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And the rest are mostly about Hitler, Hitlers dog, Hitlers secretary, Hitlers lunch.

by lawless123 9y ago

dboreham 9y ago
Hence "Hitler Channel".
- deleted 9y ago
  [deleted]
- astrodust 9y ago
  "Hitlery Channel"
dogma1138 9y ago
There's also the overlap with Hitler's flying saucers.
thearn4 9y ago
I almost miss the days when everything was about Hitler. At least then it had the veneer of being historical. Now it's about ice road truckers, pawn shops, and things hillbillies like.
VLM 9y ago
They also went full on Jesus some years back. They're firmly in the blue collar reality TV camp now, its mostly truck drivers, pawn shops, and surprisingly, blacksmiths. Sorta like how the Sci Fi channel was all about pro wrestling, fantasy, action movies, pretty much anything but science fiction. When I was a little kid (a long time ago) the snarky wisdom was if a country had "democratic" in its name, it wasn't. The snarky wisdom today is a cable TV channel broadcasts everything except what its name would imply. So the History channel never broadcasts anything factually historical, the sci fi channel never broadcasts science fiction, or The Learning Channel only broadcasts fashion and style never anything educational. "Home and Garden" TV is endless real estate "FIRE sector" complimentary copy, containing no garden shows. Even the weather channel pretty much stopped weather forecasts and replaced it with agitprop documentaries that the faithful don't watch because they're already faithful and the unfaithful don't watch because they're nonbelievers.
- hbosch 9y ago
  Don't forget Music Television.
  - moomin 9y ago
    And Fox News
    - throwitlong 9y ago
      There is no fox?
    - damsdu78 9y ago
      Yeah... no news about fox... sad but true.
  - MrZongle2 9y ago
    ...the original offender.
- nickpeterson 9y ago
  Similarly, if you have science in the name, no science is generally involved: Political Science, Computer Science, Exercise Science...
  - aaron-lebo 9y ago
    The scientific method is a core part of research design in poli sci. We have entire classes dedicated to Karl Popper and fun topics like that. We do real research with hypotheses, testable results, and conclusions. It is science, even if it isn't hard science. Dunno why it matters....back to your rant.
    - nickpeterson 9y ago
      Not trying to turn my original joke into an argument, but does applying the scientific method make something a science in your mind? By that definition, couldn't any subject be a science?
toxican 9y ago
And let's not forget a handful of American masturbatory documentaries. Like America: Story of Us or that one inventors series that did a really bad job of exaggerating events.
mc32 9y ago
When I go thru Netflix UK, their catalogue listings would make me think they have something for Hitler. I mean, sure he had great negative impact n the UK, but it seems overboard. Or maybe it's me overreacting. I mean, seems so obsessive.
- pluma 9y ago
  As a German, it always seems like Brits are even more obsessed with Hitler than Americans. I guess it has something to do with Germany actually having bombed the UK in WW2 and it all therefore being a bit more personal than what the US went through. I mean, it's a critical time now for Germany and Europe, also globally. Economically we're pretty good. We have been better, but we're very vibrant in the theatre and arts and so on. And Hitler Hitler Hitler Hitler Hitler Hitler...[0]. [0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTCIbtyTy7Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTCIbtyTy7Y
freeflight 9y ago
Hitlers ufo..
Aloha 9y ago
At least it was interesting when it was the "Hitler Channel" now it seems to be mostly pseudo-science and quasi-reality TV - like National Enquirer on the air.
klondike_ 9y ago
The History Channel's Hitler obession happened because the last WWII vets were dying off so the History Channel rushed to interview them, putting out a bunch of WWII documentaries

And the rest are mostly about Hitler, Hitlers dog, Hitlers secretary, Hitlers lunch.

dboreham 9y ago

Hence "Hitler Channel".

deleted 9y ago
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astrodust 9y ago
"Hitlery Channel"

dogma1138 9y ago

There's also the overlap with Hitler's flying saucers.

thearn4 9y ago

I almost miss the days when everything was about Hitler. At least then it had the veneer of being historical. Now it's about ice road truckers, pawn shops, and things hillbillies like.

VLM 9y ago

They also went full on Jesus some years back. They're firmly in the blue collar reality TV camp now, its mostly truck drivers, pawn shops, and surprisingly, blacksmiths. Sorta like how the Sci Fi channel was all about pro wrestling, fantasy, action movies, pretty much anything but science fiction. When I was a little kid (a long time ago) the snarky wisdom was if a country had "democratic" in its name, it wasn't. The snarky wisdom today is a cable TV channel broadcasts everything except what its name would imply. So the History channel never broadcasts anything factually historical, the sci fi channel never broadcasts science fiction, or The Learning Channel only broadcasts fashion and style never anything educational. "Home and Garden" TV is endless real estate "FIRE sector" complimentary copy, containing no garden shows. Even the weather channel pretty much stopped weather forecasts and replaced it with agitprop documentaries that the faithful don't watch because they're already faithful and the unfaithful don't watch because they're nonbelievers.

hbosch 9y ago
Don't forget Music Television.
- moomin 9y ago
  And Fox News
  - throwitlong 9y ago
    There is no fox?
  - damsdu78 9y ago
    Yeah... no news about fox... sad but true.
- MrZongle2 9y ago
  ...the original offender.
nickpeterson 9y ago
Similarly, if you have science in the name, no science is generally involved: Political Science, Computer Science, Exercise Science...
- aaron-lebo 9y ago
  The scientific method is a core part of research design in poli sci. We have entire classes dedicated to Karl Popper and fun topics like that. We do real research with hypotheses, testable results, and conclusions. It is science, even if it isn't hard science. Dunno why it matters....back to your rant.
  - nickpeterson 9y ago
    Not trying to turn my original joke into an argument, but does applying the scientific method make something a science in your mind? By that definition, couldn't any subject be a science?

toxican 9y ago

And let's not forget a handful of American masturbatory documentaries. Like America: Story of Us or that one inventors series that did a really bad job of exaggerating events.

mc32 9y ago

When I go thru Netflix UK, their catalogue listings would make me think they have something for Hitler. I mean, sure he had great negative impact n the UK, but it seems overboard. Or maybe it's me overreacting. I mean, seems so obsessive.

pluma 9y ago
As a German, it always seems like Brits are even more obsessed with Hitler than Americans. I guess it has something to do with Germany actually having bombed the UK in WW2 and it all therefore being a bit more personal than what the US went through. I mean, it's a critical time now for Germany and Europe, also globally. Economically we're pretty good. We have been better, but we're very vibrant in the theatre and arts and so on. And Hitler Hitler Hitler Hitler Hitler Hitler...[0]. [0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTCIbtyTy7Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTCIbtyTy7Y

freeflight 9y ago

Hitlers ufo..

Aloha 9y ago

At least it was interesting when it was the "Hitler Channel" now it seems to be mostly pseudo-science and quasi-reality TV - like National Enquirer on the air.

klondike_ 9y ago

The History Channel's Hitler obession happened because the last WWII vets were dying off so the History Channel rushed to interview them, putting out a bunch of WWII documentaries