Whipping through the dial this morning (Sunday), looking for something to watch for awhile before heading outside, and I see this on TBS: “Fresh Prince Marathon”.
Are you serious? A marathon of “Fresh Prince” episodes?
That’s like Speed running “Best of Ford: The Pinto Years”.
That’s like MTV running a Milli Vanilli marathon.
It’s like C-Span showing “George W. Bush: His Best Decisions” (okay, that would just be dead air for several hours)
That’s like ESPN running a marathon of Chicago Cubs World Series highlights. (see: GWB above)
5 responses so far ↓
1
Will
// Sep 2, 2007 at 9:07 pm
You know, Hallmark Channel is showing a “Murder, She Wrote” marathon tomorrow.
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bjstone
// Sep 3, 2007 at 2:30 pm
Another “ugh”. I did see a funny on VH1 about “Murder, She Wrote”, where the comedian said “that little town in Maine must have the highest per-capita murder rate in the world…what, 50 people lived there and there was a murder every week?”
I never watched it, my grandparents loved it. Didn’t they have chase scenes with walkers and oxygen tanks on that show?
Speaking of VH1, they ran a “Flavor of Love” marathon yesterday. Boy, holiday weekend viewing was awful.
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Anon E. Mouse
// Sep 3, 2007 at 3:50 pm
Shut up and watch the Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon*, for crying out loud. Watch it for 15 minutes, call in and make a donation, and then GO OUTSIDE – it is a BEAUTIFUL HOLIDAY WEEKEND.
*As someone with one of the 40+ neuro-muscular diseases covered by MDA USA, I know the research they are doing is spectacular. No organization is further along the path of gene-therapy than MDA USA.
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bjstone
// Sep 3, 2007 at 3:54 pm
You don’t read well, do you Mouse? I said “before going outside”. I spent most of yesterday outside, attending various Hog Days events here in Kewanee. MUCH better than watching TV.
I guess I’m not allowed to make observations anymore?
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Kevin Lowe
// Sep 3, 2007 at 5:35 pm
Yes, TV really is that bad. It’s reruns, or “reality” shows (or “reality” show reruns). I hate “reality” shows. First, they have nothing to do with reality. Second, I watch TV to escape reality. So, perhaps I’d like them, if they called them “non-reality” shows. . . . No, it doesn’t matter what they’d call them, I’d still hate them. I’ll stick to sports and movies.
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