Controversial Opinions (For Everything Other Than DC Comics)

[The Darknight Detective]

No, I Spy came out in 1965, The Flip Wilson Show wasn't until 1970.

Right, but I remember watching the reruns of I Spy on WOR around 1970-71.

[The Darknight Detective]

No, it doesn't. He was a favorite of mine in my childhood, I loved his albums, my brother and I listened to them over and over. Particularly "Wonderfulness" and "To My Brother Russell, Whom I Slept With".
I Spy was also a favorite show.
I doubt I could listen to him and laugh now.

I also loved him on The Electric Company, The Bill Cosby Show (reruns), and Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids as a youngster.

[The Darknight Detective]

Same with me when it comes to House of Cards. I still enjoy that show, even though Kevin Spacey is a predator scumbag.

It's not easy to differentiate between the two sometimes, though.

[CaptCleghorn]

It's not easy to differentiate between the two sometimes, though.

Not for some.

CBS cares.

https://www.cbs.com/shows/michael-jacksons-halloween/

[The Darknight Detective]

Not for some.

CBS cares.

https://www.cbs.com/shows/michael-jacksons-halloween/

Heh. Yeah....

[ed2962]

Trying to remember, did Cheech and Chong predate Pryor? They were pretty racy for their day; both in language and content.

Eh...career-wise Richard started sooner like the early mid 60's, but he started out as a more mainstream comic and slowly added more edgy material into his act.

[Osiris-Rex]

Trying to remember, did Cheech and Chong predate Pryor? They were pretty racy for their day; both in language and content.

Cheech & Chong didn't really use all that much hard profanity. They were mostly controversial because they made it look like it was fun to be a stoner when everyone else was trying to claim how dangerous marijuana was.

[numberthirty]

About those comedy albums...

It's worth noting that many of them came out at a time when a workable home video market was in it's infancy. Audio was the only format for most adult(or not) comedy.

[Kirby101]

About those comedy albums...

It's worth noting that many of them came out at a time when a workable home video market was in it's infancy. Audio was the only format for most adult(or not) comedy.

Infancy? Home video was scifi when those albums came out

[The Darknight Detective]

Cheech & Chong didn't really use all that much hard profanity. They were mostly controversial because they made it look like it was fun to be a stoner when everyone else was trying to claim how dangerous marijuana was.

Marijuana back in the '70s had such a far greater stigma attached to it than it does today. It's really not comparable. Asking my parents to see Up in Smoke would have been almost like asking for their permission to see Debbie Does Dallas.

[DrNewGod]

It shouldn't surprise any of us when celebrities, who've spent years and sacrificed so much to reach the narrow pinnacle on which adoration of their persona by others yields disproportionate financial rewards, turn out to actually be rather hideous people.

[Kirby101]

It shouldn't surprise any of us when celebrities, who've spent years and sacrificed so much to reach the narrow pinnacle on which adoration of their persona by others yields disproportionate financial rewards, turn out to actually be rather hideous people.

But enough about Donald Trump...ba dum dum

[WestPhillyPunisher]

To me, eating steak at anything less than well done is absolutely abhorrent.

[The Darknight Detective]

To me, eating steak at anything less than well done is absolutely abhorrent.

I like meat cooked and not raw, too, but well done sometimes makes the meat taste like shoe leather. That's why I pick medium instead.

[dancj]

To me, eating steak at anything less than well done is absolutely abhorrent.

I used to feel that way, but I started to sway around 15 years ago and now I love it rare.