The Secret Life of the American Teenager

[Shlup]

I thought it couldn't get any worse than 7th Heaven (same creators) but wow. It's like... it's like something a group of high school freshman started doing in their spare time to help educate their peers on how to act like a douche, and then they acted it... as high school freshman are wont to do.

AGREE? y/n

WATCH IT FOR THE LULZ. And then be disappointed and change the channel.

[Old Manus]

We get enough 'american teenager' stuff from all the junk they show day in day out on the Disney Channel. Do you guys seriously act like that at school?

[Shlup]

Pfft, no.

[Rye]

I thought it couldn't get any worse than 7th Heaven (same creators) but wow. It's like... it's like something a group of high school freshman started doing in their spare time to help educate their peers on how to act like a douche, and then they acted it... as high school freshman are wont to do.

AGREE? y/n

WATCH IT FOR THE LULZ. And then be disappointed and change the channel.

Oh my god, YYYYYY. I watched the premiere a few weeks ago. It looked interested, so I decided to watch. I've never seen such... propaganda. I've never watched a show with the phrase "PRAY WITH ME" uttered so often, in earnest.

Basically, the only things I've got out of that episode:

1) Don't ever have sex, it's terrible.
2) Don't ever kiss the High School tramp, ever, or your girlfriend's brother with Down's Syndrome will make sirens noises at you.
3) Any teen who has sex multiple times before marriage has been sexually abused.
4) If all else fails, scream "PRAY WITH ME!!!!"

I... I couldn't even watch the show for lulz very often. It was too painful.

[Madame Adequate]

This show sounds incredible. It sounds like something that should be required viewing for every child on Earth. :) It sounds like it teachers proper morality in a way which identifies with issues of modern youth, and treats them with respect. I can't wait until I get the chance to watch!

[Caraliz]

I love these shows. The girl that finds out she is HIV positive is my favourite.

Apparently all women that have sex as teenagers end up HIV positive or pregnant, especially if they are in high school and have "everything going for them" ;)

Lifetime is the biggest scam there is. Misogynistic <img src="http://forums.eyesonff.com/images/smilies/rpg_009.gif" alt="skull" /><img src="http://forums.eyesonff.com/images/smilies/rpg_009.gif" alt="skull" /><img src="http://forums.eyesonff.com/images/smilies/rpg_009.gif" alt="skull" /><img src="http://forums.eyesonff.com/images/smilies/rpg_009.gif" alt="skull" /><img src="http://forums.eyesonff.com/images/smilies/rpg_009.gif" alt="skull" /><img src="http://forums.eyesonff.com/images/smilies/rpg_009.gif" alt="skull" /><img src="http://forums.eyesonff.com/images/smilies/rpg_009.gif" alt="skull" /><img src="http://forums.eyesonff.com/images/smilies/rpg_009.gif" alt="skull" /> if you ask me.

[Shoeberto]

I was about to ask what channel this was on. It doesn't really sound like the kind of thing that'd make it to mainstream TV. I might check out an episode just to see how bad it is.

Also on the forum index I really thought this was going to be a thread on The Secret World of Alex Mack. You guys suck.

[Rye]

ABCFamily channel!

[Ryth]

I thought it couldn't get any worse than 7th Heaven (same creators) but wow. It's like... it's like something a group of high school freshman started doing in their spare time to help educate their peers on how to act like a douche, and then they acted it... as high school freshman are wont to do.

AGREE? y/n

WATCH IT FOR THE LULZ. And then be disappointed and change the channel.

Oh my god, YYYYYY. I watched the premiere a few weeks ago. It looked interested, so I decided to watch. I've never seen such... propaganda. I've never watched a show with the phrase "PRAY WITH ME" uttered so often, in earnest.

Basically, the only things I've got out of that episode:

1) Don't ever have sex, it's terrible.
2) Don't ever kiss the High School tramp, ever, or your girlfriend's brother with Down's Syndrome will make sirens noises at you.
3) Any teen who has sex multiple times before marriage has been sexually abused.
4) If all else fails, scream "PRAY WITH ME!!!!"

