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Post by Brenda on Nov 24, 2014 15:05:59 GMT -5
I remember the warning on the "Sylvia" episode, and I do believe it was there originally. It was by far my least favorite Little House episode ever.
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Post by awesomemixtape10 on Nov 24, 2014 19:48:50 GMT -5
They edit that bit out...? are you serious!!! Since when is a bit of bare chest and shoulder unsuitable viewing - how could anything from the Waltons need censoring? talk about over-kill! Yeah, Olivia tells the missionary and Jack Tripper that John had promised the kids that he would take them swimming. Rev Fordwick recites them a Bible Verse, then it switches to the swimming hole scene. It might have to do with the time constraints , but I doubt it
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Post by goodnight on Nov 25, 2014 9:31:15 GMT -5
I recall that the "Sylvia" episode had a warning when it aired.
On a side note, does anyone know when the movie trailers for coming attractions started having "this preview has been approved for appropriate audiences"? Rather than "this preview has been approved for all audiences". I think it's good that it's for "appropriate audiences" now. It seems to me that most movie trailers (for action movies anyway) consist of the most intense, loudest scenes possible and that might frighten/disturb young children.* I also think the speakers are turned up louder for the previews. My niece and I went to see Mockingjay Part 1 on Sat. and the speakers when the previews were playing nearly deafened me. Although the action scenes in the movie were loud enough.
*I wonder if only G rated previews are shown before G rated films.
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Post by carol on Nov 25, 2014 12:54:17 GMT -5
When most of us here were kids our parents didn't have to worry about what we watched on TV. There wasn't really anything inappropriate on. Like Jeri said a few shows put up a "Mature Themes" warning before it came on. The first show with that warning that I remember being able to see was the Little House episode "Sylvia" about Albert's girlfriend who was raped. I was 16 so I was deemed old enough to watch it. Even so what was considered Mature Themes then is mild compared to what is shown on TV now especially now that we have cable Did you watch Sylvia the first time it aired? I don't remember a warning. But I do know that I warned the parents of a girl that I would be watching that nite it first aired what the theme was about and they did not want their girl watching it. It was such an odd thing to have little house with such a topic.
I'd much rather watch Laura and Nellie have their cat fight in the muddy field. Now that was a good episode. Yep I saw the original airing. I was about 16 then so was considered by my parents old enough.They also figured being Little House that it wouldn't be THAT graphic.And it wasn't especially considering what they would show today. Don't forget Nellie rolling down the hill in her wheelchair courtesy of Laura. Another classic.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2014 16:49:39 GMT -5
How many of you here...when you were 16 or 17 (or younger) tried to get into a film that was "for people 18 and over"? That was a lot of fun. We always got in. They didn't check for ID much back then, at least not where I was.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2014 17:26:01 GMT -5
How many of you here...when you were 16 or 17 (or younger) tried to get into a film that was "for people 18 and over"?That was a lot of fun. We always got in. They didn't check for ID much back then, at least not where I was. I did (Raises hand with excitement). The first time was at the drive-in (we hid in the trunk) and it was for the movie Piranha. I was a proud 14-year old.
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Post by margro on Nov 26, 2014 4:38:41 GMT -5
Here in Australia we didn't have television till 1956. My parents didn't have the money to buy a TV set so we didn't have our own television till probably late 1960. Most of the programs we had were American - Mickey Mouse Club is the one I remember the most. Myself and all our friends grew up in a suburb by the beach with swimming, parks, trees to climb and all sorts of adventures to experience so we didn't really worry that much about TV till we got older. I cant really remember any parental guidance warnings but I guess they did exist.
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Post by patriciaanne on Nov 26, 2014 6:55:20 GMT -5
How many of you here...when you were 16 or 17 (or younger) tried to get into a film that was "for people 18 and over"? That was a lot of fun. We always got in. They didn't check for ID much back then, at least not where I was. We hardly had to "sneak." They didn't enforce it AT ALL. Saw The Exorcist when I was 13 or 14. (It was a movie theater that got older movies, so it was a few years after its release.) Saw "Carrie" when I was 14. I was at a party at my cousins' house and my older cousins and their friends were going. My mother didn't want me to go at first, but I told her I had already read the book (I had) and the woman sitting next to her said, "Well....she's already read the book!" And I got to go. It's best to ask your parents stuff like that when they're sitting around drinking with friends.
