Silly things people do on TV shows that people don't do in real life

[TheLittleFaerie]

1. When 2 ppl are in bed and they need to talk to each other, they always gotta turn the light on

2. If 3 people are together and 2 of them wanna talk about the other one in private, they get close together and move about 4 or 5 feet from the 3rd person and continue to talk in a normal voice, as if the 3rd person wouldn't be able to hear them.....

3. When people get through talking on the telephone, they never say "bye", they just hang up

4.No one can sneeze or cough without it meaning they MUST be coming down with something....

5. When people sit down to eat, they never finish a meal, they sit down for like 2 minutes and then up again, and rarely ever have a beverage with their food

6.If a man needs to disguise himself as a woman, all he has to do is throw on a cheap wig and bo-peep type dress and BOOM! Everyone buys him as a woman... I'm transgender, and have naturally soft features and a round face and am only 5'4.... and even when I try as hard as I can to present as female, I still get clocked and "SIRed" half the time... it's annoying to see a 6'2 totally male looking guy like John Ritter on 3's Company throw on a wig and dress and no one even give him a double take and instantly believes he's a woman lol

7.When people talk to each other or argue with each other, they have to be looking right at each other about 6 inches from each other's face and rarely ever sit down

keep it going

[GentlemanJim]

Sometimes I think they get a little carried away trying to "plant" emotion onto the audience. Just as an easy example... the Rocky movies where Rocky is getting his head beat in, and between punches they do a quick cut to Talia Shire looking like she just saw the Alien monster. I realize there are probably entire chapters in the "How Drama is Done" textbooks, written by highly acclaimed "experts" saying this MUST be a part of the show.... But when the concept is overdone it makes you feel like you are being patronized

And, I've often wondered how someone can be tied to a tree, handcuffed to a bed, locked in a closet....for DAYS on end....and not soiled themselves. Same with comas. The star is unconscious in bed for a week, suddenly regains consciousness, and is ready to seek revenge, fresh as a daisy. Wearing the same clothes they were wearing the day they were struck down.

And, how about gratuitous smiling? I mean unless you are the Osmond family nobody goes around all day with a preemptive smile on their face.

Edit/add: Regarding the Talia Shire bit, I often wonder if they just shot an entire set of her groaning and wretching in front of the camera, and then picked the few out of the many that they wanted to use? If so it would be interesting to see the entire uncut reel in an "unpublished out takes" sort of feature

[sara]

How often in tv and movies when someone is carrying a bag of groceries the bag must have an unwrapped baguette poking out the top of the bag. I work in a grocery store and that seems so unsanitary.

[80sTrivia]

People meeting their doppelgangers and/or switching identities because that's so easy and no one notices they are acting completely different.

Families/characters having food fights and making a massive mess. Never known anyone to do that in real life.

Having characters that you only hear their voice, never see their faces, because don't we all listen to disembodied voices in our day-to-day lives? (Well, on the radio, of course...)

[JamesG]

People are always seen using chopsticks whenever eating out of Asian (mainly Chinese) food containers.

I’m not saying people don’t, but most of the Chinese take-out places here in NYC don’t provide chopsticks and you have to specifically request them if they do. The take-out places cater towards Westerners and it is assumed they (we) either don’t know how to use them or prefer to use a fork.

[River Jordan]

I have NEVER seen the "Novice Pool player wins a couple of dollars in easy game against accomplished Pool Hustler, Pool Hustler upps the ante, plays REALLY good and now Novice Pool player owes big money and has to be rescued by Friends/Family," in real life.

[River Jordan]

Originally Posted by 80sTrivia

People meeting their doppelgangers and/or switching identities because that's so easy and no one notices they are acting completely different.

Families/characters having food fights and making a massive mess. Never known anyone to do that in real life.

Having characters that you only hear their voice, never see their faces, because don't we all listen to disembodied voices in our day-to-day lives? (Well, on the radio, of course...)

