How dumb can Americans be?
"Gilligan's Island" ran for 3 years.
Then it was cancelled to make room for - "Gunsmoke".
I think that sums up what we have to work with.
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No one was ever shot on Gilligan's Island.
of the old westerns and any contribution they would have made to America's present day gun problem. To shoot someone in these shows -- except in defense of the self, or others- was NOT portrayed as okay. It is, in fact, why those guys were called "outlaws" and pursued by "good guy" lawmen...Hanging was a form of
lawful execution that followed due process and was almost always portrayed as such. The " lynchings shown were carried out by outlaw "bad guys", and they were either broken up by "good guy" marshalls, or their perpetrators were pursued as criminals.
"Crime doesn't pay" was a VERY strong theme in that era. It was clear to me and I honestly don't know how anyone could have missed that. 
the "good family man" was in the perilous position of having to defend himself or other innocents against those trying to kill THEM. I'm not sure how, in explicit terms, at least, this violates the moral code.
It sounds like your real issue with these shows is their very construct -- their depiction of violence and its possible effects on children and the larger society.
It's a very old critique of popular culture generally, and it's not limited to America or the past -- Violent video games, anyone?
It seems the jury is still out on the question: Defenders of the old westerns could argue that the violence was a realistic depiction of the time and place. Others dismissed it's being a serious threat on the basis of it's being fiction, "just a tv show". Some might even reference historic conventions of drama -- Hell, even Shakespeare was violent.
That said, I never intended to take on the whole issue of "violence in media'" or "toxic masculinity" here, as those are neither new nor limited to American entertainment, past or present.
If you had, you'd know your 'quid pro quo' scenario could never have made it past the Hayes Code, something that wasn't repealed until 1968. Thank you "for the good laugh".
show married couples lying in the same bed together! 
As to the rest, Ms Kitty and company may have been engaging in prostitution, but since I was just 8 years old when I started watching it, her relationship with the Marshall wasn't a source of speculation for me. Their interactions were always portrayed as relaxed and friendly. That, to me, argues against it's being based on an extortionary "deal".
Was it just platonic? Maybe not, but I think the fact that he never addressed her by anything but "Miss" Kitty suggests otherwise.
girls were entertaining. 
Of course, I may have that wrong, perhaps a celibate and frustrated Matt Dillon was behind him killing between 150 and 300 men and several women.
..Whatever floats you boat, honey!
When the widow told her she didn’t need to buy her stuff, Kitty said she appreciated the quality. “Believe me, I know fancy work.”
No one was ever shot on Gilligan's Island.
the average "American"...To speak of an "average person" is to speak globally, not specifically of one country. Were this, in fact, posted here about ANY other country, it would be deleted for BiGOTRY. 
Was, imo alone, one of the dumbest shows ever to air.
As a 10 year old, I loved it.
Gunsmoke was one of the most violent shows in the history of t.v.. IIRC, the shows intro was a showdown with someone being shot down in the street by Matt Dillon.
Get your killing in beginning of every episode! 
That explains how a bunch of us on a business trip to Tahoe met him in the Reno airport!
All these years, I could never figure how a guy like that would be heading to a hotel in Reno. Thanks, mystery solved! 
...nearly half the population can't tell the truth from a lie...they'd rather live in their make-believe world instead of reality...
...they refuse to consider what anyone has to say...they relish in ignorance and treat stupidity as if it were a virtue...
...they want to destroy this country and tear it down...it has gotten to the point I can't recognize these people anymore...they're foreign and alien to the America I love...
...they were once family, friends and neighbors...now they've become the enemy of all that is dear to me...
...why...
...
... not sure I understand the post. Gunsmoke was well-produced, and ran for many years. I watched some reruns of it and The Rifleman on ME recently. I was surprised at the "liberal" messages in many of the stories. Gilligan's Island was dumb, indeed! It did have a great theme song and went "in color" in a good setting.
Now there's a cancellation that marks a fall in American popular culture.
Gunsmoke has been broadcast since '52 (on radio til '61). Marshall Dillon was voiced by William Conrad
I can't get over they used them in a horror movie. 
I made the same point earlier in the thread..So tired of the "five minutes of self-hate"
Yes.
I guess just add me in with the rest of dumb Americans. 
that the televised programming of the
The Rest of The World is all Masterpiece Theatre quality?..If so, you've got a lot to learn.
Is watching Gilligan's Island.
Still miffed about the Navajo, I take it?
of this huge nation on the basis of two television programs, you may have answered your own question about at least one of them. 
Like the professor!
It's all a blur now.
But some things never change.
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