TV Land pulls Dukes off the air - Page 3 - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Mr. Television · 07-04-2015, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Patty Duke

This country has changed for sure, not for the better. It actually breaks my heart to see how much things have changed. It has even affected TV, movies, the entire culture and no matter what anyone says we are losing our rights and freedoms.

Yep. It's pretty sad. This is not the America I remember.

Retro4Life · 07-04-2015, 05:17 PM

It's ridiculous, for sure.

The show was what it was, and I saw no intent of hate in it. Just goofy fun. And even IF there were any trace of racism (which there isn't), it's history. It's like editing The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn for it's racist language. That's part of history. You can't edit history like you do your Facebook preferences; what happened, happened, and you need to deal with it.

This country has a very strange relationship with the truth. That is to say, we can't handle it anymore. And we are offended by EVERYTHING, so we have to censor EVERYTHING. There is no right in the Constitution insuring freedom from being offended. What is going to happen is that no one will be able to say anything provocative or creative or off the wall because on the slight chance that someone, somewhere, might be offended, it won't be allowed.

Just insane.

TVFactFan · 07-04-2015, 05:22 PM

Cable companies should do the same thing to TV land

Dude111 · 07-05-2015, 03:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Television

Yep. It's pretty sad. This is not the America I remember.

This WHOLE WORLD is not the place I remember!! (Its a garbage pit now)

TVFactFan · 07-07-2015, 06:56 PM

Makes sense now, TV land just started airing the show about a month ago and then removed it

I was thinking TV Land was airing the show since the year started

Coffeecup · 07-07-2015, 08:09 PM

This is the 2nd show that I can remember being taken off the air for racial problems. The first Amos and Andy, first a radio program and then went to tv. We might have more. Odd world. No shows with terrible violence, sex or dialog leaves the air but a show with a flag does .

TVFactFan · 07-07-2015, 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Coffeecup

This is the 2nd show that I can remember being taken off the air for racial problems. The first Amos and Andy, first a radio program and then went to tv. We might have more. Odd world. No shows with terrible violence, sex or dialog leaves the air but a show with a flag does .

Well they have no more of those type of shows left

rodwayne · 07-15-2015, 04:30 PM

As An African-American and have watch this show in re-rans,I never felt that this show nor the characters in it was racist.Like the theme song said,they were good-ol' boys that never meant any harm.Besides,taking the flag away won't solve any of our problems,nor re-writing history.We must remember it,or as the saying goes "it will repeat itself".

07-04-2015, 05:17 PM	#32
Retro4Life Accept No Substitutes Forum Veteran Join Date: Feb 04, 2009 Location: IL Posts: 6,706	It's ridiculous, for sure. The show was what it was, and I saw no intent of hate in it. Just goofy fun. And even IF there were any trace of racism (which there isn't), it's history. It's like editing The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn for it's racist language. That's part of history. You can't edit history like you do your Facebook preferences; what happened, happened, and you need to deal with it. This country has a very strange relationship with the truth. That is to say, we can't handle it anymore. And we are offended by EVERYTHING, so we have to censor EVERYTHING. There is no right in the Constitution insuring freedom from being offended. What is going to happen is that no one will be able to say anything provocative or creative or off the wall because on the slight chance that someone, somewhere, might be offended, it won't be allowed. Just insane.
	__________________ Alex Reiger :[Trying to convince Louie not to antagonize Bobby] "It's not hard to make people feel bad about their lives. What's hard is making people feel good about their lives."

07-15-2015, 04:30 PM	#38
rodwayne Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Feb 27, 2002 Posts: 367	As An African-American and have watch this show in re-rans,I never felt that this show nor the characters in it was racist.Like the theme song said,they were good-ol' boys that never meant any harm.Besides,taking the flag away won't solve any of our problems,nor re-writing history.We must remember it,or as the saying goes "it will repeat itself".
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07-04-2015, 05:22 PM	#33
TVFactFan Member Forum Junkie Join Date: Aug 17, 2002 Posts: 98,967	Cable companies should do the same thing to TV land

07-07-2015, 06:56 PM	#35
TVFactFan Member Forum Junkie Join Date: Aug 17, 2002 Posts: 98,967	Makes sense now, TV land just started airing the show about a month ago and then removed it I was thinking TV Land was airing the show since the year started

07-07-2015, 08:09 PM	#36
Coffeecup coffeecup. Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 17, 2003 Location: snoozeville Posts: 3,176	This is the 2nd show that I can remember being taken off the air for racial problems. The first Amos and Andy, first a radio program and then went to tv. We might have more. Odd world. No shows with terrible violence, sex or dialog leaves the air but a show with a flag does .