The only thing I remember not being allowed to watch was Monty Python. It was on PBS at the time. I think my parents were afraid it was all naughty bits :)

ETA since we are including movies, I was not allowed to go see an R movie until 9th grade - Fast Times At Ridgemont High as it had been "vetted" and there weren't any penises in it. We had a HUGE fight over Porky's, which I still haven't seen uncut. I must mention that most of my classmates had been going to R movies since they were 12 or so. The only other R movie I saw before I was 18 was one of the Friday the 13ths. (I guess they figured I was going to college in a few months so whatever) Given all this, it was truly bizarre to watch "Tales of the City" with my mom when it was on. ;)

I need to add that my parents have never had and still don't have basic cable let alone HBO etc.

Oh, according to my mom, Ren&Stimpy "undid 7 years of parenting." MTV was completely out. Stuff like The Simpsons was out not becuase it was "bad," but just because my mom thought it was frikkin' retarded (basically the same reason she won't watch Aqua Teen Hunger Force with me now).

I was, generally speaking, not allowed to watch "R" movies until about 12-13, and even then I had to leave the room if something too risque came on.

Yet now she and I watch Nip/Tuck together. Of course, I am 20 now. And I think I am subconsciously scarred for life somehow because when I was a baby and my dad was doing a tour in Okinawa, Japan, my mom would put on Animal House when I woke her up in the middle of the night for feeding.

That's me, too. When I was really a kid (as opposed to a teenager), 3 networks was it, and there wasn't anything inappropriate for kids. And for a while there, we had "Batman" two nights a week. So cool.

Oh, I feel old.

Shows not allowed:

- Anything on MTV
- In Living Color
- Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
- Anything past 9:00 basically

This is so funny! Everything that everyone has said her/his parents forbade...well, that's the beginning of what my parents outlawed!! LOL!

When I was very, very little, we couldn't afford a t.v.

When I was very little, we had maybe 5 channels, but I couldn't watch anything after about 6 PM unless it was the news. Also, I was allowed 30 minutes of t.v. a day - otherwise I was expected to be doing chores, homework (when I was old enough) or playing outside.

When I was in high school, I could pretty much watch what I wanted as long as there was no sex, violence or VAMPIRES (my mother hates vampires with a passion.)

My parents just got cable when I was 24!! :)

**I used to watch all sorts of stuff at my friends' houses, so I experienced some of what other kids were seeing.

When I was younger, I was not allowed to watch Married with Children, MTV, or Melrose Place. I was also not allowed to watch R-rated movies until I was 17. Not being allowed to watch those movies before 17 made working at a video store after I was 17!

I wasn't allowed to watch Dirty Dancing or 90210 when I was younger. I didn't think much about it, but my roommate and I got hooked on 90210 when I was on college (just as it was ending) and Dirty Dancing is now one of my favorites :)

It's weird, though, because they let us watch a lot of other R rated movies.

I pretty much watched whatever... we'd watch the Simpsons and In Living Color and Married with Children as a family.

For awhile I wasn't allowed to watch 90210. Which was my own dumb fault. There was some commercial on for it and it involved sex, and I said, that show looks good. Needless to say mom said no you can't watch it.

I'd just watch it in my room with the volume down low, lol

I wasn't allowed to watch 90210 b/c it came on after my bedtime. :) Mr. AXiD670 thinks that's why I'm so obsessed w/ watching the reruns.

I also wasn't allowed to watch Married with Children or MTV. Of course, I watched them anyways.

When I was a kid, I also could watch whatever I wanted, because there wasn't anything terribly bad on tv. I wish someone would have told me couldn't watch The Twilight Zone and Alfred Hitchcock, because they always scared me!:eek:

I was not allowed to watch:

Married with Children
The Simpsons
Beavis and Butthead
Ren and Stimpy

And to be honest, I am still not allowed to watch Elimidate (or any other dating show where people act slutty) in front of her.

I have a feeling that my mother's restrictions were more related to what she found "tacky" than truly inappropriate. I was always allowed to watch 90210, Melrose Place, music videos, and Soul Train because that's what SHE likes to watch :p

Oh, you took the words right out of my mouth! I saw one show of each and was terrified for months! And AGDee, so did you--Dad was king of the TV so I didn't watch much because how many little girls wanted to watch The Rifleman and the news?

My dad was a doctor and he didn't like it when we watched medical shows because he said they were so inaccurate, so his way to discourage that was to hang over our chairs when we were watching them and laugh hysterically, pointing out all the discrepancies between the show and real life. Eventually, we got so sick of that that we'd leave.

I often tried to watch The Nurses (a drama, I loved their theme song) but ole you-know-who would have me out of the room in 5 minutes.

Me either.


Things I couldnt watch.....

Porn
married with children
the simpsons
MTV
pee-wee's playhouse (i think he got nailed for beating off in Tampa)

I wasn't ever interested in shows like when i was yougner (shit i'm 19 and still not very interested in that show)

But my mom and grandmother wouldn't let me or my cousins watch a particular show. It was on Nickelodeon and it was called Salute your Shorts .

I mean i could watch it in my room, if my mom didnt' know, but when we went of vacation or if I watch TV in the family room, I couldn't see that show.

I dont remember if I was allowed to watch the Simpsons or not, but when I was younger I was more of the Nickelodeon watcher, but that is when they had good shows.

Salute your shorts was one of my faveorite shows ever!! My dad went through this kind of psycho strict period and I couldn't watch Dawson's Creek. :rolleyes: