Friday, April 01, 2005
affairs of the brainless
I waited. I waited two weeks before judging it. But I can wait no more.
Have you seen the new, revamped "A Current Affair"? I was too young when it first came on way back when to remember anything but the logo, the theme cha-chung, and the overblown promos.
Oh my god, I've missed out on so much. This is the most hilarious show in the entire world. It's like a live-action "Space Ghost," with even more awkward pauses.
For starters, Tim Green was an incredibly bad choice for the frontman of this "news show." Or . . . was he an incredibly GOOD choice? Because he's definitely playing a big part in the horrible hilarity of the thing. From the very first day, when he thanked a correspondent and told her she did a good job reporting the story (pretty condescendingly), to the "on-the-street" interviews that seem so out of sync that it makes "The Daily Show" look incredibly high-end, the duh never stops. Seriously. There was a story about a woman who was killed by her husband (they advertised it as a story about a woman with a "smile just like Laci's," which is pretty irrelevant at best), and he was all teary when they stopped the taped report and cut to him. Why? Because he was "thinking about [the woman's mom] and his kids." Eeeeehhh. Okay. Way to kind of make it all about yourself there. Or how about the story following a love triangle that cost a woman her country club membership? Afterward he said something along the lines of "Who really cares? Don't worry, we have something more interesting coming up." Why run the story at all if it's that uninteresting? (Don't get me wrong, it really WAS that uninteresting.) Should I bother to ask? I thought yesterday's tribute to Terri Schiavo actually bordered on offensive, but when you think of the source, I suppose it was as tasteful as they get.
I really have no words that can do this show justice. Take "The Daily Show" and fill it up with totally pointless stories that can be tied by tiny weak threads to current, interesting stories, and (this is the most important part) have it take itself more seriously than a thirteen-year-old kid. And then watch it at least once if only to marvel at the fact that this was a show that someone thought was worth reviving.
Seriously. You can't watch it and not get the "Space Ghost" vibe. I can't wait until we get the Dish installed, so I can watch the real thing instead.
Have you seen the new, revamped "A Current Affair"? I was too young when it first came on way back when to remember anything but the logo, the theme cha-chung, and the overblown promos.
Oh my god, I've missed out on so much. This is the most hilarious show in the entire world. It's like a live-action "Space Ghost," with even more awkward pauses.
For starters, Tim Green was an incredibly bad choice for the frontman of this "news show." Or . . . was he an incredibly GOOD choice? Because he's definitely playing a big part in the horrible hilarity of the thing. From the very first day, when he thanked a correspondent and told her she did a good job reporting the story (pretty condescendingly), to the "on-the-street" interviews that seem so out of sync that it makes "The Daily Show" look incredibly high-end, the duh never stops. