When I was a little boy I wanted to be a father like Cliff Huxtable, I wanted a girlfriend who was funny like Gina, but looked like Lisa Turtle from Saved By The Bell. I wanted to be cool like the Fresh Prince, and hang out at a cool spot like The Pit from Different World.
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But, nowadays these kids just want to get breast implants, marry a baller or a rapper and be the next bad bitch on The Bad Girls Club.
A few years ago, my television life was pretty good, a few sitcoms, SportsCenter, The Daily Show and Countdown with Keith Olbermann. Now, there’s nothing left.
All that’s being served up to us are singing competitions and heartless women who date rich people. Taylor Armstrong sold pictures of herself sporting a black eye she allegedly got from her husband who committed suicide.
Every time I turn around there is another ‘Basketball Wife’ with nude pictures floating around the internet.
How I see it, this generation needs more Laura Winslows, and less Natalie Nunns. Not that anything is wrong with Natalie. She was cool as hell when I met her, I just want balance.
As a Libra who celebrates his birthday on Sept. 28th, balance is important to me. For every super sexy Draya Michele I see on television, I need one Claire Huxtable. Honestly I don’t feel like that’s too much to ask.
My daughter is still in awe of Family Matters, she loves Sister, Sister reruns, and her guilty pleasure show is The Parkers.
Yeah I know, but it’s a work in progress.
She’s not supposed to know what a ‘Real Housewife’ is, so instead I’ll settle for Toddlers and Tiaras.
In closing, I urge studios to bring back a few family shows. Shows the whole family can watch without having to have a conversation about nip slips, scandals, fights and a drama, because I want the future NOT to be filled with bad girls and jumpoffs.
~ Xilla
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