I was listening to a radio interview on my way to work the other day. Sean Hannity was interviewing Jeff Foxworthy about his upcoming game show that tests the biblical knowledge of the participants.

During the interview, as they are talking about a fishing adventure, Jeff starts the Gilligan’s Island theme song and Sean immediately chimes in finishing the lyrics word for word…asking Jeff whether he was a Ginger guy, or a Marianne guy? “Marianne of course!”, Jeff responded.

That brought me back to the TV we all used to know and love…Get Smart ~ The Adams Family ~ The Andy Griffith Show ~ Mr. Ed ~ Flipper ~ The Real McCoys ~ Leave it to Beaver ~The Honeymooners ~ I Love Lucy ~ The Patty Duke Show ~ My Favorite Martian ~ F Troop ~ Bonanza ~ Mash ~ and on and on…

As I thought about the good old shows from the good old days, I caught myself smiling. “Were we really that easily entertained by such simple and innocent goofiness?” I wondered. And then it occurred to me that yes, we really were. And the reason we really were was because our entertainment was the sole intention of the creators and producers of the TV shows then. Period!  

I’m sorry, but nobody can convince me that our entertainment is the sole intention behind the shows Glee, Mad Men, Modern Family and Newsroom. In fact, if you really think about the evolution of TV, you can break it down into 3 distinct phases:

Phase 1 – Leave it to Beaver/ I Love Lucy ~ The Innocence Phase (Truly wholesome family fun) Load!

Phase 2 – Friends/ Seinfeld ~ The Influence Phase (Introduction of Morality = Un-Hip) Aim!

Phase 3 – Glee/ Modern Family ~ The “in-your-face” Social-Engineering Phase (Immorality becomes a many-splendored-thing!) Fire!

                The 3-Part Execution of the American Family

1-      Family is the Essential Component

2-      Not so much

3-      Non-existent/Un-recognizable

By the time we got to Phase 3, the guys behind the curtain were looking to do way more than entertain us! All we need to do is take a look to see who is funding them! We know for a fact that George Soros has pumped millions if not billions into the networks and the media and entertainment industry over the years. Does anyone think that kind of funding doesn’t buy a huge say re: programming? Do we all understand who Soros is and what he intends?

The America we loved has become a crime scene. You don’t see the yellow tape encircling every single neighborhood in every single city, town and village…right up to your front door and around your house, but it is there. It is there just as it has always been in every single history book since the beginning of recorded time.

                                                         2076

There is a classroom of bright and curious students in a society where individual liberty and freedom have been restored. They are surveying the scene of our crime, magically transported here by a wonderfully skilled and gifted teacher (who secured and maintained his post on merit ~ tenure was discarded by the wise who learned from our mistakes!).

You can see the sad expressions on their faces as they sift through the rubble, shaking their heads in disbelief…some with tears, wondering how we had allowed ourselves to come to this from our joyous birth only 300 years ago to the day! “What in the world is this?” someone yelled from the ruins. As they all gathered around the strange rectangular shape with a dark and broken glass front, the teacher responded “That was the murder weapon.” he said, visibly shaken. “But how…Why?” they all gasped! There was a silent pause and tension one could cut with a knife as they all gazed up at their teacher…waiting breathlessly.

“Because they allowed themselves to fall in love with their killers.” …came the reply.