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I Miss Adults

Sooner — Tue, 02 Jan 2018 18:17:20 GMT

I miss adults on newscasts, cooking shows, weather casts, giving book reviews, etc.

I am so sick of seeing pie throwing, dancing and jumping, screaming, baby food like cupcakes and mac and cheese, and other things that adults do and talk about..

Intelligence and wit and interesting food seem to have disappeared in favor of the junior high school mentality and hijenks that you see, hear or read in almost any medium now.

I just miss the grown up world. This feeling was brought on when I tried to watch The Chew just now.

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esmerelda — Tue, 02 Jan 2018 18:24:11 GMT

IMO daytime TV is a wasteland. I never turn it on M-F until 5 PM or later...and that's only for the weather forecast.

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RainCityWoman — Tue, 02 Jan 2018 18:26:19 GMT

@Sooner wrote:
I miss adults on newscasts, cooking shows, weather casts, giving book reviews, etc.

I am so sick of seeing pie throwing, dancing and jumping, screaming, baby food like cupcakes and mac and cheese, and other things that adults do and talk about..

Intelligence and wit and interesting food seem to have disappeared in favor of the junior high school mentality and hijenks that you see, hear or read in almost any medium now.

I just miss the grown up world. This feeling was brought on when I tried to watch The Chew just now.

Try the Food Network.

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RainCityWoman — Tue, 02 Jan 2018 18:30:41 GMT

@RainCityWoman wrote:
@Sooner wrote:
I miss adults on newscasts, cooking shows, weather casts, giving book reviews, etc.

I am so sick of seeing pie throwing, dancing and jumping, screaming, baby food like cupcakes and mac and cheese, and other things that adults do and talk about..

Intelligence and wit and interesting food seem to have disappeared in favor of the junior high school mentality and hijenks that you see, hear or read in almost any medium now.

I just miss the grown up world. This feeling was brought on when I tried to watch The Chew just now.
Try the Food Network then. I actually have found some very tasty recipes on The Chew, including Clinton's cocktails and Carla's caramel cake. The Christmas Lambrusco Sour was delicious. I served it to my guests on Christmas Day. They raved about it. Last Christmas I served Clinton's Kir Royale.

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cherry — Tue, 02 Jan 2018 18:31:14 GMT

I enjoy create on pbs. I see Julia Child, Jaques Pepin, Martha Stewart and a host of others

Nothing dumbed down, no cutesy stuff like calling things stewp( Reachel Ray)

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Noel7 — Tue, 02 Jan 2018 18:35:19 GMT

@Sooner

You might enjoy the baking and food shows on PBS.

I like the Anthony Bourdain food shows from different countries, Sunday evenings on CNN.

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proudlyfromNJ — Tue, 02 Jan 2018 18:49:13 GMT

Create channel, sometimes the Cooking channel, PBS channels especially on weekends. I only find less than a handful on the Food Network.

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sfnative — Tue, 02 Jan 2018 18:52:45 GMT

@RainCityWoman wrote:
@Sooner wrote:
I miss adults on newscasts, cooking shows, weather casts, giving book reviews, etc.

I am so sick of seeing pie throwing, dancing and jumping, screaming, baby food like cupcakes and mac and cheese, and other things that adults do and talk about..

Intelligence and wit and interesting food seem to have disappeared in favor of the junior high school mentality and hijenks that you see, hear or read in almost any medium now.

I just miss the grown up world. This feeling was brought on when I tried to watch The Chew just now.
Try the Food Network.

The Food Network is part of the problem. One example is Alton Brown. I so want to watch a decent Iron Chef, but simply cannot tolerate that ___________ for 1 minute. He needs to go. He's just a big kid bragging on himself all the time.

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hckynut — Tue, 02 Jan 2018 18:52:46 GMT

@Sooner

My wife watches some shows on Food channel and Cooking channel. I have watched many with her and most of the things they cook I have never heard of the foods. Names of certain dish recipes are not things I eat, much less worry about how they look on the plate.

Wife does not watch Chew because that network dropped her soap show and replaced it with that one. I like and have made my own "simple foods" much of my life, and when and if I eat out, same deal, simple and not expensive. So the kids have taken over, eh?

hckynut(john)

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YorkieonmyPillow — Tue, 02 Jan 2018 18:59:59 GMT

@Sooner wrote:
I miss adults on newscasts, cooking shows, weather casts, giving book reviews, etc.

I am so sick of seeing pie throwing, dancing and jumping, screaming, baby food like cupcakes and mac and cheese, and other things that adults do and talk about..

Intelligence and wit and interesting food seem to have disappeared in favor of the junior high school mentality and hijenks that you see, hear or read in almost any medium now.

I just miss the grown up world. This feeling was brought on when I tried to watch The Chew just now.

I just never watch that kind of thing - haven't for years. I can't stand the stupidity.

I have select programs that I watch on Roku, and there are DVDs.

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hckynut — Tue, 02 Jan 2018 19:01:01 GMT

@esmerelda wrote:
IMO daytime TV is a wasteland. I never turn it on M-F until 5 PM or later...and that's only for the weather forecast.

