# Most shameful guilty pleasure you've ever had **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 6, 2009, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-shameful-guilty-pleasure-youve-ever-had/512850 "2009-10-06T20:39:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**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:** [October 12, 2009, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-shameful-guilty-pleasure-youve-ever-had/512850/141 "2009-10-12T15:07:12Z")
> [@pbbth](#): > > Okay, mine might actually be worse than all of yours combined. I have never, ever told anyone this before and I am probably going to regret mentioning it later, but my favorite book of all time is [Alas, Babylon](http://www.amazon.com/Alas-Babylon-Pat-Frank/dp/B000VAUIU6/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1254933656&sr=8-2). I reread it once a year and after I finish reading it I get out a pen and some paper and plan exactly how I would go about surviving after a nuclear holocaust. (Well, since I moved to NYC my plan is to fry quickly and quietly and leave behind a crispy corpse. When I lived in TX I had really in depth plans written out.) I must be missing something. What’s shameful about that? It’s a good book. I can see how it might be someone’s favorite. And the survival plans? I see that as shameful either. Really good science fiction books inspire people to go off on all sorts of mental tangents. I think that’s why many intelligent people like them so much. I mean, I spend an awful lot of time pondering how I would do the interiors for a movie of The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. Geeky, yes. Shameful, no. (But I’m not so much of a geek that I use a pen and paper for it. I use the draw functions on Microsoft Word. :smack: ) > [@BigT](#): > > I mean, I actually have an opinion on which _Blue’s Clues_ host was the best. Who doesn’t? Poor Joe never had a chance. > [@](#): > > I also loved Nickelodeon before it went all tween drama, Aw, you don’t like the tween dramas? I do. Drake and Josh is awesome, but even that pales in comparison to the great iCarly. Sam is my hero. And yes, I’m a huge Miranda Cosgrove fan. I sincerely hope that the young lady graces screens, both large and small, for years to come. (And I REALLY hope she doesn’t pull a LiLo!) > [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > I mean…[come on](http://www.freewebs.com/rttmunkustef/tugger1.jpg)! If nothing else, it probably gave us a lot more furries than we need. Is it wrong that I’m a little bit turned on right now? ---
**Author:** ![joemama24\_98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce7236/32.png) [@joemama24\_98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joemama24_98)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-shameful-guilty-pleasure-youve-ever-had/512850/142 "2009-10-12T15:34:08Z")
> [@Glory](#): > > I loved Xanadu. I love Grease II. And the Beastmaster. Amen. You may be the only other person I know who thinks Grease II was better than the original. I loved that flick as a kid. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-shameful-guilty-pleasure-youve-ever-had/512850/143 "2009-10-12T16:00:52Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > I don’t think there’s any better background TV while reading the Sunday paper than a big, dopey, Technicolor Hollywood musical. I watch ironically, of course, if anyone asks. There was a real gem on the other day, Fred Astaire and a lady I never heard of, and it was the dopiest most garishly colored and costumed one yet - “Yolanda and The Thief”. About three quarters of the way through, there was a dance number called ‘Coffee Time’, and my jaw just dropped - it was AWESOME. I’ve watched it over and over on youtube and the next time TCM runs it, in November, I’m taping it on the old VCR. Excellent! I’d love to see someone do it on DWTS, but it ain’t for amateurs. [Found it on YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiZzCC2A0pk). The YouTube description points out that the orchestra is playing in 4/4 time, while the chorus is dancing in 5/4 time. Wow. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-shameful-guilty-pleasure-youve-ever-had/512850/144 "2009-10-12T17:15:37Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Darn! > > Let’s see, love Xanadu, memorized Flowers in the Attic, what else? Oh yeah, remember that cartoon show called Jem, about the girl who was secretly a rock star and she had magical earrings that made her change back and forth between rock star and ordinary girl? Loved it. Used to watch it at 6:30 in the morning with one finger on the TV remote and one ear listening out for my boyfriend’s car in the driveway. I was 20. Truly outrageous. I feel guilty for even being able to make that comment. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-shameful-guilty-pleasure-youve-ever-had/512850/145 "2009-10-12T17:18:58Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > My adult, atheist self still gets [DC Talk](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRX4OkDtsZU) stuck in my head from time to time. > I win 😃 Hey, I may be strange but that don’t make me a stranger. My best friend was born in a manger. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![maladroit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@maladroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maladroit)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-shameful-guilty-pleasure-youve-ever-had/512850/146 "2009-10-12T17:21:11Z")
