Re: TR 5/8 Big Show Synopsis

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"Brady" <waterclock@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Bill Kawalec wrote:
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>> "Brady" <waterclock@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> Hey, how's it goin'? I'm just gonna run right through this one ...
>>>
>>> *DESK CHAT, ACT II HIGHLIGHT OF THE NIGHT*
>>> Ohhhh, let's just say the highlight was the TTL: 'Reasons I'm Looking 
>>> Forward to Mother's Day,' featuring Dave's mom, live via satellite.
>>>
>>> *PARIS HILTON*
>>> I wonder whether Paris went home offended again, this time after the 
>>> 'disrespect' Dave displayed regarding her non-fizzy
champagne-in-a-can.
>>>
>>> I know we've previously spent some time discussing 'reality' TV, but 
>>> here's what I want to know. Do you think the executives in charge of 
>>> 'reality' programming at MTV Networks (which includes VH1) are
cognizant 
>>> of the fact that their product is garbage?
>>
>> yes, they are. And they think they're smarter than the audience.
Perhaps 
>> the audience is proving them right. A very wise man once told me, 
>> "Commercial television is a machine where you put **** in and money
comes 
>> out." They don't care one bit that it's ****, as long as it gives them
an 
>> audience to deliver to the advertiser. Sadly, every time we get the
likes 
>> of Ms. Hilton on the Late Show, it feels like they have stooped to the 
>> same level.
>> But why limit it to ""reality"" TV, when we get crap like the Desperate

>> Housewives and Deal or No Deal?? Crap, crap, crap and more crap.(Wait. 
>> Does D or No D qualify as ""reality""?? It sure isn't a *game*)
>
> I did enjoy watching some of one recent 'reality show' -- the "Carrier" 
> miniseries on PBS.
>
> Brady