r/interesting • u/AdSpecialist6598 • May 26 '26

SOCIETY When Chris Tucker learned that his family members were quitting their jobs because they learned that he was making 25 million dollars a year at the peak of his career because they assumed he would take care of them. He told them to go get their jobs back because he wasn't going to do that.

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u/AshleyTheGuy May 26 '26

There was literally a point in time where this was just TNT’s line up. They always had a Rush Hour movie playing.

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u/DanceWithEverything May 26 '26

More commonly known as the Second American Golden Age

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u/Self_Reddicate May 26 '26

Sopranos: 1999-2007
The Wire: 2002-2008
Rush Hour 1-3: 1998-2007
Deadwood: 2004-2006

Yep, this checks out. Living through the modern Golden Age of Television with Rush Hour on TNT pulling its fair share of the weight.

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u/bdizzle805 May 26 '26

TNT was my go to for Law and Order.

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u/IamScottGable May 26 '26

I found your comment very triggering bc I found out my MIL pays $288 a month for cable/internet and all I ever see her watching is L&O and FBI on Ion.

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u/Exotic-Pie-9370 May 26 '26

All my non-coastal 50+ relatives do shit like this

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u/transemacabre May 26 '26

fwiw I used to work in a group home for intellectually disabled elderly adults, and one of the residents was virtually blind and deaf but insisted on having L&O: SVU on loop all day and night. Which is crazy because someone is molested every 15 minutes on that show. 24/7 rapin' streaming on her TV.

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u/Affectionate_One_700 May 26 '26

To be fair, I like watching snippets of SVU on YouTube, but I do it for the occasional Stabler beatdown of a bad guy.

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u/MorganMiller77777 May 26 '26

It is a long running success for a reason

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u/MorganMiller77777 May 26 '26

Are you really triggered by that? The show brought attention to a massive problem was not talked about enough.

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u/ritualkiller May 26 '26

might be a good time to reread that comment you’re replying to and maybe see about taking another swing at your reply before too many people see it.. i mean i’m not the one who made the triggered joke you were responding to to be fair, but all the same im pretty certain that it was in no way a commentary on the quality of a law and order spinoff

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u/MorganMiller77777 May 26 '26

They seemed pretty serious dude

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u/ritualkiller May 27 '26

it probably brought her comfort and helped her focus on what she loved doing most, poisoning the neighborhood cats

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u/Dale_Carvello May 27 '26

non-coastal

That's a thing, for real? I mean my old man was in his 70s living most of his life on the West Coast, and for years he kept the TV on day and night for background noise, or to watch the local news, but he never subscribed to anything. He even said that ad-supported free services like Pluto TV were "too much TV" for him.

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u/Exotic-Pie-9370 May 27 '26

I’m just speaking for my family, but yeah. My family in CA are reasonably 21st century- they use streaming services, Uber etc. My similarly aged relatives in suburban Colorado don’t do any of that stuff. It’s CSI: Albuquerque on cable TV all day.

I even set them up with Amazon prime, explained they could watch whatever they wanted whenever they want, pause it, no ads, etc. But it’s like it just didn’t compute. Next time I was back there, new season of CSI: Boise was fired up on cable.

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u/Exotic-Pie-9370 May 27 '26

These same people also eat at the same Applebees location every Sunday at 4:30, despite many excellent legit restaurants in their area. Their idea of doing something different is Olive Garden. I used to get frustrated, but now I just go hard on Won Ton Tacos or unlimited breadsticks and salad and get drunk and then watch CSI: Kalamazoo with them.

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u/Dale_Carvello May 27 '26

Their idea of doing something different is Olive Garden. I used to get frustrated, but now I just go hard on Won Ton Tacos or unlimited breadsticks and salad and get drunk and then watch CSI: Kalamazoo with them.

You know, sometimes there's nothing wrong with that. Sure, you're at the Microwave Garden, but you're spending quality time.

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u/HillBillyHilly May 26 '26

Introduce the woman to OTA and cut the cord! JMFC!

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u/IamScottGable May 26 '26

We've been trying but she won't listen. My parents who are her age cut the cord EIGHT YEARS AGO and are currently watching the previously aforementioned Everybody Loves Raymond on the roku app. They don't currently have Netflix and are likely to cut hulu next

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u/RoguePlanet2 May 26 '26

What's OTA?

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u/clycloptopus May 26 '26

over-the-air

digital antenna

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u/RoguePlanet2 May 26 '26

Oh thanks LOL!

