Comments on: ‘Goode Family’ Canceled, Too Left for ABC

By: jeff

jeff — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 03:33:27 +0000

That show sucked…. shallow, predictable plot/characters.

By: GUEST STAR

GUEST STAR — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 01:30:04 +0000

Go watch the first season of KING OF THE HILL it sucked ass, but after a while people got used to it…and the Simpson's could go on forever, but the first couple of years it was unwatchable…and I agree maybe it is time for shows to be only on the INTERNET…I watch TV shows and Movies via the Internet on a GIANT monitor…HD INTERNET…T.V. started dying a long time ago….

By: SoCalHobbit

SoCalHobbit — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:08:43 +0000

That's a shame…I like the show. It's not quite as good as King of the Hill…but still better than the majority of the junk on ABC. I hope another network picks it up. I'd like to see more of The Goode Family!

By: RH Potfry

RH Potfry — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 03:54:15 +0000

It wasn't funny. Not even close.

By: Tennessee_Jed

Tennessee_Jed — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 01:52:27 +0000

Interesting. I quit scanning Parade Magazine. Of course, if I refused to watch anything with a liberal actor or director, I would end up boycotting pretty much all film and television. I try not to be a hypocrite, but so far have reserved my wrath for those who seem to go out of their way to rub my nose in their politics or be particularly disrespectful while still expecting me to support their careers.

I may give him a pass this once since he is an Aussie and may have gotten lured into saying something provacative or trying to fit in with HollyLib. I am sure he gets influenced by the crowd he is forced to hang out with. At least he recognizes that talking politics has the potential to offend. If he makes a habit out of bashing conservatives, then I say to hell with him.

By: IronMike

IronMike — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:45:07 +0000

The last place we were stationed (military family) we had to have satellite, and the sat co. didn't include ABC. My sister kept asking me if I'd tried X show, and I'd just have to respond that I'd never heard of it. (I did, however, watch Lost online…)

Then we got stationed in DC, and the cable here carries ABC. I watched shows that I had only heard of, like Castle, The Goode Family, that Samantha one…

Now, ABC's stupidity makes me wonder why I cared about not having their channel previously…

By: MPCpiano

MPCpiano — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:17:29 +0000

I Tivoed the Goode Family and liked it, but it seemed a little forced to me, to every week find some redeemable quality in their ridiculous left/green/diversity/vegan lifestyle.

By: JervisTetch

JervisTetch — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:36:30 +0000

I think Ubuntu was a white kid because it better illustrated his parents' oddly-placed racism; they were disappointed that they had adopted a white kid. If the Goodes were as egalitarian as they believed themselves to be, they wouldn't have cared what color Ubuntu's skin was. To me, Ubuntu was breakthrough gem on the show, a kid adopted simply so he could be flaunted by his vacuous, white parents.

By: I Might Be Disappointed by the News… « Liber Ex Machina

I Might Be Disappointed by the News… « Liber Ex Machina — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:28:33 +0000

[...] } …if I had TV, but “Goode Family” done got [...]

By: 4TheBirds

4TheBirds — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:56:11 +0000

I, too, was liking the Mentalist, until I saw an interview with Simon Baker (Parade magazine, last page) a few months ago. Here is a cut/paste from the article:
"Baker’s been living in the United States for 13 years. Knowing how fiercely Aussies love their own country, I off-handedly asked him, “Any interest in becoming an American?”
Simon stopped talking, stared at me, and said, “Funny you mention it.” Then he dropped this unexpected news:
“The morning after your election in November, I said to my wife Rebecca, ‘You know, I’m thinking about becoming an American,’ and then she said that she felt the same way.
“I don’t follow sports here,” he said. “But politics has sort of taken its place. I followed the race closely. It’s a tricky area, because I don’t want to be offensive, and I had no party loyalty. But electing Obama was this country being very grown-up. It was such a positive step for the U.S. to become a part of the world again after the last eight years."
I haven't watched it since.