Since being stuck indoors for the past 7 days with a sick baby, I’ve been watching a lot of TV. So from the lack of sleep in conjunction with the hours of mindless television, my brain is mush. But clearly there were some active brain cells still up in there last night when I was watching a re-run of “How I Met Your Mother”. It was the very first episode, surprisingly, one I have never seen. If anyone knows me they know I’m not one of those people that watch every show on every channel religiously. I have my favorites and I stick to them (ie: Family Guy, NBC Thursday Night Shows, Real Housewives, Top Chef, MTV, and of course E!). My husband introduced me to “How I Met Your Mother” 2 years ago and I added it to my list of shows.
So why is it that it finally dawned me NOW that the basis of this show is kinda fucked up. As I’m sitting on the couch watching the pilot episode cradling my sick, sleeping infant, this guy is telling his 2 teen kids stories about drugs, drinking, and promiscuity. Makes you think, no? Can you ever imagine sitting around telling your teen kids the story about how you met your spouse then going into massive detail about people they call “aunt” & “uncle” and how they used to screw? I am all about being open with kids but c’mon!! Yes, I know this show is wildly fictitious and its all for entertainment purposes – which I absolutely love – but when you reeeally think about it, it kinda makes you cringe. Or just me, at least.
Gotta love good old fashion family television. Now it’s back to cleaning snot.
-Amanda