@esmerelda

That is why everything I watch on tv is a DVR'D show. I spend my time watching tv on only shows I want to see. PLUS! I can watch an hour show in 41 minutes.

hckynut(john)

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beckyb1012 — Tue, 02 Jan 2018 19:03:19 GMT

@hckynut wrote:

@Sooner

My wife watches some shows on Food channel and Cooking channel. I have watched many with her and most of the things they cook I have never heard of the foods. Names of certain dish recipes are not things I eat, much less worry about how they look on the plate.

Wife does not watch Chew because that network dropped her soap show and replaced it with that one. I like and have made my own "simple foods" much of my life, and when and if I eat out, same deal, simple and not expensive. So the kids have taken over, eh?

hckynut(john)

I so miss All My Children and One Life To Live. How do you stop doing something daily since 1970 @hckynut? I just do not watch television anymore, just movies and old ones at that.

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Puppy Lips — Tue, 02 Jan 2018 19:09:43 GMT

@Sooner wrote:
I miss adults on newscasts, cooking shows, weather casts, giving book reviews, etc.

I am so sick of seeing pie throwing, dancing and jumping, screaming, baby food like cupcakes and mac and cheese, and other things that adults do and talk about..

Intelligence and wit and interesting food seem to have disappeared in favor of the junior high school mentality and hijenks that you see, hear or read in almost any medium now.

I just miss the grown up world. This feeling was brought on when I tried to watch The Chew just now.

I have never ever watched The Chew. But GH comes on right after that show, and I tape GH. So I am subjected to the recap and closing credits of The Chew. That is enough to make me never WANT to watch that show.

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millieshops — Tue, 02 Jan 2018 19:12:53 GMT

I'm thinking this disaffection with youthful antics is just one more way we who are "of an age" are made aware of that age. It's probably always been true - I think back to Elvis and then the Beetles. My parents were definitely sidelined by them! Still, I mind it less than the physical things like arthritiis!

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QVCkitty1 — Tue, 02 Jan 2018 19:19:51 GMT

This is a tough crowd. I like most cooking shows, what .I can't abide are shows like chopped. I think my two favorite food related shows are Ina Garten and A Chef's Life. The later has taught me so much about regional cooking, I love seeing Vivian cook with older local woman who show her how it used to be done.Also there is a new show on Food Network called Baked in Vermont. with Gesine Prada, her food looks wonderful.

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maestra — Tue, 02 Jan 2018 19:20:53 GMT

@Sooner wrote:
I miss adults on newscasts, cooking shows, weather casts, giving book reviews, etc.

I am so sick of seeing pie throwing, dancing and jumping, screaming, baby food like cupcakes and mac and cheese, and other things that adults do and talk about..

Intelligence and wit and interesting food seem to have disappeared in favor of the junior high school mentality and hijenks that you see, hear or read in almost any medium now.

I just miss the grown up world. This feeling was brought on when I tried to watch The Chew just now.

change the channel.

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Free2be — Tue, 02 Jan 2018 19:21:08 GMT

There's an overall resistance to aging. Acting out in goofy ways is both for attention and its a symptom. Pretend like it's real. It's the world we live in.

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Sooner — Tue, 02 Jan 2018 19:29:54 GMT

@millieshops wrote:
I'm thinking this disaffection with youthful antics is just one more way we who are "of an age" are made aware of that age. It's probably always been true - I think back to Elvis and then the Beetles. My parents were definitely sidelined by them! Still, I mind it less than the physical things like arthritiis!

@millieshops No, I'm not talking about that sort of thing or just food. I'm talking about the news, the late night shows, and most of tv now. The news is full of sound bites and puppy items instead of important issue and financial news.

Late night shows that used to be silly as well also had interesting people and topics and they let people talk. But they are now jr. high school fodder too. Everywhere you turn it's silliness and goofing around.

We do watch a lot of PBS, documentaries and such, but it is sad that so much of tv that used to be interesting is just inane now.

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GSPgirl — Tue, 02 Jan 2018 19:32:50 GMT

@Sooner wrote:
I miss adults on newscasts, cooking shows, weather casts, giving book reviews, etc.

I am so sick of seeing pie throwing, dancing and jumping, screaming, baby food like cupcakes and mac and cheese, and other things that adults do and talk about..

Intelligence and wit and interesting food seem to have disappeared in favor of the junior high school mentality and hijenks that you see, hear or read in almost any medium now.

I just miss the grown up world. This feeling was brought on when I tried to watch The Chew just now.

Exactly! I have felt this way for a long time. Even when I watch my local news I feel like I’m being yelled at and they report the smallest news item as if it was a major happening. They have these dumb push alerts, which they keep taking about during the whole newcast. It’s exhausting to watch it.

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Nataliesgramma — Tue, 02 Jan 2018 19:46:46 GMT

I agree......My New Years Resolution is to "cut the cord".....

I can't beieve hw much I pay for Direct TV and what I actually enjoy watching