FoxTrot Classics by Bill Amend for January 29, 2014
January 28, 2014
January 30, 2014
Transcript:
Television: Coming up next, it's the show that pits television producers against each other in furious competition! Watch as they each propose newer and ever more bizarre ways to pander to the viewing public's voyeuristic impulses! At stake are millions! Who will walk away with it?! Whose show will land a network deal? Find out, on "Reality Series" The Reality Series." Peter: You just knew it would come to this.
Zero-Gabriel about 11 years ago
So basically… Nothing?
Destiny23 about 11 years ago
And it’s been downhill ever since. Back then they couldn’t have imagined the likes of “The Bachelor” or “Duck Dynasty”… The so-called “History” channel is almost nothing but that drivel now.
sbchamp about 11 years ago
Lock ’em in a steel containerVic Mackey had the right idea
opentomeet about 11 years ago
I found the whole concept very funny, maybe they could do a sitcom called “Reality Series”?? Each week trying to promote a new reality series idea, and then seeing how many actually get picked up in ‘real’ life?
dflak about 11 years ago
All I can say is that the networks are able to convince advertizers that some people actually watch this stuff.
But when it comes to “reality” nothing tops the grand-daddy of them all: professional wrestling.
dflak about 11 years ago
As a side note, nothing can be as boring as watching golf on TV. There is a reason they don’t have play-by-play on the radio as they do in other sports.
According to what I’ve read, although the audience for golf is small, the proportion of viewers who buy the products advertized is high. So that’s why it stays on the air.
The Life I Draw Upon about 11 years ago
They don’t show it unless someone watches it.
SDSillyCyclist about 11 years ago
Along those same lines, maybe TV execs play golf and are predominantly wealthy white males?
Doctor11 about 11 years ago
A sure sign that the end of the world is near.