There’s a new phrase I’m hearing a lot lately, bandied about in conversations between seemingly normal people who couldn’t possibly be normal after uttering such a hideous, awful, pompous, annoying bullshit thing you can say to another person when that other person is me. “I don’t watch TV.”
I’m sorry what? Why? What could possibly be the reason not to view the magic that spews out of an electrical pluggy thing that is capable of entertaining you twenty-four seven – three sixty five? Me no get it. Are you mentally ill? I mean, even that’s not an excuse. They make programs for crazy people. Have you not seen Little Women L.A? It’s midgets who only know other midgets. They dance, they date, they dance – did I say they dance? I’m sorry – I meant little people. I know they used to call it the idiot box, but I’m quite certain the idiots are those who are not filled with glee when they stumble upon a Law & Order they haven’t seen before–any Law & Order, but who am I kidding – SVU with Chris Meloni is the best unless you happen upon a Benjamin Bratt one, and then all bets are off and so are my pants ’cause I’m in my underwear on the couch faster than you can say snack time and a marathon.
People who don’t watch television are not only missing out on some of life’s most important and historical moments – i.e. when Ramona threw a glass at what’s her name from that canoe and when Momma Joyce got super ghetto and told Todd his mother’s a prostitute. If you don’t know what I’m talking about then you see – this is what’s absent from your life. The other problem is that I make a living supplying things for you to view in that box, and if people stop watching that then I have to stop watching the Saks Fifth Avenue feed on my computer because I won’t be able to buy another pair of shoes again. You not watching TV equals me not shopping and that’s cutting into my closet and I’m not happy about it.
If you don’t think you’re missing something then let me point you in the direction of a very informational commercial I saw last night for Frozen Foods. That’s right – there’s an American Frozen Food Institute out there and they’re worried you’re not eating enough completely tasteless rock hard things that come in a box. First of all I’d like to take a class at the Frozen Food institute because I need to know why my freezer continues to make stalagtites despite my constant defrosting. I’d also like to know why ice cream is easier to scoop the second time you eat it. Who am I kidding – there’s never been a second time of ice cream in my freezer. The commercial from the FFI – was very high end and very convincing. It said that “Freezing is natures pause button.” Hahahahahahahahha. Sorry. Really? What’s it pausing? Its taste life? T
The commercial urged me to take a fresh look at frozen because it’s how delicious stays delicious and while I know that cake is how delicious stays delicious, I did feel for the people trying to get you people to eat completely hideous tasting blocks of icy yuck. So I am joining the Frozen Food people today and urging you to do something to – come back to television. It’s the brains pause button. And if you tune in to the right show – it’s how couches stay delicious.
Don’t forget to buy my book…
I hate summer TV programming. I think TV is the reason fall is my favorite season. I start cleaning up the DVR and exercising it regularly around the end of July. The fact that I knew exactly who you were talking about is probably pathetic but then at least maybe you’ll think of me at the next shoe sale!
i will rena. i will.
I lost you after Benjamin Bratt. He and Chris Noth run pretty much even when it comes to the sexiest cop on Law and Order.
RrrrrrrrooOOOOOOWWWWWllllll!!!
agreed.
Mmm . . . Benjamin Bratt . . .
Excuse me, did you say something else?
First, I so agree with you on Benjamin Bratt. And second, I think I do my part to keep you in your shoe habit and I am not embarrassed to say it either!
and i thank you for doing your part donna!!
When people tell me they don’t watch TV, or in some cases even own a TV, they say it with an arrogance that suggests I’m beneath them. And then I think, that sack of shit can’t even afford a TV probably. And then I think, this is obviously a person who’s never seen an episode of the Walking Dead or Games of Thrones, and so they have no credibility in my life. And then I think, why did I put so much thought into a boring asshole with bad taste? Life is hard.
hahahahahhahaha. you’re funny. and you’re right.
Loved this! My wife and I were just laughing last night about the ad for freezing things. She said “it’s like advertising for air.”
And to those people who claim not to watch TV, I call bullshit. Same people who don’t order at the restaurant because they “just ate,” but then proceed to eat half your plate and pay for none.
it was the best commercial ever.
Don’t worry – my tv viewing habits will keep you buying new shoes for years to come :)!
thank you lana. i appreciate you. my barneys charge card may not – but i do.