cause seizures in some people? I have first-hand knowledge of someone who has seizure activity from the stimulus of hearing Phil Collins singing. Only Phil Collins’ voice, no other vocalist, has this effect on them. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-how-can-they-show-that-on-tv/993457/58 "2023-11-21T20:51:23Z")
Me and another person have decided there’s a reason the guys on the show never combed their hair. Just can’t figure the reason out. Maybe it was a “look” or to make them look tough or something? Hmmm? ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-how-can-they-show-that-on-tv/993457/59 "2023-11-21T20:55:58Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Only Phil Collins’ voice, no other vocalist, has this effect on them. Yeah, but what about Phil’s butt? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-how-can-they-show-that-on-tv/993457/60 "2023-11-21T21:53:45Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Just can’t figure the reason out. Maybe it was a “look” or to make them look tough or something? Hmmm? The fire department guys didn’t bother because they kept getting helmet hair. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-how-can-they-show-that-on-tv/993457.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-how-can-they-show-that-on-tv/993457.md?page=4)