Chris Hansen had a sting operation where the Pedophile entered the Bait House, and only heard the Decoy say something like,"Here, have some cookies I made you, they're so good," and he never even saw her. She said her line without ever meeting him and then left.That Pedophile was one of the scariest Pedophiles the show ever had. He walked into the house naked, looking for an underaged girl to have sex with and wanted to have sex with her in every room so that wherever she went in the house, she'd think of him.

He also asked her to do sexual things to a cat before they had sex! Only a handful of People were scarier than this guy. One guy in particular basically tried to kidnap the decoy and Chris Hansen said something like,"This guy was one of the few Pedophiles that actually scared me and I was worried about how aggressive he was to the Decoy. He aggressively kept telling her to get in the car with him even though she was showing signs of not wanting to go anywhere with him. I came out early to prevent him from doing anything harmful to the Decoy."

[TheLittleFaerie]

I forgot this one.... someone's in a restaurant and says, "Gimme a beer!" or in a store, "Lemme have a pack of cigarettes!" No need to mention a brand lol

I remember I tried that once in a restaurant just to see what would happen, I said, "Could I get a glass of wine!" And the server was like, "Uh...what type?" lol

Or call the operator and say "Operator....." Even back when I called the operator I never addressed them as, "Operator", I would just start talking lol

[Babalu]

Originally Posted by TheLittleFaerie

1. When 2 ppl are in bed and they need to talk to each other, they always gotta turn the light on

2. If 3 people are together and 2 of them wanna talk about the other one in private, they get close together and move about 4 or 5 feet from the 3rd person and continue to talk in a normal voice, as if the 3rd person wouldn't be able to hear them.....

3. When people get through talking on the telephone, they never say "bye", they just hang up

4.No one can sneeze or cough without it meaning they MUST be coming down with something....

5. When people sit down to eat, they never finish a meal, they sit down for like 2 minutes and then up again, and rarely ever have a beverage with their food

6.If a man needs to disguise himself as a woman, all he has to do is throw on a cheap wig and bo-peep type dress and BOOM! Everyone buys him as a woman... I'm transgender, and have naturally soft features and a round face and am only 5'4.... and even when I try as hard as I can to present as female, I still get clocked and "SIRed" half the time... it's annoying to see a 6'2 totally male looking guy like John Ritter on 3's Company throw on a wig and dress and no one even give him a double take and instantly believes he's a woman lol

7.When people talk to each other or argue with each other, they have to be looking right at each other about 6 inches from each other's face and rarely ever sit down

keep it going

I was getting into it until #6. I wasn't expecting that. No offense.

It reminded me of that beer commercial where football player looking guys put on dresses and wigs to take advantage of ladies night prices art a bar.

[JamesG]

On medical dramas they always show the doctors and patients having these long philosophical discussions and other conversations about past regrets and their romantic lives.

I was lucky when I got to speak to my doctor for 2 minutes at the hospital.

[TheLittleFaerie]

Originally Posted by JamesG

On medical dramas they always show the doctors and patients having these long philosophical discussions and other conversations about past regrets and their romantic lives.

I was lucky when I got to speak to my doctor for 2 minutes at the hospital.

I'm lucky enough to have a good family doctor who takes time to talk to me as long as I need to

[biffbronson]

Going to bed wearing full makeup on one's face. This was a more prevalent TV thing some decades ago I think. There used to be more obvious examples of TV actors always insisting or wanting to look their best, like Barbara Billingsley doing housework wearing a pearl necklace.

[GentlemanJim]

It often amazes me the unsanitary sources you see characters use to obtain drinking water. I realize there is a definite aspect of "any water is better than no water" if you are dying of thirst, but seeing some episodes of old westerns where they refill their canteens from the muddy wheel ruts in a road that sees horse traffic day in and day out....makes me go "blech"...

[stevea]

Disguises. We always recognize the person immediately, but no one on the show does, even people who know the person well.

Leaving the room to get something that would take a few seconds. It always takes however long the scene needs it to take, but never a few seconds.

In the scene the cast is watching a TV show. The TV show seems to "pause" while the viewers are commenting.

[stevea]

Saying "freshen up" after your trip. Real world, "The bathroom is at the end of the hall."