# 'Wife, isn't River Monsters the greatest show ever?' **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 14, 2016, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-isnt-river-monsters-the-greatest-show-ever/771912 "2016-11-14T00:08:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2016, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-isnt-river-monsters-the-greatest-show-ever/771912/1 "2016-11-14T00:08:49Z")
Fish. Fishing. Fish with interesting jaw bones, her wheelhouse. Fish as horrid as our Little Girls. It’s why I got cable for her. “Yes.” ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2016, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-isnt-river-monsters-the-greatest-show-ever/771912/2 "2016-11-14T00:12:25Z")
I have it for Live Free or Die. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2016, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-isnt-river-monsters-the-greatest-show-ever/771912/3 "2016-11-14T00:12:45Z")
Well, it and too much Star Trek. I’m a damn good husband. Never expected her fixation on My 600lb Life. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2016, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-isnt-river-monsters-the-greatest-show-ever/771912/4 "2016-11-14T00:29:09Z")
if its in Alaska/Yukon area or home steading on nat geo or discovery anything we watch it …and my aunt has a crush on mick dodge … ive seen the whole series dozens of times ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2016, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-isnt-river-monsters-the-greatest-show-ever/771912/5 "2016-11-14T01:27:20Z")
Wife throws me out of the room the first time I clear my throat. We’ve been virtually separated for twenty years. Little prob since she was no taste in TV. utterly painful ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba8739/32.png) [@Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Backwater_Under_Duck)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2016, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-isnt-river-monsters-the-greatest-show-ever/771912/6 "2016-11-15T02:07:14Z")
I spend my time fixing, plumbing, electrical, painting, generally improving our domicile, while she watches TeeVee shows of _other_ people doing these exact same things, which is more entertaining than watching me do it. I guess. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2016, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-isnt-river-monsters-the-greatest-show-ever/771912/7 "2016-11-15T02:11:39Z")
My wife loves it, too. Cool show. ---
**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2016, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-isnt-river-monsters-the-greatest-show-ever/771912/8 "2016-11-15T02:32:35Z")
I came to this thread hoping that the OP was tricking his wife to watch River Monsters. Boy, was I disappointed. ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2016, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-isnt-river-monsters-the-greatest-show-ever/771912/9 "2016-11-15T03:03:36Z")
I’m thinking some of your wives aren’t watching for the fish, and Jeremy Wade’s sun-weathered mug and wry smile has got 'em hooked. 😃 [Spoiler pic for most River Monsters eps.](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/d6/c2/65/d6c265271144df1797eef6d1180715b7.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2016, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-isnt-river-monsters-the-greatest-show-ever/771912/10 "2016-11-15T03:12:14Z")
River Monsters would be a great show if they cut out all the recurring footage and make it a tight 30 minutes instead of an hour. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2016, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-isnt-river-monsters-the-greatest-show-ever/771912/11 "2016-11-15T03:42:59Z")
> [@voltaire](#): > > I’m thinking some of your wives aren’t watching for the fish, and Jeremy Wade’s sun-weathered mug and wry smile has got 'em hooked. 😃 > > [Spoiler pic for most River Monsters eps.](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/d6/c2/65/d6c265271144df1797eef6d1180715b7.jpg) And I don’t join her in watching DWTS just because I like ballroom dancing! 😉