I can remember when TV was only black and white.
When we had 3 whole channels and thought we were so lucky!
Only those people who had a child had "remote control".
As in "Timmy... change it to channel 2."
There was a TV guide magazine at the market,
which my parents refused to buy.
For heaven's sake there were only 3 channels...
how much guidance did you need?
Besides, even though he couldn't tell time...
my brother could tell you what was on every single channel at any point
in the hours we were allowed to be awake.
(Back then we kids had a "bed time" of 7:30 PM)
They only thought we didn't know it was really
mommy and daddy's time to be alone.
The point is that television was not complicated.
News shows were news shows...
not the entertainment driven drivel we get now.
Kid shows had some guy dressed up funny
doing silly stunts and playing cartoons.
They didn't bother trying to teach us a thing!
Sitcoms had simple themes...
Lucy trying to sell an alcoholic "vitamin"
supplement that turned to into drunken hilarity.
I don't get what happened.
Now we have over one hundred channels
and I still can't find anything I want to watch.
We have "on demand"
which is a nice way to see reruns and old movies
that usually aren't very good, at will.
Like we don't have enough reruns to satisfy us?
I come to detest reality shows...
I've mentioned this before, I'm sure.
Very little about them is "real".
They obviously make up drama for the show.
For example... I used to watch Orange County Choppers.
I liked seeing them create fantasy bikes.
Now I can't wait to turn off Pauls Jr and Sr.
I find their feud to be so moronic and childish that it repulses me.
Not even seeing the bikes can keep me watching that crap!
They should change their name to Dick and call it the Dueling Dick Show.
I find myself thinking that we have become so
spoiled by our abundance of choices
and the powers who fill our time slots have so little of
worth to offer...
that we have lost our collective minds.
It used to be that what was or wasn't popular mattered
enough that what we viewed had some sense to it.
Now we follow silly patterns...
women have to be smarter than men, exhibit bitch behavior
and look like S & M hookers while kicking ass.
In commercials, men are idiots who spend money they save on buying falcons, Chinese paper armor or moose heads.
They require women to lead them around.
None of the men I know need mannies!
Okay... so I woke up on the wrong side of the bed
to Good Morning America and it set this mood in motion.
Emmet Smith was on...
the caption chosen to say who he was...
"Dancing winner".
That is hardly his greatest accomplishment
but sadly, that is probably how most of America
knows him now... as a contestant on a dance off.
I need coffee.
I'm going back to making myself blind with my 3-D puzzle.
I'm not turning the TV back on.
Only those people who had a child had "remote control".
As in "Timmy... change it to channel 2."
There was a TV guide magazine at the market,
which my parents refused to buy.
For heaven's sake there were only 3 channels...
how much guidance did you need?
Besides, even though he couldn't tell time...
my brother could tell you what was on every single channel at any point
in the hours we were allowed to be awake.
(Back then we kids had a "bed time" of 7:30 PM)
They only thought we didn't know it was really
mommy and daddy's time to be alone.
The point is that television was not complicated.
News shows were news shows...
not the entertainment driven drivel we get now.
Kid shows had some guy dressed up funny
doing silly stunts and playing cartoons.
They didn't bother trying to teach us a thing!
Sitcoms had simple themes...
Lucy trying to sell an alcoholic "vitamin"
supplement that turned to into drunken hilarity.
I don't get what happened.
Now we have over one hundred channels
and I still can't find anything I want to watch.
We have "on demand"
which is a nice way to see reruns and old movies
that usually aren't very good, at will.
Like we don't have enough reruns to satisfy us?
I come to detest reality shows...
I've mentioned this before, I'm sure.
Very little about them is "real".
They obviously make up drama for the show.
For example... I used to watch Orange County Choppers.
I liked seeing them create fantasy bikes.
Now I can't wait to turn off Pauls Jr and Sr.
I find their feud to be so moronic and childish that it repulses me.
Not even seeing the bikes can keep me watching that crap!
They should change their name to Dick and call it the Dueling Dick Show.
I find myself thinking that we have become so
spoiled by our abundance of choices
and the powers who fill our time slots have so little of
worth to offer...
that we have lost our collective minds.
It used to be that what was or wasn't popular mattered
enough that what we viewed had some sense to it.
Now we follow silly patterns...
women have to be smarter than men, exhibit bitch behavior
and look like S & M hookers while kicking ass.
In commercials, men are idiots who spend money they save on buying falcons, Chinese paper armor or moose heads.
They require women to lead them around.
None of the men I know need mannies!
Okay... so I woke up on the wrong side of the bed
to Good Morning America and it set this mood in motion.
Emmet Smith was on...
the caption chosen to say who he was...
"Dancing winner".
That is hardly his greatest accomplishment
but sadly, that is probably how most of America
knows him now... as a contestant on a dance off.
I need coffee.
I'm going back to making myself blind with my 3-D puzzle.
I'm not turning the TV back on.
