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My dad didn't think this was suitable for kids


He'd tell us to turn it off when I was like 6.

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Not to sound contradictory but a lot of the stuff is adult theme. Not that it isnt funny or really that offensive but it is very x-rated. For me I didnt care for it or understood its popularity when I was a boy. It wasnt till much later that I accidentally watched it and loved it. I mean I wouldve never gotten 90% of the jokes anyway as a kid.

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Well, it's not really X-rated.
But I wouldn't put a six-year-old in front of "Golden Girls" anyway.
Of course, it is true that most of the jokes would go over a child's head.
But that is even more reason to find a kids show instead.
Because a kid will hardly find it funny anyway.

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I dont know if you noticed but Ive heard a lot of jokes that are too x-rated where im like that belongs in a porno or late nate hbo. I couldnt believe this was a sitcom. You wouldnt think a show about old ladies would say such salacious things. Though it is extremely funny and true it doesnt belong in day time. Especially in that era where society was much more conscious of censoring children. Even for me, I think you have a very mature adult to understand it and find it funny. They make fun sexual situations constantly and talk about explicit stuff like the linguini and breasts and sex.

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True, they did a lot of surprisingly dirty jokes.
But it was still kept relatively clean, so I would put it at PG-13 at most.

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Okay but 13 is still somewhat acceptable but even at 13 many of things were impossible to get. Especially back then when it was stricter and also some of their jokes are Italian culturally had I not been fortunate enough to study it I would’ve never gotten it.

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a lot of jokes that are too x-rated where im like that belongs in a porno or late nate hbo


name ONE "x-rated" joke that "belongs in a porno."

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Your dad was right. It was not a kids show. There were a lot of raunchy jokes. I never cared for it, but a lot of kids my age in the 80s loved it.

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It's old women talking about sex.

You are correct, all 6 year olds should listen to old women talk about sex.

END SARCASM

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They didn't talk only about sex. But yeah, it is not for six-year-olds.

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I was 6 when this show was on. It looked so boring to me so I never even tried to watch it. Now, as an adult, it’s a gold mine of funny punchlines and situations. Your dad probably worried too much. What 6 year old in 1987 would be fascinated by Golden Girls over Sesame Street?

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I watched it when I was around 11 or 12 and my mother had no concerns what so ever… Gen X right? Haha. I know all the jokes went over my head anyways.

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I think it would be boring for a 6 year old.
When it came out I was 11 and loved it. Any "adult" theme or joke would have gone over my head.

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