THE REALITY OF TELEVISION IS IT SHOULD BE SHUT OFF

This whole “reality television” thing is really scary. The newest, scariest one is NBC’s “Who Wants to Marry my Dad?”. Yeah, it’s just what you think it is. Four kids get to choose their father’s new(est) wife. The tag line is, “This is the most important decision of my life – and I’m not even making it!” Last year, we had “Married by America” - tag line, “The newest experiment in marriage”. Just go to the link and watch the intro - I have nothing else to say.

How many of you have seen “The Running Man”? It’s a movie starring Ahnold as a wrongly accused convict, forced to “star” in the prime time game show, “The Running Man”. The premise of this reality TV show is convicts are set loose in a closed off part of the city and they are hunted down and killed by the stars of the show, all filmed and shown live to the masses. Ever since “Survivor”, I’ve been convinced that we are headed to that, if we don’t get sidetracked to “Peep Show” first.

What does this say about us, people? Seriously, WHAT DOES THIS SAY? Nobody likes cheap, risqué humor as much as me, but HELLO? Parents, unplug the television and read some books.