# Oddities I've seen on TV lately **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 7, 2022, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddities-ive-seen-on-tv-lately/969237 "2022-08-07T07:51:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddities-ive-seen-on-tv-lately/969237/41 "2022-08-09T03:48:29Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > And, Shatner or someone said the show was described as a western set in space. It was Gene Roddenberry, the show’s creator. When he was trying to sell it in to NBC executives, he described it in terms they would understand – he called it “Wagon Train to the stars.” ---
**Author:** ![fedman1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e495f1/32.png) [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddities-ive-seen-on-tv-lately/969237/42 "2022-08-09T11:44:21Z")
My reply was to skywatcher, who was quoting a blogger, not you ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddities-ive-seen-on-tv-lately/969237/43 "2022-08-09T12:56:34Z")
> [@GaryM](#): > > I see that commercial a lot. By definition he IS a criminal regardless of his opinion. Yeah, this guy is no end of amusement. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2022, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddities-ive-seen-on-tv-lately/969237/44 "2022-08-09T18:07:54Z")
Oh, sorry. @fedman1 I’ve been told many time to become a Blogger. In rather rude ways ( I believe )🫣 I’m really really tired of watching westerns. Other than those, I mean how many eps of Gilligan’s Island can you watch, before you wanna get stabby. Daytime TV is bad any ways you look at it. I can’t tolerate games how’s I long for the heady days of Soap opera love. It’s hypnotic/ mindless loyalty was easy. Couldn’t tell you what they are really about. But I bet I could in about 2 eps. Oh wait, they’re all gone now. I think. I was excited to find ‘The Real McCoys’ til I watched a few eps. Terrible. I’m gonna start looking for medical dramas. As soon as I get done with the series ‘Father knows best’ Ooh, ‘Marcus Welby, MD’!! I’m a genius. I actually have a game plan, going forward. My binge can be about Robert Young movies and shows. And then Clint Eastwood, and so on. This new hobby will take me a life time, provided I live long enough 🤯 ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddities-ive-seen-on-tv-lately/969237/45 "2022-08-09T18:11:58Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I long for the heady days of Soap opera love. It’s hypnotic/ mindless loyalty was easy. Couldn’t tell you what they are really about. But I bet I could in about 2 eps. > Oh wait, they’re all gone now. I think. There are still a few left: - _The Young and the Restless_ and _The Bold and the Beautiful_ on CBS - _Days of our Lives_ on NBC (though it’s being moved to their streaming service, Peacock, in September) - _General Hospital_ on ABC ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddities-ive-seen-on-tv-lately/969237/46 "2022-08-09T18:39:30Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > This new hobby will take me a life time, provided I live long enough Um… let me explain how this works… ---
**Author:** ![Mr.E](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.e/32/8932_2.png) [@Mr.E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.E)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddities-ive-seen-on-tv-lately/969237/47 "2022-08-09T18:54:55Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Toyota-thon NEVER ends. It’s not a sprint, it’s a Toyotathon. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddities-ive-seen-on-tv-lately/969237/48 "2022-08-09T19:02:25Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > I don’t even remember some of them. Who here remembers Daihatsu? I do my cousin had one …it wasn’t anything great and it was expensive to fix since they didn’t sell parts for it in America you had to have the dealer order it from s Korea and wait two weeks , ---
**Author:** ![Kzbre5m](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f08c70/32.png) [@Kzbre5m](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kzbre5m)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddities-ive-seen-on-tv-lately/969237/49 "2022-08-09T19:26:47Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Why are there so many westerns type shows? Is that all anyone ever watched? While others have explained why so many, [the Rural Purge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_purge) (Wiki article) is why they disappeared. Basically, a shift to urban audiences. > CBS canceled everything with a tree in it — including _Lassie_. > > — Pat Buttram (Mr. Haney) from _Green Acres_ Watching repeats of _The Rifleman_ and other westerns, I realized that everyone, including the children, knew how to ride horses. It was also a range of eras for James Garner, and others, going from dusty westerns to gritty WW2 to (relative) modern. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddities-ive-seen-on-tv-lately/969237.md?page=2)