What show/movie are you proudest of avoiding?

I never saw a single episode of Lost--something I consider one of my crowning achievements of the past 10 years.

 

Why would I be proud of not seeing something?

 

Me neither

I've also avoided Big Brother, John & Kate, Kardashians, Cake Boss....

 

I'll take TV shows starring Charlie Sheen for $400., Alex.

 

I managed to miss those (Sheen shows) too. Winning!

Because many "somethings" waste time and rot brain cells.

 

Never saw "Titanic".

 

I saw the preview for the first "Saw" movie, and that was all I needed to see.

 

Never saw any of the Die Hard movies.

 

American Idol and EVERY reality TV show

 

Rocky

The Rocky Picture Horror Show.

Scott

 

HA - just watched that (again) last night

 

Every soap opera, sorry, "daytime drama" ever made

 

I think it is a feat just to avoid these big dumb celebrities. I know almost nothing about the Kardashians except that they've got big butts!

 

Blair Witch Project

All the Harry Potter movies (and books)

 

Twilight

 

every reality show.

 

all of those brutal "reality" TV shows from the past 10-12 years. And Titanic!
I typically have no idea who people are talking about when they are discussing some celebrity. I'm sure my eyes glaze over when I ask who are they talking about and someone from some idiotic show is the answer.

 

Lots, but I make a special effort to avoid game shows, since watching contestants yell and screech like gibbons with a firecracker up their Khyber Pass makes me want to go 'Elvis' on the TV.

 

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I don't know if I'm proud of it but I have not seen a single Potter, Lord of the Rings or Twilight movie.

 

Since Cartoon Network got rid of the Looney Tunes, Tex Avery, and Toonheads programs about a decade ago, I don't even remember when specifically, I don't think I've seen a single half-hour of any broadcast television program. I know I've never sat down myself to see any show when it was broadcast. (I watch some sports; I'm distinguishing between sports and "shows." I guess I'm also putting news in a separate category from other shows, though I don't watch much television news anymore anyway.)

A few years ago I got an aggressive-sounding phone call from someone working for the cable company. They were coming out to pick up my box. I said what are you doing, I've been paying for the thing. They said no you haven't. Well I had tried, but it turned out they'd been crediting my payments to brother's cable account (he lived down the hall in the same building at the time). My cable had been shut off for about three months. I'd never even noticed.

Television's not all bad though. The quality of many programs is a whole lot better than the mass of them were 10-20 years ago. I watch a few things on DVD, though it takes me forever to make it through a season or series. I think I've been working my way through "Battlestar Galactica" (parts of which I think are absolutely phenomenal) for about six years, and I'm barely halfway through. My intentions at some point are to watch "Mad Men," "Rome," "Deadwood," "Walking Dead," and "Game of Thrones." Who knows when.

In any event, to answer the OP's question directly: "Seinfeld." There is an entire cultural vocabulary, a virtual book of references to "soup Nazis," "Costanza wallets" (I've been told I have one), etc. etc. that I respond to only sheepishly, and with a shrug.

 

I rarely even watch TV anymore. I almost wish I had avoided watching the show that my avatar's from. I'm consumed in it now.

 

I'm feeling pretty good about skipping Green Lantern. I saw the preview, and knew instinctively that it was , as Herman's Hermits used to say -- a must to avoid. And I'm a big comic-book movie fan -- loved Thor, X-Men: First Class, and Captain America.

As to the OP's comment on Lost - I am so glad I missed out on *most* of the episodes, and when I finally did watch a couple I swelled with pride over how many hours of dreck I did not waste my life on.

 

Area Man Constantly Mentioning He Doesn't Own A Television