In Which I Attempt to Watch Network TV
Back when Star Trek: Next Generation was on the air (not in reruns, originally) I decided that I was giving up TV. I've watched very little TV since then, and most of what I have seen has been on DVD. But the kids' dance teacher is enthralled with "Dancing with the Stars" and could not believe that I could live a happy and fulfilled life without watching this show. We have no TV reception at all, so I pulled up the latest episode on Hulu.com and plodded through it this morning.
I do not know how people do it.
The commercial interruptions make me want to scream and go play computer solitaire (more of a direct temptation when one is watching on the computer). That's not the worst of it. The worst of it is the long, boring sections of the show where there is too much meaningless prattle and not enough, dancing. It was like 18 months an hour and a half long and really the good parts would have fit in 30 minutes.
Bristol Palin? Why?
I get that her mom is a famous right wing media pundit. But she's simply the teen mom daughter of right wing media pundit. Her dancing looks about like what you'd expect from a teen who took up ballroom to make her mom happy. Not bad, but not, you know, good either. Unlike Jennifer Grey, who seems to have done nothing since her one hit wonder movie but dance. Why do they pick these people? Why does the average TV watcher want to see one hit wonders, seriously aged sitcom stars, washed up athletes and relations of media pundits stagger around in dance shoes? And why do you like to listen to various people chat about it for 2/3 as long as the actual dancing? Why is this interesting?
I don't get it, and I'm a person who watches clips from dance movies on YouTube for relaxation. You TV people bewilder me. A lot. :)
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I do not know how people do it.
The commercial interruptions make me want to scream and go play computer solitaire (more of a direct temptation when one is watching on the computer). That's not the worst of it. The worst of it is the long, boring sections of the show where there is too much meaningless prattle and not enough, dancing. It was like 18 months an hour and a half long and really the good parts would have fit in 30 minutes.
Bristol Palin? Why?
I get that her mom is a famous right wing media pundit. But she's simply the teen mom daughter of right wing media pundit. Her dancing looks about like what you'd expect from a teen who took up ballroom to make her mom happy. Not bad, but not, you know, good either. Unlike Jennifer Grey, who seems to have done nothing since her one hit wonder movie but dance. Why do they pick these people? Why does the average TV watcher want to see one hit wonders, seriously aged sitcom stars, washed up athletes and relations of media pundits stagger around in dance shoes? And why do you like to listen to various people chat about it for 2/3 as long as the actual dancing? Why is this interesting?
I don't get it, and I'm a person who watches clips from dance movies on YouTube for relaxation. You TV people bewilder me. A lot. :)
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