I... I couldn't even watch the show for lulz very often. It was too painful.


This. All of this. I agree entirely.

[Rengori]

We get enough 'american teenager' stuff from all the junk they show day in day out on the Disney Channel. Do you guys seriously act like that at school?

About 5% who are too stupid to make their own decisions so they just act out stuff from the Disney channel with all the drama and fake-love.

[Nominus Experse]

My whole outlook on life has changed due to this show.

[Vermachtnis]

Ugh. My sister watches this show. It pained me by proxy.

[Shattered Dreamer]

If the world was the way described in this show I think I'd go on a rampage killing spree whoever writes this trash & whoever watches this trash needs to:

1. Go have sex & find out you can't get HIV from sex with everyone. Wear a condom too. At least have a wank you never know you might enjoy it:eek:

2. Go have a beer & smoke some weed & see that one beer or one joint wont destroy your life, make you a drug addict or any of that other crap the Jesus freaks tend to talk about

3. And lastly & most importantly go out & live experience the world & learn that even though bad stuff happens life eventually throws something good your way. This can be started by turning off that damn tv program!

[dream ending sword]

'a teenager taking a pregancy test before the opening credits? wth this cant possibly go downhill anymore ' I said, but with a distant rumble of thunder fate acknowledged the challenge in my words and it not only went downhill, but through the floorboards and beyond and just kept going and going.

[Shlup]

I SWEAR TO GOD IF THEY SAY "CHRISTIAN" ONE MORE TIME I AM NEVER GOING TO CHURCH AGAIN!

[Jessweeee♪]

I knew from the title I wouldn't enjoy it...still I wanted to watch it.


...I never did, though.


Was it just one stupid cliche after another?

[blackmage_nuke]

It was -ok- until it got past the opening credits to the slow motion entrance of a blonde and a jock and people were staring at them walk into the room. Then i gave it a few minutes to redeem itself but it didnt.

[Miriel]

Haha, this is like one of the most watched shows on Surfthechannel.com right now.

I'd rather watch the Secret Diary of a Call Girl instead. :p

[Shlup]

Was it just one stupid cliche after another?

That's a good summary.

[Jessweeee♪]

I watched it on surfthechannel after I saw Miriel's post and I had to stop after she pulled out the pregnancy test ._.

[Heath]

Haha, this is like one of the most watched shows on Surfthechannel.com right now.

I'd rather watch the Secret Diary of a Call Girl instead. :p

The Billie Piper one? The blog by Belle de Jour is pretty interesting. I've been reading it for a year or two. Never read the book or that.

[~*~Celes~*~]

I just watched the first episode and laughed at the "siren noises" xD

It's definitely just as bad as 7th Heaven, if not worse. Notice how the drummer guy is just like that one kid...I forget his name...But he's the one that always comes and goes from their house.

[The Unknown Guru]

As a rule, anything on any channel owned by Disney should be avoided at all costs. The title didn't really make me think this was an exception.

[Roogle]

The index page of the forums cuts off a majority of thread titles due to their length. I thought that this was going to be a thread about The Secret World of Alex Mack, which, as a children's television show, is undoubtedly better than The Secret Life of the American Teenager, in my opinion.

[Caraliz]

Roogle, I would be extremely satisfied if that were so, as I used to read the Alex Mack books because we didn't get the show. She turned into goo once and got frozen.

[Madame Adequate]

The index page of the forums cuts off a majority of thread titles due to their length.

Fluffy Puff demonstrates its superiority yet agian. :snowgirl:

Anyway yeah Secret Life of Alex Mack > * best show of my childhood.

[Balzac]

It was The Secret World of Alice Mack :(

[Shlup]

I'M WATCHING IT RIGHT NOW.

Not Alex Mack. I wish I was watching Alex Mack.

