# Rant against a TV show you hate. 100 word maximum. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 30, 2008, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-against-a-tv-show-you-hate-100-word-maximum/435610 "2008-01-30T17:38:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-against-a-tv-show-you-hate-100-word-maximum/435610/1 "2008-01-30T17:38:22Z")
I don’t follow this show (for the same reason that I don’t hit my thumb with a hammer regularly), but when I visit my father, he’s frequently watching it and I am forced to see it. I almost always root against the contestants. In fact, delete “almost.” I have yet to see who didn’t filled me with bubbly orange revulsion, some to such an extent that I not only take pleasure in their losing but actually pray for a meteor to hit the studio, removing not merely the idiotic contestants but also their families and Howie Mandel from the Earth. (100 words exactly, according to Word.) Next? ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-against-a-tv-show-you-hate-100-word-maximum/435610/2 "2008-01-30T18:14:24Z")
Dear VH1, No more with the “Love” shows. I mean it. Nobody loves Flavor Flav or Brett Michaels or New York or Danny Devito or whomever you decide to whore out next time. These are wretched, unlovable assbitches and that’s why they’re single. A better idea for a show would be “Who Wants To Hit Michael Ian Black with a Brick?” I’d watch this and my girlfriend would too. All of this is forgiven if you also somehow make “E” stop showing that Kendra person laughing ever again. Hugh Hefner must be totally senile to enjoy her completely annoying company. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-against-a-tv-show-you-hate-100-word-maximum/435610/3 "2008-01-30T18:31:33Z")
The Real World, for starting this whole “reality” show fad. I wasn’t one bit sad the day one of the creators of the Real World died. ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-against-a-tv-show-you-hate-100-word-maximum/435610/4 "2008-01-30T18:56:44Z")
I hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate reality television. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-against-a-tv-show-you-hate-100-word-maximum/435610/5 "2008-01-30T19:01:51Z")
[QUOTE=labtrash] I hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate reality television. [/QUOTE] You have room for 25 more “hates.” Or 25 “reallys.” Or 24 “reallys” and 1 “goddamnit.” I do not understand why you omitted these. Please explaine. ---
**Author:** ![Ichbin\_Dubist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ichbin\_Dubist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichbin_Dubist)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-against-a-tv-show-you-hate-100-word-maximum/435610/6 "2008-01-30T19:08:48Z")
If I could only have 3 channels one of them would be Comedy Central, but “Scrubs” is such a unfunny mix of mugging, smarm, schtick, and plasticky pathos that I’d rather watch the infomercial with the sedated sub-modelly chicks trying to make you feel bad about the size of your cock. If they just went with the whole “Gee, what if ‘Three’s Company’ was set in a funeral parlor?” thing it might work on some level, but the self-consciousness ruins it; I can’t watch more than 2 minutes. I’ll use my final words to say that “Garden State” sucked too. ---
**Author:** ![TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-against-a-tv-show-you-hate-100-word-maximum/435610/7 "2008-01-30T19:12:54Z")
_Yes Dear_ is the absolute nadir of the sitcom medium. It’s ridiculously unfunny, safe, mediocre, and bland. All of the characters are unattractive and unappealing. It feels like watching a parody of a sitcom on _Family Guy_ or S.N.L. It went on for like six seasons. ---
**Author:** ![SkeptiJess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SkeptiJess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkeptiJess)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-against-a-tv-show-you-hate-100-word-maximum/435610/8 "2008-01-30T19:14:52Z")
I hate _Little House on the Prairie_. People always claim that it’s a wholesome, worthwhile family show, but that does not make up for the fact that it sucks. SUCKS. What makes it most objectionable is that the source material (the book series by Laura Ingalls Wilder) is so wonderful. These terrific, timeless books passed through Michael Landon’s digestive system and emerged as a giant, smelly pile of fetid shit. Wholesome my ass. I’d rather have my small children watching the 24 hour Blow Job Channel than even one episode of fucking _Little House on the Prairie._ 97 words. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-against-a-tv-show-you-hate-100-word-maximum/435610/9 "2008-01-30T19:17:46Z")
[QUOTE=Jess] I hate _Little House on the Prairie_. People always claim that it’s a wholesome, worthwhile family show, but that does not make up for the fact that it sucks. SUCKS. What makes it most objectionable is that the source material (the book series by Laura Ingalls Wilder) is so wonderful. These terrific, timeless books passed through Michael Landon’s digestive system and emerged as a giant, smelly pile of fetid shit. Wholesome my ass. I’d rather have my small children watching the 24 hour Blow Job Channel than even one episode of fucking _Little House on the Prairie._ 97 words. [/QUOTE] Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute, WAIT A MINUTE!!! I need to hear more about this 24 hour bj channel. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-against-a-tv-show-you-hate-100-word-maximum/435610/10 "2008-01-30T19:18:02Z")
