Guns on Sports Night

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Pthfndr

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Any one else see it. They had me going for a while. The woman who is the executive producer had an old flintlock from the revolutionary war that was a family heirloom. She hated guns and was a card carrying member of "Anti hand guns Inc" or something like that. Then the guy who was brought in to raise their ratings finds out about the gun. Proceeds to tell her that it is not bad. How Francis Marion and group of volunteers, armed with just these kinds of guns, came together to fight the oppressive Kings soldiers and drive them back. ( I was really hanging on here ) Then this idiot whips out his own card for the anti gun club. AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!
His impied message was that old flintlocks are ok, but newer guns are a no no.

For just a couple minutes, I thought there was really going to be a sensible, pro gun statement made. I guess I should have known better from the media.
 
!W#@^%(*!&^!^&%$%@$#%$#!&*!%^#!#@!%!*^!!!!!!

Yeah, I saw it too, then I had to go puke.

"Anti-Handgun Coalition life member"

"guns are nasty, awful, yuk, they kill people"

Pthfndr, I know what you mean about holding your breath on the story of the revolutionary citizens that stood up. My wife and I were watching and when he started that story she said, "oh, this is good!". I quickly told her to give it few more seconds and sure enough, that puke whipped out his "ANTI" card.

It's just disgusting. If this were reality, that same woman (character - Dayna) would be the first one defenseless in a big city, ripe to be a crime victim - and by gosh she'd balme the guns on that too.

It's true, "the IQ of the planet is a constant, the population is increasing."

Anyone have an email link to the show's producer...?

CMOS

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GOA, TSRA, LEAA, NRA, SAF and I vote!
 
Now this is odd. I have watched that damn show exactly 2 times. The first time was last year where the dork with the thick glasses was all upset because he had to go on a hunting trip and was very upset because hunting was just so unnecessary and people that killed Bambi were living in the dark ages. And then I watched last night, what timing. Oh well, never again.
 
Had the same experience as you, Mal H. Text from my now defunct thread over on legal and political:

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I have watched the NBC series Sports Night exactly twice. The first time was a long time ago. The episode involved this little squirrelly dude protesting going on a hunt for a sports story.
He described being with deer hunters and encountering a "mommy, daddy, and baby deer". He got the "mommy" deer to approach him and eat a twinkie out of his hand, so he said, and the hunters shot her right there.

A real tear jerking episode.

And totally unbelievable and misrepresentative of hunting!!!! (deer living in family units and eating twinkies out of people's hands!!)

Then last night. Producer chick inherets a Revolutionary War Rifle and wants to "smelt it", because she is a member of "Anti-Handgun Coalition" and hates all guns. I suddenly remembered why I swore off the show, but wife was already into it. Decided to watch and fume.

Suddenly turned around, it seemed. Producer chick's Boss man dude expresses interest in the Revolutionary War Rifle, and chastizes her for judging it so harshly. Tells a story about rural farmers fighting off British Tyranny. I began to have hope.

He hands her his own membership card thing. She looks incredibly at it and says: "Your a member of the...the... (I'm waiting for "American Rifle Association" or something) ....Anti-Handgun Coalition too?".

I screamed. So he likes Revolutionary War Rifles but hates modern handguns. Some guns good, some guns bad. He explains this position with incredible wisdom......

"You have to separate the stuff from the stuff".

What? I swear off the show yet again.

Anyway, my questions.

Number 1: Is this a common theme of the show? I've only watched the "sport's oriented" show twice, and both had an anti-gunner political message.

Number 2: Do you think the general public buys this crap?

Thanks!



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"Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" - Patrick Henry
 
frye..

answer to your #2) question....yep, the public buys it hook,line and sinker.

Bambi is sacred....and thats where they stop thinking. I live in a rural CA area, with deer all over the place. My county is the new "wine country" and folks are moving in in droves. Every single day you'll see more road killed deer. The vineyards put up deer fencing, obviously interfering with deer routes, resulting in greater deer populations on non-fenced land and on the roads. The actual population of deer is increasing.
So, instead of the random pickup truck dinged by hitting a deer ya got lots of SUV, Lexus and Mercedes getting creamed. So, these newbies want the authorities to do something about it, but they don't want the deer killed or the hunting regs relaxed. They want the problem gone without having to think of its method of accomplishment.
It has actually been suggested to put bait out laced with birth-control drugs!!!



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"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes" RKBA!
 
Ahhhhh, the reassuring hand of network television. You can always count on absolute, utter nonsense on at least a weekly basis. One of the few constants in an ever changing world.

If I had only known about the Twinkies years ago!!!!!! It would have saved me so much time and effort!!!!!

Alas.
 
Yeah, Jack, if you could chase Rosie away from the Twinkies long enough for the deer to find it.

They fed a Twinkie to a deer??? Isn't that cruelty to animals?
 
I live in SoCal and I have a nice leather jacket made
of American Deerskin………………almost every
time I wear this jacket someone will remark
"Jim that's a nice jacket, what kind of leather
is it made of?"
I just LOVE the look on their face when I tell them
"It's made from BAMBI HIDE."
God, how I love jerking their chains! :D


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"Lead, follow or get the HELL out of the way."
 
I saw it too. Nice flintlock.

When he pulled out his card, I thought it was gonna be the NRA.... but it was for "The Handgun Coalition". Is there such a group? He also said to the gal "You gotta separate the stuff from the stuff" - meaning what, that muskets are OK because that is what the revolutionaries used?

