Watching TV
A few quick observations about the cathode-ray teat…
…First, NBC announced they won’t be renewing “Revelations.”
I really wanted to like this show, and thought the premise had promise.
But leave it to last-place NBC to make the end of the world into a boring, plodding, tiresome series…
…Word has it that Fear Factor may also be on the chopping block. Maybe there IS a God…
Back in the seventies, I was a slave to Saturday Night Live. My parents weren’t particularly impressed. Now, my teenage daughter is addicted to Mad TV, and I just can’t stand the show. I’m sure my dad is in heaven, pointing his finger and laughing…
…Bashing NBC one more time, why can’t they leave things alone in the scheduling? I finally found an enjoyable drama that didn’t revolve around cops or doctors. I actually penciled the show “Medium” into my day planner. Now, in its first season, you have to be a mind-reader to know when the damn thing will be on, since NBC has pre-empted the show three different times this year for such inspiring TV fare as “Hercules.” I’ve decided to hell with it. I’ve completely given up on the show and the folks at the No Brains Company network…
…We need a new American catch phrase. There hasn’t been a good one since Budweiser’s “Whazzzzzup.” I miss “Where’s the Beef?” and “I can’t believe I ate the whole thing,” and even the Quizno’s Spongemonkeys singing “We love the subs.” Can you think of a current TV ad catch phrase, other than Paris Hilton’s trite and irritating “That’s hot!”?...
…Sitcoms continue to circle the bowl after the reality-TV inspired flush. “Everybody Loves Raymond” is the latest to go down the pipes. Meanwhile, like the stubborn nuggets of feces that just won’t go down, “That 70’s Show,” “Two And A Half Men,” “Still Standing,” and “King of Queens” remain above the whirlpool. I never thought I would hear myself say I miss “Friends.”…
…And I guess I’m just getting too darn fussy. I never thought Bruce Springsteen’s song “57 Channels And Nothing On” would actually be a daily mantra, but I am finding it harder and harder to find anything fit to watch. Thank God for a huge library of old movies. I would rather watch “Backdraft” for the 83rd time than try to stomach a single episode of “Stacked.”…
posted by Workman Chronicles at 7:30 PM
8 Comments:
NBC deserves to be bashed and trashed! You and I both grew up (or at least came of age) watching SNL... Can you believe what passes for SNL skits lately? I mean, the same idiots that have the nerve to keep that show on much longer than embarrassment should ever allow had the nerve to play the schedule shell game, then completely cancel Freaks & Geeks!
TV is Dead!!
5:06 AM
Maybe I'm just getting old and crotchety, but it seems that instead of smart writing, SNL and MadTV both subscribe to the theory that "louder is funnier." Nearly every skit involves somebody shouting something obnoxious, which is hilarious to 11-year-olds, but doesn't hide the fact that there's no real humor or intelligence.
Guess it's more of that "dumbing down" effect in mass media.
*Morris
7:42 AM
YOU KNOW IT!!! It's like they took Garret Morris' old bit with the "News for the Hearing Impaired" and based the whole show on it! ;~D
Here's how I would have written their parody on Rush Limbaugh. You tell me if this amatuer ain't better at satire than the losers at SNL. ;~D
http://parated2k.joeuser.com/index.asp?AID=58633
3:09 AM
Far superior to the inanity they currently present as "comedy."
See, if there was a single original thinker in the entire network, they'd be beating a path to your website!
And I liked the Monty Python acknowledgement.
*Morris
11:01 AM
Morris, you are far too good for my ego! ;~D
Now if I could just get someone who's willing to pay me for my comedy, that would be even better for my ego (and my family). ;~D
3:57 PM
I DRIVE A DODGE STRATUS!!!
Maybe sometimes loud is funny. I hope everyone got this...
4:23 PM
PT2K, you deserve it! As far as getting paid for your comedy, may I suggest a thrilling and rewarding career in the journalistic arts? You too could become a weekly columnist at a small newspaper, earning almost as much as the french fry crew leader at your nearest fast food franchise. As it is, you're already getting rich on what my editor calls "psychic income," which is an unquantifiable boost in your positive karma.
Scott, I'm rolling on the floor in sidesplitting laughter right now. It's all in your timing and delivery, the way you emphasize "US" when yelling "STRATUS."
Alison, the only Don Cherry I recall is the programming wizard who developed the virtual reality database in the movie "Disclosure." Since he didn't have a single funny line in the movie, and was suspiciously quiet throughout the film, I'm assuming this isn't your guy.
Of course, being from Canada, all he has to do is append the occasional "Eh?" to his diatribes and he will be hailed as the next Canadian King of American comedy. (We're so easily impressed by all things from the Maple Leaf side of the border.)
*Morris
11:50 PM
Oh, THAT Don Cherry.
(Morris nods his head knowingly, although he still has absolutely no idea who this guy is, but appreciates Alison's kind attempts at enlightening the perpetually unhip.)
*Morris
12:11 AM
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