Trump on All the Things 'Nobody Knew' - NowThis

[Rhiannon12866]

These are things that nobody heard about, according to TFG...

[Thomas Hurt]

1. Sure, if by nobody you mean every self absorbed, ignorant christofascist in this country.

Let the false prophet and fuhrer enlighten you...

[magicguido]

2. The Bloated ShitDropping is really saying "I never knew"

[Buckeye_Democrat]

3. Nobody knew that Trump was so stupid.

Okay, that's not true!

Old SNL skit, for example:

[Rhiannon12866]

4. Wow!

And oldie, but a goodie - were we really talking about him back then??

[Buckeye_Democrat]

6. Some people did, especially after The Apprentice...

... was aired on NBC.

I'd see maybe a minute of that show while channel-flipping back then, wondering how anyone could stand to watch it.

[Rhiannon12866]

7. I was never aware of it, I was not a fan of game shows

When he was "running" in 2016, I quit watching the news for awhile. I figured I'd tune in after the campaign was over and I'd never have to see or hear him again...

[Buckeye_Democrat]

9. I think morning shows even showed which celebrities...

... Trump had "fired" the previous night, often showing the scenes when he said "You're fired!", as if that dumbass or his TV show were important at all.

It's been a crazy country for years, but it was proven crazier than I previously realized in 2016.

[Rhiannon12866]

10. I used to work with the networks, CBS in particular, and I never "got" those so called reality shows

I was responsible for the television listings/storylines in the newspapers. I saw i coming, first on ABC and then on NBC - then CBS got on board, shows that didn't need experienced and talented actors, script writers, numerous sets - those that were cheaper to produce and it seems that they've now taken over half of the airwaves. No wonder viewers are now turning to the various subscription services.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

11. I never liked them either.

I might've watched two episodes of "Survivor" when it first came out, before I fully realized that it was never going to be educational about outdoor survival methods whatsoever.

And I certainly don't need more education about how to screw over other people by forming pacts. Ugh.

And places like England are infected with the stupidity too:

I even get disappointed when PBS airs various "entertainment" shows instead of something educational. But they've never become as bad as the commercial networks, at least.

[Rhiannon12866]

15. Well, first they cut back on those with actors and storylines and went with "topic" shows

Like "20/20" (ABC), "Dateline" (NBC) and CBS had "48 Hours," which was actually pretty well researched in the beginning, but now it just chronicles some grisly murder like Dateline does. "Survivor," "Big Brother" and all those so-called talent/singing and dancing were the next generation after that - which I'm assuming TFG's show was a part of. Like I said, I never saw it - and game show host is hardly relevant experience for POTUS - at least Alex Trebek hosted a show which discussed relevant topics like history and geography, too bad he was Canadian.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

16. Yeah, I was still a kid during that initial transition...

... to "topic" shows, and I remember liking them at first. They weren't on the level of "60 Minutes" or "Frontline", but some of the segments were interesting.

And I enjoyed the writing of some new sitcoms back then, such as Taxi. Which wasn't really that great, but the writing was more clever than most sitcoms that I saw during that period.

Good writing is crucial to stories, of course, but is that really expensive? I'd think good writers would be paid the most in the entertainment industry, but my impression was that actors were usually paid far more. Yet it's the actors who I'd think could be more easily replaced if high costs are a problem.

[Rhiannon12866]

17. These days, it's like they're not really trying

They're not even trying to come up with original concepts on network TV, we keep seeing "new" shows that were successful shows from the past, only not as well done and with unknown actors, that's what it's come to. "Hawaii Five-0," "Magnum, P.I." and "MacGyver" come to mind - and I see that CBS has remade "The Equalizer," which was one of "my" shows (to write about), and I'm wondering if anything is the same except the title. *sigh*

Even Saturday Night Live has taken a nosedive - at least as far as the writing is concerned. Is there anything that's on now that will become future "classics?" From what I've seen lately, I doubt it.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

12. If they're going to go stupid, then go all-out...

... so I can at least laugh about it.

I saw this old Key & Peele clip awhile back, and I was thinking how I'd laugh hysterically over a TV show with people doing aerobics non-stop with giant, fake smiles on their faces the whole time. With brief glimpses of audience members clapping to the horribly repetitive music with overjoyed expressions too.

No talking. No singing (not even in the music). Just uninterrupted insane smiling and clapping to bad music that's the same in every episode.

I could actually tune into that show sometimes just to laugh about it.

[czarjak]

13. Celebrity Apprentice took it to the next level though?

[Buckeye_Democrat]

14. Oh, that's right.

There were two different programs.

I could barely stand to watch even a few seconds, so I'm happily uninformed about most of it.

[Blue Owl]

5. Everybody knows that nobody knew

[Faux pas]

8. What

a waste of space and oxygen

[twodogsbarking]

18. There is no limit to what he doesn't know.