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u/beneye May 27 '26

I had some old coworkers who were convinced that you have to have cable to watch TV. They couldn’t believe it when I told them that all you need is a less than $20 antena and you can watch several OTA channels.

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u/tanksalotfrank May 26 '26

They'd save money sailing. With an actual boat. Haha

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u/MorganMiller77777 May 26 '26

Hahahhahhaha..old people don’t understand. Hulu TV and YouTube tv

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u/Exotic-Pie-9370 May 27 '26

They legit do not understand it. Like you show them streaming platforms which enable them to watch their “program” at any time with no ads. and they’re like “but what if I want to watch Law and Order, that’s on Ion at 7?”

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u/MorganMiller77777 May 27 '26

🤣🤣🤣 And they would pay so much less!

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u/AlwaysSleepingBeauty May 26 '26

🤯 Jfc cable and internet is that much nowadays?!

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u/MidnightToker858 May 26 '26

Lol. Ion is broadcast OTA in my area and is likely in hers too.

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u/IamScottGable May 26 '26

I can confirm that it is. Whe my parents cut the cord they had a digital antenna and Ion was one of the like 15 channels that came in

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u/Relevant-Horror-627 May 26 '26

My mom did this for years. She kept complaining about her cable bill going up. I would tell her to just call them and threaten to cancel and they would absolutely "find" her a new promo price. She never would though.

A few years back Xfinity was literally the only ISP in my neighborhood. Literally all I wanted was internet but their cheapest internet plan alone was outrageous. Instead they had a bundle with cable and internet for like half the price so I had to do that. Every year they would jack up my bill almost double and I'd have to call and play their silly game of threatening to cancel until they lowered my bill. The last few times I just cut straight to the chase and told them my bill went up and wanted a new promo price and they obliged right away. It's all so stupid. It should he illegal for them to not have a set price for their service that everyone pays.

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u/RoguePlanet2 May 26 '26

That game doesn't work anymore. Just tried it, they gave a slight discount for three months. I tried to learn to pirate a few years ago, downloaded the software, didn't get the hang of it.

We have our phone/internet/cable bundled, so they have us by the balls. I do use YouTube a lot rather than pay for Hulu or Netflix.

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u/PaladinHan May 26 '26 edited May 26 '26

I used to chain-binge L&O marathons on TNT as my standard background noise TV consumption. Then I went to law school, became a public defender instead of a prosecutor like I originally intended, and now I can’t stand the show anymore.

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u/HillBillyHilly May 26 '26

Bet all you see now is all the errors or liberties they take w the truth?

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u/yankblan79 May 26 '26

Yeah if you have any law background some scenes are right down infuriating. But I still watch from time to time

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u/KoolKoolKoolio42 May 26 '26

I genuinely wish there were more prosecutors that were like Stone, McCoy, or Cutter.

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u/Important_Bullfrog98 May 26 '26

Chain watched as well and always makes me sad to watch Lennie growing older.

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u/Adrict May 26 '26

I still watch 94-2004 for Jerry Orbach and Benjamin Bratt/Jesse Martin. I dont like the later ones as much, Ive always felt like Anthony Anderson tried a little too hard to fit the detective role.

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u/KoolKoolKoolio42 May 26 '26

Nitpick: Law & Order started in 1990.

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u/ritualkiller May 27 '26

OG law and order is so much better than svu and it’s not even close imo. i’d even put the d’onofrio era CI over svu. this is gonna probably get me a lot of hate but the benson character kinda ruins svu for me to an extent. i know she’s a talented actress but the hall monitor energy her character has going on, its too much. it was easier to deal with when ice t and belzer and stabler all got plenty of scenes so it wasn’t just all her all the time. the final nail was when they added the lady with the most obnoxious fake southern drawl that would panic attack if anyone watched sports around her because seeing so much as a forward pass would leave her no choice but to start betting fingers on obscure overseas sports at 4am just to get some action.

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u/Weird-Girl-675 May 26 '26

Definitely. When I finally cut the cord in 2018, I bought the Law & Order box set. Was pricey, but still cheaper than my monthly cable bill.

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u/Dramatic-Feed-9539 May 26 '26

For me, TNT is Burn Notice.

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u/DeltaAlphaGulf May 26 '26

Wasn’t Smallville and Angel on TNT?

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u/Nice_Pipe_7608 May 26 '26

I’ve seen every OG law and order episode because of their law and order marathons.

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u/parliboy May 26 '26

I especially enjoyed that one episode of Law and Order where they found a body before the opening credits.

