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Submitted by Norm on Sat, 11/04/2006 - 9:13pm.

Well after all of that standing up for police bit I sat down and did what I do almost ever saturday at 8pm. I watched COPS. I can be mad as hell and frustrated with the world but there is something about that show that just makes me smile. Anyone out there have a tv show that provides this level of release?

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"Cops" doesn't provide

Submitted by The Fire Inside on Sat, 11/04/2006 - 9:19pm.

"Cops" doesn't provide release, but I would be extremely curious to see the demographics of the people who watch it. I can't tell you how many college-aged individuals I know (including myself) who can't turn it (even when it's on F/X, Spike, or CourtTV). Actually, I would say there's some sort of link between it being on Spike and the people who watch it.

I think someone I know would call it "living the dream" (as it is probably the dream job, next to professional athlete, of a large percentage of males).

Dunno, everytime I watch it

Submitted by Norm on Sat, 11/04/2006 - 9:40pm.

Dunno, everytime I watch it I'm all grins.

disinformation

Submitted by enpen on Sat, 11/04/2006 - 10:06pm.

A friend of mine makes a pretty convincing case for COPS being a major source of disinformation. The bad guy is always caught and is usually an idiot.

"If you are a dreamer, come in. If you are a dreamer, a wisher, a liar, a hope-er, a pray-er, a magic bean buyer. If you're a pretender, come sit by my fire, for we have some flax-golden tales to spin. Come in! Come in!"

I think Lakewood stopped

Submitted by The Fire Inside on Sat, 11/04/2006 - 10:34pm.

I think Lakewood stopped allowing the show to film with the Pierce County Sheriff's Department. If you watch enough episodes, you can see why. There's about a million episodes with deputies chasing people in their city.

I've seen many articles crediting "COPS" as being the first reality show.

It's funny you should

Submitted by Norm on Sat, 11/04/2006 - 10:43pm.

It's funny you should mention that. It is entertainment after all right? Ever ride-a-long I've ever been on has been nothing compared to the show. The one thing that holds true though, every ride I've done has had at least one, one complete dumbass who ends up getting caught and is a total idiot. So if you figure that almost ever officer, gets just one idiot a week, and you have multiple film crews following officers and you edit the filming to only include the idiots, you end up with a show that's just the cream of the crop morons from around the nation.

This last episode an officer pulls up to a couple, and tells the guy, "get down on the ground!" he immediately hands off a tissue with a small stem coming out of it ( I can see this through a camera mind you ) to the girl who he is with, and the cop says, "Drop that and step away from it!" She proceeds to walk a few feet away and throws it in the trash and tries to keep walking. He yells at her to stop and sit down, so she does. In the meantime he's wrestling with this guy who refuses to lay down on the ground and put his hands behind his back. Once he's cuffed he walks over to the girl and says, "What in the world do you think you are doing?" ( keep in mind there is a gigantic friggin camera and a CREW filming all of this ) she tells him, "I was just throwing away the tissue he handed me.". The officer is obviously not amused, cuffs her and looks into the trash can, and BEHOLD, it's empty except for a pipe inside of a white tissue. He says, "That's not mine" she says, "I thought it was just a tissue".

I think it's well known that the show only pulls the footage that will be interesting, but by God there are enough idiots out there to keep the show going after how many years now?

These aren't my pants.I

Submitted by The Fire Inside on Sat, 11/04/2006 - 11:02pm.

These aren't my pants.

I think that's the best line I've seen used on the show.

Even a book by that title

Submitted by Sarah on Sun, 11/05/2006 - 8:05am.

Actually

Submitted by OlyCop on Mon, 11/06/2006 - 8:58am.

An old police line "we don't catch the smart ones" is kind of true.

"The strongest reason to retain the right to keep and bear arms is to protect against tyranny in government." Thomas Jefferson.

Simpsons

Submitted by Sarah on Sun, 11/05/2006 - 6:55am.

I don't watch TV much if at all anymore, but Simpsons usually always got me relaxed and laughing.

I have to wonder why on COPS the bad guys always have their shirt off, or at some point somehow lose their shirt. Maybe this somehow connects with the These aren't my pants! routine.

COPS as disinformation........I can believe that one.

Cops Theme Lyrics

Submitted by bubbaz (not verified) on Sun, 11/05/2006 - 9:42am.

Cops
Lyrics by Inner Circle

Bad boys, whatcha want, whatcha want,
Whatcha gonna do when sherrif John Brown come for you.
Tell me, whatcha gonna do, whatcha gonna do? Yeahhh?

Bad boys bad boys
Watcha gonna do, whatcha gonna do
when they come for you
Bad boys, bad boys
Watcha gonna do, watcha gonna do
when they come for you

When you were eight
And you had bad traits
You go to school and you learn the golden rule
So why are you acting like a bloody fool
If you get hot you must get cool

Bad boys bad boys
Watcha gonna do, whatcha gonna do
when they come for you
Bad boys, bad boys
Watcha gonna do, watcha gonna do
when they come for you

You chuck it on that one
You chuck it on this one
You chuck it on mother and
You chuck it on you father
You chuck it on you brother and
You chuck it on you sister
You chuck it on that one and you chuck it on me