Well these are all just confirming my worst fears. As a child I was terrified of going down escalators. Completely mind numbingly terrified. I was certain that I would a) trip, fall and plunge to my death or b) get a shoelace caught and be sucked straight into the escalator like in a cartoon. This fear culminated in…
Yup this is the episode that scared me away from escalators for YEARS as a kid.
Rescue 9-11 taught me to be afraid of basically every single thing in my house or outside of it. I remember the one where the father accidentally mowed over his son's legs...god what a horrible show. Why did we all keep watching?
I was just thinking this. I don't remember watching huge amounts of Rescue 911 as a kid (although since my mom was a paramedic I probably watched more than average - she wasn't a "leave work at the office" kind of lady) but this is literally the only episode of that show I can remember.
Unsolved Mysteries was The Worst. The music! The host!
are you my older sister? this is me...except I am a year younger. I REFUSE to get on escalators because of this exact Rescue 911 episode. I was once in a subway station with my sister and there were no stairs to get out. I was literally trapped underground - my sister had to carry me on her back on the escalator which…
OMG!! I fucking loved Rescue 911. There's just something awesome about Capt. Kirk telling me about scary shit.
considering how obscure this is, it is truly amazing how often I hear random other people reference this particular episode of Rescue 911. It traumatized so many people in our generation.
They grow out of it huh? well I am 29, so guess I haven't grown out of it yet.
I am not even ashamed that Vin Diesel singing 'Stay' kindaaaa does it for me.
"If you like a cat, they're a dog. There are cat people out there. If you want a dog that's a cat, yeah, okay."
Mine acts like he doesn't like RPDR, but then he'll bust out with "Shante you stay" to one of the cats so I know he's secretly in love with that show.
My husband pretends he doesn't but he loves ANTM - he'd probably love this too.
OMG. World Cup Soccer? We married the same man. Mine will have nothing to do with this show, and I HATE having to watch it alone and I lurve it so...
Tell him it's a "reality gameshow/competition", that's the excuse I use to justify my love for The Amazing Race, Big Brother, Project Runway and RPDR. I don't really watch any reality TV outside of that.
I KNOW. Mine will sit at the opposite end of the room on his computer and huff about trashy tv, but will still have a reluctant giggle at the funnier jokes and will secretly watch the screen during the runway. I'm sure he would like it if he would get over the fact that "he will not watch reality television", but…