Blog Post #3

The show Scooby-Doo was one of my childhood favorites growing up. I loved the goofy situations that would always get into. However, when I grew up I soon realized the show I loved was filled with adult humor. Shaggy was obviously a degenerate who smoked marijuana. The show Scooby-Doo was not the only childhood humor that has secret humor for adults. I look at childhood shows now and am able to see and hear jokes that a younger me would not recognized, but now I hear them and wonder how they were and still are able to get away with mature humor.  The Simpsons is also a prime example of various levels of humor. As I grew older I became more aware of the more adult humor, parodies and references they were making. Watching television shows seemed so innocent back then and now I am constantly aware of the subtle references in almost all shows and it was weird when I first started making these connections. I can still look back and find of the old shows entertaining and fun to go back down memory lane, but  now I am able to pick up jokes that were strategically put in the show for adults. I am curious if they put the jokes in the show for our parents or for when we become older and gives the viewer a different perspective when they grow older. The choice to put adults into shows designed for a younger crowd is maybe put in so when children force their older siblings or parents to watch, they can get some humor as well.