What weren't you allowed to watch as a kid?
 

This came up in class. From age 9-12, I was not allowed to watch:

Wrestling
The Simpsons
Married With Children

I was also barred from rap, begining with that time I stupidly played The Chronic in the car.

Just made me want to watch/listen more.

I wasn't allowed to watch MTV at all.

So of course it became my number one addiction and I'd watch it for hours and eat popsicles all summer long after i got home from tennis camp at noon.

There wasn't really anything else that I wanted to watch but wasn't allowed to.

I wasn't allowed to watch soaps until I was 12 or so.

Growing up, I wasn't allowed to watch rated "R" movies...the irony is now those "R" movies would be rated PG or PG-13 at best!

The Exorcist though my sisters let me watch it once when I was 5. I had nightmares for weeks & my sisters got punished for being bad babysitters. They were 12, 15, and 17 respectively at the time.

Beavis and Butthead was a big show we couldn't watch. Mostly everything on MtV was considered "stupid" or not a good idea to watch.

ETA: Now that I think about it, my parents were really conservative. They would shield my eyes or fast forward through a lot of movies. This included anything having to do with sex or frightening images. I remember them covering my brother and my eyes while watching "Temple of Doom" and other Indiana Jones movies. Even as a young teen, it continued. I think I saw "Waiting to Exhale" in a matter of 30 minutes because they fast forwarded through everything.

To this day I still haven't seen 2 out of the 3 Ghostbuster movies, Wayne's World, the original Batmans and The Godfathers... all considered "staples" in a movie library.

I was unfortunately deprived of cable for most of my life, but for some reason when I was 14, my mom wouldn't let me watch "I know what you did last summer" unless it was during the daytime and with some of my friends.

She herself doesn't like to watch scary movies, so I think she assumed the same of me.

My mom would not let me watch anything "dirty" in the title.

Say Dirty Dancing, Sleeping With the Enemy come to mind.

Also, my parents are really really conservative and would not let me watch anything that had at the least liberal take on it. Say like shows with main characters that are not white and/or strong women, some examples include, Cosby Show, Family Ties, Benson.

Truth is that i watched all these things when my parents were not home, or when i was alone in my room (had a tv and vcr in there). For how "Strict" my parents were i did a lot of things that I wasn't "ALLOWED" cause they never took time to even notice what i was watching. So i would watch something and then over hear my mom say that i did not watch those types of things cause she did not allow me to see them. I figured out really early to just not tell and i could get away with a lot of things.

I never had any restrictions on what I could watch. I don't recall my parents ever flat out saying i couldn't watch a certain show.

I was never alllowed to watch horror movies, or play video games. Now everyone in my life doesn't understand why I haven't seen __________ movie or don't play video games. My mom was a teacher though and was always like "read a book, go outside" and as a kid, I listened.

My mother never allowed us to watch The Simpson. Then one day she came home and my brother and I were watching it with our father!

I wasn't allowed to watch R-rated movies until I was 14.

Soap Operas
Married with Children

There wasn't really anything that i can think of. My parents were really into going to the movies when I was little so I was seeing rated R movies since I was born. My mom used to throw her arm accross my face when anything bad was happening. It was so annoying. The funny thing is, some people weren't allowed to watch wrestling...I was seeing wrestling live since I was really little. I guess my parents are just weird! haha

My parents are very conservative.

I wasn't allowed to watch any R-rated movies. I also wasn't allowed to watch any TV program that began with the "viewer discretion advised" warning.

I was not allowed to watch V when it first aired. My parents thought there was too much violence. :rolleyes:

As for music, only classical and show tunes were allowed. I will grant that this has left me with a deep appreciation of classical music; however, it's not my first choice these days.

Back in my day, there wasn't anything on television that wasn't suitable for young eyes. We all watched whatever my dad was watching because he was King of the house and there was only one TV. Kids were expected to get up and the change the channel or volume at his will.

That said, I wasn't allowed to go to R rated movies until I was 18. I wasn't allowed to see Jaws, even though all my cousins were going to see it together. I had night terrors as a kid so they kept me away from scary stuff that might infiltrate my nightmares. My friend I and did sneak into Breathless when we were 17 and mom never found out.

Dee

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:

Ditto. If I never ever saw The Rifleman, Hawaii Five-O, Gunsmoke, The Wild Wild West, or an old John Wayne film again, it would be too soon. I don't remember ever really having a choice about TV viewing, there were certain shows we'd watch and that was it. No R rated movies until I was well into my teens. I've never liked horror type stuff, so not going to see Nightmare on Elm Street or Friday the 13th never mattered.

Now, I wasn't allowed to watch SNL but can remember staying up and watching with the volume almost down to zero. I wonder if it was the show or the 11:30pm starting time that really bothered my parents?

I guess I'm lucky my dad wasn't into westerns! We watched 60 Minutes, MASH, All in the Family, Emergency!, Adam 12, Laugh In... I don't remember much else.

I had no restrictions, other than having to be asleep by a certain time. By the time I was in 11th grade, there was no bedtime cerfew.

I never asked my parents if I could watch Midnight Blue, so I don't know if that wasn't allowed.

For the first few seasons I wasnt allowed to watch 90210.

I couldn't watch Children of the Corn - the first one - I was in 6th grade, and my friend Jackie had come over to watch it. Well, mom & dad said "NO" but my sister (5 years older) and her friends could watch it. So Jackie & I spent half the night watching the movie from under my bedroom door (which faces the TV in the den). The rest of the night was spent huddled together in the bed with all the lights on waiting for a crazy child-of-the-corn to jump out at us. To this day I cannot pass a cornfield without getting weirded out (and not to mention that my house I live in now was built where the cornfields used to be :eek: )

I also couldn't watch Red Dawn (where the Russians attacked us) or The Day After (the one about the bomb) -- after my parents realized that *everybody else* was watching it, they let me, but only with them in the room to filter out anything too violent.

I was not allowed to watch MTV. My dad walked in during a Madonna video and that was the end of that.

My mom didn't want me watching....

You can't do that on Television
Married with Children
90210

but she didn't seem to mind that I stayed up past 10pm to watch Silence of the Lambs with my dad when I was 13. That or she had gone to bed already. It's one of my favorite movies now!

Anything with adult content

We were definately not allowed to watch Bevery Hills 90210

We still did..just not in the presence of my mom!

I didn't have cable, so there really wasn't too much my parents objected to me watching. Although for a very short period (about 2 months) I couldn't watch "The Simpsons." However, when I was young, I was NEVER allowed to watch "The Smurfs." I really don't know why, either. The best excuse my mom gave me was the smurfs "annoyed" her. (However, I have since seen a few episodes and I really didn't miss much. :p )

i'm pretty sure i'm younger than most of yall.. and i could watch all this stuff. probably because i have a hippy mom and rockmusician dad...