Palin…go away!
Seriously, I don’t care that you have a new book….I don’t care that you have a tattered relationship with your daughter’s “baby daddy“…and I find absolutely nothing of this fascinating in the least. It’s all over TV, she’s been on every talk show on earth….all for what? To increase exposure for a possible presidential run in 2012?
People, the woman quit her job as governor of Alaska…and she is now suddenly viable to be President? I typically love juicy stories in the media but this woman, no matter left or right wing, just doesn’t do it for me. The circumstances are boring and it’s just another public person with a normal dysfuctional family (we all have dysfunction).
I just don’t find her’s real interesting…
Can I take your order? I need a wide screen LCD TV, very wide
Heh heh heh
Yo momma’s so fat that when the whales saw her- they started singing “we are family”
OK – I’m not going down the road of taking up blog space bagging on the obese. According to the medical charts, I think we all are. (bogus science if you ask me) What does crack me up is how ingenius the network execs can be in creating reality TV shows that jab at the very heart of what is important to us, or in this case, something a lot of people can’t seem to conquer.
Once a week I flip on NBC and watch The Biggest Loser. Am I nuts? Why in the world have we become utterly addicted to watching the plights of others?
Frankly, I don’t know if it’s the jiggly jiggly sensation I get from watching these folks struggle on a treadmill, or when I slip into a gazey like dream state as Jillian Micheals barks orders at them. Either way, I can proudly say I’m hooked.
I do find it odd that the best of TV in this generation is centered on everyday people (or washed up B-List celebrities) thrown into semi-realistic situations and followed from day to day as they either kill each other, mate, or someone gets voted off. Actually, it’s a damn good idea, why not cast people who can’t act (although there is drama), they look like us (sorta), and there is always someone getting naked, whether desired or not.
Look at all the shows that Americans have gravitated towards over the last 20 years or so. (wow, it’s been that long).
The so called “talk show” group:
Jerry Springer (not a talk show to me, but ranks as sheer trailer park genius, seriously)
Maury (Springer’s less naked little step-brother, but just as trashy and fun to soak up)
Ricki Lake (couldn’t suckle up to Ricki, but liked her more when she was pudgy)
Montell (tried so hard to be serious and believeable, but at times he seemed somewhat insincere)
You’ll notice I left out Phil Donahue, Mike Douglas, and Oprah. I don’t consider these three icons of the talk show genre anywhere near the “cult” status of the previous group. Unless I see Nicole Kidman rip off Kate Hudson’s top and swing it over her head while doing an uncoordinated beer belly striptease to a jeering crowd of fraternity guys and pimps- I ain’t watching.
Laugh it up!
The reality TV group:
The Real World (the grand master of the twenty something’s fav shows during the 90s, the Puck vs Pedro fiasco was the best thing on TV at the time)
The Surreal Life (nothing gets better than this VH1 classic.)
Survivor (I actually watched the first three seasons like clockwork every week, in one word- Ellizabeth)
The Amazing Race (another retarded idea that I can’t get enough of)
I never thought that I would once again see my hero of the big screen Ron Jeremy come back as strong and convincing as he was in the second season of the Surreal Life. The sexual tension between he and Tammy Faye (R.I.P) was so delightful to watch. I truly felt that he was looking at her, not as a feathered hair damsel of his 70’s past (bow chikka bow wow) – but rather as a meaningful woman with feelings, emotion, eye liner, and easily subject to the scars of heartache. (ya know, she had it rough there for a while)
Whatever! It’s the hedgehog of love flirting with the ex-wife of nutball Jim Bakker…awesome!
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