Dear Craig,
As I sit here on the sofa with my son asleep beside me, I have tried to stifle my laughter. It's not working. Thankfully, kids tend to sleep through anything (unless you want them to) and I can fully enjoy the show. I don’t get how kids can be so oblivious to their surroundings and fall asleep anywhere. In any position. But, that's okay. I'll just accept the fact that it happens and go with the flow.
Monologue: You teased us by saying you'd talk sex talk for the full 60 minutes, but you didn't. "Can you imagine what it would be like if 60 Minutes did that?" There are some people we just don't need to hear talk about sex. Ed Bradley would be okay. I get the feeling he's had sex a few times. I just don't want to think of any of the rest of them doing anything involving nude naughty bits. No thanks.
The amount of sexual content on American TV has doubled since 1998. Researchers spent thousands of hours watching television, counting the number of times sexual acts occur. It's a thankless job. Can you imagine having to sit around waiting for sex on TV? It's not completely unlike waiting for the pay channels to unscramble except that there's less to get excited about.
In the 1950s, you couldn’t show a husband and wife in the same bed. It’s true. And, it’s amazing at how much has changed over the years. Now we're lucky if we can keep someone's ass covered while they're in a sexual situation on a TV show.
Watching TV with your dad while you were growing up, you said it was uncomfortable for both of you. I can relate. When I was a kid, I couldn’t watch people kissing if someone else was in the room. I just couldn’t. To me, it was the same as watching someone go to the bathroom. It was uncomfortable and unnecessary.
Then there’s the whole thing about the bed sheets in TV sex scenes. I don’t know about anyone else, but I’ve never been able to get my sheets to cooperate and cling to me the way they do on TV. I guess that’s what I get for using a good fabric softener.
Email: Jana from Belle Fourche, SD – “Have you ever had the chickenpox?” Instead of a simple answer, there was an explanation about how vaccinations were developed. Cool stuff. Craiggles, you should have been the one to give that lecture in to my class when I was in nursing school. Your version was much more interesting.
Article comments
1 - Judy
Joan:
When I click on your website, I don't find any information on you, but rather a "blues/jazz" web page. Am I missing something?
BTW, I think you are a talented writer. Are you working on a book? If not, you should consider it.
2 - Joanie
Thank you, Judy. One of my sites is dedicated to blues/blues rock, another to photography, and yet another to ramble.
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