Hows this for stupid?-- I am transfixed by East Indian music videos.
What are they saying? What are they doing? Why did she slap him? Is this a wedding or a funeral? Why is the groom’s father and the caterer doing the hand jive on top of that windy mountain? There’s a man getting the shit beat out of him-- will the the two men sing and dance? Of course they will! Here’s the two star-crossed lovers. Will they kiss? Of course not!
They are colorful, strange and mesmerizing and if I happen to pass one while surfing I always stop.
oh suuure, Tangent. It’s okay to secretly want to redesign the interior of your house.
I like those stupid FOX specials too. “World’s Worst Decapitations” - yeah, bring 'em on! When I lived at home, I used to stay in and watch them with my parents (ashamed.) My dad and I had some running gag about how every single fugitive from justice was shirtless when they hauled him out of the car.
Watch it the next time you see one - you almost never see a perp with his shirt on. It got to the point where I’d get nervous when I saw a shirtless guy driving a car.
I also got my mom addicted to Jackass.
Man, this makes me miss stupid TV. There’s a real self-consciousness to watching it in a public place like a dorm lounge.
It’s also fun watching him hassle the historical recreators. (On a crossbowman trying to hit a target: “He’s not a very good shot, is he?” Then he tries it himself, and misses.)
The show after this is also a guilty pleasure for me. It’s called “Basic Training”, which follows six recruits as they go through Army Basic Training. One of the recruits is kinda cute. She can field strip my weapon any time.
:smack: I can’t believe I wasted post #600 on this.
Biggirl, that has to be the funniest thing I’ve read all day! (Ok, so I’m a weirdo, and when I read things like that, I picture them.)
I watch King of Queens because my best friend’s family owns the bar they hang out in.
I am un-naturally drawn to watching Blue’s Clues. I have no children, I don’t babysit, and I have no clue (heh heh) why I watch it.
I must admit that also watch Hamtaro. I started watching solely because of the dancing hamster and the cool song in the ending credits. I really like Oxnard and Boss. They remind me of me at times.
I also watch Zoids. I started watching it off and on during the New Century Zero run, but now I’m completely hooked on Chaotic Century. I actually get up super early every morning just to watch it.
Umm… let’s just say I’m hooked on most of Cartoon Network’s primetime shows and Adult Swim Sundays. That’ll be easier than listing all of the cartoons that this college student sits through. I think I’m trying to recapture my lost youth.
I also watch Good Eats on Food Network solely because I find it entertaining to watch Alton Brown cut up while providing delicious recipes.
…but when I was a high-schooler last year, I watched a cartoon called Yu-Gi-Oh! I don’t know why. It’s just a half-hour long ad for a trading card game.
On the plus side, it does have Yugi’s wild hair and Kaiba’s totally sweeeeet trenchcoat.
Oh well. I’m a sucker for cartoons. What can I say?
There are plenty of stupid shows I watch for good reasons, but that’s not the question…
I watched “Passions” for a long time just because of the reasons listed previously. And, because it was mentioned on “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” But I had to stop just because it’s so frustrating, hearing them repeat the same plot points over and over again. It’s like having Mojo Jojo describe a soap opera to you. (But not as cool as that would be). And I also got frustrated after the 1000th time in a week they did the bait-and-switch – the guy walking in on his girlfriend and her lover making out, saying “oh my god,” and then they cut back and reveal that he was just saying how much he liked the drapes or he’d forgotten to turn off the stove. I haven’t watched it in two months, and I bet that Chad & Whitney, two of the most boring soap characters ever, still haven’t told Simone they’re together.
I still watch “Angel” just because I want to see if that crying guy from the opening credits ever cheers up. Actually, with that show I’m a TV-enabler, I keep giving it more chances even though it’s let me down so many times, because next time it just might get better.
I watch Boston Public because it makes me feel better about myself as a teacher. ‘Hey, I may suck,’ I say, ‘but at least I’m not sleeping with my students/ shooting at them/ inciting riots/ breaking assorted laws.’
This is the funniest thing I’ve seen all week. Thank you sooo much!!!
As for the OP, I keep the TV on even though I don’t really watch what is playing, but my one show has got to be Charmed.
I don’t watch it often, but every time I just stare at it, thinking, "If only the dialogue was this much better … if only they took the characters this much farther … if only the plot was this much more original … it would be a good show.
I’m always hoping against hope.
[sigh] 'Tis the curse of Aaron Spelling.
I watch “7th Heaven” because it is so unbelieveably corny. “Matt hasn’t come home all night after his first date with Sarah? Well, he must be married.”
And I watch “The Guardian” because of that foxy Simon Baker. I liked how he never smiled last year; now he’s taken to smiling once in a while but I still watch.
It’s okay to secretly want to redesign the interior of your house.