I asked this question some time ago on the FOX forum, but only managed to generate two responses. I’m therefore posting it here in the vain hope that I am more successful this time. I have almost done a complete ‘copy and paste’ job from the other forum, so my apologies if you are not reading this for the first time.
It is quite possible to determine the success of a TV show in terms of the effect it has on its audience once they are away from their television.
I am very interested to know if MITM and its content have had any impact on youth culture. For example, is the word ‘Krelboyne’ now a common term that is used within school grounds? Is the ‘circle game’ as featured in the episode ‘Dinner Out’ a game you partake in regularly amongst your peers? I am sure there are lots of other examples within the show’s context.
I am basically interested to know if there are any aspects of MITM, be it verbal references or physical activity that you have adapted within your own lives, or have seen others perform. This can be within your domestic family situation or your social lives.
Simply put – is there something that you have seen on the show that you now do yourself, or have seen others do, as a direct result of it being on TV? I read an article in a periodical which looked at how after an episode of Seinfeld (The Slicer) first aired, youngsters across America went about sticking paperclips into plug sockets. Perhaps you were one of them? That is the kind of thing I’m looking for.
If anyone can provide some information on this subject, I would be very grateful indeed. I might use the evidence I collate from this to form a starting point for my thesis.
It is quite possible to determine the success of a TV show in terms of the effect it has on its audience once they are away from their television.
I am very interested to know if MITM and its content have had any impact on youth culture. For example, is the word ‘Krelboyne’ now a common term that is used within school grounds? Is the ‘circle game’ as featured in the episode ‘Dinner Out’ a game you partake in regularly amongst your peers? I am sure there are lots of other examples within the show’s context.
I am basically interested to know if there are any aspects of MITM, be it verbal references or physical activity that you have adapted within your own lives, or have seen others perform. This can be within your domestic family situation or your social lives.
Simply put – is there something that you have seen on the show that you now do yourself, or have seen others do, as a direct result of it being on TV? I read an article in a periodical which looked at how after an episode of Seinfeld (The Slicer) first aired, youngsters across America went about sticking paperclips into plug sockets. Perhaps you were one of them? That is the kind of thing I’m looking for.
If anyone can provide some information on this subject, I would be very grateful indeed. I might use the evidence I collate from this to form a starting point for my thesis.