TV SNOB

I guess I’m just a TV snob. Jimbob will watch anything as long as it has the word “ball” in it. Baseball, football, basketball, and if those fail he’ll watch golf (it has a ball, but not in the name). As a last resort, he’ll watch hockey. I had to send him to the local bar a couple of weekends ago to watch his precious OU game because we couldn’t get it at home.

During the day, his favorite stations carry the ancient westerns and other old movies from a hundred years ago. But by far the westerns are his favorites. Some of them are so archaic it’s hilarious. Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, Hopalong Cassady and the Lone Ranger were a far cry from realty. John Wayne played a great cowboy, but again reality wasn’t a big issue back then. Does anyone remember the “Beast with Five Fingers” with Peter Lorre? Pretty dark and dreary.

Me, well I’m always tuned into the Travel Channel, TLC, Discovery, Animal Planet, the Food Channel, the History Channel, National Geographic, DYI or HGTV. My idea of a realty show is “Dirty Jobs” or “Survivorman”. I don’t do “The Bachelor”, “Survivor” or “Bridezilla”. As far as I’m concerned, sitcoms are a waste of time since most of them are aimed at an audience with the intelligence of a 6 year old.

So I’m a TV snob. I do have my reasons whether anyone else thinks they’re valid or not.

1.The constant roar in the background in football (NASCAR, too) drives me up the wall. Come to think about it, action adventure movies can be pretty loud too, mostly without any plot.

2.Jimbob tunes all three TV’s (remember when you were lucky to have one TV) in the house to sports the moment he walks in. Then he goes in the bedroom and falls asleep.

3.Baseball and golf are just plain boring. And why do they call it “The World Series”. I wasn’t aware that the good old USA was the world. If it’s a world series lets get some teams from different countries involved.

4.Most sitcoms and reality shows are downright insulting. If I want to be insulted, I’ll just go into the office.

5.And what’s with this “Baby TV”? Educational? I think it’s more of an excuse to plop a child in front of an electronic babysitter. Babies are supposed to interact with other humans in order to learn. The human touch, remember?

6.And last, when did, “Go, go, go” and profanity become an acceptable substitution for dialogue and plot?

7.Wait, one more, the atrocious degeneration of the English language that is serving as a role model for children.

Maybe this just means that I’m getting old, but I’d much rather sit down with a good book than pickle my brain on innocuous tripe.