Wendell & Vinnie

Myself, being at the age of 16, had only to see the one episode in which Vinnie, the uncle who attempts to be a role model, was holding a conversation with one of the female characters in the episode. She mentioned one of the other characters being like a 'Sl***y younger sister' and then mentioned something of her lingerie collection. Just from this, I can safely say that obviously, Nickelodeon is attempting to send a message about how moderation in ones' lifestyle is important. In some scenarios, it is safe to act somewhat immaturely and not suffer consequences or cause problems, but in other cases, it is inapropriate to act out in such ways. The message is a decent one, but it appears the the situations get a little out of hand in 'Wendell and Vinnie'. Now, this is just my thoughts, but it seems to me the media is turning towards a broadened teen audience for attention, but in the proccess is presenting negative concepts to young minds who don't know what to make of such things. When watching SpongeBob, instead of swear words, one would hear nothing but pure, goofy, or extremely mild language that replaces such vile use of words, and makes for an easy way to laugh at such things. With this T.V. show, I am APALLED. What with such refferences made to numerous uncomfortable subjects, I can truly say I am shocked at what T.V. producers consider good, acceptable (P.G. Rated) entertainment for kids, with the exception of the fact the T.V. program is run late at night. Given a decent portion of the audience may have lenient parents who let their kids stay up a bit late into the night, alot of children have access to such shows that run on later into these timeslots. Just as when I've watched such absolutely idiotic shows as 'Regular Show' and 'Adventure Time', many crude refferences and pieces of humor, inuendo and straight out disgusting content have been used as some sense of sick humor. I am unsure if the aim here is that the media wants to call to attention various and similar such issues as these, so that these issues can be addressed in real life and when encountered on television programs and (which they would then be doing a good job of), but while some refferences may be very obscure to children who have less exposure to such content, others may pick up on these presentations of bad habits and behaviors with much more haste. It is frightening to think that, with such ease, current and future generations of television watchers could be exposed to further and increasingly worse presentations of foul and vulgar content. What I suggest is that parents monitor their children as they watch certain T.V. programs and episodes of such programs that T.V. producers create as of now and into the future, because if said programs are anything like "Wendell and Vinnie", they may contain extremely distasteful content in which parents would want their children not to be exposed to. I prefer obscure humor where only adults pick up on refferences to such things and have a simple way to chuckle about the references, while keeping the children to their basic humour which is seemingly chock-full of laughs. Seemingly enough, as stated by others, Nickelodeon and other networks are trying to incorporate humour appealing to various age groups at the same time, and may very well be taking the wrong approach for doing so. I find it sad that when new T.V. programs are released to the public, none of them stick quite as well or seem as amusing/humorous as those like SpongeBob (etc. etc.) Now, as if to only make things worse, while being fresh out of ideas of pure comedy, producers now feel the urge to get more attention for their programs by including some rather disturbing content that MANY disagree with on their shows. As displayed even by 10 year olds, they feel that what is being presented to them is far too much worse than things should be, while others rebelliously state that what they view is acceptable and that shows such as Wendell and Vinnie should continue to be aired. I imagine it is the rebellion factor of things that is what truly draws kids to these T.V. shows. All-too-well knowing that the content on such T.V. shows can be sending negative messages, some children will still argue that they are old enough to grip the concepts of what is presented to them on the television, much like how a child would want to watch a mature movie that would give them bad ideas or cause them fears and phobias. While many decent morals and messages could-(and)-are being conveyed through T.V. shows such as "Wendell and Vinnie", I still personally feel strongly against such programs as these being aired and viewed by children round-the-globe. In the circumstance where I was an older sibling, I would definetly keep my younger siblings away from such shows as "Wendell and Vinnie" without parental supervision. Given the fact that it's rated P.G. (parental guidance suggested), I'm even STILL surprised that Nickelodeon wouldn't call it flat-out Teen-rated content. If I were a parent, I would definetly not want my kids watching this without me there to keep them from being too severely influenced, and would instead want rather to have them guided, whereas they might be influenced negatively if left to watch it alone. One thing to note is that children, often in public schools and other places, are susceptible to influence and pressure from other children who have dealt with and experienced such disturbing things that are presented by the media on T.V., or may pressure others to also partake in such viewings of negative television shows. Children being prone to this, parents should act on these situations as such and tell their children, hopefully, to be careful around others and in some way ignore what things might be said by their peers, shoulf it be something uncomfortable that your child would want to refer to you about for guidance, in the hopes that they would feel that way if such a scenario were to arise. This coming from a 16-year-old, I hope you parents out there take something away from this message, and hopefully consider the reinforcement of their childrens' safety in future T.V., internet, and other content viewings.