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 Post subject: Embarassing shows that you like
PostPosted: Sat Jul 30, 2011 10:47 am 
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We haven't had one of these in a while.

Mine is Fashion Police these days. My girlfriend loves it and honestly, say what you will about Joan Rivers, she's still got it when it comes to zingers.

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 Post subject: Re: Embarassing shows that you like
PostPosted: Sat Jul 30, 2011 4:15 pm 
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Project Runway
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 Post subject: Re: Embarassing shows that you like
PostPosted: Sat Jul 30, 2011 6:16 pm 

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Project Runway
Cathouse : The Series


I caught a season of Project Runway in college and actually enjoyed it, though Heidi was definitely the primary reason why I kept watching until the finale. Tim Gunn seems like a rather cool dude, too.

I've been known to catch the occasional rerun of Celebrity Rehab this season. Such a massive trainwreck.


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 Post subject: Re: Embarassing shows that you like
PostPosted: Sat Jul 30, 2011 6:28 pm 
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I don't think Joan Rivers is funny, Joan Rivers is the reason a lot of comedians think women can't be funny, cause there's not much funny about her. She's just mean and stupid.

I watch Pro Wrestling, have since I was 8/9 years old. I don't have much room to say anything anyone likes is crap. I will say what I don't like, but I refuse to say you shouldn't watch anything. I watch Pro Wrestling, what the fuck do I know about taste?

I generally refuse to watch reality shows, but I've taken to the Storage shows, Wars and Hunters. Some funny shit, plus semi-informative.

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 Post subject: Re: Embarassing shows that you like
PostPosted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 8:51 am 
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A couple of months ago, I could've said Farscape, as we were merrily plowing through the series via Netflix, but then we had the one-two punch of hitting an absolutely ridiculously, ass gurglingly bad episode and starting Game of Thrones. The two combined put our Muppet sci fi leanings on hold.

We watch(ed) Food Network shows like Chopped and The Next Food Network Star, but the cable got cut today, so that's gonna be a fond memory.

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 Post subject: Re: Embarassing shows that you like
PostPosted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 10:48 am 
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Jam8 wrote:
I don't think Joan Rivers is funny, Joan Rivers is the reason a lot of comedians think women can't be funny, cause there's not much funny about her. She's just mean and stupid.


She's mean. But like a Don Rickles mean. It's all about the zingers. I don't love her but she's still good at what she does (which is being a catty bitch). But she was also a pioneer for women in comedy and I wouldn't put ALL the blame on her on how people don't think women can be funny. But the bar was set pretty low, I'll grant you.

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 Post subject: Re: Embarassing shows that you like
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 Post subject: Re: Embarassing shows that you like
PostPosted: Mon Aug 01, 2011 9:36 am 
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Man, I honestly don't watch much TV, but I'll admit if Pro Wrestling is on and I pass by it, I'll at least stop to see if I can recognize any the faces anymore.

For the most part, I can't. It's been pretty much 10 years since I was watching pretty heavily. So, some of the old-timers I still know, but all the young bloods I have no idea who they are.

Stuff I will watch if I can remember it's on: Deadliest Catch, Man Vs. Food (but I haven't seen a single episode this season). It's now Man Vs. Food Nation and he's having other people do the challenges while he serves as a "coach". I gotta think his cholesterol or his health has precluded him from doing challenges anymore. But, uh, what the hell? The fun of the show was watching him do the challenges, so fuck that show. Hm, what else? I guess that's it.


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After I went through every season of Simpsons and Futurama with my son he moved on to Two And Half Men and Malcolm In The Middle, two shows I usually wouldn't have bothered with but find quite amusing now.


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 Post subject: Re: Embarassing shows that you like
PostPosted: Mon Aug 01, 2011 1:47 pm 

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I have seen every season of Project Runway. WAY into it.

And will definitely sit down and waste a day watching a marathon of America's Next Top Model.

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 Post subject: Re: Embarassing shows that you like
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I think it's typical for Americas Next Top Model and Project Runway to be watched in a marathon on a hungover Sunday. It's more tolerable to me this way because they run a whole season in a marathon because I don't think I could wait a week to watch something I could care less about, but willing to sit through a minute and a half of commercials for resolution of any given conflict.

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 Post subject: Re: Embarassing shows that you like
PostPosted: Mon Aug 01, 2011 4:51 pm 
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Nothing embarrassing about the foodnetwork shows. I watch pretty much all of em..speaking of which, those that have Sundance Channel, be sure to check out Ludo Bites America. I'm hooked, second week in..love it

watched 2 episode of Falling Skies. I was embarrassed for anyone associated with that piece of shit.

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 Post subject: Re: Embarassing shows that you like
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Yeah, I DVR'd Falling Skies 2 episode debut (granted I was not expecting to like it) and haven't watched an episode since then. Spielberg cannot touch anything without making it maudlin and throwing kids into jeopardy for what they call in wrestling "Cheap Heat". It's a sick sad fetish.

