Were poor people ashamed to watch this show back in the 1970's

[Neutronman67]

I would like to think that poor people of all race and skin tone texture who were suffering the same things the fictional character people on Good Times would have been too ashamed to watch a show about being stuck in the inner city ghetto back when this show was still fresh on the air in the 1970's, do you think lower income people back in the day would feel kinda strange to see a sitcom like Good Times back in 1974

[robyrob]

they probably didn't have a tv.

[tlc38tlc38]

Originally Posted by robyrob

they probably didn't have a tv.

I was thinking the same thing.

This is yet another Neutronman67 original.

[retrofan05]

That's like asking if rich people were ashamed to watch The Jeffersons.

[You_Rang]

Originally Posted by Neutronman67

I would like to think that poor people of all race and skin tone texture who were suffering the same things the fictional character people on Good Times would have been too ashamed to watch a show about being stuck in the inner city ghetto back when this show was still fresh on the air in the 1970's, do you think lower income people back in the day would feel kinda strange to see a sitcom like Good Times back in 1974

Are zombies ashamed to watch The Walking Dead?

[visaman666]

Originally Posted by robyrob

they probably didn't have a tv.

People in welfare hotels get cable TV in Vancouver, so I imagine they would also in Chicago. The Evans had a Tv, maybe not cable, but then it was 1974.

[installLSC]

Well I grew up in a pretty poor neighborhood, and everyone I knew owned a TV. True it was usually B&W and often had a coathanger for an antenna, but it worked. After all a TV is still a lot cheaper than regularly going to the movies or bar.

[Will Dockery]

Originally Posted by Neutronman67

I would like to think that poor people of all race and skin tone texture who were suffering the same things the fictional character people on Good Times would have been too ashamed to watch a show about being stuck in the inner city ghetto back when this show was still fresh on the air in the 1970's, do you think lower income people back in the day would feel kinda strange to see a sitcom like Good Times back in 1974

It seemed almost everybody loved the Evans family back in the day, poor but proud, and never defeated.

In fact... Dynamite!

[Will Dockery]

Originally Posted by installLSC

Well I grew up in a pretty poor neighborhood, and everyone I knew owned a TV. True it was usually B&W and often had a coathanger for an antenna, but it worked. After all a TV is still a lot cheaper than regularly going to the movies or bar.

I was going to reply to the television remark but you nailed it, I'll just add "what he said".

[OH Nuts!]

I don't see why poor folks would feel this way about a show about the poor per se. But Good Times was poorly written and rife with cliches, so in that respect, I think the show would be repellant to many demographics.

[Will Dockery]

Originally Posted by OH Nuts!

I don't see why poor folks would feel this way about a show about the poor per se. But Good Times was poorly written and rife with cliches, so in that respect, I think the show would be repellant to many demographics.

J.J. was the wild, street corner janking kid of the 1970s, others in this archetype were the Sweathogs and Fonzie (who as we know was very much a product of the 1970s, similar to how M*A*S*H was really about Vietnam, not the 1950s).

[cleverfun3000]

Are nerds ashamed to watch "Big Bang Theory"?

[ThomasE]

Originally Posted by cleverfun3000

Are nerds ashamed to watch "Big Bang Theory"?

LOL. Nice one. I don't see why poor people would be ashamed to watch Good Times, though. Hmm...