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TYT needs to make a trash/reality TV segment a staple of the third hour. There's just too much good garbage on TV right now (Momma's Boys, The Bad Girls Club, and the list goes on and on and on).

PS---I didn't think it got any dumber than youtube comments but boy was I wrong.

by Tom Hanc on 01/05/2009 03:59:49 PM EST

And I thought I was the only person (none / 0)

watching Momma's Boys...  though I probably should be, because it's terrible.  I've never seen Bad Girls Club (it's probably on cable, so I can't) but I'm sure I'd love it.

I'm all for a trash TV segment.  It's been good fun when they've done it in the past.

by Spencer on 01/05/2009 04:10:28 PM EST

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I would think (none / 0)
there are a LOT of people who watch "Momma's Boys" but don't admit it.

It's a guilty pleasure. You know (thanks Caroline Kennedy), terrible but terribly entertaining.

PS---That med student or doctor or whatever is an insane fluctuator depending on how her hair is styled and or if she smiles. One minute she's hot and the next minute she's mediocre at best. Also, that blond that posed in Playboy (Megan?) would be really hot if she laid off tanning and toned down the makeup.

Speaking of which, why are there so many former Playboy models on the show? And is it just me or does this one (worksafe picture) have a resemblence to a less skinny Neve Campbell?

by Tom Hanc on 01/05/2009 04:20:08 PM EST

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Momma's Boy? (none / 0)
That show looks like it blows, but I guess I can't knock it until I watched an episode.  That linked Momma's Boy contender looks more like Rachael Ray than Neve Campbell.  For some reason I always get Selma Blair mixed up with Neve.

by rev24 on 01/05/2009 04:33:13 PM EST

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It does blow. (none / 0)

But all of the other syndicated dating shows that I used to watch (Blind Date, Elimidate, Change of Heart, etc.) have been canceled, so I've been forced to settle for utter shit like The Bachelor/ette and Momma's Boys.  Do I feel guilty about watching this crap?  Of course I do, but I need these people to make fun of, otherwise I'd have to turn my hateful gaze inward, and we can't have that now, can we?

;)

by Spencer on 01/05/2009 04:51:54 PM EST

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They all "blow" (none / 0)
That's why their guilty pleasures, not primary staples of an information/entertainment diet.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, anyone who spends much of the day reading about and listening to information regarding hard politics deserves a break.

by Tom Hanc on 01/05/2009 04:58:01 PM EST

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See my comment below. (none / 0)
We're like this ::makes eye to eye hand motion to computer screen::.

by Spencer on 01/05/2009 04:59:35 PM EST

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I used the wrong form of there/their/they're (none / 0)
I guess I should skip Momma's Boys tonight and work on my grammar.

by Tom Hanc on 01/05/2009 05:03:40 PM EST

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You can start by (none / 0)
reading this thread.

by Spencer on 01/05/2009 05:13:49 PM EST

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None of the women are really attractive to me. (none / 0)

But, apparently, I have strange tastes.  They all look pretty much the same to me.  And the fact that almost all of them are completely mindless doesn't help either.  I loved last week's big "surprise" that the fake ass blond had had a ton of plastic surgery.  Shocker!  You mean her lips weren't naturally that fish-like?

And the reason that so many of them have nude pics is because reality producers love to mine failed actors, porn stars and other dying-to-be-famous types for "talent".  When Blind Date was still on the air (sniff sniff), a good 20% of the people I had seen in porn, and at least another 30% I had seen on other reality shows.

Random side note:  How dumb is that guy with the racist mom?  His eyes are completely vacant, in addition to being too close together to fit a brain in between.  Also, I found it odd that his mother is Iraqi, yet she was very adamant that her son only date a nice white girl.

by Spencer on 01/05/2009 04:46:43 PM EST

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Yeah, you do (none / 0)
Have strange tastes (physically I mean).  ;)


And that mom is insane.

PS---Considering the fact that I hate cold weather and am not really into winter sports I give myself a pass on watching too much TV in the winter. I'm sure it's a hell of a lot easier and more fun to do stuff in the warmer climates (and or again, if you're into winter sports).

Besides, I already read 91 books in the last two years so I'm burned out on reading.


by Tom Hanc on 01/05/2009 04:56:06 PM EST

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All I did was read yesterday (none / 0)
and play a little bit of Valkyria Chronicles (which is a great game for anyone interested).  I've earned my shitty TV dammit!

by Spencer on 01/05/2009 04:58:25 PM EST

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My thought is (none / 0)
The only time it's worth being annoyed that people watch bad TV is when:

1)-A good TV show (like Arrested Development, etc.) gets bumped for it.

2)-The people watching it ONLY watch bad TV and know next to nothing about current events/politics (leading them to say things like "gosh I don't know, Obama or McCain, it's such a tough choice").

by Tom Hanc on 01/05/2009 05:02:26 PM EST

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Exactly. (none / 0)

I miss AD.

by Spencer on 01/05/2009 05:07:28 PM EST

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what?? (none / 0)

I walked all the way back here to read this?

I have yet to watch AD, but it has been on my netflix queue.

by desertpear on 01/05/2009 08:48:39 PM EST

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