America has (NO) Talent

[Trinity]

Ok...  a show that didn't need to be made

Regis... bad choice for a host.

The acts.. mostly stupid.

The judges... please.. David Hasslehoff?  Brandi?
At least the British guy was right most of the time but the other
two would let anyone through.


All in all, 2 hours of my life I'll never get back.

 

[aluc]

"All in all, 2 hours of my life I'll never get back."

+1
my girlfriend just  tried to make me watch it. I really wanted to watch the last few innings of the Jay game instead. Such nonsense. Balancing dogs....breakdancing cows 

 

[Amsdell]

Part of me wanted to see this show (saw some commercials, looked like a car wreck you just can't help but slow down to see) but a bigger part of me is grateful to my hubby for refusing to sit through it "ever".  I doubt this show will last, if it does it only goes to show how far television had sunk and what tripe viewers are willing to watch.

 

[paracowboy]

Gong Show redux. What's old is new. Proof that nobody learns from history. Were it not for the Hisotry and Discovery channels TV would indeed be a vast wasteland, with nothing but mental pablum. The new opiate of the masses.

 

[ExSarge]

What does it say about us as a society that we will accept this drivel? Should we not rise up en mass and protest!

Someone get the torches, the rest of you form up on the right in an unruly mob formation! Were storming the barricades!

 

[paracowboy]

What does it say about us as a society that we will accept this drivel? Should we not rise up en mass and protest!

nahh, bread and circuses have been around since the dawn of civilization, and will be when we're all dust, along with everything we'd recognize as society. The trick is to tap into it, and manipulate it to your own ends, if you have any. Yvan eht nioj.

Or, just sit on the sidelines, shake your head, and sift through for stuff that doesn't make you feel oily. Maintaining your own sense of smug superiority all the while, of course. It doesn't do much to make you popular, but it amuses the hell out of you.

 

[Michael Dorosh]

Dunno - I think I'd get bored of documentaries about Vimy Ridge and the Battle of the Scheldt if that was all that was on TV. To each his own. Hasselhoff was the "biggest star in the world" at one point, factoring in his German fans. I was not one of them, but he probably can afford to spend more money on bathmats and toilet paper than I'll make all year at two jobs, so he must be doing something right...

Besides, how can anyone not like Regis Philbin? He's got to be the most inoffensive television variety host since Johnny Carson.

 

[beach_bum]

Yvan eht nioj.

Subliminal messaging now? 

I can't say as I watched the show at all.  It didn't interest me enough and there are a lot of other things to do other than watch mindless drivel.  :

 

[Michael Dorosh]

It didn't interest me enough and there are a lot of other things to do other than watch mindless drivel.   :

Sounds exciting - what were they?

 

[beach_bum]

For one....reading a book.  ;D

 

[Michael Dorosh]

For one....reading a book.   ;D

I was at a meeting of the Regimental NPF Committee; I wouldn't call that "better" but at least someone was paying me to do it.

 

[medicineman]

I find the irony of David Hasselhoff being a judge in a talent show to much to pass by...

MM

 

[aluc]

Oh man.....I could watch documentaries about  Vimy Ridge and the Battle of the Scheldt all day long if I had to. As a matter of fact I think I could watch anything in documentary format. Others may find it boring , but I don't watch TV so I can impress others.  I can't stomach the other stuff at all...it disturbs me that people will religiously sit down and not miss an episode all year long, but will seldom watch the news, or anything remotely stimulating.These shows consume their lives to the point where it becomes their reality.  Some of my friends who watch these shows sit there with a look of fascination and intrigue on their faces like they're watching the first lunar landing . History and discovery channel are my saviour. TLC used to be okay a few years back. Although it is hardly the learning channel  anymore if you've seen some the programming going on there.  The Military channel is great too, but you need to subscribe to it...I could definitely watch the Military channel all day long. :warstory:

 

[Hot Lips]

What does it say about us as a society that we will accept this drivel? Should we not rise up en mass and protest!

Someone get the torches, the rest of you form up on the right in an unruly mob formation! Were storming the barricades!

Have you seen MuchMusic...dear god...on all day...and well it is sex and violence at it's best...all of the kiddies out there just love it...wonder why
Television is garbage on prime time...for the jello minded

HL

HL

 

[snowy]

news and the discovery channels interest me, the rest is all crap, except some shows

 

[Michael Dorosh]

news and the discovery channels interest me, the rest is all crap, except some shows

Well stated.  I find I like very few shows, with the exception of the ones I enjoy.

