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106. Do you know what the greatest and worst invention that humans ever made was?

Wed Mar 8, 2017, 01:28 AM

Mar 2017

Television. Television controls people using information and steals their sense of reality. Yes. Now television itself is a religion.
-Dr Londes (Cowboy Bebop)

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What is your favorite TV show ? [View all] Metsie Casey Mar 2017 OP

The Andy Griffith Show Chipper Chat Mar 2017 #1

more: Chipper Chat Mar 2017 #3

Oh man did we love Eerie Indiana rurallib Mar 2017 #39

I thought it had some intelligent episodes Chipper Chat Mar 2017 #47

Mine are yeoman6987 Mar 2017 #36

Spin and Marty. Doesn't give away one's age. n/t rzemanfl Mar 2017 #51

OMG! I was so into that show when I was a kid. I had forgotten all about it. Wasn't it a part of skylucy Mar 2017 #59

Yes. n/t rzemanfl Mar 2017 #61

Tee hee. Chipper Chat Mar 2017 #69

And of course I was in love with Annette. Chipper Chat Mar 2017 #70

Trying to imagine Annette on a nine inch screen. n/t rzemanfl Mar 2017 #72

And in black n white! Chipper Chat Mar 2017 #73

I can remember black and white. We had a Philco. 15 inch I think. I remember the day rzemanfl Mar 2017 #74

I was just looking up Tim Considine the other day! He was dreeeamy! :-) WinkyDink Mar 2017 #92

I will draw you a telephone and you can call him. n/t rzemanfl Mar 2017 #114

Or a bridge, and I'll walk there! ;-) WinkyDink Mar 2017 #118

"Well I'll be a blue-nosed gopher" NBachers Mar 2017 #103

Action lapfog_1 Mar 2017 #2

It was Breaking Bad True Dough Mar 2017 #4

Max Headroom truebluegreen Mar 2017 #5

Yay! shenmue Mar 2017 #15

Gah! Forgot MH, going to update list now.... Coventina Mar 2017 #23

As a young adult I loved repeats of Starsky and Hutch. Days and applegrove Mar 2017 #6

Highlander Doreen Mar 2017 #7

There can only be one- loved that show as a kid :) Luciferous Mar 2017 #76

Methos was my favorite. Doreen Mar 2017 #80

Twilight Zone is okay for adults, but not for all kids. JEFF9K Mar 2017 #8

Funny you say that Metsie Casey Mar 2017 #9

It can cause anxiety for certain kids ... JEFF9K Mar 2017 #10

Interesting Metsie Casey Mar 2017 #24

I watched episode one pressbox69 Mar 2017 #33

My 9 year old likes watching them with me Luciferous Mar 2017 #79

For forty years... hurple Mar 2017 #11

Oops... forgot hurple Mar 2017 #12

Black Adder Zoonart Mar 2017 #37

My favorite? Something completely different, of course... First Speaker Mar 2017 #13

Fawlty Towers Va Lefty Mar 2017 #14

I Love Fawlty Towers! BainsBane Mar 2017 #64

And the Beeb's SHERLOCK truebluegreen Mar 2017 #16

I enjoyed the first 2 seasons but it seems like the quality of the stories has gone downhill Luciferous Mar 2017 #96

I agree, and I think that's why they've wrapped it up. truebluegreen Mar 2017 #99

MST3K. n/t FSogol Mar 2017 #17

+1 nt EarthFirst Mar 2017 #55

I have a long list (because I'm old). Boomerproud Mar 2017 #18

The Prisoner. kairos12 Mar 2017 #19

Downton Abbey femmocrat Mar 2017 #20

AMEN! PennyK Mar 2017 #120

Agreed Sherman A1 Mar 2017 #137

Sagan's Cosmos n/t sarge43 Mar 2017 #21

Arrested Development (first three seasons) Coventina Mar 2017 #22

I agree Sherlock's first two seasons were the best truebluegreen Mar 2017 #25

Haven't watched it yet. Got bogged down in season 3. Coventina Mar 2017 #26

Have Gun, Will Travel. marybourg Mar 2017 #27

A true classic Sherman A1 Mar 2017 #136

House of cards :) dewsgirl Mar 2017 #28

'North of 60' - a CBC production. Siwsan Mar 2017 #29

If I have to pick just 1 mythology Mar 2017 #30

northern exposure ohheckyeah Mar 2017 #31

Now? Ever? Comedy? Drama? Dramedy? ghostsinthemachine Mar 2017 #32

The Americans mitch96 Mar 2017 #34

oh that is so good! season 5 starts back tonight. bench scientist Mar 2017 #104

Did you see the season premiere last night? What did you think? (eom) StevieM Mar 2017 #125

I did! bench scientist Mar 2017 #133

The next season (season 6) will be the final one, and it will only have 10 episodes. StevieM Mar 2017 #134

I love that show. I think it is the best show on television. (eom) StevieM Mar 2017 #124

All time pressbox69 Mar 2017 #35

Currently Bayard Mar 2017 #38

This message was self-deleted by its author BainsBane Mar 2017 #63

Sheriff Callie's Wild West Kaleva Mar 2017 #40

I like the Star Treks...all of them. I am going to miss GRIMM... Tikki Mar 2017 #41

