What's the craziest thing/idea you've heard from a TV show?

Stealth3si · 05-07-2010, 04:00 AM

I'll begin with...

X-Files - Jesus's incantational words that He had spoken to resurrect Lazarus was physically recorded onto a clay pot belonging to his aunt, which if spoken directly from that very pot gives the incantor the power to resurrect the dead.

I'm sure there are more crazy ones out there....

What have you?

Giga Hertz · 05-07-2010, 05:10 AM

Heroes: Micah (having the power of Technopathy) tracks his mum's position from the "GPS in her [mobile/cell phone's] battery".

He was on a roll until he ended that sentence.

**SupaNova** · 05-07-2010, 09:20 AM

Moving to Movies & TV

zedman · 05-16-2010, 10:10 PM

I saw a show on evolution that said that women have wider pelvises than men because they evolved to be bigger so women could give birth.

So,

What happened before women evolved the wider pelvis?

**tenwatt** · 05-17-2010, 08:33 AM

Watch some old Charles Manson or Jim Jones interviews. They will be the wierdest views and ideas you're likely to ever see on TV.

jengoesup · 05-17-2010, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by zedman

I saw a show on evolution that said that women have wider pelvises than men because they evolved to be bigger so women could give birth.

So,

What happened before women evolved the wider pelvis?

Probably died a lot. The ones who were born with the widest pelvises survived.

Women today have smaller pelvises than our ancestors used to have. Without modern science (c-sections and the like), a lot of them would have died.

zedman · 05-19-2010, 12:59 AM

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Originally Posted by jengoesup

Probably died a lot. The ones who were born with the widest pelvises survived.

Women today have smaller pelvises than our ancestors used to have. Without modern science (c-sections and the like), a lot of them would have died.

But according to show I saw--NO women had a wide pelvis.
They stated women evolved a wide pelvis so they could give birth. Apparently.

Their whole premise was full of holes.
Women couldn't give birth, so they somehow developed a new trait that allowed them to do something they couldn't otherwise do, and then passed that trait on...

If you can't see the contradiction and folly in that, then you're trying not to see any.

**Thrash** · 05-19-2010, 03:12 AM

Hmmm... I am sure if I watched more TV I would hear crazier things, but I am constantly amazed when I watch TBN or INSP or any of those types of channels. The notion that I can give this already wealthy preacher (sowing a "seed") and somehow get it back 100 fold just boggles my mind.

Though, oftentimes I wish it were true

OiBoyz · 05-19-2010, 08:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Thrash

Hmmm... I am sure if I watched more TV I would hear crazier things, but I am constantly amazed when I watch TBN or INSP or any of those types of channels. The notion that I can give this already wealthy preacher (sowing a "seed") and somehow get it back 100 fold just boggles my mind.

Though, oftentimes I wish it were true

you know, if they really believed that, they'd solve their own funding shortfalls by giving, not begging.

roscoestring · 05-19-2010, 02:09 PM

In the 80's I was watching the world series (baseball) when all of a sudden the local channel that I was watching on showed a pornographic scene. It went from a runner in scoring position and the batter lays down a bunt ** then blooop** full blown sex.

Turns out that the person maning the controls was watching the porn while the game was running and a button was pressed accidentally. It only lasted a few seconds. The person was fired the next day.

DKelly · 05-19-2010, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by roscoestring

In the 80's I was watching the world series (baseball) when all of a sudden the local channel that I was watching on showed a pornographic scene. It went from a runner in scoring position and the batter lays down a bunt ** then blooop** full blown sex.

Turns out that the person maning the controls was watching the porn while the game was running and a button was pressed accidentally. It only lasted a few seconds. The person was fired the next day.

Wow. That's hilarious. I'm sure it was embarrassing at the time, though.