Reading this is like watching an actual car wreck. So I can’t imagine the effect of watching the freaking show itself.
I do LOVE the exhibition of typical elitist prick behavior from the SF husband and wife, though. Can you imagine those two actually pulling the sticks out of their asses long enough to have sex? It buggers the imagination.
The apology is bullshit. The wife’s “explanation” is also bullshit. They are both desperate attempts to preserve current associations and the possibility for future ones. But the husband has been exposed as a snob and a verbally abusive bully. If he would subject a complete stranger to this sort of vitriol, can one imagine what his kids must rate? And that wife…apparently she asked her swap husband if he was going to hit her. Um, what?
Reality shows, with a very few exceptions, are evil and should be destroyed. I do watch American Idol, So You Think You Can Dance, and Project Runway, but in each of those cases, people are competing based on their born-with TALENT and honestly-acquired SKILLS, not based on how big of a fucking douchebag they can be on national television.
Yes, the producers of these dropped-from-the-ass-of-a-horse shows are 3/4 to blame, for A) conceiving the better-stillborn concept in the first place, B) manufacturing drama between “contestants,” and C) editing the final product to maximize said drama, but the people with the voyeuristic streak who avidly watch them are also to blame. If they didn’t pull the ratings they wouldn’t be on the air, would they?
*Yes, I meant “buggers,” not “beggars.”
I saw the article on Hot Air and actually marvelled that these lack-of-reality shoes still garned an audience. And then it dawned on me that 52 of the voters (who voted) chose a moron to represent them … so … sigh … it makes sense. After all, the 52′s suffer from dreadful cases of celebrity worship …
pete in Midland
February 9th, 2009
shows … d’oh … not shoes … and 52% … damn, my fingers need to be smacked or something!
pete in Midland
February 9th, 2009
@pete in Midland:
You can edit your own comment by clicking the EDIT button…
Liberty Girl
February 9th, 2009
“… lack-of-reality shoes …” Think Ed Sullivan, ~1950 or so. If that’s Old History, check the Wiki for Ed Sullivan.
I’ve been lucky enough to not watch any of the so-called “reality” shows (a concept invoked in order to avoid paying writers).
This one seems a close second to the one in which they paired a born-again fundamenalist Christian lady with an agnostic (maybe even atheist) family. (As reported in later news stories. There may even be a YouTube clip laying around.)
And it comes as no surprise to the rest of us that some envrio-weenies are in fact weenies, filled with their own sense of superiority and importance, and just generally insufferable.
I’ll never understand why people subject themselves to this sort of thing. The producers must either place trunkfuls of money at their door, or slip them a potion that removes all sense of shame.
ZZMike
February 9th, 2009
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and believe me, if I SAW an edit button, I would be all over it!! LOL
pete in Midland
February 10th, 2009
@pete in Midland: Just reinstalled the plugin this morning… Whee.
Liberty Girl
February 10th, 2009
heh … ok, NOW I see an edit button … but maybe it’s my browser … it shows me I have 5 minutes to edit … but the Ajax comment editor won’t stop “loading” … so I can’t actually complete an edit …
pete in Midland
February 10th, 2009
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Liberty Girl
February 10th, 2009
@pete in Midland: STOP USING IE.
Liberty Girl
February 10th, 2009
Stop using IE? Luv to … but I’m at work where I have zero choice in the software selected. However, i promise that when my layoff date arrives (at the end of May) and I’m forced to access the ‘net from a crappy POTS line at home, I’ll use Firefox or Opera or SOMETHING that doesn’t have a m$ trademark on it.
pete in Midland
February 10th, 2009
@pete in Midland:
Gods, another layoff?? Thanks, Hopenchange!
Liberty Girl
February 10th, 2009
heh … fortunately, they’re “picking on me” rather than someone else because of my pay grade and the fact that I am eleigible for full retirement. I hadn’t planned to retire until the economy improved … but hell, I can likely afford it, can afford to move souith, and WILL enjoy spending a whole lot more time out riding motorcycles instead of stressing over this project. But I do feel sorry for many of the other 5000 people here who are not so fortunate.
Hope’nChange, Indeed!
pete in Midland
February 10th, 2009