I like both Rob Schneider and Pauly Shore movies 😃 They’re adorable. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-shameful-guilty-pleasure-youve-ever-had/512850/147 "2009-10-12T17:22:21Z")
> [@jools](#): > > I still have my LP of Lonely hearts club band… by the Bee Gees and Peter Frampton! > > what do I win??? (other than shame!!) Did you EVER say that you thought their versions of the songs were better than the Beatles? :smack::smack::smack: Have you bought the DVD? I’ve done both. I plead “Teenage Insanity” regarding the first. I have no excuse for the latter. Especially since I did it just last year. I haven’t actually opened it because yet because I can’t talk anyone into watching it with me. They’ve wised up to my “This is SO great!” trick. ---
**Author:** ![lezlers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@lezlers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lezlers)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-shameful-guilty-pleasure-youve-ever-had/512850/148 "2009-10-12T17:23:37Z")
> [@joemama24\_98](#): > > Amen. You may be the only other person I know who thinks Grease II was better than the original. I loved that flick as a kid. I can even THINK about bowling without getting “lets bowl, lets bowl, lets ROCKNROLL!” stuck in my head… ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-shameful-guilty-pleasure-youve-ever-had/512850/149 "2009-10-12T17:37:33Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > I think _Deuce Bigalow, Male Gigolo_ is actually a really good, sweet movie. :dubious: > [@HazelNutCoffee](#): > > I still re-watch Practical Magic and The Craft. And still enjoy it. Don’t ever let anyone knock The Craft! I can’t recall my most shameful guilty pleasure, but here’s my most current: To be honest, I didn’t even know what the hell a Taylor Swift was until about two months ago. Then last week or so, I saw the music video for a song called “You Belong With Me,” and I thought the song and the video were rather pleasant and sweet. It gets worse. I went to the On Demand cable feature, looked up the video, then watched it twice in a row. And now the song is back in my head. ---
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-shameful-guilty-pleasure-youve-ever-had/512850/150 "2009-10-12T17:59:22Z")
> [@FriarTed](#): > > Hey, I may be strange but that don’t make me a stranger. > My best friend was born in a manger. > > 😃 No, no, no. DC Talk is actually some pretty decent music (and Jars of Clay). However, listening to Michael W. Smith now makes my ears bleed and my eyes water. And I had three of his albums and saw him in concert at least twice in my early 20s. :::hangs head::: ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-shameful-guilty-pleasure-youve-ever-had/512850/151 "2009-10-12T18:37:52Z")
> [@Ranchoth](#): > > Not superheroes, but I’ve _made_ slash fanart. > > Whada I win? :smack: _cough_ I’ve done both slash fanart and fanfiction. And almost every show I watch I find someone who should be slashed together. (Why is there no Gordon Ramsey / Jean-Philippe slash out there?!) And I’m supposed to be ashamed of like Jem and the Holograms? Hell, I have nearly all their songs and videos saved. Plus the theme music from Thundercats, two versions of the Thundercats theme, AMVs… More bad movies I like: Tremors, Virtuosity (it has briefly naked Russell Crowe and Denzell Washington. Yum.), Grease II… ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-shameful-guilty-pleasure-youve-ever-had/512850/152 "2009-10-12T19:29:00Z")