 

[joonrooj]

Well stated.  I find I like very few shows, with the exception of the ones I enjoy.

In other words:
I hate everything except for the stuff I like.


-J

 

[Cliffy433]

I can count on just my fingers the number of times I have sat through any way, shape, or form of "Reality TV".  Unfortunately, 9-er domestic loves the "Idols" and I'm quickly running out of fingers.

Here is my judgement:

1. What is with all the monologues by "do nothing" hosts, and the suspenseful music, and a 2 minute commercial break every 5?  Every season, every single one of these, "Idol", "Millionaire", "Big Brother", "Real World" etc shows could have been wrapped up inside one week.  Play a freakin' highlight reel, have the zombies telephone in their votes, give a trophy to the winner, and put on reruns of Dukes of Hazzard and the A-Team. 

2. What the heck do the judges "DO"?  They are, at best, B-list "celebrities" who are judging other's "talent"?  What?  I judge THEM on their longevity in show-biz!  They do not meet my criteria!  I pay way too much for that little piece of co-ax, and way too much for my TV to be subjected to them anymore.  Begone!

3. Would someone PLEASE tell Ryan Seacrest - who the heck is this guy? - that suits do NOT go with 5 o'clock shadow!  Shave.  And get off the stage.  Stop talking.  You're done!

4.  Fear Factor.  What else to say about this one.  Easy stunt.  Eat something gross.  Hard stunt (or bikini stunt).  Would someone please tell these girls that in a physical swimming challenge, bikini should not be in your vocabulary or wardrobe (with certain exceptions by Nike and Speedo that I know of - but strings and bows should not be there).  Also, change the format to feature three hard stunts.  Make the contestants criminals, and take away the safety equipment.  NOW WE HAVE A SHOW!

5.  Jeopardy.  Perfect - don't change a thing.  More Canadian questions if you must... their answers make me giggle.

6. Holmes on Homes.  The "why it's scary to buy a house" show.  I love this man.  He's my hero.  Recently went house shopping - noticed some of the things that make Mike mad.  Did not buy that house.  Should be mandatory viewing for one year prior to your first home purchase.  Has anyone in TO tried to recruit Mr Holmes?  Are old episodes avail to purchase?

7. The Daily Show.  Best damn news program on TV.

In short, I want the fol channels:
CTV News
CBC Newsworld
Comedy
Global (for all the Fox animated series)
TLC
HGTV
Discovery
History

tlm.

Editted for some grammar and spelling.  I know there are a couple of run-on sentences, might fix later.  Lunch break over.

 

[Michael Dorosh]

Good list, tlm.

I used to watch Daily Show religiously, but he's sliding into Rush Limbaugh country. In the beginning Rush had sensible things to say from a conservative standpoint; but after a while his show got to be about making the President look as stupid as humanly possible, facts be damned. Stewart is doing the same thing these days, IMO. Highlight what the President and the administration is doing wrong, by all means, but once you're at the point where all you do is criticize every tiny move and take stuff completely out of context to put your own spin on it, you're not being funny any more.

Colbert is much more clever - even if he is a liberal, he masquerades as a die-hard conservative. The beauty is that real hard line conservatives can watch and think that Colbert means everything he says, and liberals can watch it and realize it's all a satire.  I am more conservative than liberal but I still think he's hilarious, and he tears apart the administration so much more subtly (and funny) than Stewart does.

 

[Springroll]

6. Holmes on Homes.  The "why it's scary to buy a house" show.  I love this man.  He's my hero.  Recently went house shopping - noticed some of the things that make Mike mad.  Did not buy that house.  Should be mandatory viewing for one year prior to your first home purchase.  Has anyone in TO tried to recruit Mr Holmes?  Are old episodes avail to purchase?

Awesome show! I love it! We watch it so that we are informed when it comes to doing any home reno's or having any outside contractors doing work for us. Why buy the episodes when they are all on repeats right now and all you need is a VCR? 

Not into the reality type shows either. Haven't watched the no talent one since I don't like Regis. I did watch Survivor once, and that was the Pearl Islands one. Oldest son and I watched it together...that was a blast!

Only channels we watch are:
-Food Network
-HGTV
-Discovery
-History
-Animal Planet
-Treehouse
-Disney