Boycott (sort of)
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Ketchuplover

Saturday, April 05, 2003 - 07:37 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I won't be watching either AI program this coming week. I'd love it if everybody who watched last Wednesdays fiasco joined me. Zero call-in votes would be much appreciated too.

beautiful dreeeeeeeeamer :)

Car54

Saturday, April 05, 2003 - 07:59 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
LOL, Ketchup, should we order you a pizza or something?

Ketchuplover

Saturday, April 05, 2003 - 09:48 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Order and deliver it to me personally :) Thx

Wcv63

Sunday, April 06, 2003 - 05:38 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Heh. Sorry Ketchup, but Kelly is going to be performing her single on Wednesday's show and I don't want to miss it. You may want to ease up on your semi-sorta boycott in order to catch it yourself.

Fruitbat

Sunday, April 06, 2003 - 07:33 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Unless an Neilson box is hooked up to your TV ABC will not know of any boycott and isn't that the point of one?

I like this show and will definately watch! The non elimination round makes perfect sense. I have no problem with it.

Car54

Sunday, April 06, 2003 - 07:47 am EditMoveDeleteIP
It was a very boring, stupid hour. I know they had short notice to decide things, but they should have done an hour of group singing or something. Playing people to go ahead and vote, etc was lame.

Cheese and sausage????

Ketchuplover

Sunday, April 06, 2003 - 09:38 am EditMoveDeleteIP
ah screw it...i'll watch it...another plan of mine foiled by logic...sigh

& pepperoni please :)

Car54

Sunday, April 06, 2003 - 10:03 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Ketchup, Pamy is trying to get a partial boycott of ABC going over in the Family Thread.

It is pretty easy to be in that one, you only don't watch shows that you don't like. If you really like a show that is the ONLY one you watch.

Maybe you could be in that one.:)

Pamy

Sunday, April 06, 2003 - 10:32 am EditMoveDeleteIP
YEP! ABC sucks! I am done to only 2 shows! (well, actually 4, cuz my son likes Wife & kids & George Lopez, so I have to watch w/him but I still refuse to enjoy them!!!)

Car54

Sunday, April 06, 2003 - 10:38 am EditMoveDeleteIP
You go, Pamy! You are gonna bring them to their senses!

Pamy

Sunday, April 06, 2003 - 11:33 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Yep, they are going down!!!!

Tabbyking

Sunday, April 06, 2003 - 01:37 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
i'm not watching any abc shows right now. i am watching a lot of fox shows, also some cbs.on sundays i love the new oliver beene show, and i watch malcolm in the middle with my daughter.

i don't care about bringing Already Been Cancelled to their senses, because that would be assuming they had any. i am not watching because i do not want to get into something and have it pulled from the line-up.

Serate

Sunday, April 06, 2003 - 03:52 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I'll join in the don't watch ABC shows.
Oh wait, I can't get ABC here. Guess that isn't fair is it? *L*

Hermione69

Sunday, April 06, 2003 - 03:56 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Pamy and I have a HUGE grudge against ABC for the Push, Nevada fiasco.

Car54

Sunday, April 06, 2003 - 04:12 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Serate, you are gonna be the BEST boycotter here!

I pretty much watch NBC and Survivor on CBS- the rest are cable networks.

Ketchuplover

Sunday, April 06, 2003 - 04:56 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I don't watch much television. I don't believe I watch any ABC shows currently.

Webkitty

Sunday, April 06, 2003 - 05:07 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Yea, Ketchup, your always at the movies anyway so what's the beef? hehe

Wcv63

Sunday, April 06, 2003 - 08:15 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Can we just talk the talk or do we have to walk the walk? I can definitely talk the talk and even walk the walk if push comes to shove, but nobody better push me cuz I might just push back.

I'll join in the ABC boycott. Cuz I can DEFINITELY not watch the shows that I don't like so this a bandwagon I have no problem climbing aboard.

Serate

Sunday, April 06, 2003 - 08:20 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
OK so I lied. I DO watch one ABC show, and NOTHING will stop me. But I don't watch it on ABC, I watch it on SoapNet. I can't LIVE w/o All My Children. I guess It's been months since I've watched it on ABC [or even watched it the same day, I tape all 5 episodes on Sunday then watch later]that I kinda forgot it was an ABC show.

