On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 11:12 AM, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote:
> In the '70s the networks still followed a socially conservative set of > rules, one of which was that you couldn't show a character doing drugs > without negative consequences. I don't know when the rule was > abandoned, probably in the shadow of riskier cable TV shows. I can't > even remember if drugs were explicitly mentioned regarding Reverend > Jim. His stoner behavior was obvious and it might have been enough to > indirectly refer to Jim's past and a savvy audience would make the > connection. > I am pretty sure Taxi explictly has an episode or two in which they explain Jim as having been on the A track at Harvard, only to be derailed by weed. Now that I think about it, Sarah Silverman's gay friends on her show were shown as pretty positive pot heads - chronically unambitious, but lovable, and in love, and living a nice life that embedded frequent (almost constant) pot use. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
