One of our favorite things to do at The Spark is to compare
notes with our fellow Yahoo!s -- and you, our readers -- on things that we have in
common. In the past, we've polled folks about things we hate
or which celebrities we had our first teen crushes on.
In researching items for today’s Spark, though, we noted that August 31st marks
the 35th anniversary of the last network airing of The Partridge Family.
Seeing this, I was reminded of the fact that I've never seen an episode of
either The Partridge Family or The Brady Bunch. Now,
I like to think of myself as something of a maven on popular culture, so how
have I dodged these particular bullets for nearly 40 years? Well, it hasn’t
been easy, I'll admit. As a kid, I just thought they were stupid (I still do,
for that matter) and after a while, because of their endless reruns,
it became a challenge to avoid them, and a point of pride (not to mention a
great conversational gambit) to say I’d never watched them.
With that fun fact in mind, I decided to ask my fellow Yahoo!s to detail things
they had never done; the kind of thing that, when they would mention them, the
average person would probably reply "really?"
Looking at the list, it's surprising to me how many of them revolve around
television. For example:
Liz: I have never seen a full episode of
either Sex and the City or Desperate Housewives.
Chandra: I have never watched The Simpsons. Are those characters supposed to be funny? (Maybe we should keep this one
anonymous ...)
Micaela: I've never actually watched a whole episode of Lost. (I am a fan of Heroes, though! (Editor's note: I've
never watched Heroes myself.)
Brian: I've never watched a single episode
of Survivor, I think I should win something for that.
We're not just avoiders of television,
though; there are other aspects of entertainment and pop culture of which we're
blissfully aware:
Jasmine: I have never seen the original Star Wars movies, The Big Lebowski, or The Godfather. Thanks to my friends and family, who insist that I
have thus far led an incomplete life, all of the aforementioned films are in my
Netflix queue.
Richard: I've never danced
the Macarena. I've also never seen Leo and Kate
in Titanic. Of these minor accomplishments, I am boastfully
proud.
And just what are you blissfully proud of? Tell us, and we'll be back
tomorrow with more Things We've Never Done.
Suggested Sites...
- C’mon, Get Happy! - this means nothing to me.
- Brady Bunch Shrine - neither does this.
- Survivor Sucks - these people wish they hadn't seen the show, either.
- Wikipedia: I've Never Seen Star Wars - these are folks after our own hearts.
- 30 People Confess About Ordinary Things They Never Experience - they either hang out with the right people or the wrong people.
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