TV
It's Christmastime in Virgina, which means many things, especially television watching. So here are some great highlights from the best television programs I've been watching for the last 84 hours straight.
Celebrity Fit Club: It is addictive. I literally had to turn the television off in order to extricate myself from its devilish hold. Creative too, especially in the use of the word "celebrity" and "club." The club only lasts about 90 days, not anywhere near long enough for people to actually make a significant change in their lives. So, they lose 15 pounds. Anyone would following a crazed drill sergeant while eating incredibly restricted calories. But you cannot look away.
The Tyra Banks Show: Totally. They've finally figured out that an entire show about one topic can be interesting if (and only if) Tyra Banks continually pressures you to stick around and stay right there. Today's show was about fat people and Tyra wore a fat suit on blind dates with unsuspecting suitors. I wasn't sure what would happen next.
Isaac: He's rambunctiously annoying and false but somehow endearing, like a bawdy grandmother. Isaac just nakedly pretends to care about what he's talking about, or who he's talking to--and every single segment hangs on the complete possibility that Isaac might run out of time. Every time. Also, without warning and for no reason, every utterance, scripted or not, is about Isaac.
Well, that's about all the energy I can spend on this little TV project, since there's tons of more TV TV TV to watch watch watch watch, in the glow of the loveliest Christmas tree in all of Lincolnia Hills.
Celebrity Fit Club: It is addictive. I literally had to turn the television off in order to extricate myself from its devilish hold. Creative too, especially in the use of the word "celebrity" and "club." The club only lasts about 90 days, not anywhere near long enough for people to actually make a significant change in their lives. So, they lose 15 pounds. Anyone would following a crazed drill sergeant while eating incredibly restricted calories. But you cannot look away.
The Tyra Banks Show: Totally. They've finally figured out that an entire show about one topic can be interesting if (and only if) Tyra Banks continually pressures you to stick around and stay right there. Today's show was about fat people and Tyra wore a fat suit on blind dates with unsuspecting suitors. I wasn't sure what would happen next.
Isaac: He's rambunctiously annoying and false but somehow endearing, like a bawdy grandmother. Isaac just nakedly pretends to care about what he's talking about, or who he's talking to--and every single segment hangs on the complete possibility that Isaac might run out of time. Every time. Also, without warning and for no reason, every utterance, scripted or not, is about Isaac.
Well, that's about all the energy I can spend on this little TV project, since there's tons of more TV TV TV to watch watch watch watch, in the glow of the loveliest Christmas tree in all of Lincolnia Hills.
posted by c'est trivial at 5:09 PM
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