First episode was funny. Second one was OK. I am glad they brought that floor side skit again from BBC's Fast and Loose (I guess it's dead now). I still miss Drew as the host, but the new host is decent. I will have to get used to her. Interesting guests they used. Everyone seems so that's good!

Now that I've seen the entire first episode, I can say I like Aisha much, much more as host than Drew Carey.

He was always too much and tried to inject himself into everything at every opportunity. So far Aisha is more of an understated personality and a straight host, allowing the stars to be the stars.

I'm very happy with my TV tonight.

I am very let down so far.. almost done second episode and it is boring, just as boring as the first episode in the third season was. I mean that first episode was REALLY REALLLLY BORING, big fuckin' snor fest over here when I was watching that one the other day.

This is partly because such studies are hard, and rare. The most commonly cited one (which is unusual, as you point out) is the Nurses Study.

An interesting one mentioned by the TV show "Supersizers go..." was studies into the effects of wartime rationing in WWII London (the first episode of the series actually).

Since they have put up all the episodes on yt, I can even link to it: http://youtu.be/cCddAKnf2LI?t=7m



As they point out, although certain details change, the basic advice has stayed the same for the past 50 years... eat less sugar and fat, eat less meat, eat more fruit and vegetables. No matter which trend is in at the moment, eating too much processed food is always discouraged and, with few exceptions, eating more fruit and vegetables is usually encouraged.

Re-watching the end of the episode though, reminds me that it wasn't actually the last few minutes where they mentioned the research, it was earlier. Rats. Somewhere in the episode they did make mention of it, I'm sure of it, but I only found the summary at the end.

In his short and readable book "In defence of food", Michael Pollan also mentions research by Canadian dentist (!) Weston Price, published in 1939 and titled "Nutrition and Physical Degeneration". Price studied the diets of various isolated populations that had not been exposed to modern food, and found that humans are quite adaptable and can thrive on a wide variety of diets... sadly, the Western diet does not appear to be one of them.

In the same volume he also points out that you should avoid foods which make health claims... if you look in the supermarket, the healthiest foods are likely to be lumped together in the fresh fruit and vegetable section making no claims at all. If you want a book which provides references and studies, that one is worth reading. I'm sure he is not 100% correct in every claim he makes, but like I said, the book is short and readable.

Ah good ol' John Locke of Lost playing Go on the beach
the most symbolic image of the rest of the series is in the first episode he held up the white and the black piece toward the camera which fortold the story of the man in black and Jacob (white)

The very first episode of Police Squad.

I dont think this is the first episode. I think its a pre show clip written for the Tracy Ullman show.

They get posted in the morning hours for me in pacific time zone. However, I do watch them at night too!

First episode was slow, but the second one was good!

First episode was fantastic.

It's an interesting conversation, one I wish we could all have in person as typing is so cumbersome at times.

It's not only about the testosterone which guides the male libido (The penis has nothing to do with it - unless the entire process actually leads to sex - which it can - but most often it doesn't)

It IS, as Enoch points out, about attention. As long as the process of flashing the colourful feathers, gets the attention that is needed, then the individual is validated.

Just a glance or a stare can be enough to bolster a girls confidence (from a male, a female, a family member, a boss or whoever.) And if wearing the right shoes does the trick the validation is achieved. If wearing designer labels works, then validation is achieved. If being seen in a Lamborghini does the trick, then validation is achieved. Everyone has triggers. Sometimes they are emotional triggers brought on by personal trauma - sometimes they are learned triggers brought on by advertizing and society.

Male or female, Validation is all anyone ever wants. Those that have had constant validation in their lives, may not be a slave to the process. But in a society where advertisers constantly try to make us feel like we are not good enough so that they can create a market based on everyone's self image this is the way things work.

If it didn't work so well, they wouldn't do it. I work in advertising. I have been trained to find a way to sell things to people that they don't need. The problem is, I'm a cynic and I can't do it. So every time I have to do it, I find a way around it. That's why I now work at a college (a microcosm of political correctness where I don't have to sell stuff using sex - in fact we go out of our way not to)

So there are two sides to this equation:
1). There is the side where everyone seeks validation either emotionally, physically or by accomplishment.
2). And there is the side where advertising exploits our biological AND emotional needs to sell stuff.

Although they are two very different things, they form a symbiotic relationship and feed off each other.

I know that @bareboards2, you are trying to say, that this "advertising" needs to stop. And ideally, you are right. If you find a way to stop it all let us know. But I also know that this type of marketing is so targeted to our needs at the most basic levels, that this type of thing will never go away. Our personal needs, and desires need it too badly.

To try to explain all this is difficult - I trained for 6-years in art school to manipulate what people see and how to make them see what I want them to see. How to lead them and bring them to my way of thinking through visual media. Advertising is an attack and a science into your needs, sensibilities, emotions and psychological image of your self.

I expect the only way to battle media is through media - The person with the most media and money wins. (it's a propaganda war)

If you want to delve deeper into the psychology of it all - It's an in-depth study - here is a place to start. Start with John Berger's, "Ways of Seeing".
http://videosift.com/video/John-Berger-Art-Critic-interview
http://videosift.com/video/Ways-of-seeing-John-Berger (first episode of four)
http://videosift.com/video/WAYS-OF-SEEING-final-episode-vertising (final episode - Advertising).
The book starts with classical art and leads right up into modern advertising. Check Amazon for reviews.

>> ^ulysses1904:

No, I was also wondering what he meant when he referred to the old Price is Right, that was before my time. They showed Match Game '73 right after TPIR so it was a pretty entertaining hour of TV back then. I actually remember the seatbelt commercial, they showed that one a lot.>> ^ant:
>> ^ulysses1904:
Thanks for posting this, I think I started watching it around 1973. I had to smile when he said the Vega comes with an AM radio. We used to be amazed when the cars they showed started costing $5000 to $6000 a year or two later, that was a huge amount of money back then.

Did you watch TPIR before Bob Barker?



Yeah, it was in black and white.

No, I was also wondering what he meant when he referred to the old Price is Right, that was before my time. They showed Match Game '73 right after TPIR so it was a pretty entertaining hour of TV back then. I actually remember the seatbelt commercial, they showed that one a lot.>> ^ant:

>> ^ulysses1904:
Thanks for posting this, I think I started watching it around 1973. I had to smile when he said the Vega comes with an AM radio. We used to be amazed when the cars they showed started costing $5000 to $6000 a year or two later, that was a huge amount of money back then.

Did you watch TPIR before Bob Barker?

>> ^JiggaJonson:

Commercials today fuckin suck.


Nice to include *commercials.

Wow, it's only 28.5 minutes long compared to the modern TPIR that goes almost an hour including *commercials!

>> ^lurgee:

Back in the day I only tuned in for Barker's Beauties.


Submit it!

>> ^ulysses1904:

Thanks for posting this, I think I started watching it around 1973. I had to smile when he said the Vega comes with an AM radio. We used to be amazed when the cars they showed started costing $5000 to $6000 a year or two later, that was a huge amount of money back then.


Did you watch TPIR before Bob Barker?