Set your DVRs to retard.
So TV writers are going on strike. A lot of them. And frankly, I'm on thier side. They've been getting shafted on DVD rights as well as all the stuff that's been repurposed for things like cell phones and iPods. They produced that material and they deserve thier slice of the pie.
Now if this doesn't get resolved quickly, there's a big problem. While it's true there is enough material made to get through the end of the year...there is a solution networks are coming up with that will make the few TV viewers with brains left want to shot themselves. The solution: more reality shows.
God help us.
I'm not a fan of reality shows. I can't even stomach watching them out of morbid curiosity. Which is what a lot of folk CLAIM they're doing. But even that is supporting shows that are making the population grow rapidly retarded.
Everytime I skim past VH1 whilst channel surfing on a lazy Sunday afternoon I die a little inside.
It's either every fucking episode of "I Love the 80's" or 70's or 90's. Or a "Flava of Love" marathon. (The girls should win a lifetime supply of Scope for participating. Lord knows they'll need it.)
And frankly...I hate these "I Love the..." shows. I, like most of my generation, have lost some of the better parts of an afternoon or two to this mind-numbing shit. I do enjoy some of the nostaglia. I mean...yes...I remember Rainbow Bright. Hey the Slinky commerical! "It walks down stairs...a lone or in pairs..."
But what I can't stand is the group of b and c-list celebrities and media gad-flies they get to "share thier thoughts." 9 times out of 10 it's some childish sexual innuendo too. "Pour some sugar on me!" Then some fat black lady (who I think was on Mad TV) is all "You know where he's talking about pouring sugar on, don't you?" *points down* *laughs inanely*. and I can only wonder how many of these "celebreties" made that SAME joke. And how exactly they went about picking whose they used. Do they base it on who delivered the "joke" "best"? Or do they just draw it out of a fucking hat?
And they're sooo fucking forumalic. "Okay...it's been 5:30 minutes exactly since we made a gay joke about the one guy from the comedy troupe 'Stella'. Make another one!" 20:45Guy from Grounded for Life (and Blade), laugh at your own joke. And....Go! 35:45, we need another dry comment from Mo Rocca.....now!!
5-10 years from now they'll come out with "I Love the Double-Aughts!" Course all they'll have to talk about is watching I Love the 80's (70's, 90's...). "Hey, remember that time we sat around and remembered stuff?" They'll say.
And we'll be all "Ooooooh! I remember that!"
Now if this doesn't get resolved quickly, there's a big problem. While it's true there is enough material made to get through the end of the year...there is a solution networks are coming up with that will make the few TV viewers with brains left want to shot themselves. The solution: more reality shows.
God help us.
I'm not a fan of reality shows. I can't even stomach watching them out of morbid curiosity. Which is what a lot of folk CLAIM they're doing. But even that is supporting shows that are making the population grow rapidly retarded.
Everytime I skim past VH1 whilst channel surfing on a lazy Sunday afternoon I die a little inside.
It's either every fucking episode of "I Love the 80's" or 70's or 90's. Or a "Flava of Love" marathon. (The girls should win a lifetime supply of Scope for participating. Lord knows they'll need it.)
And frankly...I hate these "I Love the..." shows. I, like most of my generation, have lost some of the better parts of an afternoon or two to this mind-numbing shit. I do enjoy some of the nostaglia. I mean...yes...I remember Rainbow Bright. Hey the Slinky commerical! "It walks down stairs...a lone or in pairs..."
But what I can't stand is the group of b and c-list celebrities and media gad-flies they get to "share thier thoughts." 9 times out of 10 it's some childish sexual innuendo too. "Pour some sugar on me!" Then some fat black lady (who I think was on Mad TV) is all "You know where he's talking about pouring sugar on, don't you?" *points down* *laughs inanely*. and I can only wonder how many of these "celebreties" made that SAME joke. And how exactly they went about picking whose they used. Do they base it on who delivered the "joke" "best"? Or do they just draw it out of a fucking hat?
And they're sooo fucking forumalic. "Okay...it's been 5:30 minutes exactly since we made a gay joke about the one guy from the comedy troupe 'Stella'. Make another one!" 20:45Guy from Grounded for Life (and Blade), laugh at your own joke. And....Go! 35:45, we need another dry comment from Mo Rocca.....now!!
5-10 years from now they'll come out with "I Love the Double-Aughts!" Course all they'll have to talk about is watching I Love the 80's (70's, 90's...). "Hey, remember that time we sat around and remembered stuff?" They'll say.
And we'll be all "Ooooooh! I remember that!"