# TV Shows (or other art...music, etc) you are embarrassed that you once liked **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 2, 2018, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-or-other-art-music-etc-you-are-embarrassed-that-you-once-liked/813446 "2018-05-02T01:39:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-or-other-art-music-etc-you-are-embarrassed-that-you-once-liked/813446/61 "2018-05-03T13:33:09Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > Can’t argue the point, but the lyrics are so stoopid that I can listen and embrace the Nuge Stupidity. > > I actually love the songs Hey Baby, and also Free for All. Man, Free for All has a kinda variant-Bo Diddley groove that just rocks. But he’s still an idiot and I knew it back then. Agreed. Other than the cringeworthy lyrics to “Stranglehold”, the self-titled album isn’t that bad. And Meatloaf sang on a couple of songs on “Free For All”. But it was all downhill after that. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-or-other-art-music-etc-you-are-embarrassed-that-you-once-liked/813446/62 "2018-05-03T15:08:33Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > I can think of no other band that SHOULD consume a young person’s formative years than 1967-72 Moody Blues. Not a lot of ‘singles’ in there, no, but each album is itself a transformative experience with just a beanbag chair and some dim lights (drugs optional–I’ve never listened to them on drugs, maybe I should). I’ve got about 15 years on you, trust me, you want to keep this band in mind when 40 starts getting small in your rearview mirror. Oh, I’m sure I’ll go back to all the music of my youth when I’m old, and The Moody Blues is one of them with especially strong associations to a specific time of my life, but I’ll probably be listening to more Beatles and Beach Boys. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-or-other-art-music-etc-you-are-embarrassed-that-you-once-liked/813446/63 "2018-05-03T15:15:16Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > …but I’ll probably be listening to more Beatles and Beach Boys. gerrrgh…where’s that frothing stink-eye smiley when I need it! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ashtura](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ashtura/32/2963_2.png) [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-or-other-art-music-etc-you-are-embarrassed-that-you-once-liked/813446/64 "2018-05-03T16:04:02Z")
Milli Vannili. I’m embarrassed just typing that. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-or-other-art-music-etc-you-are-embarrassed-that-you-once-liked/813446/65 "2018-05-03T17:10:50Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Now that I know a little about Scott Adams’ political leanings, I’m ashamed to have been a Dilbert fan. My friends and I were HUGE Bill Cosby fans and I can still recite his first few albums from memory… but i don’t. > [@](#): > > When I was REAL young, I thought Video Village was a cool game show with an awesome set. Watching it on YouTube, I’m baffled why it didn’t ruin Monty Hall’s career. I just watched a clip, and it looks like so much fun! For the time, it would’ve been so much more exciting than Queen For A Day or other boring daytime shows. (Now I’m nostalgic for someone else’s childhood…) > [@](#): > > For a very brief time, I liked Chicago’s music. What a fool I was. The Terry Kath period stuff holds up. In fact, I’ve been saying we need a new band like Chicago or early BS&T. For great rock/jazz/blues fusion with kickass brass, go listen to Chicago Transit Authority or Chicago II or III (We’ll wait…). ---
**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:** [May 3, 2018, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-or-other-art-music-etc-you-are-embarrassed-that-you-once-liked/813446/66 "2018-05-03T17:38:28Z")
I thought Yugo’s were kinda cool. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-or-other-art-music-etc-you-are-embarrassed-that-you-once-liked/813446/67 "2018-05-03T17:40:06Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Now that I know a little about Scott Adams’ political leanings, I’m ashamed to have been a Dilbert fan. I’m not, and I’ll say this: He was always a bit unskeptical, a bit overly-impressed with his own intelligence. I remember reading one of his books where he unironically boosted Neuro-Linguistic Programming and claimed that one of his friends was unnaturally lucky because of the quantum. Him falling into weird politics wasn’t a huge shock to me, is what I’m saying. