# WTF TV Guide? Spoilers on the cover?!?! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 18, 2012, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-tv-guide-spoilers-on-the-cover/638154 "2012-10-18T19:29:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ExcitedIdiot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ea5d25/32.png) [@ExcitedIdiot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExcitedIdiot)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-tv-guide-spoilers-on-the-cover/638154/1 "2012-10-18T19:29:12Z")
\*\*\*WARNING Sons of Anarchy Spoiler below \*\*\* I’m waiting in line at the supermarket, so I glance at the tabloids and Hollywood trash magazines. Joel McHale’s picture catches my attention, so I look and here’s the caption: Sons of Anarchy’s new con man What the fuck TV Guide? The show hasn’t revealed that yet! And you put it on the fucking cover you assholes! I apologize in advance if this isn’t pit-worthy. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-tv-guide-spoilers-on-the-cover/638154/2 "2012-10-18T20:04:08Z")
People’s barriers for ‘spoilers’ seem really low on this board. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-tv-guide-spoilers-on-the-cover/638154/3 "2012-10-18T20:39:46Z")
Joel McHale’s going to be on “Sons of Anarchy”? Gee, thanks for the spoiler… now I guess I know he’s not dead! ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-tv-guide-spoilers-on-the-cover/638154/4 "2012-10-18T20:40:16Z")
TV Guide is still a thing? ---
**Author:** ![ExcitedIdiot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ea5d25/32.png) [@ExcitedIdiot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExcitedIdiot)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-tv-guide-spoilers-on-the-cover/638154/5 "2012-10-18T20:53:46Z")
I guess I should add that the spoiler isn’t that Joel McHale is on the show, he was in this weeks episode, it’s that he’s a con man. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-tv-guide-spoilers-on-the-cover/638154/6 "2012-10-18T21:01:18Z")
> [@ExcitedIdiot](#): > > I guess I should add that the spoiler isn’t that Joel McHale is on the show, he was in this weeks episode, it’s that he’s a con man. Oh great! Thanks for spilling that. Ever heard of spoiler tags!?!? Now the show’s ruined for me. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-tv-guide-spoilers-on-the-cover/638154/7 "2012-10-18T21:08:40Z")
Checks OP’s username. Yep. ---
**Author:** ![ExcitedIdiot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ea5d25/32.png) [@ExcitedIdiot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExcitedIdiot)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-tv-guide-spoilers-on-the-cover/638154/8 "2012-10-18T21:18:50Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > Checks OP’s username. > > Yep. You sir are a comic genius! How did you come up with that gem? ---
**Author:** ![Mince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mince)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-tv-guide-spoilers-on-the-cover/638154/9 "2012-10-18T21:32:58Z")
> [@ExcitedIdiot](#): > > I guess I should add that the spoiler isn’t that Joel McHale is on the show, he was in this weeks episode, it’s that he’s a con man. I think I should add that **Vinyl Turnip** is likely aware of that and was merely using a little satire to take a poke you for giving away what could be considered a spoiler by someone else while complaining about insignificant spoilers yourself. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-tv-guide-spoilers-on-the-cover/638154/10 "2012-10-18T21:59:01Z")
Vinyl Turnip, how often do your posts have to be explained to the plebeians who have no sense of humor, irony, sarcasm or wit? ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-tv-guide-spoilers-on-the-cover/638154/11 "2012-10-18T22:06:54Z")
> [@ExcitedIdiot](#): > > I guess I should add that the spoiler isn’t that Joel McHale is on the show, he was in this weeks episode, it’s that he’s a con man. Wow, was that it? I didn’t know that was what you meant. I guess then I should have said “People’s barriers for ‘spoilers’ seem really low on this board.” Thank you for letting me clear that up. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-tv-guide-spoilers-on-the-cover/638154/12 "2012-10-18T22:30:24Z")
> [@ExcitedIdiot](#): > > You sir are a comic genius! How did you come up with that gem? I’ll let you have a peak behind the curtains of my craft. After I read your OP, I thought “This person is kind of an idiot.” and then I looked up at your username and it came to me, like in a dream. At that point a cheering mob lifted me onto their shoulders and carried me away while chanting my name. I can hear them still. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-tv-guide-spoilers-on-the-cover/638154/13 "2012-10-18T22:37:25Z")
If the mob is carrying pitchforks and torches, they are probably not carrying you for the reason you think. 🆒