My good lord heavenly God. Is this almost over? Survivor, Big Brother, Lost, Fear Factor, The Runner, Elimidate, Chains of Love, Temptation Island, Love Cruise, Boot Camp, Real World, Road Rules, Bug Juice, Murder In God Damn Small CockTown X, and even Door Knock Fucking Dinners:
GET OUT OF MY LIFE. I’m tired of it. So tired. I’m fetal with exhaustion.
The one good, clever, entertaining reality show (in my opinion) was The Mole, and you canned that because obviously figuring out puzzles and mysteries is too smart for viewers. We’d rather just sit and pull our puds while sexy twenty somethings bicker over how far they can get zucchini up their ass.
Yes…it was a great idea at first. The Real World was interesting FOR A WHILE (when sexy Nathan was on), Survivor is a national fucking phenomenon that we’re all better off having been a part of. I mean it, my boils mysteriously disappeared after viewing Richard Hatch in action.
But then, like Lizzy Grubman on X, you had to run this fucking idea right into the ground until I’m ready to take a god damn flamethrower right to my television.
Stop it.
Stop it stop it stop it.
The writer’s strike never happened, never will. Write a good script, get a real actor and get me out of this fucking reality. I’d rather watch fucking SMALL WONDER than this god damn shit.
ummm I like murder in small town X. Seems like you would like that if you like solving puzzles etc. I think it’s a good concept. Definetly better than big bother.
Is fear factor considered reality TV? Isn’t it a gameshow?
From Cops to Survivor 2, and everything in between, I haven’t watched a goddamn thing. I’ve already got enough time vacuums in my life to watch that crap.
[sub]I did enjoy TV’s bloopers and practical jokes. But I’m not sure if that’s reality.[/sub]
I consider it reality TV, because it’s got that “shaky amateur camera” method, and the ‘interviews with contestants talking about the hairstyles of other contestants’ sort of feel. Survivor is a game show, too, really, but it’s also reality. And I hate them.
I watched only one episode of Small Town X and as soon as the two women started talking about their alliance, i had to turn it off.
I probably would hate The Mole if it came out right now, because I’m at the breaking point. But at the time it came out, I loved it.
I agree, and I haven’t watched any of them. Not even the original Survivor, which I was somehow immune to the effects of. The Small Town X thing, from the look of the commercials, seems like just a murder party with amateur actors on it. Whoop-de-doo.
But it’s a fad, just like the brief game show fad that is strating to die out, or like the X-Files ripoff fad from a few years ago, or the Friends ripoff fad, or the Seinfeld ripoff fad or any other thing that TV does two seasons after something starts hitting it big.
This has a touch more staying power because it’s so cheap for them to do and makes them immune to writer and anctor strikes. But ratings is what they want, and when most of these stupid shows belly up, they’ll go back to doing what they do best - innumerable cop shows and sitcoms about two wacky opposite people forced to live together for some reason.
Now, maybe you want to think before you post things like that. We aren’t talking about “Harry and the Hendersons” or “What’s Fattening Now.” This is “Small Wonder,” the worst syndicated sitcom of all time.
I’ll have to take your word for it honey, since the only one of those shows I actually saw was the first real world and the first road rules. But I trust your judgement IMPLICITLY!
by the way Door Knock Fucking Dinners
I’m baffled by this one. What was the concepts?
Here’s mine:
“Knock knock”
“Who’s there”
“Door”
“Door who?” "Not your fucking dinner"
and what’s Small Wonder? Sounds familar, but maybe I blocked it out.
Door Knock Dinners is a stretch for the list. It’s on the Food Network. They knock on a family’s door, barge in with a professional chef and make a gourmet dinner out of whatever is in their fridge, meanwhile interviewing the whole family about what it’s like to live in Sasquahamestport or whatever.
She’s a small wonder, pretty and bright with soft curls.
She’s a small wonder, a girl unlike other girls.
She’s a miracle, and I grant you
She’ll enchant you with her sight
She’s a small wonder, and she’ll make your heart beat twice.*
She’s fantastic, made of plastic,
Microchips here and there.
She’s a small wonder, brings love and laughter everywhere.
My favorite Reality TV is still The Price Is Right. Now I have to admit that I have only seen one hour of “Reality TV” and that was Survivor where they were down to three people on the island. It was a game show, right? Aren’t they all game shows?
I have to chime in with Miss Creant and ask, “What are you doing watching any of this dreck?” That’s an innocent question , BTW, no offense intended. I know from your posts that you’re an intelligent, refined person with impeccable taste and a weltschauung of subtle humor and insight.
Ya know jarbabyj, I suspect that if I had watched more reality TV I’d be right there with you - exhausted.
As it is I’ve watched the first year of the Real World and Murder in Small Town X (and one episode of Survivor when my wife was into it). Plenty of time for me to recover there.
Nothing else in there sparked my interest so I left my TV turned off. Or watched something else.
Look at it this way. If you ate too much candy at once and as a result became sick of candy, why is that the fault of the Hershey Co.?
Holy fuck- are you kidding about the “Door Knock” thing? What the hell would they do at my house? I have an old melon(half), some rotten corn on the cob, old leftover pasta, and a big case of Labatts beer.
Thems good eatin’!
Zette
PS- I’d like to take this opportunity to say that I have never, ever, ever, ever watched one second of reality TV. In fact, I haven’t had a TV since January, and if it weren’t for football, I might not even be considering getting it back.
Screw all of you people!! I’ll f***ing admit it! I like Small Wonder. It was an entertaining show with an intriguing premise.
There, I said it. I’ve been wanting to say that since the very first time I saw someone slander that wonderful piece of syndication on these boards. I’m through now, carry on.
Trion, I don’t watch Reality TV. I watched The Mole and Survivor II, to see Colby shirtless.
But now, my choices are cut (on networks at least) if I want to avoid it, I hear about every fucking reality show when I listen to the radio, or pick up a magazine, or sit down to have lunch with my friends. It’s not just a matter of not watching, it’s become a lifestyle.
I just heard a commercial for auditions for Elimidate.
I went into a bathroom stall at a bar and saw a notice for auditions for Lost.
They cancelled “The Mole”? I thought we were going to have round two this fall? How come nobody tells me ANYTHING!?! I was all ready to look for subtle clues that the producers put in (like giving us the name of the mole in the first show like they did with Mole 1), take notes, and really kick ass at the next one. And let’s not forget that yummy host (Anderson Something?). Hhmmph.
(Oh yeah, the rest of reality tv sucks large, hairy white ass. Just my opinion, of course :D)
Now I have to admit that I have only seen one hour of “Reality TV” and that was Survivor where they were down to three people on the island. It was a game show, right? Aren’t they all game shows?