The Andy Griffith Show

IS BOREDOM REALLY BAD FOR YOU Were you ever bored sitting at home doing nothing at all. Studies show That kids who cant cope with boredom are likely to abuse drugs and alcohol. Could boredom actually harm you. We need more boredom because boredom teaches us how to cope with more boredom in the future. It also lets you be creative and think about the techniques you have learned. Today boredom is very rare which is not a good thing according to…

Whoosh! You arrive at a drive-in movie in the 1960s. You wonder why everything was so different back then. The prices were much lower and you think to yourself I could’ve been rich. Now, you want to know just how much things have changed. The TV shows were unfamiliar and the fashion was unimaginably hideous. There was an immeasurable amount of differences. What would you want to know? I found that while some things have changed, there are others that haven’t. There are many different, surprising…

to watch a bunch of sweaty men hitting each other and wrestling over a ball. Although the ticket prices are outrageous, I buckled down and found a way to buy one. My favorite thing to do on Tuesday nights before going to bed is to watch The Andy Griffith Show, along with…

“I wake up, put a dip in, crack a cold one, and put my boots and my overalls on. This is the country boy song.” This is a line in the lyrics of a song by country singer, Earl Dibbles Jr. According to this line, this is the life of many who live in Tennessee who could be called country. Those who have not lived the country life associate country with the lyrics above, which is ignorance, because the language and culture of those who are not country have encouraged many to believe that being…

Socially acceptable behaviors are what we call societal norms. A few examples of these are things like saying please and thank you, stopping at a red light, and brushing your teeth before bed. So essentially socially acceptable behaviors are something our society has deemed “appropriate” over time. Now, today things are different than they were back then, some leniency has been shown, but quite a few of societal norms are exactly the norms back then as well. In this essay, I will be talking…

The influence of overseas developments in television on Australian culture and identity during that decade. History/Intro – TV began in 195X Advertising – coke, sunglasses TV Shows – sesame street, moon landing 1969 Personalities – elvis, beatles, catch phrases? Conclusion INTRODUCTION The 1960s was period of time that saw great changes in Australian society due to the evolution of popular culture. During the 1960s, technological advances allowed American and British cultural influences to…

Raven-Symoné - Although she appeared on The Cosby Show, Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper, and a couple of movies throughout the 1990s, most people remember Raven-Symoné for her starring role in the Disney Channel classic That’s So Raven. While the show was mainly marketed towards young girls, boys were coaxed into watching it by Raven Baxter’s wit and sassy attitude, as well as her glamorous clothes and makeup, which set her aside from most other teen stars of the time. Raven-Symoné was so perfect in…

glass windows, and a high rise steeple, the entire building was picture perfect. Aspen Town Hall was a mid-40s brick style building with white, towering pillars supporting the awning. This entire town looked like something you would see in the Andy Griffith Show. Full of excitement and wonder the family was still unable to quench the thirst for exploration. So by popular vote, the family decide to continue driving to Independence…

boxed television set with unquenched enthusiasm. This is the image of a traditional, nuclear family—the epicenter of American values and way of life according to the mainstream media of the time. Likewise, it is also the trope of any situational comedy show. However, this charmingly picturesque image of idealistic expectations cannot be further from the truth of reality. Unlike its predecessors, contemporary television seeks to openly dissect and question…

The Princess Bride published in 1973, written by William Goldman, contains misogynistic views of women from Americans’ current view, but not necessarily through the eyes of men and women of the early 1970s. Despite the beginning of the women’s rights movement, the early 1970s was an extremely sexist time period compared to 2016. However, the 1970s, compared to previous decades, showed the beginning of women standing up for themselves and society changing for the better, slowly but surely. It is…