Singing Loudly: Jumping the Magic 8-Ball: Getting a Dose of Reality

Singing Loudly

Friday, September 24, 2004

Jumping the Magic 8-Ball: Getting a Dose of Reality

How is it that good shows can suddenly go so wrong? People complain about shows like Survivor but at least it is consistent. The alliances, the scheming, and Jeff's witty retorts are always going to be there. Somehow Donald Trump's ego out grew the Apprentice.

I remember that after the Emmys he was complaining about how he lost to The Amazing Race. Obviously he hasn't seen the Amazing Race, because it deserves the Emmy. As far as reality TV shows go it is the best one right now. The only reality show that was able to match the creativity and enjoyment of AR was The Mole. The Mole, before they started all that celebrity shit, was genius. No other way around it.

So now we've got stupid crap like Makeover shows, destroy my home and build it back in three days, and make me go through months of plastic surgery reality shows. Hopefully they'll all die. Mixed in with these shows were once good shows like The Apprentice. Last night signaled an end to the Apprentice. It is clear that it is has gone hill. The evidence:

  • Lame royal trump music when Trump was coming down the escalator
  • Two of the last three firings have been stunts
  • Bradford did a good job but was fired because Trump goaded him into giving up his immunity. Then Trump kept pointing out to other contestants that they shouldn't make the mistake Bradford did. Come on, there was no mistake. Look, these people are in their mini-corporations. Bradford gave up his individual immunity to try to repair some of the divisions in his corporation. He made a selfless decision to help his company. Trump got it wrong when he turned it around to that act being something that would destroy a corporation. No Trump the act wasn't destructive it was constructive. You just plain got it wrong.
  • Stacy was a nut. Stacy was probably a bitch to be around. But she didn't screw up the assignment. She was fired last night for using a magic 8 ball a few episodes ago. Give me a break.
  • It's getting really tiresome to watch these episodes which have become one big commercial for different companies. It didn't bother me as much last year when it was usually big commercials for Trump's companies. Now that it's crap like Crest and Mattel...give me a damn break.
Thankfully, it is only going to be a few weeks until a new Amazing Race starts. I don't mind Survivor but it gets better as the season goes on. American Idol should be coming around again which will be good to mock Ryan Seachrest. That's it for the reality shows I care about discussing. I know there are others out there. Watch at your own risk.
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