Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Random observations from a night of mindless TV watching

1) Target commercials are becoming creepier and creepier. The people are all clones...who buy the same thing in different colors...with big fakey smiles on their face. It's beginning to make me scared of Target. Oh shit, they might be watching.

2) Whoever writes the informative little snippets about each show for the in-satellite info windows needs to actually watch the shows they're writing about. It seems like each thing I watched tonight had NOTHING to do with what the little window said it would. Lying little bastard windows. Don't trust the windows.

3) Apparently, the Cialis commercials weren't enough. Now there's a male enhancement product that you don't need a prescription for. Apparently, the company thinks we need to be so informed that they televise it every 17 seconds. As a side note, it is a really crappy commercial, cinematically speaking. The lighting is all jacked and the 'seductive' actresses look exceptionally hookerish. And yes, I know that hookerish actresses has limited relevance to cinematics. If that's a word.

4) Pizza consumption goes up tenfold if you're not paying attention. I'm nearing foodcoma.

5) Sarah Jessica Parker continues to baffle me. I spend the whole time staring at the strange architecture of her face. Its confusing.

6) Contrary to what might be expected, the show "Unique Whips" has to do with cars. Quite the disappointment. I mean think about it...a show...dedicated to whips...and not just those boring run-of-the-mill ones...UNIQUE whips. Aren't you disappointed now too?

7) After watching television for a whole night uninterrupted, your eyes feel like they have sand in them. Lots of sand. And you feel dumber. Lots of dumber. I think tomorrow I'll find something better to do.

3 comments:

Sizzle said...

i hate commercials!

Rio Vista Boy said...

1.) I can't comment much on commercials as I fast forward through them most of the time.
I do catch the occasional commercial since they figured out I broke their code and stopped
putting the news break blurbs at the end ("Is it safe to drink the water? News at eleven..."),
that was effective for a while, but then they were placing the third car commercial
at the end (usually for new trucks), but they started mixing those up too. It no longer matters
because now I am a veteran commercial skipper and have developed what can inly be called
commercial zen. I close my eyes and press the fast forward button. Odd how the hourlong shows
that used to take fory minutes now only last about twenty...

2.) Are you kidding, I record my shows by their valuable, accurate well researched info, so when
I sit down to watch TV, and I select my prerecorded favorite Myth Buster episode, why am I
watching a 1989 rerun of Comedy Central?

3.) Perhaps the media is finally reached the saturation threshold of subliminal suggestions and the
tired old writer's are looking to Mathmatician's to formulate their commercials.
MV+ME=H(PL)/LB
mass viewers plus Male enhancement equals hookers times poor lighting divided by low budget

4.) There is no such thing as a single pizza where I live. there is either a six inch appetizer
or a ten inch party of two pizza, but if you want to order delivery w/o the ridiculous marked up
prices of side orders, you must order a family size and pray for the will to stretch left overs
out over a period of days...

5.) Hmmm. Sarah Jessica Parker, Piccasso al fresco. Or "Sarah Jessica Parker, why the long face?"

6.) From bondo to bondage, not such a stretch...

7.) Sometimes we just have to self lobotomize ourselves, but do it too often and irreparable damage can occur.
I watched On The Lot last night for the first and last time and all I could think was
"Almost as good as Who Wants To Be A Super Hero?" I wish I had just watched the commercials...

Anonymous said...

1. You could be right
2. You ARE right
3. I hate it when you're right
4. I'm sick of pizza. Anything you eat without paying attention goes up 10-fold
5. I just noticed that recently, too. Maybe it's the lighting?
6. Sure. That's what your dad tells me when he says he's watching some "car show"... hmmm...
7. That's why I tape ... and usually am doing at least one other thing while I am "tv watching". Then don't watch them until the show has been cancelled mid-season and have no interest in seeing it any longer - or I have caught a newer episode that makes the ones I taped obsolete. When is the "LOST" season coming out on tape???