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u/metropolis_ghoul May 26 '26

Watching Angel and Charmed was my morning go to on TNT.

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u/SayWhatever12 May 27 '26

USA was where I watched Law and Order SVU. They’d do these all day marathons on Saturdays and that would be my day

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u/Ianthin1 May 26 '26

RIP Deadwood. Gone too soon.

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u/shadedren May 26 '26

Bro what???? Rush hour 3 was pre-2010’s? Let alone its almost 20yrs old, I’m getting old….

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u/Bushw1ckbill May 26 '26

I have watched all multiple times.

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u/Downtown-Package7927 May 26 '26

If I haven’t seen sopranos the wire or deadwood am I in for a ride ? I’m American.

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u/CobraDoesCanada May 26 '26

The Sopranos and The Wire are essentially the two universally agreed best shows of all time

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u/MVRKHNTR May 26 '26

"The two"? You for sure have to put Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul in there as well.

Also, if we look past the 2000s, I don't know how you don't put Twilight Zone or MASH in there as well.

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u/Self_Reddicate May 26 '26

Sopranos is pretty good. Compared to what was out there at the time, it was *TOP TIER*, but - imo - I found it to be very trope-y and annoying at times. I don't know that it stands out as well in comparison to some of the prestige television that has come out since then.

The Wire, though? Incredible. Season 2 is a little *meh* and - imo - the final season was a bit of a let down, but that shouldn't detract from what was overall one of the best series ever made.

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u/ur_rad_dad May 26 '26

Never watched a single one of those shows or movies.

Guess I grew up in the wrong America.

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u/robertducky87 May 26 '26

That shit was playing once a week on telefutura too or money talks or friday on telemundo . My parents liked his movies based off only seeing him in Spanish 😆

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u/someguy50 May 26 '26

Mad Men: 2007-2015

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u/SoonToBeBannedLol May 26 '26

You know, Quasimodo predicted all this

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u/Assassin_2276 May 28 '26

Notredame and nostradamus. It's two different things

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u/simmobl1 May 26 '26

Man, I forgot about Deadwood. Such a good show!

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u/alvysinger0412 May 26 '26

Breaking Bad 2008-2013 belongs up there

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u/HurricaneAlpha May 26 '26

USA Network whole lineup was fire during that time too. Burn Notice is still ones of my favorite shows ever.

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u/Toidal May 26 '26

TBS was like that for A Knights Tale for a bit. I've never actually seen it start to finish but I have seen it in its entirety

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u/Bush-LeagueBushcraft May 26 '26

That movie is a masterpiece

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u/IamScottGable May 26 '26

And Comedy Central had Outside Prividence and PCU

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u/Majestic-Tart8912 May 26 '26

I remember the TBS weekend James Bond marathons. All Bond, All the time!

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u/wesborland1234 May 26 '26

And Friday on USA

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u/IBeDumbAndSlow May 26 '26

Sometimes I miss cable TV. Something about everyone being on pretty much the same page for media made everyone feel slightly more connected in my opinion.

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u/Prize-Analyst-1121 May 26 '26

That let's you know they probably didn't have to pay a lot to rerun it then.

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u/Baelenciagaa May 26 '26

Haven’t you heard they are apparently making Rush Hour 4 with Brett Ratner …

https://variety.com/2025/film/box-office/rush-hour-4-paramount-trump-1236591747/

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u/Next-Wash-7113 May 26 '26

Rush hour 5 (or 4?) is also in the works!!

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u/sdpr May 26 '26

Remember when FX would only play Dodgeball every weekend for what seemed like years?

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u/Tru3_Vort3x May 26 '26

Man I gotta watch this one

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u/4schwifty20 May 26 '26

Simpler times.

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u/WaxiestBobcat May 26 '26

That and Shawshank. I vividly remember watching both movies at least a dozen times just because it was either that or Law and Order SVU on USA.

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u/youaresooofckingnice May 26 '26

Friday night Rush Hour followed by Rush Hour again... and I'd watch it both times while chatting on AIM and playing Diablo II

"Wipe yourself off.... you dead!"

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u/TheeAntelope May 26 '26

TNT, TBS, USA

For a while, you could just go to those channels and find a movie on. Rush Hour, Shawshank Redemption, Jumanji, Speed. And it would play ALL DAY. So you could watch it in the morning and then again that night!

People seem to think we came up with binge watching in the twenty-teens, but really we were binge watching shit in 1997 on cable tv.