All time? "The West Wing" Rhythm Mar 2017 #42

Smothers Brothers Mendocino Mar 2017 #43

Arrested Development. NT WiffenPoof Mar 2017 #44

Of all time? Probably Cowboy Bebop sakabatou Mar 2017 #45

Do you know what the greatest and worst invention that humans ever made was? bench scientist Mar 2017 #106

That episode was a tearjerker sakabatou Mar 2017 #108

it surely was..but hey bench scientist Mar 2017 #109

A baby hipster, very cool. sakabatou Mar 2017 #115

Deserves two threads: "Not On Anymore" and "Current." 1.) "L&O--Original." 2.) "Elementary." WinkyDink Mar 2017 #46

I had such grave misgivings about "Elementary" Coventina Mar 2017 #50

I agree on Elementary. FSogol Mar 2017 #71

I did, too! "A female Watson?!" I didn't start watching until this year! Yeah, I caught up with WinkyDink Mar 2017 #90

Frasier ailsagirl Mar 2017 #48

S11, E3: Patrick Stewart; S9, E16: Michael Keaton; S2, E3: Eric Lutes (plays gay). The best! WinkyDink Mar 2017 #91

Definitely one of the best- I rewatched the entire series last year. My grandparents met Luciferous Mar 2017 #97

Too bad about the drink! I liked John Mahoney a lot ailsagirl Mar 2017 #117

1. West Wing 2. LOST 3. Breaking Bad 4. The Sopranos 5. The Wire MadBadger Mar 2017 #49

I love the Americans. I think it is the best show on television. StevieM Mar 2017 #126

House of Cards msdogi Mar 2017 #52

Buffy, X-Files, Star Trek iamateacher Mar 2017 #53

China Beach. n/t whathehell Mar 2017 #54

It would be impossible to pick a favorite! Initech Mar 2017 #56

Sun Records looks promising (CMT, on now) ghostsinthemachine Mar 2017 #57

I live in the Memphis area so I've been thinking about checking that one out. I liked Luciferous Mar 2017 #98

I think Rayna ghostsinthemachine Mar 2017 #112

Currently I like Runningdawg Mar 2017 #58

I Love Lucy 50 Shades Of Blue Mar 2017 #60

Hands down, close the books, favorite TV show: yallerdawg Mar 2017 #62

Homeland BainsBane Mar 2017 #65

Deadwood you %$@)*, *)*&$#@, (*&/**, @!$#%&* people. IADEMO2004 Mar 2017 #66

M*A*S*H Soxfan58 Mar 2017 #67

Game of Thrones mainstreetonce Mar 2017 #68

+1 JDC Mar 2017 #78

My current favorites are Poldark, Grantchester, House of Cards, and Daredevil Luciferous Mar 2017 #75

I'm liking Blue Bloods. GP6971 Mar 2017 #77

For me its GWC58 Mar 2017 #81

Non political TV its GWC58 Mar 2017 #82

Lately I've been rewatching "The West Wing" AJT Mar 2017 #83

NYPD Blue Kennah Mar 2017 #84

Original Star Trek MFM008 Mar 2017 #85

Several new & old gwheezie Mar 2017 #86

I absolutely love the Americans. It is my favorite show. Did you see last night's season premiere? StevieM Mar 2017 #128

Not yet gwheezie Mar 2017 #131

Dark Shadows laurieu Mar 2017 #87

Fellow Dark Shadows fan here. area51 Mar 2017 #89

I was crazy about it as a kid TexasBushwhacker Mar 2017 #116

Dennis the Menace, Flintstones, the Monkees LeftInTX Mar 2017 #88

F Troop no_hypocrisy Mar 2017 #93

Librarians madamesilverspurs Mar 2017 #94

Deep Space Nine Generic Brad Mar 2017 #95

LEXX........ fNord Mar 2017 #100

SCANDAL underthematrix Mar 2017 #101

The old black and white Perry Mason show. PatrickforO Mar 2017 #102

Such a Sophie's Choice! if I'm picking just one- Six feet Under bench scientist Mar 2017 #105

Michael Mann's "Crime Story" with Dennis Farina was great. NBachers Mar 2017 #107

The Magicians Hugo24601 Mar 2017 #110

What a thread! roscoeroscoe Mar 2017 #111

Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman enid602 Mar 2017 #113

AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D **** Grimm & The Librarians (both filmed in Portland Oregon) trueblue2007 Mar 2017 #119

Liebling Kreuzberg DFW Mar 2017 #121

Meerkat Manor Shrek Mar 2017 #122

kieth oberman, warehouse 13, tv nation, the awful truth, picket fences dembotoz Mar 2017 #123

Cubs baseball JPPaverage Mar 2017 #127

Of course it counts. Congratulations on your World Series Championship. (eom) StevieM Mar 2017 #129

The Americans!!!! It is hands down the BEST show on television!!!! (eom) StevieM Mar 2017 #130

The Magicians sellitman Mar 2017 #132

ALL time favorite TV? yikes.. umm yuiyoshida Mar 2017 #135