I Liked Them Better When They Were Called…
Doesn’t anyone realize that they’re not watching reality TV?
Survivor, Fear Factor, The Apprentice, The Bachelor…
They’re game shows.
Just packaged differently, like those salads in a bag that get us to pay four times as much for lettuce.
July 6th, 2005 at 12:53 pm
The Apprentice was ok the first time around, mostly because of the assignments, but it’s really a one-trick pony. I haven’t watched any of the other “reality” shows.
I’m not really interested in what you have to say about this though, I want more Paige!
July 6th, 2005 at 1:27 pm
What annoyed me a while back was when Alex Trebek kept calling Jeopardy a “reality show”, trying to jump the bandwagon of its popularity. I know he did that at least twice at the start of the show. Hasn’t done that anymore thankfully.
July 6th, 2005 at 2:51 pm
Personally I liked them better when they were called ‘talkies.’ You’d never catch Al Jolson with a bag of that pre-packaged, non-union lettuce. Oh, Mammy! Now Valentino, that was a one prick tony.
July 6th, 2005 at 7:32 pm
Oh my God, he said “Oh, Mammy!”
I just lost control of my overactive bladder.
July 9th, 2005 at 1:19 am
This is ridiculous! You’re all ridiculous! I constantly fight everyday to win a rose from a slutty mildly attractive woman and an internship from the Donald and I eat random live insects and grubs from around my apartment… and I live on an island! … well, not the last one, but you’re all ridiculous!
P.S. “Oh, Mammy!” is my patented catch phrase through the year 2008 and I will thank you all not to use it without the expressed written concent of the NFL. good day.
July 10th, 2005 at 10:31 am
Good point, esp. when you know the producers are off-camera giving out “tips” to make the show moer interesting.
July 13th, 2005 at 2:57 pm
So would something like “The Real World” (no prizes involved) be “true reality TV?”
Just wondering.
July 15th, 2005 at 4:00 pm
I’m a sucker for reality tv…because I can’t help watching the way they’re edited…It’s the film student in me.