# 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:** 15\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2018, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-or-other-art-music-etc-you-are-embarrassed-that-you-once-liked/813446/81 "2018-05-04T08:05:23Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > In the actual 80s, I thought that synth pop was only for douchebags, but I have since grown to like it. On the other hand, I liked Def Leppard which I am now embarrassed by. we forgive you now for penance you have to listen to the catalogs of new order and pet shop boys in their entirety … then for detention you have to listen to 12 hours of joy division …:eek: ---
**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:** [May 4, 2018, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-or-other-art-music-etc-you-are-embarrassed-that-you-once-liked/813446/82 "2018-05-04T10:43:47Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Why would a Shark need a surfboard? 😕 And why would a surfboard need pink sunglasses? ---
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2018, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-or-other-art-music-etc-you-are-embarrassed-that-you-once-liked/813446/83 "2018-05-04T13:31:06Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Why would a Shark need a surfboard? 😕 Exactly. Good thing the pink sunglasses were on point. ---
**Author:** ![Sauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2018, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-or-other-art-music-etc-you-are-embarrassed-that-you-once-liked/813446/84 "2018-05-04T14:09:53Z")
> [@Jennshark](#): > > When ya comin’ home dad? > Can we get together soon? > BTW, the cat’s in the cradle and I polished the spoons Because I think “Cat’s Cradle” is an outstanding song, I’m gonna put the correct lyrics here: “And the cat’s in the cradle and the silver spoon Little Boy Blue and the Man in the Moon When ya’ comin’ home, Dad? I don’t know when But we’ll get together then You know we’ll have a good time then” Turned brilliantly on its ear in the last chorus. ---
**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 4, 2018, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-or-other-art-music-etc-you-are-embarrassed-that-you-once-liked/813446/85 "2018-05-04T14:33:51Z")
> [@Jennshark](#): > > Naw, you’re thinking of the Pinto (snerk). [Chortle] 😉 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2018, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-or-other-art-music-etc-you-are-embarrassed-that-you-once-liked/813446/86 "2018-05-04T14:59:54Z")
The Cowsills’ “The Rain, the Park, and Other Things” was my favorite song in the world for about two years after it came out. Gary Puckett and the Union Gap. I loved them back in 1968. > [@WordMan](#): > > Pardon? The stuff with Terry Kath is wonderful. When Pete Cetera got too cheesy-pop frontman, they went downhill. This. ---
**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 5, 2018, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-or-other-art-music-etc-you-are-embarrassed-that-you-once-liked/813446/87 "2018-05-05T03:29:28Z")
I feel lucky that while most of the kids were listening to vapid Top 40 pop, I had that one friend who introduced us to early Hendrix, Dylan, Stones, Kinks. So most of the music of my childhood still holds up, unembarrassingly. Now, that didn’t apply to TV shows. I was so starved for Sci-Fi that I could NOT wait for this new B&W show _Lost In Space._ I think I was addicted. And my mom still laughs at how we wee lads took the Adam West _Batman_ show seriously. ---
**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 5, 2018, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-or-other-art-music-etc-you-are-embarrassed-that-you-once-liked/813446/88 "2018-05-05T03:39:16Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > The Cowsills’ “The Rain, the Park, and Other Things” was my favorite song in the world for about two years after it came out. There’s nothing to be ashamed of for appreciating this major-seventh-soaked, baroque-pop masterpiece. A lot of what people dismiss as “vapid Top 40 pop” (from the 50s - 90s, at any rate) is actually filled with good musical stuff. You can get a pretty decent education in how to be a good pop-oriented musician just from playing along with any given one-hit wonder from the 60s or 70s that used solid session musicians. ---
**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 5, 2018, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-or-other-art-music-etc-you-are-embarrassed-that-you-once-liked/813446/89 "2018-05-05T04:59:50Z")
> [@digs](#): > > And my mom still laughs at how we wee lads took the Adam West _Batman_ show seriously. It was really done so well, the parody escaped most of us. It wasn’t until the episode where they (_B and R_) have to bail out of the Batcoptor or some other flying thing, and land\* right next to\* a working pay telephone, and Batman goes on to exalt (paraphrase), _“the efficiencies of the modern communication system”_ that I got the joke. Never saw the show the same way again. 😛 ---
