I just found out that America’s Funniest Home Videos is still on the air. I thought it’d been gone for about fifteen years.
“Human interest” items on the news, any news, not just CNN and MSNBC but local TV news too.
I’ve got nothing against old men driving their lawn tractors cross country, and I feel bad when somebody steals a family’s Christmas gifts from under the tree, but it’s not news.
Yep, my sister has always used it on her arms. She believes that her arms are freakishly hairy (they’re not), but she doesn’t want the stubble from shaving or the hassle of waxing. Go figure.
My contribution to the thread is… Jell-O. There are a couple dozen flavors, and nobody likes it.
WQHAT?? Jello? I love Jello!
Oh, Jell-O. Pardon.
I used to love the stuff…strawberry I believe…with milk poured over.
Can’t eat it since I developed an aversion to consuming connective tissue many years ago.
Fold-top sandwich bags?
Jello?
America’s Funniest Home Videos?
All popular items in our household! But then, we have kids. Fold-top bags are significantly cheaper when you’re packing multiple lunches and snacks EVERY freaking morning. Jello is a fun dessert when you’re seven years old. And AFHV is something the whole family can enjoy together – even the littlest kid thinks it’s funny when the sleeping cat falls off the TV.
My contribution is … pork rinds? I’ve never seen anybody buy them. The one time I tried them they tasted like feet wrapped in leathery burnt bacon. Who eats those things?
Full House
The spousal unit likes them. I don’t understand it either–they smell vile, and can’t imagine they’d taste much better. I think maybe they’re just a delivery system for salt.
Hey, Lori Loughlin joining the cast & Candace Cameron growing up were both reasons to watch that show.
Though there were the Olsen gnomes to deal with.
Another plus, would Bob Saget’s vulgarity be as funny if not for the contrast with his FH character?
The children in my household love Full House. They watch the reruns on Nick at Nite. My sibs used to enjoy the original TGIF airings of FH. Me, I preferred I Married Dora. To this day, I believe I’m the only person in my family of origin who despises FH. I do find Bob Saget’s stand-up comedy hilarious, however. Maybe because it’s so family-unfriendly.
So there’s nothing that appeals to no one?
Computer-related marketing speak. When I go onto a site for … oh, message board software, and see it called a “user generated content solution”, I wonder “are people really impressed by this?” Who really prefers marketing-speak? I see lots of rants about it, with nobody admitting that they actually prefer it, or that it influences their purchase.
Senior citizens. Really. My parents, along with most older people I know, seem to LOVE slapstick comedy, and AFHV really appeals to that crowd. It’s often a bit glurgey – for instance, cute kids and pets – something else seniors seem to like.
Those are just Movies That Suck. Really, who does anyone like in “schmaltzy sentimental” roles? If you mean instead that these movies are evidence that Robin Williams isn’t good at drama, you’re watching the wrong movies. See instead The Fisher King, What Dreams May Come (well, hey, that one was schmaltzy and sentimental, and also really good), One Hour Photo and Insomnia.
Do you often quiz your female friends on their depilatory choices? Anyway, I use it. Most of the time, I’m a hairy legged hippie chick, but about four times I year I get the impulse to have smooth legs again. Have you *tried *shaving six months of hairy hippie chick leg growth? Not fun. Kills razors, and wastes water while you clear the blade with your finger every 5 inches. Nair is much easier and quicker at removing long leg hair, as opposed to three day stubble which comes off quickly with a razor, or one month growth, which wax grabs onto nicely.
… statute of limitations…
carry on. (This one made me chuckle…)
Easy listening elevator music. And yet, there it is.
A lot of this stuff is just stuff that doesn’t appeal to you, or that **you **think doesn’t appeal to anyone. (Generic you.) I personally hate waxing and think it’s stupid to put myself in so much pain - yes, I’ve had it done and hated it - so I use Nair on my arms and the razor is good for the rest of it. I also think those plastic baggies are great and it’s not a difference of 20 cents or anything remotely close. It’s usually more like a dollar difference because I get almost double the baggies. And what was the other one? Oh, right, coffee. Um, this definitely doesn’t belong here. Lots and lots of people love coffee. If you are going to complain about the taste, you must also complain about the taste of dark chocolate which is equivalent.
Lots of people like Jello. I will agree with the puff pieces about sports athletes. Not just Olympics. Even the hard-core sports fans I know don’t seem to care about the piddling little details of their families.
Well, they have zero carbs, so people who like their salty, crunchy snacks but are on a low carb diet can have them. I happen to like them (the puffy kind, not the hard cracklin’ kind).
I think randwill touched on the answer. There’s nothing that appeals to noone.
hijack…The real Patch Adams lives near me. I see him at the store sometimes or just walking down the street. He’s always wearing wildly colored clothes, etc. I think he’s retired now.
I’ve actually never understood what was wrong with words like “computer program” or “application”. Why do we need a third name for exactly the same thing? And isn’t a “solution” actually the word for one thing dissolved in another?
The sandwich without zip-lock bags are pretty useful for portioning sliced deli meat. Then you role it “backwards” and use the little flap over everything to keep it shut. But unless you’re working in food service, there’s not much need to portion out pounds and pounds of 3 ounce servings of sliced ham, corned beef, and turkey.
Public access talk shows, usually of the Christian variety. Whenever I happen to flip to one of those shows, I think to myself, “Who the hell is watching this?!” The camera is usually zoomed in really close to the host (and perhaps just propped up on a tripod). The guests are always no one you will ever know or see ever again in your life. The host will have big hair, flashy clothes, and gawdy jewelry, and usually have a face made more for radio than TV. The set is very low-budget (high-back wicker chairs, cheap backdrop cloth). The theme music sounds like it’s being played on a tape player held up close to the camera’s microphone. Any lettering that appears on screen will look like it came straight out of an Atari video game. The quality of these programs has not changed in all the history of cable television.
I think we’ve found a winner. MUZAK.
Who does it appeal to? You can go into a Wendy’s in my hometown and hear awful, dreadful keyboard-and-flute renditions of everything from Bob Seger to Natalie Imbruglia to Michael Jackson. Too crappy to appeal to people who love actual jazz music, but too lame to appeal to people who like listening to the actual music.
Reminds me of one cable channel in Cleveland with programming that consists almost entirely of services at storefront churches. Single camera, single microphone (probably mounted on the camera), 60-cycle hum throughout, quick trombone zooms, horribly distorted sound, and so on. On many of these shows, one can barely hear the preacher, but the “uh-huh” and “amen” and “that’s right brother” shouts of the audience are overwhelming. I couldn’t imagine the target audience of the channel – I’m imagining it’s elderly black women – even watching.