January 24, 2005

Exactly Right

Xoverboard explains why we don't watch any of the fine television programming (cough) available these days. We would like to add that the points August makes about The Osbornes, the Jessica and Nick braindead-fest, the whole reality (cough) TV excuse to tame the actors' union phenomenon, and Paris and Nicole rubbing everyone's noses in how much better off they are than you can ever hope to be, can be applied to television news (cough) broadcasts, faux debate shows such as Crossfire, and the Faux Network stations in all of their different configurations.

We are in complete agreement with Mr. Pollak's basic point that we all know television is designed to make us stupid. That could be one of the reasons why we have stopped watching it (with a few notable exceptions coughcoughDailyShowSimpsonslivesportingeventscoughcough). But even then, we have noticed that the Faux broadcasts are trying to insert their particular brand of conservative spin into sporting events (the Randy Moss faux mooning was one recent example - funny how they get so uppity when someone else steals their schtick). Somehow we're not at all sure that Joe Sixpack is going to be getting that new Hummer any time soon. But it must be really good to see ads for it (and deal with the subconscious realization that, no, you'll never be able to afford one - even if you wanted one in the first place) on a continual basis while you're watching the game.

Posted by (: Tom :) at January 24, 2005 06:52 AM