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Post by goodnight on Nov 26, 2014 9:12:41 GMT -5
I think my cousins saw Jaws and Carrie when they were about 12. With an adult of course. When I was that age I covered my eyes for any gross or scary scenes. I recall that I covered my eyes for the scenes about snakes and skeletons in Indiana Jones, Raiders of the Lost Ark.
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Post by wmfan/waltonsportwriter on Nov 26, 2014 11:21:50 GMT -5
There was also the scene in the Sinner where MAry Ellen pounded a nail and said aw darn in front of the young Reverend Fordwick John Ritter.
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Post by wmfan/waltonsportwriter on Nov 26, 2014 11:24:15 GMT -5
They edit that bit out...? are you serious!!! Since when is a bit of bare chest and shoulder unsuitable viewing - how could anything from the Waltons need censoring? talk about over-kill! Yeah, Olivia tells the missionary and Jack Tripper that John had promised the kids that he would take them swimming. Rev Fordwick recites them a Bible Verse, then it switches to the swimming hole scene. It might have to do with the time constraints , but I doubt it Jack Tripper lol Awesome. I do believe the Sinner was comedic training unintentionally for John Ritter's role in Threes Company years later
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Post by dave on Nov 29, 2014 17:49:35 GMT -5
FOR BRIEF MILD LANGUAGE For" The Homecoming". The actuall show is rated G right? Was the series ever PG ? I am watching The Sinner on the John Boy Special Marathon that I got dvr'ed. They edit out the scene where Grandpa comes in to The Kitchen in the Bathing Suit. WAS The Waltons a PG show back then ? More than likely, the scenes was edited out to make room for more commercials. You should see what other networks do to reruns. TV Land cuts a good 5-10 minutes out of Hogan's Heroes.
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Post by awesomemixtape10 on Nov 30, 2014 1:31:54 GMT -5
I thought that might be possible, dave. the episodes that day were listed like 1 hour 7 minutes on the dvr because Richard was talking, but why would they cut a great moment like that ?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2014 12:10:01 GMT -5
I don't remember seeing a warning for the LHOTP episode "Sylvia". It was probably there, but as a kid... I only paid attention when the theme music started to play. I liked that 2 part episode because of the relationship between Albert and Sylvia. I do, however, hate that she was raped and that they never had their "happily ever after".
I wish I had never watched the episode with the fire at the school for the blind. I still have no idea why they needed to heap so much tragedy on what was normally a feel good family show.
We watched tv with our parents, so if they thought something was too mature for us, they would have switched it to something more kid friendly instead of "guiding" us through the episode.
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Post by JeriJet on Nov 30, 2014 12:21:19 GMT -5
I don't remember seeing a warning for the LHOTP episode "Sylvia". It was probably there, but as a kid... I only paid attention when the theme music started to play. I liked that 2 part episode because of the relationship between Albert and Sylvia. I do, however, hate that she was raped and that they never had their "happily ever after".
I wish I had never watched the episode with the fire at the school for the blind. I still have no idea why they needed to heap so much tragedy on what was normally a feel good family show.
We watched tv with our parents, so if they thought something was too mature for us, they would have switched it to something more kid friendly instead of "guiding" us through the episode. That's about the way it was at our house.... Regarding Little House, I was a little surprised that my Dad seemed to like it quite a bit, especially in the early years -- until my Mom explained to me that Charles had three daughters.... just like Dad !
I also liked Albert in that episode.... however, I sort of blew hot and cold with him -- at little too emotional at times.... but then, he was being reared by Charles !!
I could have lived without the blind school fire, too -- maybe they were "stretching" for scripts at that point....
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