Morgan Bellwhy oh why am i watching this?
April 6th 2008 10:57
im talking about bad tv shows . . . bad in that they run to a fomula and not a very smart one, but at the same time i just cant change the channel . . . i think its because i, um well . . . because i admire them . . . *hangs head in shame* . . . well i admire their audacity haha
Cheaters
why do i watch Cheaters? it is a program from the USA which so incredibly stupid and unethical . . . it is based on getting entertainment from the pain and embarassment of others . . . but hey i would watch Jerry Springer or Funniest Home Videos so i guess i leave my ethics at the remote control when it comes to tv . . . Cheaters is on late at night in Australia and i have the tv on for company when im writing late at night, when Cheaters comes on i know i should change the channel, press mute, or turn the idiot box off all together, but every single time it is on i instead allow myself to be distracted . . . the host is so insincere, he pretends to be interested in helping the spouse that has been cheated on BUT HES NOT!!! he takes them to where their partner is hanging out with (or having sex with) their new flame and orchastrates an awful confrontation that often ends in screaming abuse and tears, the cheater is never sorry and always defends their actions, the host always tells the cheater they should be ashamed of themselves and say sorry . . . i think the host should be ashamed of himself . . . the people featured in the program are always poor white trash and we can only presume theyve had a wad of cash waved in front of them as bait to get them to air their dirty laundry on public telivision . . . the show never HELPS the people it features, it just uses their misfortunes and misery for ratings . . . its diabolical, no wonder i cant turn it off!
Ladette To Lady
so we take the most foul-mouthed promiscuous drunkard tarts in all of the UK and send them to an elite finishing school where they can learn ettiquet and traditional "lady" things . . . why oh why do they keep giving these alcoholic slappers a few (hundred) bottles of wine whenever they are trying to get them to be on best behaviour? it doesnt make sense . . . it makes for outrageous viewing but i think if you went to a real brithish finishing school they wouldnt liquor you up before taking you to have tea with the queen . . . theres the girl whos slept with over a hundred men and has "exhausted all the options" in her home town, the girl who got breast implants so she could flop her tits out more often, and the girl with her tongue, nipple and clit pierced to be the ultimate sex machine . . . its all outrageous . . . whats more outgareous is the old biddys trying to feed them the old "buying the cow when the milk for free" line, we step back a hundred years where the ultimate goal is to go on a hunting party and snag a cad . . . theres just no sense of balance . . . why would a young woman from working class liverpool need great pronunciation and the ability to cook rabbit pie from scratch? is there no middle ground for women between slapper and toff? the antics of the girls is addictive, like watching a free spirit wild horse being tamed with elocution to perform dressage tricks . . . anything with contrasting polar opposites will suck you in . . .
Gladiators
Australias answer to professional wrestling . . . our version of Gladiators puts the "cheese" in cheesy, but i admire the theatrics . . . it is an incredibly gay show, alot of man on man (or woman or woman) action, all in tight revealing lycra-spandex . . . each of the gladiators is trying desperately to develop a unique character with a catch phrase and a snazzy hand gesture, it fun in that its funny, its trying so hard that it is like the adorable child of Australian tv . . . contestants are usually high-school phys-ed teachers, amatuer or retired sports people, and the steroid body-building crowd . . . they run gauntlets and scale rock walls and battle on bridges - all foam and plastic of course . . . that gladiators growl and grimace like superheros or their evil nemisis's . . . its not very intelligent and its all staged conflict and drama, but with names like viper, amazon, nitro, and scar it is too camp not to watch . . . perhaps i am drawn in by the glitter and face-paint, im not really sure, its pseudo-sport with rippling muscles and spray-tan, i feel like ive just decribed mardi gras!
why oh why oh why oh why . . .
*shakes head*
i need more channels . . . oh who am i kidding i would still be watching these shows lol
Cheaters
why do i watch Cheaters? it is a program from the USA which so incredibly stupid and unethical . . . it is based on getting entertainment from the pain and embarassment of others . . . but hey i would watch Jerry Springer or Funniest Home Videos so i guess i leave my ethics at the remote control when it comes to tv . . . Cheaters is on late at night in Australia and i have the tv on for company when im writing late at night, when Cheaters comes on i know i should change the channel, press mute, or turn the idiot box off all together, but every single time it is on i instead allow myself to be distracted . . . the host is so insincere, he pretends to be interested in helping the spouse that has been cheated on BUT HES NOT!!! he takes them to where their partner is hanging out with (or having sex with) their new flame and orchastrates an awful confrontation that often ends in screaming abuse and tears, the cheater is never sorry and always defends their actions, the host always tells the cheater they should be ashamed of themselves and say sorry . . . i think the host should be ashamed of himself . . . the people featured in the program are always poor white trash and we can only presume theyve had a wad of cash waved in front of them as bait to get them to air their dirty laundry on public telivision . . . the show never HELPS the people it features, it just uses their misfortunes and misery for ratings . . . its diabolical, no wonder i cant turn it off!
