History Main / SundayIsBoring

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* ''Literature/LittleHouseOnThePrairie:'' An EnforcedTrope in ''Little House in the Big Woods,'' which devotes a whole chapter to it. The Ingalls, being religious, enforce Sunday as the day of rest and absolutely ''nothing'' can be done. Laura and Mary must sit quietly in their best clothes and maybe listen to Ma or Pa read Bible stories. They aren't allowed to play or do crafts, or anything. And understandably, five-year-old Laura hates this. She pitches a fit on Sunday after dinner and Pa sits her down to tell her about what Sundays were like when he was a child. Amazingly enough, they were even ''more'' boring, because not only did they start on Saturday night, but small children were expected to sit stock-still through a two-hour religious service on Sunday morning and then spend all of Sunday afternoon and evening studying their catechism.

** In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS26E4Survival "Survival"]], Ace complains about how boring Sunday is, describing it as "the one day of the week you can't even get a decent television program."
** In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E8SilenceInTheLibrary "Silence in the Library"]], the Doctor says, "I never land [the TARDIS] on Sundays. Sundays are boring."

* Creator/KrisKristofferson: "Sunday Morning Coming Down" tells the story of a man waking up after a rough Saturday night out. He wanders the quiet sidewalks of his town, wishing he was "stoned," because there is nothing worse than "Sunday morning coming down." He sees a boy kicking a can, a father pushing a young girl on the swing set, hears children singing a church song, and a distant bell. He thinks God is grinning at the plight of someone "coming down" on a Sunday morning.

* ''Theatre/BloodBrothers'': Mickey has a whole song about how bored and lonely his on a particularly "Long Sunday Afternoon."

* Series/ImAlanPartridge: One of Alan's many gaffes while talking to two Irish TV execs is revealing that he's under the impression ''[[Music/{{U2}} Sunday Bloody Sunday]]'' is about how boring Sundays are.

[[AC: Western Animation]]
* Played with on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''. Sundays are this for everyone who attends Reverend Lovejoy's terribly dull church services. When Homer quits going to church in [[Recap/{{The Simpsons S4 E3 Homer The Heretic}} "Homer the Heretic"]], they find Sunday to be a day of indolent relaxation and carnal delights.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Squidbillies}}'': The episode "A Sober Sunday" has Early going mad from boredom due to not having access to alcohol as laws prohibit stores from selling it on Sundays, going to great lengths to find a way to get himself drunk. [[StatingTheSimpleSolution When Granny points out that he could just buy some on Saturday night to drink on Sunday to avoid this problem]], Early considers it to be too inconvenient to do. Meanwhile, Dan Halen works to try and overturn said laws with the Reverend trying to stop him.

[[AC: Literature]]

[[AC: Live-Action TV]]
* ''Series/BirdsOfAFeather'': "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS9E3Sunday Sunday]]" starts with the girls having a particularly boring Sunday, so they go get a wedding gift for Garth which soons leads to them getting trapped in a parking garage. Sharon in particular hates Sundays for their boredom and feels that they get even more boring when Creator/HarrySecombe shows up.

---> '''The Doctor:''' Apple bobbing! I love apple bobbing.\\

* ''The Great British Sunday'' is a documentary structured around archive footage focusing on what the British public has historically done on Sundays, such as going to church, having overcooked Sunday dinners, going for aimless drives in the car or doing some DIY.

[[AC: Music]]
* Creator/KrisKristofferson: "Sunday Morning Coming Down" by tells the story of a man waking up after a rough Saturday night out. He wanders the quiet sidewalks of his town, wishing he was "stoned," because there is nothing worse than "Sunday morning coming down." He sees a boy kicking a can, a father pushing a young girl on the swing set, hears children singing a church song, and a distant bell. He thinks God is grinning at the plight of someone "coming down" on a Sunday morning.

* Music/{{Queen}}: "Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon" is a DaysOfTheWeekSong that details what the singer will do for every day of the week. Naturally, as the title suggests, they'll be lazing instead of doing something.
[[AC: Theatrical Productions]]

** Played straight in "It's Hot Up Here", when 100 years later the subjects of the same painting all complain about how hot and monotonous it is to be stuck in the same Sunday afternoon with the same people for eternity.

[[AC: Real Life]]
* As pointed out on [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/answerman/2015-11-28/.95725 as pointed out on this Anime News Network - Answerman Column entry]] Sundays at anime conventions are considered the "dead" day (unless it's a con that runs till Monday) for a variety of reasons. Mostly due to it being the day everyone is hungover and a lot of people leave early.

--->'''The Doctor:''' Time isn't a straight line. It's all? [[TimeyWimeyBall bumpy-wumpy]]. There's loads of boring stuff. Like Sundays and Tuesdays and Thursday afternoons. But now and then there are Saturdays. Big temporal tipping points when anything's possible. The TARDIS can't resist them. Like a moth to a flame. She loves a party.