This show is like crack. ;______________;

[Jessweeee♪]

The index page of the forums cuts off a majority of thread titles due to their length. I thought that this was going to be a thread about The Secret World of Alex Mack, which, as a children's television show, is undoubtedly better than The Secret Life of the American Teenager, in my opinion.

Speaking of that, I noticed something weird...

Some longer thread titles are fully displayed, while shorter ones are cut off!

[Madame Adequate]

It was The Secret World of Alice Mack :(

What the balls are you talking about

The Secret World of Alex Mack - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Mack)

[Roto13]

It was The Secret World of Alice Mack :(

What the balls are you talking about

The Secret World of Alex Mack - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Mack)

Your link says "World" like Ball sack says, but I distinctly remember it being "Life" xP

[Yar]

Well, in a toss-up between this <img src="http://forums.eyesonff.com/images/smilies/rpg_009.gif" alt="skull" /><img src="http://forums.eyesonff.com/images/smilies/rpg_009.gif" alt="skull" /><img src="http://forums.eyesonff.com/images/smilies/rpg_009.gif" alt="skull" /><img src="http://forums.eyesonff.com/images/smilies/rpg_009.gif" alt="skull" /> and The Hills, what would you watch?

I'd take the third, hidden option; shooting myself in the face.

[Balzac]

It was The Secret World of Alice Mack :(

What the balls are you talking about

The Secret World of Alex Mack - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Mack)

That clearlly says world. As does the screenshot in the article. Also IMDB has it down as Secret World. "The Secret World of Alex Mack" (1994) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108921/) So what the balls are you talking about?

[Madame Adequate]

I didn't even notice that. I was asking what the hell the Alice part was about.

But yeah I distinctly remember Life and not World.

[Balzac]

Oh lol. Typo on my part. :p You should have been clearer. ;)

[Roto13]

Actually, upon further thought, I remember saying "Secret World of Alex Mack? Wouldn't 'Secret Life of Alex Mack' be more appropriate?" when it first started airing. So maybe I'm losing my mind?

[Hambone]

I thought it couldn't get any worse than 7th Heaven (same creators) but wow. It's like... it's like something a group of high school freshman started doing in their spare time to help educate their peers on how to act like a douche, and then they acted it... as high school freshman are wont to do.

AGREE? y/n

WATCH IT FOR THE LULZ. And then be disappointed and change the channel.

Oh my god, YYYYYY. I watched the premiere a few weeks ago. It looked interested, so I decided to watch. I've never seen such... propaganda. I've never watched a show with the phrase "PRAY WITH ME" uttered so often, in earnest.

Basically, the only things I've got out of that episode:

1) Don't ever have sex, it's terrible.
2) Don't ever kiss the High School tramp, ever, or your girlfriend's brother with Down's Syndrome will make sirens noises at you.
3) Any teen who has sex multiple times before marriage has been sexually abused.
4) If all else fails, scream "PRAY WITH ME!!!!"

I... I couldn't even watch the show for lulz very often. It was too painful.

I lol'd.

I've seen 2 episodes, and yeah, that's stuff's not likely to happen in High School (especially as a freshman). It's completely pwned by Degrassi and most of the stuff on The-N. Yes, I said it.

[Yar]

I have the urge to sarcastically talk through this show à la Mystery Science Theater 3000.

[Rye]

Super creeped out by the Autistic Tom and the hooker situation. I dunno why I tried to watch this again. D:

[Boney King]

Well, in a toss-up between this :skull::skull::skull::skull: and The Hills, what would you watch?

I'd take the third, hidden option; shooting myself in the face.
The Hills, because I don't understand that show at all, making it infinitely more interesting to me than "don't have sex ever or your life will be ruined" propaganda.