**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:** [May 5, 2018, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-or-other-art-music-etc-you-are-embarrassed-that-you-once-liked/813446/90 "2018-05-05T05:34:35Z")
At 14 I was crushing on a guy who raced motocross. He was so cool, he smoked Marlboros and was always greasy. Dumb as a doorknob, though. I am ashamed to say I subscribed to a Motocross magazine and learned all the terms and the names of famous (eh) racers to impress him. He just thought I was weird. After a couple of months my love for him waned but, I had to endure that stupid magazine for the rest of the year. ---
**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 5, 2018, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-or-other-art-music-etc-you-are-embarrassed-that-you-once-liked/813446/91 "2018-05-05T06:06:49Z")
I don’t know how old you are **Beck** , but was that the\* Johnny O’\* era or more of the _Pierre Karsmakers_ days? Just askin’! 😉 Hey, Motocross ain’t nothin’ to be ashamed about, even if the motives were somewhat dubious. Remind me to tell you a real good story about Jeremy McGrath… ---
**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:** [May 5, 2018, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-or-other-art-music-etc-you-are-embarrassed-that-you-once-liked/813446/92 "2018-05-05T06:22:01Z")
The Karsmakers sounded real familiar, I looked it up and it seems a bit before my short-lived career as a Motocross groupie. I do remember Johnny O’maras name. I believe it to be a honorable pasttime, I was just a little bummed my crush never returned my affections. Alas, the groupie life wasn’t for me. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2018, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-or-other-art-music-etc-you-are-embarrassed-that-you-once-liked/813446/93 "2018-05-05T06:28:51Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Now that I know a little about Scott Adams’ political leanings, I’m ashamed to have been a Dilbert fan. > > 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. > > Another for the real young time- I used to think the Nancy comic was funny. > > For a very brief time, I liked Chicago’s music. What a fool I was. The _Nancy_ comic was funny. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2018, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-or-other-art-music-etc-you-are-embarrassed-that-you-once-liked/813446/94 "2018-05-05T07:58:14Z")
> [@digs](#): > > (Now I’m nostalgic for someone else’s childhood…)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…). I agree with you on that. Kath-era Chicago is at least interesting but after that it’s all bland forgettable MOR sludge (which, unfortunately, is now the type of music Chicago is best known for). Two years ago,[there was a thread here](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=791808&highlight=Chicago) on the artistic merits and demerits of the group. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2018, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-or-other-art-music-etc-you-are-embarrassed-that-you-once-liked/813446/95 "2018-05-06T18:06:52Z")
> [@Jacquernagy](#): > > There’s nothing to be ashamed of for appreciating this major-seventh-soaked, baroque-pop masterpiece. > > A lot of what people dismiss as “vapid Top 40 pop” (from the 50s - 90s, at any rate) is actually filled with good musical stuff. You can get a pretty decent education in how to be a good pop-oriented musician just from playing along with any given one-hit wonder from the 60s or 70s that used solid session musicians. Self-described classy cultured guy P.J. O’Rourke wrote a book wherein he determined to put aside his reading of the classics and listening to opera to go to Branson, Missouri and mingle with the foul smelling rabble. Pursuing the ‘common man’s tastes’ in music and entertainment. He admitted he learned that Barry Manilow, Wayne Newton, and so on were not, in fact ‘bad’ things, but he did think that popular culture’s biggest fault was mediocrity. Two different worlds, huh? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-or-other-art-music-etc-you-are-embarrassed-that-you-once-liked/813446.md?page=4)