I think the Captain and Tenille cover of “Muskrat Love” is kind of cute and sweet. Note that I speak in the present tense. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-shameful-guilty-pleasure-youve-ever-had/512850/153 "2009-10-12T20:01:39Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > I can’t recall my most shameful guilty pleasure, but here’s my most current: To be honest, I didn’t even know what the hell a Taylor Swift was until about two months ago. Then last week or so, I saw the music video for a song called “You Belong With Me,” and I thought the song and the video were rather pleasant and sweet. It gets worse. I went to the On Demand cable feature, looked up the video, then watched it twice in a row. And now the song is back in my head. Not shameful at all. Taylor Swift might be marketed by the same machine and in the same way as the passel of talentless pop tarts, but she is genuinely talented and writes for other artists. The New Yorker[had a profile of her](http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/musical/2008/11/10/081110crmu_music_frerejones) and compared her writing to that of Hank Williams, Prince, Elvis Costello, and Randy Newman. Nothing to feel guilty about. If you were confessing to a love of a Britney Spears song, then I’d say you had fallen for a successful formula produced by an industry. But Swift is genuine. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2009, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-shameful-guilty-pleasure-youve-ever-had/512850/154 "2009-10-12T22:57:28Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > I think the Captain and Tenille cover of “Muskrat Love” is kind of cute and sweet. Note that I speak in the present tense… When Queen Elizabeth II came to Washington in 1976 to help celebrate the U.S. Bicentennial, C&T played that song for the assembled guests at a White House state dinner hosted by President Ford. A journalist joked that the Queen could be forgiven if she’d then ordered the place burned down a second time. ---
**Author:** ![medstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-shameful-guilty-pleasure-youve-ever-had/512850/155 "2009-10-13T01:09:16Z")
Is there anyone here who will think even less of me if I confess a love of shows such as: “Whacked Out Sports”, “MXC”, “Destroyed in Seconds”, etc.? I can’t seem to get enough of videos showing explosions, natural disasters, stupid people hurting themselves, etc. Does anyone else here share my shame? ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-shameful-guilty-pleasure-youve-ever-had/512850/156 "2009-10-13T01:16:10Z")
> [@medstar](#): > > Is there anyone here who will think even less of me if I confess a love of shows such as: “Whacked Out Sports”, “MXC”, “Destroyed in Seconds”, etc.? I can’t seem to get enough of videos showing explosions, natural disasters, stupid people hurting themselves, etc. Does anyone else here share my shame? Am I correct in assuming you have a penis? ---
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-shameful-guilty-pleasure-youve-ever-had/512850/157 "2009-10-13T01:51:39Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > Am I correct in assuming you have a penis? Dude, I **LOVE** shows like that (no shame in those, IMHO!), and my decidedly pregnant bod assures that while I _like_ penis, I do not have one. It is pretty funny to watch the commercials for those shows, though. They are…_telling_ of what they expect their audience to be like. MXC? A guilty pleasure?? HELL no! It’s teh awesoem. ---
**Author:** ![medstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-shameful-guilty-pleasure-youve-ever-had/512850/158 "2009-10-13T02:01:10Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > Am I correct in assuming you have a penis? No, you are not. I’m a female of supposedly mature disposition and comportment. In other words, I’m middle-aged and wear comfortable shoes. But those shows fascinate me. Also, I love watching severe weather video shows. Does this make me a bad person?:dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-shameful-guilty-pleasure-youve-ever-had/512850/159 "2009-10-13T02:39:48Z")
> [@medstar](#): > > Is there anyone here who will think even less of me if I confess a love of shows such as: “Whacked Out Sports”, “MXC”, “Destroyed in Seconds”, etc.? I can’t seem to get enough of videos showing explosions, natural disasters, stupid people hurting themselves, etc. Does anyone else here share my shame? I play my copy of _Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie_ to help me get to sleep. Nothing like a lovely orchestral score accompanied by the occasional double-flash through your eyelids to lull you off to dreamland! Er, is that “shameful” or more “twisted”? ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-shameful-guilty-pleasure-youve-ever-had/512850/160 "2009-10-13T02:50:41Z")
> [@medstar](#): > > Is there anyone here who will think even less of me if I confess a love of shows such as: “Whacked Out Sports”, “MXC”, “Destroyed in Seconds”, etc.? I can’t seem to get enough of videos showing explosions, natural disasters, stupid people hurting themselves, etc. Does anyone else here share my shame? My husband and I tend to default to, when nothing else is on, the Discovery Channel shows that we refer to as “When Nature Attacks”. (For all I know that’s actually the name of one of those series.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-shameful-guilty-pleasure-youve-ever-had/512850.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-shameful-guilty-pleasure-youve-ever-had/512850.md?page=9)