Donut

Monday, April 07, 2003 - 07:27 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
ketchup,
I will join you!
I will only watch with one eye and close the other.. or watch without my glasses or something like that, cuz i am too weak to totally not peek...
but my pseudo-boycott is more political....
i dont wanna start a flap ( and certainly not a finger flap on anyone's mike..) but i am really disillusioned by the use of this show, and i am sure many others, as a political platform.
Its a damn singing show and leave politics out of it...
i love bert bacharach and i am mega pissed that they are screwing him out of his nice Lovey song for the other song (if the rumor is true)
and we shouldnt be seeing pictures of Bush in the background either...
and its a travesty to Joshua , that when he sings really badly, everyone still votes for him because of the big push on the Marine angle...If you are on that show, you should be able to get some idea of how people feel about your voice and showmanship without other issues being the reasons why you are voted to stay or go..

I am not expressing my own politics here, that is irrelevant... I just feel like funtertainment and politics on TV should be separate... we even know how to handle that very well right here on our little board...The networks need mods...

ok, kick me out to the hot threads now...
i am just trying to stall doing some major paperwork that i have to do...

Hummingbird

Monday, April 07, 2003 - 08:32 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I don't see how being proud of your country is political. Joshua will win or lose on his ability. Being a marine will only get him so far if he can't sing. The one who actually wins is the only one who counts in the end and Joshua isn't talented enough to be the last one standing.
Being in the military shouldn't count against him any more that it should count in his favor. Country music is full of patriotic songs all the way back to Woody Guthrie and before.

Tvaddiction

Monday, April 07, 2003 - 09:39 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Sorry I'm a little new at this but why are we boycotting ABC????

Wcv63

Tuesday, April 08, 2003 - 02:23 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Well Tvaddiction we are sorta semi boycotting ABC because they tend to pull shows off air midseason or mid show without explanation. Like 'The Family", "Push Nevada", "The Mole Season 2" etc. It leaves viewers in the position of not wanting to get interested in an ABC show because who knows if they will be allowed to see the conclusion.

Now Ketchup's semi-sorta boycott of AI is because he felt cheated with the no-elimination round. But I think he's been swayed by the arguments against such a foolhardy and hasty plan.

Car54

Tuesday, April 08, 2003 - 04:13 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Actually, we were just bored over the weekend, mostly. No reality shows to talk about.:)

Djgirl5235

Tuesday, April 08, 2003 - 04:53 am EditMoveDeleteIP
The release of "What the World Needs Now" will be on the CD that's coming out at the end of this month (Greatest Hits 2) as well as a charity single released by Bacharach himself to raise money for the Red Cross. "God Bless the USA" is coming out after the competition on the top 10 CD.

Hummingbird

Tuesday, April 08, 2003 - 10:33 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Well in case no one noticed, my last post didn't make any sense. I was tired last night and confused American Idol with Nashville Star. Which show is doing patriotic songs next? Maybe Rueben will do "I'm A Yankee Doodle Dandy" complete with the James Cagney prance from the old movie.:)

Wcv63

Tuesday, April 08, 2003 - 02:03 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hummingbird I think you're still confused. :) Your last post made perfect sense. Is there a marine named Joshua competing on Nashville Star as well? Eeeeerrriiiieee.

Donut

Tuesday, April 08, 2003 - 02:32 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
The Family is off???
(poor poor Car!)

The Charity single IS 'What the World Needs Now????"
(thanks Djgirl!)

we would all be happy to join in any good boycott, if we all werent just so dam confused ...

btw, i am surprised that ABC didnt leave those Celebrities out in the rainforest until next year for another of their next year bringbacks..

gee, the war gets good ratings, maybe ABC will keep rolling tank loops until the next sweeps week, despite when the war actually ends...

Hummingbird

Tuesday, April 08, 2003 - 04:24 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Nope, the only Joshua marine is on AI. Are both shows doing patriotic songs this week? Yes, I'm still confused!

Wcv63

Tuesday, April 08, 2003 - 08:32 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hummingbird, I missed your reference to "patriotic songs" and figured you meant the group sing of "God bless the U.S.A."

I'll just sit here in the corner and be confused with you. :)