Better get your fill of Duck Dynasty

I agree, we don't have cable in our house. Tv Is rarely on and I don't feel like I'm missing a thing....

My wife was scrolling through the usual 200 channels of mindless crap one evening, and stopped at one channel on the guide and said "you gotta watch this". She knows my take on "reality" TV and she was just being a smart-ass so I asked of course what "this" was, and she just smiled and just repeated "no, you just gotta watch this". God help me, it was "here comes honey boo boo" and honestly I had no clue what it was about until that moment. 15 seconds in and I had to get up leave the room. She was laughing out loud, she got me, yeah good one. But truth be told, it actually just made me feel incredibly sad that this crap fills the dial, and is today's "entertainment" for millions of folks.

Duck Dynasty is nothing. "Real housewives", "Survivor", "Long Island Medium" - makes me wanna set myself on fire and jump through a plate glass window 60 stories up.

When I'm at my camp, the stove is lit, the radio is on for background noise / tunes if I'm working inside, otherwise it's me, the dog, the lake, the back roads, anything but TV.

i watch a few shows which are "reality" shows i guess, things like deadliest catch, or the gold mining shows, things like that where things are actually being done. crabbing, in the deadliest catch show, gold mining in the other be it by digging or dredging in the waters off Nome. im more interested in the methods of how its done.

as for the KK's, snookie's and honey boo boo's on the shows of that type its just unbearable to watch. DD doesnt interest me at all either, i have watched some segments of the show , but to me its not interesting as there's nothing really being "done"

I will confess . . . I have been known to watch Survivor, Amazing Race and even Northwoods Law (. . . but only a few times . . . and mainly to see if any of my friends or relatives were being chased, interrogated, etc. )

One you get addicted to hearth.com...where you can actually help people do real things in their lives, TV falls far behind. I can stomach a bit of break bad every couple years, but that's about it.....

I'll watch the next horserace debates on the POTUS in 2016.
Until then, there is hearth.com and the drone stuff...

He did say I'm sorry ...

http://tv.yahoo.com/news/msnbc-host-makes-fun-mitt-romney-black-grandson-023826137.html

where's jesse? al?

where was he when the chick made the comment about hoping she wouldn't catch AIDS when she went to Africa then said oh wait "im white"?

where are the "race defenders" when a liberal is just as shameful?

thought so

stoveguy2esw said:

i watch a few shows which are "reality" shows i guess, things like deadliest catch, or the gold mining shows, things like that where things are actually being done. crabbing, in the deadliest catch show, gold mining in the other be it by digging or dredging in the waters off Nome. im more interested in the methods of how its done.

as for the KK's, snookie's and honey boo boo's on the shows of that type its just unbearable to watch. DD doesnt interest me at all either, i have watched some segments of the show , but to me its not interesting as there's nothing really being "done"

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I watch a couple like that, but even those ones have a producer that sets up a lot of situations. It gets worse the longer the show runs. Used to watch the tattoo shows until they became just drama. First season of some shows are almost like a documentary.

I have no patience with the reality shows like Survivor, Duck Dynasty, Honey Boo Boo, etc. I prefer home reno shows. Always learn a thing or two on repairs and what new building products are on the market. When you add in our own experience, should be able to provide sage advice when our son buys/builds in the next couple of years

A&E "caved" to the majority of its viewers.

TV is rarely on here. Only have OTA anyway.

begreen said:

Sounds like a big publicity stunt to attract more viewers to a loser program.

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That may have been true if the show wasn't one of if not the highest rated show on cable TV before the drama. I enjoyed the show early on, it's fun watching rednecks with money do stupid things.

14 million weekly viewers is hardly a loser program.

http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.c...ight-duck-hunting-reality-show-is-tops-on-tv/


I've never seen it, constrained with OTA TV, but it's rather obvious why certain and the usual segments of our society would have bunched knickers.

Actually it is not a bad show in comparison to the other reality shows. A bunch of rednecks having fun and making money. Yes most of it is staged. Phil tells it like HE sees it. Oh and they PRAY at the end of every show, thats worth supporting on its own. When A&E wanted to eliminate the praying DD said now way cancel the show. DD is the highest ranked show on tv so someone is agreeing with it, although it is not hard to beat all the crap on the other channels. NO sex, drugs or drama just stupid fun and prayer, right or wrong, agree or disagree.

Well I think sex and drugs are more palatable than willful ignorance, bigotry, and misogyny dressed up in prayer and called family values. But then I am one of the factions of society you mention that think pathological kindness to others is more important than temporary unhealthy personal choices. While I find Phil's comments disturbing, I find the rabid defense of him appalling.

Discussion on CBC News this AM regarding DD as marketing genius with a new item - Duck Dynasty gun. So were the comments Phil's views and/or staged to create hype?

My mother goes to church every week . . . prays . . . and is one of the biggest hypocrites and un-Christian like person I know. Prayer and the trappings of Christianity in itself does not make a good man or person. I'm not saying the Robertsons are good or bad . . . just that seeing one pray does not to me automatically equate goodness.

Folks were arguing the same stuff in 1100 A.D. and it seems like the same conclusions apply....that is, none at all.

But since it's not a POTUS election year, everyone has to debate about some highly paid actors who act dumber than they are.

I think we should instead discuss why we are falling behind in science and math. Well, maybe because 14 million are watching this instead of studying?

Lake Girl said:

Discussion on CBC News this AM regarding DD as marketing genius with a new item - Duck Dynasty gun. So were the comments Phil's views and/or staged to create hype?

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Mossberg (a well known shotgun manufacturer, at least they are well known to hunting enthusiasts) is creating the guns (actually they are already pretty much a standard line the produce, just "rebadged" for the DD signature line) its just marketing, like Nike putting the image of Michael Jordan on their basketball shoes and labeling them "Air Jordan's" no more no less.

as for the Phil thing, I seriously think it was a simple case of premeditated hype generation on everyone involved's part, the interviewer knew he was going to get this kinda stuff A&E knew what they had on their hands long before this interview and I suspect Phil was going to speak his mind if asked about the topic as well. question is , when interviewing a tv show character wouldn't it have made more sense to talk about the show instead of topics like same sex marriage and pre civil rights social topics? the interviewer clearly had no interest in the show merely what he could coax out of Phil (who likely didn't need much coaxing) for my part I could give a rip about Phil's opinion, other than he has a right to it, just as those who have differing opinions have a right to theirs (for the record im pro same sex marriage, but on Constitutional grounds not religious(or anti religious) ones). its also the right of those who have similar opinions to state their support, as well as those who don't agree to opine otherwise. its the network's right to decide if they wish to continue this partnership or not as well, and its the right of those who want to watch to continue and those who no longer want to to flip the channel.

as web is fond of saying "there's a butt for every seat" I would add to his aphorism " let them sit in that seat and decide if its comfortable or not" the whole episode is literally not worth the indigence of being worked up about it.

BrotherBart said:

What I want to know is what the hell a Duckster was doing in GQ?!

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a valid point as well, I guess "camo" is fashionable these days

BrotherBart said:

What I want to know is what the hell a Duckster was doing in GQ?!

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I think that is a good question. That isn't duck terroitory. And now the duck dude has made comments about marrying a 16 year old. Wonder what he would think about a black, jewish, lesbian, 16 year old?