...Sick if Reality TV?
...so I'm in-between blogs here. Forgive me. I've been channel surfin' for a minute, and can find absolutely positively NATHAN to watch. Why? Because America has gone Reality crazy. Monday, I got a chance to catch 7th Heaven, and I see little ass Ruthie about to graduate from high school and get engaged (yeah,....WTF)...and Lucy pregnant with kid number two!?...daaag, like I've been outta that loop for a minute. Other than that, what else was there for me to watch? Animal Planet? I really need a new sitcom.Now that I have a small (teeny tiny itsy bitsy) break from school, I have more time to catch some of my favorite shows. But All I'm seeing now is "Celebrity" this or "America's Most" that. With regular and sometimes BORING people (sorry) with no talent. What happened to the "Family Matters" and "Fresh Prince" days?...where ACTORS were actually workin? Now all we have are people going out of the ordinary and doing whatever it takes to gain attention and expand their "reality-ism" (see: New York)
I see exactly what's going on here. It all started back in 1996. The Jerry Springer show was on the rise. People wanted to see fights. Fight Fight Fight. His ratings shot through the roof. Just get a bunch of idiots on the show...let' em stay in a hotel for free...for a few days...BOOM...let's even fake a few shows...bring the same jokers back...Get Steve to "break up" the fights...and BOOM...Jerry's back in business.
And Maury. HA...trying to insult my intelligence. Get outta here. Have the same chick come back 30 times, claiming she's 5 billion percent sure he's the father...You Are...NOT the father...go crying in the back...and Maury flies back there like a bat outta hell to "help" her find her child's biological father. And during the holidays, you get "Yikes!...I'm deathly afraid of words" or "Guess if I'm a guy or a girl"? or "I'm sleeping with my stepdaddy and proud of it" . Yeah. Channel change!
The coonery continues!...Flavor of Love...a.k.a. "Grampa get's his groove back" or better yet, his sick ass molestation of dumb ass women eons and eons his junior. And what do we do? We watch this mess. Then you have New York. The self-proclaimed "Queen Bitch"...oh yeah.. and "In the Mothafuckin house" I may add. (note to self: watch your profanity Kesh...that is sooo unlady like). And what happens? Her "lost" is more and more seasons similar bullshit, supported by VH1. Please. Channel change!
What's this?..."5th Wheel"? "Next? We're most definatley gonna see some girl on girl lesbo-ish action going on here. And what do you win? $5 + the camera all in your face. Whoopity Shit. I swear, what happened to Blind Date? They're trying to hard. No thanks. Channel change!
"Exposed". *sigh*...here we go again. Some bogus lie-detector software. Whovever tells the least amount of lies wins the date. *yawn* Always the blond chick...always the stud. Throw the ugmo's in the van. Yeah. Channel Change!
"College Hill"...keyword: COLLEGE. Are we ever gonna see some classroom action? On campus activities?...Fundraiser? Anything?...oops, I forgot. Those things there make for boring ass TV. Keep up the coonery. Channel Change!
And what happend to shows like Jeopardy? Where you have to have some smarts to win something? "Deal or No Deal". Ah. The game of CHANCE. In other words, there is 1 in a billion chances of you winning a million, idiot. Keep going...keep going....SHIT. Damn, I should've picked that suitcase. You go home with nothing. *sigh*
Same deal here. It's cheaper to get a bunch of young folks or teeny-boppers...promise 'em 5,000 or something to "be themselves" (yeah right ) + plus the dream of "being famous"...getting 50 billion friends on Myspace...host a few club events and more! Hell yeah!...much more cheaper than dealing with real actors and actresses!...plus, these idiots know nothing about profit and turnover rates!
Sounds like a plan huh?
The Idiot Box has become oversaturated with this crap, and is really living up to it's name now. Everybody and their momma is hoppin' on the Reality Bandwagon. TLC, Keyshia Cole, DMX, Missy Elliot, everybody. I love all of yall, but damn, just stick to music. Well, I was cool with the People's Court. I was cool with America's Most Wanted (hell, at least they had ACTORS acting to find real crooks). But damn, bring back some sitcomes dammit! I would rather watch GoodTimes, or Sanford & Son than some of this crap. We don't have JACK to show future generations. No type of "classic" sitcoms in the making or nothing. "My Super Sweet 16". Get outta here with that mess! "The Next Pussycat Doll" ...flush that crap down the toilet. Doesn't MTV stand for MUSIC TeleVision or what?...what's with this "Juvy's" mess?! The hail? Gloryfying and perpetuating the whole "jail" obession I see. Sad. Where's the creativity? The only "creative" action I see is editors manipulating "reality" to sell me some bullshit! Where are the writers? I'm a writer in progress!...I won't have a damn job if this continues. What should we do now? Drop out of college? Stop furthuring our education and just try out for "The 'Snap, Crack, and Poppits' with guest judge Kellogg?"
*sigh*...I'm ashamed of myself for even entertaining this mess. (sooo hard to let goooo!)
Labels: ain't that interesting
posted by ~Kesh @ 5/16/2007 10:00:00 AM
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