The History Channel needs to stop showing conspiracy theorist pseudoscience quack shit. History is about fact, lets not mutate the intricately woven tapestry of the human experience with ghost busting frauds hunting astrology-promoting-big-footed-lochness monsters flying UFO’s. And no more fucking Ice Trucking shows. OK, this rant was about more than one show, but they all have absolutely no buisness existing much less being on a channel that has nothing to do with any of it. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-against-a-tv-show-you-hate-100-word-maximum/435610/11 "2008-01-30T19:22:38Z")
[QUOTE=Skald the Rhymer] Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute, WAIT A MINUTE!!! I need to hear more about this 24 hour bj channel. [/QUOTE] It’s called the internet. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-against-a-tv-show-you-hate-100-word-maximum/435610/12 "2008-01-30T19:26:50Z")
[QUOTE=Antinor01] It’s called the internet. 😉 [/QUOTE] You’re on the list. Don’t try to run; that just makes the bees mad. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-against-a-tv-show-you-hate-100-word-maximum/435610/13 "2008-01-30T19:29:38Z")
Any reality show that is centered around characters who are absolute nobodies only for the fact that they have money. Cardashians? Sweet 16? Housewives of the O.C.? Laguna Beach? Apparently Americans have a fascination with watching rich, obnoxious, self pretentious people. ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-against-a-tv-show-you-hate-100-word-maximum/435610/14 "2008-01-30T19:33:43Z")
[QUOTE=Skald the Rhymer] You have room for 25 more “hates.” Or 25 “reallys.” Or 24 “reallys” and 1 “goddamnit.” I do not understand why you omitted these. Please explaine. [/QUOTE] Well, he doesn’t hate it _that_ much. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-against-a-tv-show-you-hate-100-word-maximum/435610/15 "2008-01-30T19:33:58Z")
The last thing a man wants to hear from his wife is “Honey, we have to talk.” The second to last thing he wants to hear is “So I was watching **Sex and the City** and…” ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-against-a-tv-show-you-hate-100-word-maximum/435610/16 "2008-01-30T19:38:47Z")
I suggest we put everyone that had anything to do with Will & Grace in one bus. The folks that Love Raymond in another. Have these two buses race towards a cliff, and drive off, landing in two heaping piles of flaming bus. ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-against-a-tv-show-you-hate-100-word-maximum/435610/17 "2008-01-30T19:41:52Z")
Fox canceled Arrested Development, and picked up Prison Break. This has been the single worst move ever made by a human being, easily replacing Oedipus nailing his mother as worst decision of all time. The flames of hell are too good for everyone involved in this tragic, pathetic facsimile of a show, including their children, accountants, and garbage collectors. Better for the human race to never have evolved from pre-human ape-things at all than to endure the embarassment of belonging to the same species as the people who allowed this horrible monstrosity to exist. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-against-a-tv-show-you-hate-100-word-maximum/435610/18 "2008-01-30T19:46:43Z")
Those “entertainment news” shows. God, I hate ‘em. Passionately. Who wants to watch two half-hour shows of nothing but wanna-be celebrities fellating (figuratively only, thank god) real celebrities (and twice, because both shows cover the same bullshit)? And who gives a livin’ crap about the details of their lives anyway???!!! I could kill my husband for the remote, but that’s the only way I’ll get out of having them on my television. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-against-a-tv-show-you-hate-100-word-maximum/435610/19 "2008-01-30T19:47:36Z")
Before I begin my rant, I have one question: What show is the OP talking about? I like my cave, but it does mean I tend to ignore pop culture phenomena. Which may well be a blessing in this case. Like **Sitnam** , I’m sick of shows on the Discovery or History channels that are more about pseudoscience, New Age mystic mumbo-jumbo, and especially Millennial Fever reruns from the build up to Y2K. These are not science, they are not history, and they are usually so filled with errors of fact, concept, and fucking grammar as to be completely unwatchable by anyone wishing to continue having use of a working brain. For that matter, how the blazes did The Learning Channel mutate into Home and Garden Channel [sup]TM[/sup] Light? ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-against-a-tv-show-you-hate-100-word-maximum/435610/20 "2008-01-30T19:48:16Z")
_Deal or No Deal_, **OtakuLoki** , I’m pretty sure. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-against-a-tv-show-you-hate-100-word-maximum/435610.md?page=2)