Reality TV That Doesn't Make You Feel Dirty Watching It - Page 3

xoxoxoBruce · 11-10-2008, 09:09 AM

Cash Cab is unique in that, I like watching it, but not annoyed if I'm interrupted.

lumberjim · 11-10-2008, 09:57 AM

i like it because i know most of the answers, and can feel superior to the people that get thrown out, and yet, i love to see people getting cashed up because they won. it's funny how many of them are on their way out to a bar.

wolf · 11-12-2008, 12:51 PM

Project Runway and Top Chef are close to it for me. I do watch Top Design, but it's not as exciting. Shear Genius would probably be third.

I can't watch the "reality TV" shows that rely on the contestents being mean and trying to backstab each other. That's not what I consider fun.

The Bravo competition shows are about individual achievement within one's field, but yeah, the personalities definitely play a part (I still can't stand Laura from Project Runway 3 ... pretentious bitch ... and I ended up rooting for Marcel on Top Chef 2 after the other contestants tortured him, even if he did come off as a completely smacked ass).

Celebrity Rehab is too much like work, which makes it funny for me sometimes. Funny in places that most people wouldn't consider funny.

jinx · 11-12-2008, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by wolf

(I still can't stand Laura from Project Runway 3 ... pretentious bitch ... and I ended up rooting for Marcel on Top Chef 2 after the other contestants tortured him, even if he did come off as a completely smacked ass).

I liked Laura, her sense of humor cracked me up (pregnant with her 6th child "just throw it on the pile with the rest"), but I also was rooting for Marcel because Ilan was such a little smarmy bitch.

I just couldn't get into this past season of Project Runway, I don't really know what was different though.

Clodfobble · 11-12-2008, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by jinx

I just couldn't get into this past season of Project Runway, I don't really know what was different though

It's because they threw it together at the last second (because they just sold the rights to the show to a different cable network, and then decided they wanted to cram one last season in before they were done.) The quality of contestants, the interview editing, the creation of an overall story arc--everything suffered.

Sundae · 11-13-2008, 12:19 AM

I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here starts on Sunday!
Woot! Woot! Makes me very happy!

I hope I will still be at my parents and therefore able to watch, rather than have to catch up on my laptop. Either way I'm looking forward to it.

Here's a clip to show why I love it - a bush tucker trial with John Burton Race (another chef I adore) and Janice Dickinson. And Ant & Dec of course. They are eating grim - but edible - things to win stars for the camp of celebs. Each star equals a meal. They get basic rations, but always believe they are starving.

And Ant & Dec in a link, regarding the same train.

classicman · 11-13-2008, 01:29 PM

Janice Dickinson & Ant - two reasons I've never nor will I ever watch that.

Sundae · 11-13-2008, 01:51 PM

Well Dickinson isn't in it this year of course.
This is who is:
Brian Paddick - Ex-Deputy Assistant Commissioner for Metropolitan Police, failed London Mayoral candidate, highest ranking gay police officer
Carly Zucker - model and WAG (engaged to Joe Cole)
Dani Behr - former presenter and wild child
Esther Rantzen - well respected presenter, does a lot for charity
George Takei - Sulu of course (also gay)
Joe Swash - ex Eastenders soap star
Martina Navratilova - tennis player! (another gay)
Nicola McLean - another WAG and page 3 girl
Robert Kilroy-Silk - slimy politician, suspected racist and talk show host
Simon Webbe - ex boy band singer from Blue

But if you don't like Ant (why not?!) then you wouldn't want to watch any of them! I know it's a poor bunch this year, but that doesn't mean it won't make me laugh. Dean Gaffney's bush tucker trial almost made me wet myself, and that was unexpected. Here's hoping for more of the same.

(please note - sexual orientation of contestants shown in true tabloid stylee)

Undertoad · 11-13-2008, 03:33 PM

WAG?

Sundae · 11-13-2008, 03:42 PM

Tabloid shorthand for Wives And Girlfriends of football players.
Generally don't have a job of their own (unless it's a model).

Urbane Guerrilla · 11-14-2008, 01:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Dude.

It's an animated, fictional "reality" show.

That being the entirety of my point.

11-10-2008, 09:09 AM	#31
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Cash Cab is unique in that, I like watching it, but not annoyed if I'm interrupted. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-10-2008, 09:57 AM	#32
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	i like it because i know most of the answers, and can feel superior to the people that get thrown out, and yet, i love to see people getting cashed up because they won. it's funny how many of them are on their way out to a bar. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

11-12-2008, 12:51 PM	#33
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Project Runway and Top Chef are close to it for me. I do watch Top Design, but it's not as exciting. Shear Genius would probably be third. I can't watch the "reality TV" shows that rely on the contestents being mean and trying to backstab each other. That's not what I consider fun. The Bravo competition shows are about individual achievement within one's field, but yeah, the personalities definitely play a part (I still can't stand Laura from Project Runway 3 ... pretentious bitch ... and I ended up rooting for Marcel on Top Chef 2 after the other contestants tortured him, even if he did come off as a completely smacked ass). Celebrity Rehab is too much like work, which makes it funny for me sometimes. Funny in places that most people wouldn't consider funny. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

11-13-2008, 01:29 PM	#37
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Janice Dickinson & Ant - two reasons I've never nor will I ever watch that. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

11-13-2008, 12:19 AM	#36
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here starts on Sunday! Woot! Woot! Makes me very happy! I hope I will still be at my parents and therefore able to watch, rather than have to catch up on my laptop. Either way I'm looking forward to it. Here's a clip to show why I love it - a bush tucker trial with John Burton Race (another chef I adore) and Janice Dickinson. And Ant & Dec of course. They are eating grim - but edible - things to win stars for the camp of celebs. Each star equals a meal. They get basic rations, but always believe they are starving. And Ant & Dec in a link, regarding the same train.

11-13-2008, 01:51 PM	#38
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Well Dickinson isn't in it this year of course. This is who is: Brian Paddick - Ex-Deputy Assistant Commissioner for Metropolitan Police, failed London Mayoral candidate, highest ranking gay police officer Carly Zucker - model and WAG (engaged to Joe Cole) Dani Behr - former presenter and wild child Esther Rantzen - well respected presenter, does a lot for charity George Takei - Sulu of course (also gay) Joe Swash - ex Eastenders soap star Martina Navratilova - tennis player! (another gay) Nicola McLean - another WAG and page 3 girl Robert Kilroy-Silk - slimy politician, suspected racist and talk show host Simon Webbe - ex boy band singer from Blue But if you don't like Ant (why not?!) then you wouldn't want to watch any of them! I know it's a poor bunch this year, but that doesn't mean it won't make me laugh. Dean Gaffney's bush tucker trial almost made me wet myself, and that was unexpected. Here's hoping for more of the same. (please note - sexual orientation of contestants shown in true tabloid stylee)

11-13-2008, 03:33 PM	#39
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	WAG?

11-13-2008, 03:42 PM	#40
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Tabloid shorthand for Wives And Girlfriends of football players. Generally don't have a job of their own (unless it's a model).

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