History YMMV / TurnOn

* ValuesResonance: Reputation aside, one thing in the show's favor is that, especially by 1969 standards, it had a very diverse cast, split evenly between men and women, and multiracial, with two African-Americans (Creator/TeresaGraves and Mel Stewart), a Latino (Carlos Manteca) and an Asian-American (Cecile Ozorio) alongside the white majority cast (Bonnie Boland, Creator/HamiltonCamp, Maxine Greene, Ken Greenwald, Debbie Macomber,[[note]]Not the romance novelist[[/note]] Maura [=McGiveney=] and Bob Staats).

* ValuesResonance: Reputation aside, one thing in the show's favor is that, especially by 1969 standards, it had a very diverse cast, split evenly between men and women, and multiracial, with two African-Americans (Teresa Graves and Mel Stewart), a Latino (Carlos Manteca) and an Asian-American (Cecile Ozorio) alongside the white majority cast (Bonnie Boland, Creator/HamiltonCamp, Maxine Greene, Ken Greenwald, Debbie Macomber,[[note]]Not the romance novelist[[/note]] Maura [=McGiveney=] and Bob Staats).

* BrokenBase: Reactions to the leaked episodes are extremely divisive; no surprise considering this show's history. One side finds the material unfunny at worst and bewildering at best, and think it was deservedly cancelled. On the other hand, it's developed some admiration from people who appreciate how ''Turn-On'' pushed the limits of television, and insist the show's SurrealHumor and subversive presentation was decades ahead of its time.

* QuirkyWork: It says a lot that even after almost six decades and MindScrew becoming a common mode in American pop culture, the two finished episodes still come across as a relentless attack on the senses built around quick joke-like fragments, rather than a SketchComedy show, making the whole thing feel like a fever dream experienced under the influence of the entire inventory of a CVS pharmacy. You can only imagine how alien and disorienting it must've been for people channel-surfing on a winter night in 1969.

** One modern commentator has noted that watching the show's short self-contained skits gives it a similar sensation to watching a half-hour of Platform/TikTok comedy videos.

* QuirkyWork: It says a lot that even after almost six decades and MindScrew becoming a common mode in American pop culture, the two finished episodes still come across as a relentless attack on the senses built around quick joke-like fragments, rather than a SketchComedy show, making the whole thing an absolute ordeal to sit through even today. You can only imagine how alien and disorienting it must've been for people channel-surfing on a winter night in 1969.

* QuirkyWork: It says a lot that even after almost six decades and MindScrew becoming a common mode in American pop culture, the two finished episodes still come across as a relentless sensory assault built around quick joke-like fragments, rather than a SketchComedy show, making the whole thing an absolute ordeal to sit through even today. You can only imagine how alien and disorienting it must've been for people channel-surfing on a winter night in 1969.

* ValuesResonance: Reputation aside, one thing in the show's favor is that, especially by 1969 standards, it had a very diverse cast, split evenly between men and women, and multiracial, with two African-Americans (Theresa Graves and Mel Stewart), a Latino (Carlos Manteca) and an Asian-American (Cecile Ozorio) alongside the white majority cast (Bonnie Boland, Creator/HamiltonCamp, Maxine Greene, Ken Greenwald, Debbie Macomber,[[note]]Not the romance novelist[[/note]] Maura [=McGiveney=] and Bob Staats).

* ValuesResonance: Reputation aside, one thing in the show's favor is that, especially by 1969 standards, it had a very diverse cast, multiracial and evenly split between men and women.

** One modern commentator has noted that watching the show's short self-contained skits gives it a similar feeling to watching a half-hour of Platform/TikTok comedy videos.

** One modern commentator has noted that watching the show's short self-contained skits gives it a similar feeling to watching a half-hour's worth of Platform/TikTok comedy videos.