What's on T.V. :COPS

So, last night the fam was gathered around the television at our customary 7pm to watch our favorite Saturday night show. Yes. We watch COPS. As a family. Don't judge - I know you all are guilty of sitting in front of the television at some point in you life watching this show.
COPS came around in 1989. And America was hooked. There was some thing about watching these police men and women driving around with lights and cameras shining in the back seat - probably these huge over the shoulder things, chasing around crackheads and car thieves. High paced and entertaining, COPS was the ultimate reality - and perhaps leader of such television that come dime a dozen these days. It is interesting - COPS (followed by America's Most Wanted (for another day, another blog entry) still hold their original time slot and are still ran on their own original channel - FOX. Never strayed far and perhaps that is why it has become so iconic and a fixture in 80s/90s pop culture. COPS is always there.

We watch new and old episodes - they are a few cable channels other than the FOX network - and sometimes it is funny to see how law enforcement behave/react/follow through on situations they come across now and 30 years ago. An older episode is not short of brute force and aggressive tactics when dealing with criminals or potential criminals. I can remember a few instances where a foot chase ends with a camera man collaring the guy, camera in hand. Good stuff. That doesn't happen so much anymore. I am sure there are things that have happened behind the scenes that have caused the need to restrict the t.v. crew to being JUST a t.v. crew. But it is still great to see. And I am not going to lie. I have my favorites, like the naked man in the barbershop who has been shot multiple times and is so high on something it takes 5 or 6 policemen to pin him down because he is covered in blood (YIKES). Or the man pulled over by a cop wearing a D.A.R.E. shirt and gets busted for having drugs in his truck (bwahahahaha...). Oh then there is time my family and I were watching COPS and my dad says, "Oh my God, I know him." Yeah, reality bites. And is entertaining as heck...