Steve Allen wants to clean up TV

By SKillBot November 22, 1999 11:14 PM

"Are you as disgusted as I am at the filth, vulgarity, sex and violence TV is sending into our homes? Are you fed up with steamy unmarried sex situations, filthy jokes, perversion, vulgarity, foul language, violence, killing, etc.? Are you as outraged as I am at how TV is undermining the morals of children ...?and shaping our country down to the lowest standards of decency?" No, not really.?But television programming has gotten really bad.?I throw a lot of money at movie theatres, and it's because I feel insulted by how stupid TV makes me feel.?Not so much the lack of morality, but if you've ever watched the world's funniest on fox and have a shred of intelligence, you know what I mean.?"My demands," he said, "are quite modest.?What I am saying is, 'Please, just stop insulting us.?Stop producing programs where we have to keep hitting the clicker every few seconds if we have children in the room.' " Read more...