Favorite TV Shows & Winnipeg Mentions

Bartron wrote:The episode of The Simpsons when they go to Winnipeg and the sign outside the city says something like "Winnipeg we were born here, whats your excuse?"

EdWin wrote:In what context?

EdWin wrote:Bah! The only reason why any tv show mentions Winnipeg is to focus on the negative, never anything positive. I'm going to get heat for this, but this IS what happens when when a city is too casually self-depreciating in a mocking manner.

grumpy old man wrote:

EdWin wrote:Bah! The only reason why any tv show mentions Winnipeg is to focus on the negative, never anything positive. I'm going to get heat for this, but this IS what happens when when a city is too casually self-depreciating in a mocking manner.

The only reason you'd get heat from me is when you generalize on the negative. That is exactly what you just did.

I remember several mentions that were not negative. Recent mentions on The Desperate Housewives episodes. This most recent How I met Your Mother episode. A few old shows such as Bob Newhart, Beverly Hillbillies, BJ and The Bear, and so on are examples where nothing negative was said.

Most are mere mentions, innocuous.

So why impose a blanket negative comment when facts are not in evidence (thanks rosen)?

Do ya see why ya might rankle a few folks with that type of commentary?

Deank wrote:dont forget littlist hobo!

AGEsAces wrote:.... I can think of even more instances where Canada or other cities in Canada are mentioned as well....although I can't think of a single one that mentions Regina