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2018, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-or-other-art-music-etc-you-are-embarrassed-that-you-once-liked/813446/68 "2018-05-03T18:09:46Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > I thought Yugo’s were kinda cool. I thought AMC Pacers were da bomb. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-or-other-art-music-etc-you-are-embarrassed-that-you-once-liked/813446/69 "2018-05-03T18:20:15Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Now that I know a little about Scott Adams’ political leanings, I’m ashamed to have been a Dilbert fan. It hasn’t helped that he’s run every. single. trope. he typically uses (and there’s only like half a dozen to start with) right into the ground. > [@](#): > > For a very brief time, I liked Chicago’s music. What a fool I was. That’s because they were good for only a very brief time (briefer than the Moodies, c. 1970-1973). It ain’t on you. [Cokes to the usual suspects above] ---
**Author:** ![Lamoral](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lamoral/32/16078_2.png) [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-or-other-art-music-etc-you-are-embarrassed-that-you-once-liked/813446/70 "2018-05-03T18:22:48Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > I’m not, and I’ll say this: He was always a bit unskeptical, a bit overly-impressed with his own intelligence. I remember reading one of his books where he unironically boosted Neuro-Linguistic Programming and claimed that one of his friends was unnaturally lucky because of the quantum. Him falling into weird politics wasn’t a huge shock to me, is what I’m saying. I think Scott Adams actually had some good points about Trump’s success, even though I was looking at it from the perspective of someone who didn’t _want_ him to succeed. I never read _Dilbert_ though anyway. It’s really not that good. My threshold for good strip-style comics is pretty damn high. From Charles Schultz all the way to Garry Trudeau, Berkley Breathed, and Adrian Tomine (a recent comic-strip/graphic novelist who is just spectacularly talented) - why would you read shit like _Dilbert_ when that stuff was available? ---
**Author:** ![ElderSign](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eldersign/32/8263_2.png) [@ElderSign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElderSign)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-or-other-art-music-etc-you-are-embarrassed-that-you-once-liked/813446/71 "2018-05-03T20:06:04Z")
Upon rewatch, I realized 1980s Transformers, Superfriends, Voltron, and G.I. Joe fit into the embarrassing label. V was not scary and it was unrealistic. Land of the Lost was unbearable. Never- ever- had any desire to go back to The Cosby Show, Roseanne, or many other 1980s like Webster, Mr. Belvedere, Cheers, Family Ties, Growing Pains, Alf, The Facts of Life, etc Dallas and Dynasty- what was I thinking? Can’t watch A-Team and Knight Rider again. Planet of the Apes TV show was disappointing Anyway, as I got older I also had the Sturgeon’s revelation about 90% of everything being crap. ---
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-or-other-art-music-etc-you-are-embarrassed-that-you-once-liked/813446/72 "2018-05-03T21:10:48Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > See my username? Yup, that’s right. Back in my teens, I was a fan of Piers Anthony’s writings-- Not just the Incarnations series, but even Xanth as well. I started using the name “Chronos” online back then, and have since. My true confession: my username is also my nickname due to a tattoo I got in 1990 – a shark on a surfboard wearing pink sunglasses. Yup. ---
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-or-other-art-music-etc-you-are-embarrassed-that-you-once-liked/813446/73 "2018-05-03T21:15:21Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > I thought AMC Pacers were da bomb. Naw, you’re thinking of the Pinto (snerk). ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-or-other-art-music-etc-you-are-embarrassed-that-you-once-liked/813446/74 "2018-05-03T21:28:11Z")