[Shlup]

The girls all started a masturbation campaign at school and their slogan is "Just Say ME," as opposed to the classic "Just Say NO". They're going around with posters and stickers and all the girls are so excited to masturbate. I died a million times. xD

[Jessweeee♪]

The girls all started a masturbation campaign at school and their slogan is "Just Say ME," as opposed to the classic "Just Say NO". They're going around with posters and stickers and all the girls are so excited to masturbate. I died a million times. xD

I was going to be done with this show after seeing the premiere, but we finally got cable in here and my roommate's into it so I totally caught that episode xD

I've always found the double standard with masturbation to be weird.

[Shlup]

It was an amazingly awkward episode. xDDD

[Raistlin]

The girls all started a masturbation campaign at school and their slogan is "Just Say ME," as opposed to the classic "Just Say NO". They're going around with posters and stickers and all the girls are so excited to masturbate. I died a million times. xD

I lol'd hard. I don't think I can bring myself to watch this show, but that sounds hilarious.

[Moon Rabbits]

I was gonna say "sixteen and pregnant" is a better show, but man I think this masturbation episode could top that. This show sounds like a whole lot of wtf.

[Sephex]

I have no idea why you guys are surprised at this show. Though this show seems to exaggerate HS drama more than other shows that deals with HS drama, it should be known (and therefore no surprise) that ALL TV drama takes slightly plausible situations and treats them like they could happen twelve times a day.

[Shlup]

You don't understand. The head cheerleader (who quit cheer after she had sex with her boyfriend and then her dad died in a plane crash because of it) got kicked out of the Christian Abstinence Club or whatever for going around school telling all of the girls they should masturbate. However, in spite of her wanting to the a doctor, she says the word "masturbate" is icky so she says stuff like "Did you Just Say ME this weekend? LOL I could do it every day!!" with her cheery blond overacting. And it's amazing.

And there was a whole musical sequence of the teenage girls lying in their beds thinking about whether or not they wanted to Just Say ME. And it was amazing.

[Sephex]

You don't understand. The head cheerleader (who quit cheer after she had sex with her boyfriend and then her dad died in a plane crash because of it) got kicked out of the Christian Abstinence Club or whatever for going around school telling all of the girls they should masturbate. However, in spite of her wanting to the a doctor, she says the word "masturbate" is icky so she says stuff like "Did you Just Say ME this weekend? LOL I could do it every day!!" with her cheery blond overacting. And it's amazing.

And there was a whole musical sequence of the teenage girls lying in their beds thinking about whether or not they wanted to Just Say ME. And it was amazing.

I have to admit, it sounds funny. I get the humor from watching this show. It's like how some of my friends rent a bad movie on purpose for the lulz.

However, it's the fact that I know there are views that take this 110% seriously that prevents me from watching this (or any other show like this). I'm not going to give those writers the satisfaction. It should be noted that I am intoxicated right now, so I may be more stubborn than usual.

[Shlup]

You can't watch a stupid show 'cause you know some people like it for cereal?

You are retarded. Go drink more. xD

[Sephex]

You can't watch a stupid show 'cause you know some people like it for cereal?

You are retarded. Go drink more. xD

Damn it, Shlup, don't tempt me!!! Seriously, I get what you are saying, though. If I probably saw it I would probably watch it and laugh my ass off. But hearing about it makes me just shake my head and go, "Wat."

[Jessweeee♪]

I have no idea why you guys are surprised at this show. Though this show seems to exaggerate HS drama more than other shows that deals with HS drama, it should be known (and therefore no surprise) that ALL TV drama takes slightly plausible situations and treats them like they could happen twelve times a day.

Yeah, from the looks of it I'm guessing it's like your typical ABC soap only everyone is a high school student.

[NorthernChaosGod]

You don't understand. The head cheerleader (who quit cheer after she had sex with her boyfriend and then her dad died in a plane crash because of it) got kicked out of the Christian Abstinence Club or whatever for going around school telling all of the girls they should masturbate. However, in spite of her wanting to the a doctor, she says the word "masturbate" is icky so she says stuff like "Did you Just Say ME this weekend? LOL I could do it every day!!" with her cheery blond overacting. And it's amazing.

