# Stuff in your otherwise favorite TV shows that bugs you

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-in-your-otherwise-favorite-tv-shows-that-bugs-you/257565>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 30, 2004, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-in-your-otherwise-favorite-tv-shows-that-bugs-you/257565 "2004-07-30T05:49:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-in-your-otherwise-favorite-tv-shows-that-bugs-you/257565/121 "2004-08-05T21:20:15Z")

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> [@tanstaafl](#):
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> Just about any show… Characters in a noisy nightclub/concert/party/etc. can carry on a conversation in normal tones and can hear someone call to them from across the room. In reality they would have to be yelling into each other’s ears and _still_ may not be able to understand.

One exception is when one character is trying to tell another character something embarassing:

Man: I mumble mumble mumble…  
Woman: What?  
Man: I said, mumble mumble mumble…  
Woman: I CAN’T HEAR YOU!  
(suddenly the room is quiet)  
Man: I SAID, I HAVE A GIANT SORE ON MY BALLS!!!

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**Author:** ![thwartme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@thwartme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thwartme)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-in-your-otherwise-favorite-tv-shows-that-bugs-you/257565/122 "2004-08-05T21:23:40Z")

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> [@carnivorousplant](#):
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> That would be awesome. He would walk onto the bridge and say. “How are my little crackers today?”
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> 🙂

…only he’d be holding a little tray of crackers that he’d just baked…

Sorry, couldn’t resist.

thwartme

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**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2004, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-in-your-otherwise-favorite-tv-shows-that-bugs-you/257565/123 "2004-08-06T03:43:13Z")

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Well, i realize that i’m probably among a dwindling minority nowdays, but **NYPD Blue** is still one of my favorite shows.

That said, i was really annoyed when Andy Sipowicz (played by Dennis Franz) started having a romantic relationship with Connie McDowell (Charlotte Ross).

I mean, Sipowicz’s last wife, ADA Sylvia Costas (Sharon Lawrence) was a pretty gorgeous woman, but at least she was somewhere close to his age. McDowell’s character is about 30 (if that), and we’re expected to believe that she is all ga-ga over the fat, balding, unrefined Sipowicz.

Don’t get me wrong, i love Sipowicz. I actually think he’s one of the best characters on TV over the last decade; well-written and multi-dimensional. But the whole media thing of constantly putting unattractive old men with beautiful young women gets a bit old after a while. God forbid they actually reverse the situation once in a while.

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