It's really bad TV, cardboard characters, some decent actors in shit roles.

I can almost sense that Spielberg has a standard 'note' for any product he attaches himself to: "Add kids, put them in danger and what's with all these characters having mixed feelings and backgrounds? WHO CARES?! Less talky more yelling and violence. And kids in trouble. Remember, it worked in ET therefore we must do it everything always."

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 Post subject: Re: Embarassing shows that you like
PostPosted: Mon Aug 01, 2011 6:22 pm 
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I heard Falling Ass gets better, but we gave up after two episodes. And what Jam8 said. And again, almost verbatim. How much cooler would War of the Worlds have been if the son died? Or had Saving Private Ryan not been bookended by that maudlin cemetery scene? Or if Minority Report didn't abruptly shift from the shades of grey morality to a perfect happy family ending?

The problem with watching too much of those food network shows is that you start to see the repeat patterns - an inability to get a range hot enough to cook your chicken with ten minutes left on the clock, the desire to take the secret ingredients and make a Napoleon, the quick edits to show out-of-context shifty eyes at critique times, that awful metallic sheer sound they use at Moments of Great Drama and in low rent horror movies, etc.

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 Post subject: Re: Embarassing shows that you like
PostPosted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 3:01 am 
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Jam8 wrote:
Yeah, I DVR'd Falling Skies 2 episode debut (granted I was not expecting to like it) and haven't watched an episode since then. Spielberg cannot touch anything without making it maudlin and throwing kids into jeopardy for what they call in wrestling "Cheap Heat". It's a sick sad fetish.

It's really bad TV, cardboard characters, some decent actors in shit roles.

I can almost sense that Spielberg has a standard 'note' for any product he attaches himself to: "Add kids, put them in danger and what's with all these characters having mixed feelings and backgrounds? WHO CARES?! Less talky more yelling and violence. And kids in trouble. Remember, it worked in ET therefore we must do it everything always."


I watched the pilot too but that was erased from my harddrive with the quickness. Godawfull characters, dialogue, plotting and way too many of those Spielberg-kids.


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 Post subject: Re: Embarassing shows that you like
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Just about any show on the Bravo network that my wife watches. I try to resist but usually wind up watching some of those Real Housewives shows. Mainly the NJ one because there will usually be a fight.

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 Post subject: Re: Embarassing shows that you like
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 Post subject: Re: Embarassing shows that you like
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I started catching parts of Fashion Police when I was down at Mullett's house, 'cause we'd be watching The Soup, and FP follows. I don't think it's terrible, and it's fascinating to see Kelly Osborne looking the way she does.

Lately I've watched HardCore Pawn, but I soured on it when I found out everything was staged. Like any of those reality shows, the novelty ends quickly.
The wife likes those cooking elimination shows, and like it was said earlier, you watch enough of them and you see certain patterns emerge.

I dunno, cartoons and sports seem to be the most honest things to watch any more.


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 Post subject: Re: Embarassing shows that you like
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lftwng4 wrote:
I started catching parts of Fashion Police when I was down at Mullett's house, 'cause we'd be watching The Soup, and FP follows. I don't think it's terrible, and it's fascinating to see Kelly Osborne looking the way she does.

Lately I've watched HardCore Pawn, but I soured on it when I found out everything was staged. Like any of those reality shows, the novelty ends quickly.
The wife likes those cooking elimination shows, and like it was said earlier, you watch enough of them and you see certain patterns emerge.

I dunno, cartoons and sports seem to be the most honest things to watch any more.


Pawn Stars (wtf is it with pawn shows and stupid porn puns?) is pretty great if you just want to see the cool, odd stuff that people have.


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 Post subject: Re: Embarassing shows that you like
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+1 for Project Runway.

also, Jersey Shore. do i win?

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 Post subject: Re: Embarassing shows that you like
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Reality TV in general gives me the creeps. I can't watch it, no matter whats the subject. Its not so much the phoniness (although that is bad enough) but the editing. Drives me crazy.


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 Post subject: Re: Embarassing shows that you like
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Bullio wrote:
Pawn Stars (wtf is it with pawn shows and stupid porn puns?) is pretty great if you just want to see the cool, odd stuff that people have.


Yeah, pretty much the only reason to watch any of those shows; Antique Roadshow is, of course, the one that's most legit. American Pickers isn't too bad either, I guess.


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lftwng4 wrote:
Bullio wrote:
Pawn Stars (wtf is it with pawn shows and stupid porn puns?) is pretty great if you just want to see the cool, odd stuff that people have.


Yeah, pretty much the only reason to watch any of those shows; Antique Roadshow is, of course, the one that's most legit. American Pickers isn't too bad either, I guess.



Antique Roadshow is great. I love watching the reactions of the people when they find out their junk is worth thousands.

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 Post subject: Re: Embarassing shows that you like
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I think I'm going to add True Blood to this list. I'm embarrassed that I'm watching that show.

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