Did a yahoo search for Handgun Coalition - if you really want to get P.O'd then check this crap: http://www.gunfree.org/ and see their heading "Gunfree home...as all homes should be."

I haven't posted here in a few months, now my blood pressure is up again...must relieve stress... must go to range ... need more ammo... ohhh the agony!


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Blackie
NRA, GOA, ISRA


[This message has been edited by AR BLACK (edited February 02, 2000).]
 
Just went and checked the shows website... http://abc.go.com/primetime/sports_night/sn_home.html

Guess what???

They have a POLL on the site about this... http://abc.go.com/primetime/sports_night/poll/sn_dana_poll.html

Well... Not exactly... they ask in typical HCI fashion...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>
When Dana, a card-carrying member of the Anti-Handgun Coalition, inherits a Revolutionary War musket, she's determined to smelt it. We all know she's crazy...but is she crazy? Cast your vote! [/quote]

Well, the choices are ...
Yes. Political and moral beliefs be damned! Destroying an antique is unethical!

No. Who cares how old it is? A gun is a gun is a gun. Get rid of it!

and only 16% want to "...Get rid of it!"

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Also...
If you'd like to get in touch with the company that actually produces the show, you can send mail to Touchstone Television using the address below.

SPORTS NIGHT
c/o Touchstone Television
500 S. Buena Vista Street
Burbank, CA 91521

If I find an email address for these guys, I will post this...
 
Touchstone is a subsidiary of Disney.



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"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes" RKBA!
 
Yeah, I like how that question was worded too. The first option sounds like "keep the gun just because of history, even though most guns are bad", and the second "all guns bad".

Then the results. Here's how they were labeled.



Thanks for taking the Sports Night poll. Here are the results:

83.47% of you think Dana's musket should be history.


16.52% of you believe "Brown Bess" should be put to rest.

Makes it sound like both options were to get rid of the gun.
 
The really, really sick part of this is the number of people who mistake TV for reality.

An authentic Revolutionary War musket is a Holy Relic, melting it is blasphemy (and this from me, a sorta liberal, uh, Libertarian maybe).

Deer are vermin (tasty vermnin, though). Around here (inside the beltway), their only 'natural' enemy is the car. They do tremendous damage to shrubs and gardens, cause accidents, and are otherwise a PITA. Sometimes some suburban idiot fails to internalize what 'wild animal' means, and the encounters are pretty funny (in a sick sort of way), with the suburbanite getting a great (& painful) object lesson in the process. The whiner/weeners want them 'controlled', but they don't want them killed, and they want my tax dollars to capture and 'relocate' them (idiots).

Don't get me wrong, I love wildlife, but in the wilds, and I'll be damned if I want to spend money to accomodate them in town, they belong in the 'wilds'. I also wonder about the weenies motives, i.e. out in the Blue Ridge, when its a really bad winter and they come into town because thy're starving, what about 'deer welfare' for them ctritters? There is no shortage of deer around here, and just like with pets, overpopulation has tragic repercussions.

'Civilization' and TV seems to contribute to a suspension of reality and have a diminisishing effect on common sense, could this be another kind of natural selection in the long run? Meybe the critters will get over when all is said and done. Sorry for the rant & rave, this is just too silly. M2

[This message has been edited by Mike in VA (edited February 03, 2000).]
 
actually the beat part of that show was the fact that the one sportscaster just had to do anything possible to see tom waites in concert. now that was believable ( i saw him in denver, first time here in 20yrs) and one more thing
there was a big uproar from hell-o-wood about alledged gov't prescreening and interference when it came to a message about drugs on tv shows. but not one peep when there is an anti-gun spin.
charleton heston is right "there are more closet gun owners than gays in hollywood!!"
 
In a whole show full of horse crap, I think I found the pony! Did you notice that the "Rutger 14" wasn't added to the "assault gun list"?

But, as several characters said on the show, a) "Take it slow", b) "Little by little", c) "Whittle them down, one by one", etc., etc. Yep, that's exactly how it's being done. See? The show is really very realistic. :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:
 
The DNR officers would want to have a talk with him over the Twinkie thing. Sounds like hunting over bait, which is a no-no here.

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"The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed." -Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist Papers at 184-8.
 
Oops, I just realized my comment above was meant for the "The West Wing" thread, not "Sports Night". Oh well, I'm just as mad at boffum. :o :mad:
 
I watch the show regularly (the wife likes it) and surprisingly I was not all that upset or surprised by the musket episode.
If you were more familiar with the characters, you would know that they are all regularly portrayed as disfunctional, immature, irrational caricatures of the genus Gen-X, and thoroughly unprofessional and unbelievable broadcasters. What else would you expect of such? Sure, it's propaganda, but such dumb and heavy-handed propaganda that I doubt it would have much impact in the real world...more like a precious 'see what we did' for the liberal inner circle of the 'entertainment industry'.
Also, did anyone else note that the musket in question looked more like a 'Cabela' than a 'Charleville'? And the guy's mispronounciation of 'frizzen'? I also got a kick out of the fact that they used a bogus name for the 'Antihandgun League'. I can imagine lots of antis burning up their computers in searches for that organization! When you are so dumb an anti that you never heard of Sarah Brady or HCI....it is to laugh!
More in mirth than in anger...
slabsides

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If they take our guns, I intend to let my hair grow long and acquire the jawbone of an ass.
 
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