Times Have Changed

Mark - IN. · Dec 12, 2015

I just sat down, turned on TV and is an old rerun of a show from the 50's or 60's, "I've Got A Secret". The host is Gary Moore, and he's standing there talking to Willie Mosconi, and Gary is not only holding a lit cigarette, but he's puffing on it occasionally on TV. Can't do that anymore. Holy cow, he'd be eaten alive and arrested if he were alive to try something like that today for causing someone to have a stroke.

Mark

rrlund · Dec 12, 2015

Plenty of scenes on Andy Griffith where he's smoking too.

dgasper · Dec 12, 2015

I think he smoked Winstons. "Winston tastes good like a cigarette should."

rrlund · Dec 12, 2015

Winstons taste bad,like the last one I had.
No filter,no flavor.
It's made of toilet paper.

Mark - IN. · Dec 12, 2015

Yep, you're correct. But its not just smoking. I was born in 1960 and there are so many things that people used to do or be able to do that offend so many today that they, we just can't do them anymore. Kids can't even ride bicycles anymore without wearing helmets, shin and elbow guards, and safety goggles...and gloves, and the bicycle may not be legal if it doesn't have a First Aid kit mounted on it. If the wrong person sees them without, "Hello 9-1-1? I just saw one of my neighbor's kids riding...".

dr sportster · Dec 12, 2015

My wife watches old game shows and many clues are no longer PC. Like one answer was the KKK. not today.

Gambles · Dec 12, 2015

About a year ago, I saw some footage of the very first Super Bowl. During half time, it showed the quarterback of the Kansas City Chiefs (Dawson?) sitting on the sideline and he was smoking a cigarette.
Maybe that's why they lost?

ss55 · Dec 12, 2015

In the 1950's variety show hosts would endorse their sponsor's products: cars; beer; cigarettes; whatever. The Dean Martin Show seemed to specialize in Polish jokes and pretty women.

rossow (mn) · Dec 12, 2015

And, of course, many ads from the 1950s showed doctors smoking and recommending certain brands of cigarettes. Google "doctor smoking cigarette ad" for a real eye-opener if you haven't seen these types of ads before.

LAA · Dec 12, 2015

it sure seems like all the politicians worry about is penny ante crapola and the big problems are left to fester or get worse. Several cities in California are on the verge of bankruptcy due to the unchecked growth of government and running business's off due to regulation and taxation but those city officials will be concentrating on meddling in people's lives such as laws to prohibit people from smoking in their own homes or passing ordinances to forward every ridiculous form of political correctness. The national leaders blather about nonsensical fantasies such as "climate change" while approximately 2/5 of the worlds population known as nnalert do their best to come up with ways to kill American citizens and crush the U.S. economy to wreck havoc. I guess today's so called leaders just don't have it in them to tackle the real issues or they would just much rather enjoy the trappings of power and throw a few ones at the others to stay in power.

Mark - IN. · Dec 12, 2015

Yep, clearly times have changed

Mark
Thats funny

NCWayne · Dec 12, 2015

Just saw an article posted on another sight of some 40 something year old man who left his wife and kids because he decided he wanted to be a 6 year old little girl. He now dresses like a 6 year old little girl, and lives with his "new parents"....who let hi, play with their 6 year old granddaughter. That's sick enough on it's own, but there are others that are applauding his "courage" and think what he's doing are great.....

So, YEP, times have changed far more than most realize......The problem they have been allowed to change because the majority have become complacent and refuse to speak up.....Thankfully that trend appears to be changing......

Sprint 6 · Dec 12, 2015

Fred Flintstone advertised Winstons.

Alan K · Dec 12, 2015

Oh boy.....or girl lol.

ohiojim · Dec 12, 2015

i watch a show, homicide something, about joe kenda, he's smoking all the time,...maybe hasn't changed that much after all....

Ted in NE-OH · Dec 12, 2015

"I'd walk a mile for a Camel"

johnlobb · Dec 12, 2015

LAA, you hit the nail right square on the head. I couldn't have said it better myself..

rrlund · Dec 12, 2015

Yet they can cram these shows full of gays,interracial couples,drugs and smutty jokes and offend me all day long and that's OK.

rustred · Dec 12, 2015

i remember dean martin smoking and drinking on tv.

