January 07, 2003
that's entertainment

I realize that this post should probably go on the critic blog but, judging by my stats, you fools never click over there. So, here ya go...

As I've mentioned in the past, I don't watch a whole lot of television. When I do, it's usually to watch shows that I try to catch on a regular basis. This season that's shrunk down considerably. I try to catch "West Wing," "Law & Order" and "Boston Public." The television is sometimes on in the background and I'll sometimes catch something else I want to see but, honestly, that's about it. I watch a lot more films.

At any rate, I watched "Boston Public" on Fox last night. It's a guilty pleasure, I think it's a pretty well acted show. I got up to do some laundry after it was done and left the television on. Raise your hand if you know what was on next. Yup. "Joe Millionaire." I watched about two minutes of it and, let me tell ya, it was embarassing. The whole conceit of "The Bachelor" angle is bad enough. When you add that these women are making fools of themselves by going ga-ga over the guy's money AND they're being lied to it's just, i dunno, evil. Really. I don't think that word is inaccurate.

Fox is evil. Tell me I'm wrong.

Posted by mikewolf at January 07, 2003 01:16 PM
Comments

First, I have not seen Joe Millionaire. I have seen commercials for it and they talk about it on the radio all the time. I get that "they" thought the premise would be funny - obviously the American public loves it (19 million households tuned in). My thing is that from the commercials I've seen, I find "Joe" physically repugnant. I don't believe in evolution, but he looks exactly like some of those mocked up pre-human species. Seriously. The dude doesn't look human to me.

Posted by: Meredith on January 8, 2003 08:26 AM

19 MILLION!!!?!!?!! I have no hope for humanity.

Posted by: mrw on January 8, 2003 09:35 AM
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