Ladette To Lady
so we take the most foul-mouthed promiscuous drunkard tarts in all of the UK and send them to an elite finishing school where they can learn ettiquet and traditional "lady" things . . . why oh why do they keep giving these alcoholic slappers a few (hundred) bottles of wine whenever they are trying to get them to be on best behaviour? it doesnt make sense . . . it makes for outrageous viewing but i think if you went to a real brithish finishing school they wouldnt liquor you up before taking you to have tea with the queen . . . theres the girl whos slept with over a hundred men and has "exhausted all the options" in her home town, the girl who got breast implants so she could flop her tits out more often, and the girl with her tongue, nipple and clit pierced to be the ultimate sex machine . . . its all outrageous . . . whats more outgareous is the old biddys trying to feed them the old "buying the cow when the milk for free" line, we step back a hundred years where the ultimate goal is to go on a hunting party and snag a cad . . . theres just no sense of balance . . . why would a young woman from working class liverpool need great pronunciation and the ability to cook rabbit pie from scratch? is there no middle ground for women between slapper and toff? the antics of the girls is addictive, like watching a free spirit wild horse being tamed with elocution to perform dressage tricks . . . anything with contrasting polar opposites will suck you in . . .
Gladiators
Australias answer to professional wrestling . . . our version of Gladiators puts the "cheese" in cheesy, but i admire the theatrics . . . it is an incredibly gay show, alot of man on man (or woman or woman) action, all in tight revealing lycra-spandex . . . each of the gladiators is trying desperately to develop a unique character with a catch phrase and a snazzy hand gesture, it fun in that its funny, its trying so hard that it is like the adorable child of Australian tv . . . contestants are usually high-school phys-ed teachers, amatuer or retired sports people, and the steroid body-building crowd . . . they run gauntlets and scale rock walls and battle on bridges - all foam and plastic of course . . . that gladiators growl and grimace like superheros or their evil nemisis's . . . its not very intelligent and its all staged conflict and drama, but with names like viper, amazon, nitro, and scar it is too camp not to watch . . . perhaps i am drawn in by the glitter and face-paint, im not really sure, its pseudo-sport with rippling muscles and spray-tan, i feel like ive just decribed mardi gras!
why oh why oh why oh why . . .
*shakes head*
i need more channels . . . oh who am i kidding i would still be watching these shows lol
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Comment by RubySoho
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Of course not! We are all virgins or whores, mistresses or wives, damned whores or god's police. No middle ground for the female of the species Morgan.
I saw a bit of Gladiators last week. I'm still trying to get over it.
Comment by Morgan Bell
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i dont know why they dont just teach the girls to keep their tops on when dancing and not drink more than two glasses of wine when at a dinner party . . . they really dont need to change their whole personalities and take up polo and plucking their own quails haha
you are so right about virgins and whores!
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Comment by Morgan Bell
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yes it is totally like a disaster on the news, i cant believe the people agree to being filmed . . . dignity? whats that? haha
thanks for stopping by and leaving acomment!
Comment by Shan Jayaweera
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Hey there,
Great post that identifies three of the worst television shows ever made. It's more than just bad television but an attempt to reduce the intelligence of the population en masse.
I try to find better things - like in my blogs
watchingyoutube.com
videotoes.com
Comment by Morgan Bell
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i feel like i watch ALOT of bad television but those three shows in particular i say to myself every week "dont watch that ever again" . . . and then i do . . . perhaps i should sue the tv station for reducing my intelligence? lol
thanks for the links to your blogs, some great youtube would certainly be a welcome change from commercial tv programming!
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I'm pretty sure I don't have the interest to watch it now!
Comment by Morgan Bell
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the women are a bit scary with all those muscles, the current Australian version has Tatiana the olympic pole vaulter (aptly named Olympia) and while she is a very pretty and popular i think she has been into some serious upper-body body-building . . . im not sure i have "interest" to watch it myself, it think i do it out of depravity and lack of options haha
Comment by KylieW
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Her viewing habits consist almost solely of really bad reality tv shows like My Super Sweet 16th......where rich little brats get mummy and daddy to throw them ridiculously large 16ht birthday parties (and these parents spend around $150,000 on these parties....adn that's without the brats gift).
Oh god it's terrible. She made me watch an episode with her and I genuinely wanted physical harm to come to the spoilt rotten 15yr old who was cracking the shits because daddy thought she should wait until she was old enough to get her licence before he bought her a $50K convertible.
I don't know how my sister can watch the show
Comment by Morgan Bell
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omg i havent seen My Super Sweet 16th . . . but it sounds fabulous . . . right up my alley! haha
$150K on a party! thats outrageous!
sounds like the real life version of the kids from Dirty Sexy Money . . . now theres a show i wish i was a character in! the youngest daughter (who vaguely resembles nicole ritchie) had a marie antoinette themed party for $1 million in one episode . . . i know its only fiction but i was still in awe of the wastefulness
when i lived in the city i didnt watch anywhere near as much tv as i do living in a regional area . . . tv and the internet are my few methods of entertainment, so i guess beggars cant be choosers hey
Comment by flaime
Another show which simply must be mentioned is "My kid's a star". There are no words to describe the agony I endured to watch the debut of this program last week. There are also no words to explain why I'll be tuining in again this week.
Comment by Morgan Bell
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oh i was really getting into "My Kids A Star", some of the mums are normal but some are really insane . . . is there anything better than a manipulative and exploiting reality tv show with a panel of "expect" judges and the cruel voting off of a contestant every week haha
its a format that has been a proven success! lol