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LITTLE COMEDY CLUB.....NOT SO FUNNY
I realize that the theme of this post is supposed to be humorous. But this week I am going to digress. I apologize if this sounds too soap-boxy. As I always teach my kids, every family has different rules and that's okay. So if you don't agree with me, I will understand. But I have to get this off my chest.
It's my fault. I should know better, but I guess I let my busy-nest distract me. Plus I assumed that if it's a Disney show, it's just fine for my kids to watch. I know better, really I do. But my kids don't watch TV a lot and sometimes it's a welcomed source of entertainment.
They were watching this show called Good Luck, Charlie......ever heard of it? Or seen it? I had only seen brief snippets of it and it looked cute and mildly entertaining. It's this middle-class family whose youngest daughter is about 1 and named Charlie. And she's very cute. I don't really know much else about it. But the kids were watching it and I sat down to do something on the computer in the same room. I looked up at the TV and watched as the brother and his friend came in the house and immediately told their mom not to answer the phone if Mrs. "So and So" called.
The mom asked what the brother did this time and he said that they may have "borrowed" some lemons from her lemon tree to make lemonade. The mom gives a disapproving look, but before she can say anything the phone rings. She answers to an upset Mrs. "So and So" who wants to know if she knows anything about some stolen lemons, when the brother whips out some money and bribes his mom not to say anything.
So the mom grabs the money out of his hand and LIES to the neighbor, right there in front of these kids!!!!! I COULD NOT BELIEVE WHAT I WAS SEEING!!! And to make it worse....the audience LAUGHED!!!
What's funny about this? I don't find that funny at all. Just the opposite. I find it to be despicable, dishonest, disgusting, and disappointing. Thankfully, I was there to tell my kids how wrong this was, but what if I wasn't? I understand if this was a regular show in prime time, but if your target audience is children, how is this appropriate?
Again, maybe I am overreacting. But I can't stand these shows that glorify dumb behavior. And they are everywhere. And I, for one, am not laughing.
What does everyone else think?
~Betina
Fit & Fabulous!...Week 7 of An Online Brutally Honest Fitness Journal:
If you'd like to join us each Monday(we're late...sorry) with our Fitness Journal, and feel the inescapable pressure of having to post about your fitness/health progress, and being brutally honest, please let us know in the comments. We'll name you as our "Monday Fitness Posting Buddies", and of course you and everyone are always welcome to link up on our Fit & Fabulous Hop anytime.
Courtney's Fitness Journal Week 7:
This week, I lost 1 pound! The funny thing is, I don't know how I did it. It seems that when I don't focus on my eating and fitness, I do better than when I do. I missed running this week, and only did my kettle bell stuff once. I just ate normally too. This has to be that whole freeing my Chakra, and breathing through my eyelids thing, the way Nuke did in Bull Durham to get his pitch on...
or something!
This week's goal:
Get back to my twice a week running and kettle bell exercises in the evenings, and keep breathing through my eyelids.
Betina's Fitness Journal Week 7:
Ha ha!! Courtney, that was seriously funny. Well, not to one-up you or anything, but I lost 3lbs!! Granted, I have lots more to lose than you. I did my sprints at the park and rode my bike several times and I really think the no soda thing is helping. Plus I did pushups everyday and half of them were with The Monster riding on my back, as if my own body weight wasn't enough.
This week's goal:
What's the saying? "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." I'll take 3lbs any day, so I think I'll stick with whats working for me.
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