What television show were you not allowed to watch as a teenager?

[Murrmurr]

Your parents failed in their attempt, didn't they?

Like most parents, they didn't know that the thing you vehemently deny a kid is the thing he'll desire most.

 

[officerripley]

There was nothing that was offensive in the 60's on tv. We were allowed to watch pretty well anything.

Well, some people found some of it "offensive." I remember some people (my dad, other kids' parents, for ex.) finding The Twilight Zone offensive; my dad didn't like me watching it, partly due to the so-called "racial agitation" themes on it. But I watched it anyway when I got a chance.

Also, I remember the 60s Star Trek series being banned in some of the U.S. southern states due to the "interracial"* kiss that Capt. Kirk and Lt. Uhura shared.

*"Interracial", indeed. There's only one race, for crying out loud, the human race.

 

[LoveTulips]

Well, some people found some of it "offensive." I remember some people (my dad, other kids' parents, for ex.) finding The Twilight Zone offensive; my dad didn't like me watching it, partly due to the so-called "racial agitation" themes on it. But I watched it anyway when I got a chance.

Also, I remember the 60s Star Trek series being banned in some of the U.S. southern states due to the "interracial"* kiss that Capt. Kirk and Lt. Uhura shared.

*"Interracial", indeed. There's only one race, for crying out loud, the human race.

Well, I don't remember anything on the twilight zone that was racist myself but I could have missed episodes that were. And Star Trek the interracial kiss, well, it was nothing to us. My parents taught us that a person could be purple with yellow polka dots and as long as they are a good person, you respect them. In our family, we're Catholic and Caucasian ( Polish background) - one brother married a Jewish woman and the other brother married a Muslim woman. And nobody really practices any religion in our family.

 

[officerripley]

Well, I don't remember anything on the twilight zone that was racist myself but I could have missed episodes that were. And Star Trek the interracial kiss, well, it was nothing to us. My parents taught us that a person could be purple with yellow polka dots and as long as they are a good person, you respect them. In our family, we're Catholic and Caucasian ( Polish background) - one brother married a Jewish woman and the other brother married a Muslim woman. And nobody really practices any religion in our family.

No, I wasn't saying The Twilight Zone had racist episodes, what I was trying to say is that some people (such as my dad and some friends' parents) found some of The Twilight Zone episodes to be, as it would be put today, "too woke" and therefore found it offensive to them. Like I remember one episode where it became unending nighttime all over the world due to prejudice and violence. Rod Serling was unafraid of serious subjects.

 

[LoveTulips]

No, I wasn't saying The Twilight Zone had racist episodes, what I was trying to say is that some people (such as my dad and some friends' parents) found some of The Twilight Zone episodes to be, as it would be put today, "too woke" and therefore found it offensive to them. Like I remember one episode where it became unending nighttime all over the world due to prejudice and violence. Rod Serling was unafraid of serious subjects.

Oh sorry, now I understand.

 

[PeppermintPatty]

Like most parents, they didn't know that the thing you vehemently deny a kid is the thing he'll desire most.

Exactly but luckily my parents didn’t care what we watched

 

[Happyflowerlady]

We didn’t have a television until I was a teenager, and my parents decided what they wanted to watch after dinner, which was when the television was turned on.
If I was interested, I watched along with my mom and dad, and if not, then I just went to my bedroom and read a book. Nothing was banned, and I don’t think that anything was on the television back in the late 50’s that the whole family could not watch.