Reality Series Guilty Pleasure

lol I saw a few of the kids' MC. Get the hell out of my kitchen, kids. god dayum they're talented. And we get food network here. I dont like the kids' shows, and quite frankly I dont like a lot of those either. 'Giardia' rubs me up the wrong way. those teefies are so blinding. Bobby 'Filet' I find a bit annoying like Eric in Entourage the way he speaks through his nose. A few of the others irritate me. When we first got that network here i binged it on a wet weekend. I like the Man Food Fire guy but I need ma greens, man. Watching someone eat so much meat makes me feel physically unwell, much the same as someone smoking a lot on screen. Man -v- Food makes me feel very unwell as well. I just ...I just...I just can't cope with watching that gluttony. The restaurant make over guy (english body builder. I find him so hot) I like. There was an aussie in US doing a bakery makeover. I find her a bit up herself, and as i said earlier in the baking thread, I'm just not a fan. One I cant deal with re how obviously scripted it is is the private detective in the restaurants. Give me a bloody break. They may as well have the telly prompter there for the viewer to see.

Ramsey and Jamie Oliver I like.

Adam Liaw is one of our masterchef winners. Lovely guy, and he's currently travelling through asia with his show.

We used to be huge Survivor fans, but hubby's weird, changing work schedule has made it tough to keep up in recent years. We were SUCH big fans that we were applying for the show all the time. He got a call-back to the local CBS station once, and I actually came within one phone call of getting on the Pearl Islands season. (Two women had to back out within two weeks of the show's filming start, and I got a call from the head casting director in which she interviewed me for about twenty minutes. She then said if I was chosen, I'd hear back within 24 hours. That was a harrowing 24 hours because suddenly I didn't want to go anymore! And sadly, I got that wish.)

At least hubby and I learned that we had a knack for making those application videos.

I have to confess I used to watch Wife Swap (which I know is as staged as everything else - which was obvious since every episode followed the same exact formula - almost as predictable as counting down the two-times-per-episode Bill Bixby would turn into the Hulk!) Now I watch re-runs of Celebrity Wife Swap!

Also, it must be designated that "Reality TV" is a relatively new genre. Shows based on reality have been around since the beginning of TV, but this new genre would more accurately be called Sensationalist TV. What should not be included are news reports, news-talk shows, late night talk (interview) shows, daytime "talk" & variety shows, educational shows, documentaries, docu-drama crime shows, instructional shows, cooking shows, travel shows, nature & science shows, classic game shows (as opposed to contest reality shows), etc.

I have to confess I used to watch Wife Swap (which I know is as staged as everything else - which was obvious since every episode followed the same exact formula - almost as predictable as counting down the two-times-per-episode Bill Bixby would turn into the Hulk!) Now I watch re-runs of Celebrity Wife Swap!

Wait wait wait.....




THE HULK WAS STAGED?????


What the actual hell???

(Obviously, I wasn't questioning the fact that the Hulk was TV fiction, but comparing its to-the-minute predictability to the formulaic aspect of certain Reality TV shows.)

Oh that show made me angry when I was a kid! I desperately wanted to see comic characters brought to life at that age and The Incredible Hulk seemed to be the answer to an adolescent comic geek's prayers. I grew to despise it because I could time down to the minute when Lou Ferrigno would show up - it was exactly two times each episode - and I believe it was something like at the 10 minute mark and again at the 45 minute mark. I got so good at timing it, I'd just turn on the TV to watch Bixby transform, then go play for a half hour, then turn it on to see the Hulk's second appearance. (sorry, just got WAY off topic!)

Would you prefer if Odum and I had a new thread to talk about cooking shows? Just smack me in the bum and I'll toddle off, but before I go, 1 more for you, Odum. For your catfish. This would be great for a dinner party, especially in cold weather.

Is duck dynasty like turtle man?

Thanks for the headsup. Think I'll pass.

Would you prefer if Odum and I had a new thread to talk about cooking shows? Just smack me in the bum and I'll toddle off, but before I go, 1 more for you, Odum. For your catfish. This would be great for a dinner party, especially in cold weather.

I love things like Top Chef, Hell's Kitchen, Face Off, Kitchen Nightmares... in fact, watching Gordon Ramsay punch fish right now on the latest HK season.