And there was a whole musical sequence of the teenage girls lying in their beds thinking about whether or not they wanted to Just Say ME. And it was amazing.

That sounds funny and hot. I'll have to check out this episode.

[Breine]

You don't understand. The head cheerleader (who quit cheer after she had sex with her boyfriend and then her dad died in a plane crash because of it) got kicked out of the Christian Abstinence Club or whatever for going around school telling all of the girls they should masturbate. However, in spite of her wanting to the a doctor, she says the word "masturbate" is icky so she says stuff like "Did you Just Say ME this weekend? LOL I could do it every day!!" with her cheery blond overacting. And it's amazing.

And there was a whole musical sequence of the teenage girls lying in their beds thinking about whether or not they wanted to Just Say ME. And it was amazing.

Seriously, I want to watch this show. RITE NAO!

[Rye]

You don't understand. The head cheerleader (who quit cheer after she had sex with her boyfriend and then her dad died in a plane crash because of it) got kicked out of the Christian Abstinence Club or whatever for going around school telling all of the girls they should masturbate. However, in spite of her wanting to the a doctor, she says the word "masturbate" is icky so she says stuff like "Did you Just Say ME this weekend? LOL I could do it every day!!" with her cheery blond overacting. And it's amazing.

And there was a whole musical sequence of the teenage girls lying in their beds thinking about whether or not they wanted to Just Say ME. And it was amazing.

I had to stop watching when the little brother with Down's Syndrome ordered a hooker over the internet to be his "friend." God, it was so painful!

[Jessweeee♪]

You don't understand. The head cheerleader (who quit cheer after she had sex with her boyfriend and then her dad died in a plane crash because of it) got kicked out of the Christian Abstinence Club or whatever for going around school telling all of the girls they should masturbate. However, in spite of her wanting to the a doctor, she says the word "masturbate" is icky so she says stuff like "Did you Just Say ME this weekend? LOL I could do it every day!!" with her cheery blond overacting. And it's amazing.

And there was a whole musical sequence of the teenage girls lying in their beds thinking about whether or not they wanted to Just Say ME. And it was amazing.

I had to stop watching when the little brother with Down's Syndrome ordered a hooker over the internet to be his "friend." God, it was so painful!

Oh my god did that seriously happen?

xD

[Shlup]

The DS dude is her older brother, not that it really matters.

Also, said hooker is now getting married to the teen-mother's ex-boyfriend's rich father. The whole town is like one big orgy I swear.

[Raistlin]

Out of a massive need to find something to procrastinate with, I watched the "Just Say Me" episode and became even more shocked that there are people who actually watch this every week. The guys are almost as bad as the obnoxious teenage girls, in that they are ALL an exact stereotype. The only possible exception is the little brown kid, who I didn't see much from because he was too busy boning the one chick that would still have sex.

The father freaking out about hearing his girls are masturbating was amusing. So was the girl getting kicked out of her church's teen abstinence group for publicly encouraging masturbating. Otherwise, it was more "wow, this is awful" than amusing, so I won't be watching any further.

[Jessweeee♪]

The guys are almost as bad as the obnoxious teenage girls, in that they are ALL an exact stereotype.

Oh, I know! I felt offended as a teenager when I first saw this show :(

[Shlup]

So, season finale, omggg! Cliffhanger!

I am so sick of the parents, Ann and George. I love George but the whole "omg they're divorced they're having a baby let's date let's not let's marry let's not" is annoying. Ann is a cow.

For those who read this thread for the ridiculouness: all the teenagers are deciding it's time to boff basically. The ex-boyfriend of the teenage mother still loves her but when he goes to see her she's all too busy to see him or something lame so the girlfriend of the teenage father decides she's going to get back at the teenage parents for kissing recently by de-virginizing the ex-boyfriend but the condom broke so, dun dun dun, season ends with a pregnancy test in her hands.

She said she'll just abort it though so I don't know why she's gotta be so up-in-arms about it.