Jiles · Dec 12, 2015

Sure is no problem if you want to see someone drinking hard liquor or beer!

Donald Lehman · Dec 12, 2015

Just got a newsletter from my congress critter whooping it up because she sponsored some legislation banning plastic micro-beads in womens makeup. I just sent her an e-mail telling her how impressed I was with her for being concerned with such an important issue. The tone of my e-mail was rather cryptic. (chuckle)

coshoo · Dec 12, 2015

It was either that show or "What's My Line" that was sponsored by Chesterfield cigarettes. I remember they gave away cartons of Chesterfields as consolation prizes to the non-winning contestants.

And Edward R. Murrow, the famous news guy, always had a cigarette as he broadcast the news. Died of lung cancer in his 60's, I think.

CenTex Farmall · Dec 12, 2015

They have all kinds of Crime Scene type shows that portray brutal murders and bizarre behavior, even stories that portray crimes against children.....but God forbid if they showed a cigarette commercial or beer commercial.

Andy Martin · Dec 12, 2015

(quoted from post at 13:04:26 12/12/15) Yet they can cram these shows full of gays,interracial couples,drugs and smutty jokes and offend me all day long and that's OK.

Big difference, if homosexuals, interracial couples, or nnalert are offended, we did something wrong, we aren't tolerant or multicultural. If we are offended, however, we are guilty of hate. Pretty clear where this is leading. Hate crimes will soon be the number one way to get rid of free people.

Dick2 · Dec 12, 2015

I've read that there are some psychiatrists that now say that hate is normal and good for us.

Andy Martin · Dec 12, 2015

No wonder I feel so good! I hate it when I don't feel good.

Cooter143 · Dec 12, 2015

Wow! Normally I would say,"no way that's true", another internet fake. But, nowadays there's really no limit to what's believable. Not only is that 1diot doing it, there are probably a group of people somewhere defending and applauding it.

Rollie NE PA · Dec 12, 2015

Back in the late fifties, our family doctor had a cigarette going in each of his exam rooms. I can remember him telling my dad to give up his camels.

Steve@Advance · Dec 12, 2015

Yes, times have changed! Just about all the old sitcoms had smoking scenes, but it was accepted as nothing offensive. But yet Lucy and Desi had to sleep in separate beds! And the Amos & Andy humor was acceptable, but can't be shown today!

Instead we can now subject our children to such fantastic entertainment as Southpark, Sponge Bob, and Family Guy... Go figure.

jeffcat · Dec 12, 2015

Read the book {1984}. You will find out about New Think and New Speak. Scare the bejabbers out of you.

Gary Mitchell · Dec 12, 2015

Ted, I smoked Camels for a while. I can't walk a mile period anymore. gm:-(

Straw Boss · Dec 12, 2015

If you've ever seen the original pilot of Leave it to Beaver, the man who originally played Ward Cleaver was a heavier set man who was basically puffing like a chimney all the way through the episode. If I remember right he wasn't very understanding or patient with Beaver either. The second man, Hugh Beaumont, was much more clean cut and didn't smoke cigarettes at all. Can't imagine how the show would have gone if they kept the first guy.

Greg1959 · Dec 12, 2015

Then you would have Dennis the menace and Mr. Wilson! lol

Anonymous-0 · Dec 13, 2015

(quoted from post at 18:04:26 12/12/15) Yet they can cram these shows full of gays,interracial couples,drugs and smutty jokes and offend me all day long and that's OK.

What calibre gun are "they" holding on you while "they" cram all this down your throat?

L.Fure · Dec 13, 2015

(quoted from post at 21:45:05 12/12/15) Just got a newsletter from my congress critter whooping it up because she sponsored some legislation banning plastic micro-beads in womens makeup. I just sent her an e-mail telling her how impressed I was with her for being concerned with such an important issue. The tone of my e-mail was rather cryptic. (chuckle)

That issue is more important than it sounds. These little plastic beads don't dissolve in water and get carried into streams and lakes. Small fish and other aquatic animals end up eating these things and die. It actually has a pretty big impact on certain species of fish. Some hand soaps used to have these beads in them, but thought all that was banned years ago.

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