* ''The Great British Sunday'' is a documentary structured around archive footage focussing on what the British public has historically done on Sundays, such as going to church, having overcooked Sunday dinners, going for aimless drives in the car or doing some DIY.

** Subverted in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS37E8TheWitchfinders "The Witchfinders"]] when the Doctor is delighted to land in a 17th century British village where a street party is occurring on a Sunday, and [[MoodWhiplash soon after]], a [[BurnTheWitch witch dunking]] (once again LeaningOnTheFourthWall since the show was now airing on Sundays).

* ''The Great British Sunday'' is a documentary structured around archive footage focussing on what the British public have historically done on Sundays, such as going to church, having overcooked Sunday dinners, going for aimless drives in the car or doing some DIY.

* As pointed out on [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/answerman/2015-11-28/.95725 as pointed out on this Anime News Network - Answerman Column entry]] Sundays at anime conventions are considered the "dead" day (unless it's a con that runs till Monday) for a variety of reasons. Mostly due to it being the day everyone is hung over and a lot of people leave early.
** The same goes for gaming conventions. There is a reason the two biggest in North America, Gen Gon and Origins Game Fair, offer cheaper admission on Sunday.

* As pointed out on [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/answerman/2015-11-28/.95725 as pointed out on this Anime News Network - Answerman Column entry]] Sundays at anime conventions are considered the "dead" day (unless it's a con that runs till Monday) for a variety of reasons. Mostly due to it being the day everyone is hung over and a lot of people leave early.

** In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E8SilenceInTheLibrary "Silence in the Library"]], the Doctor says, "I never land [the Tardis] on Sundays. Sundays are boring."

** Subverted in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS37E8TheWitchfinders "The Witchfinders"]] when the Doctor is delighted to land in a 17th century British village where a street party is occurring on a Sunday, and [[MoodWhiplash soon after]], a [[BurnTheWitch witch dunking]] (once again LeaningOntheFourthWall since the show was now airing on Sundays).

** In "Silence in the Library", the Doctor says, "I never land [the Tardis] on Sundays. Sundays are boring."
** In "The Impossible Astronaut", the Doctor calls Sundays boring in comparison to Saturdays, which tend to be temporal tipping points where exciting things happen. (Also counts as LeaningOnTheFourthWall, since the show was known for airing on Saturdays at this time).
-->'''The Doctor:''' Time isn't a straight line. It's all? [[TimeyWimeyBall bumpy-wumpy]]. There's loads of boring stuff. Like Sundays and Tuesdays and Thursday afternoons. But now and then there are Saturdays. Big temporal tipping points when anything's possible. The TARDIS can't resist them. Like a moth to a flame. She loves a party.
** Subverted in "The Witchfinders" when the Doctor is delighted to land in a 17th century British village where a street party is occurring on a Sunday, and [[MoodWhiplash soon after]], a [[BurnTheWitch witch dunking]] (once again LeaningOntheFourthWall since the show was now airing on Sundays).
--> '''DOCTOR:''' Apple bobbing! I love apple bobbing.
--> '''YASMIN:''' Is this Halloween?
--> '''BOY:''' No. It's Sunday.
--> '''YASMIN:''' Yeah, but what's the party for?
--> '''BOY:''' We do this every Sunday.
--> '''DOCTOR:''' Oh, Happy Sunday!

-->'''The Doctor:''' Time isn?t a straight line. It?s all? [[TimeyWimeyBall bumpy-wumpy]]. There?s loads of boring stuff. Like Sundays and Tuesdays and Thursday afternoons. But now and then there are Saturdays. Big temporal tipping points when anything?s possible. The TARDIS can?t resist them. Like a moth to a flame. She loves a party.

* Series/ImAlanPartridge: One of Alan?s many gaffes while talking to two Irish TV execs is revealing that he?s under the impression [[Music/{{U2}} Sunday Bloody Sunday]] is about how boring Sundays are.

* ''Theatre/TickTickBoom'': "Sunday" (a parody of "Sunday" from ''Sunday in the Park with George'') illustrates Jon's disdain for working Sunday brunches at the diner, full of the same fools complaining about their overpriced meals "forever". Downplayed, since the diner is also depicted as chaotic.

Sundays are often depicted as being uneventful to the point of being tedious. Children may be ForcedIntoTheirSundayBest to attend a BoringReligiousService or visit cheek-pinching relatives. With shops and other businesses on reduced hours or closed altogether, there may not be many options for seeking entertainment outside the house. Adults might find it hard to do much more than sit around anxiously awaiting the inevitable return to their SoulCrushingDeskJob on Monday.