> [@Jennshark](#): > > I collected Patrick Nagel’s art in the '80s and paid a fortune to have the posters matted and framed. I was very proud of my good taste in high art: > > [Patrick Nagel — Art in the 80s | Like Totally 80s](http://www.liketotally80s.com/2011/10/patrick-nagel-art-in-the-80s/) > > In retrospect, I cringe at my taste. I know that he’s respected in some quarters and is collectible, but the art is so “cut-rate salon/manicure shop decor” to me now. > > At least it wasn’t Thomas “Painter of Light” Kincaid stuff. This may be the only time in SDMB history that [Rio, by Duran Duran](https://www.moma.org/media/W1siZiIsIjMxNTkzMyJdLFsicCIsImNvbnZlcnQiLCItcmVzaXplIDIwMDB4MjAwMFx1MDAzZSJdXQ.jpg?sha=516ecf490d7201e5) has actually been a relevant response. Savour the moment. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-or-other-art-music-etc-you-are-embarrassed-that-you-once-liked/813446/75 "2018-05-03T21:55:19Z")
> [@BrotherCadfael](#): > > **Bewitched**. Darren was such a sexist douchbag, and Endora was quite right to hold him in scorn. Yeah, Darren was an ass, but I get the impression that Endora’s scorn was a bigoted reaction to him being mortal, rather than for his behavior. And regardless of why she disliked him, the shit she put him through way out of line (from my limited, mortal perspective, anyway). ---
**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:** [May 4, 2018, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-or-other-art-music-etc-you-are-embarrassed-that-you-once-liked/813446/76 "2018-05-04T00:10:35Z")
> [@ElderSign](#): > > Dallas and Dynasty- what was I thinking? Living abroad in the '90s, I got to rewatch a lot of _ **Dallas** _. It held up surprisingly well. _ **Dynasty** _, on the other hand, rapidly descended into ludicrousity. I hadn’t seen it before, and I still have no idea why others liked it so much. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2018, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-or-other-art-music-etc-you-are-embarrassed-that-you-once-liked/813446/77 "2018-05-04T00:51:03Z")
> [@Jennshark](#): > > At least it wasn’t Thomas “Painter of Light” Kincaid stuff. I like that type of art, the bright-contrast fading-light twilight cottage–_except_ actual Kincade. He’s actually below average in his actual genre. ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2018, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-or-other-art-music-etc-you-are-embarrassed-that-you-once-liked/813446/78 "2018-05-04T00:59:05Z")
Elton John, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. I played the bejeezus out of this at the time. Don’t think I could stomach it at this late date. (Thanks to the other thread for the reminder.) ---
**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:** [May 4, 2018, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-or-other-art-music-etc-you-are-embarrassed-that-you-once-liked/813446/79 "2018-05-04T04:50:49Z")
> [@Jennshark](#): > > My true confession: my username is also my nickname due to a tattoo I got in 1990 – a shark on a surfboard wearing pink sunglasses. Yup. Why would a Shark need a surfboard? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2018, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-or-other-art-music-etc-you-are-embarrassed-that-you-once-liked/813446/80 "2018-05-04T07:23:51Z")
My mom had a revelation like this in the mid-80s. **Casablanca** came out the year she was 12. In those days, movie theaters anywhere outside a large city would show a movie for one week. New movie on Friday, run through Thursday, new movie that Friday, and so forth. “Cici” (she wasn’t anyone’s mom then!) saw **Casablanca** the first Saturday, cried her eyes out, thought it was even better than **Gone With the Wind**. So did a lot of people, and it was held over! for another week – great. big. huge. deal! So she saw it again, cried some more, thought it was the greatest movie ever. But time went on, and somehow she never saw it at a revival house, or on TV. Skip ahead to 1985 or '86, when she borrowed the VHS from the library. 😕 “Why is this a classic? Why did I see this twice and cry and cry? What did I think was so amazing about it? What does **anyone** think is so amazing about it?!” Her take on it was, she’d done a whole lot of living in the intervening 40+ years, and was no longer the idealist/romantic she’d been then. Still, nowadays two of her favorite films are **Driving Miss Daisy** and **Field of Dreams** , and neither of those is exactly made for hard-bitten cynics. (She also outgrew GWTW. Which is fine with me; I have enough people pushing those films on me as it is.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-or-other-art-music-etc-you-are-embarrassed-that-you-once-liked/813446.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-or-other-art-music-etc-you-are-embarrassed-that-you-once-liked/813446.md?page=5)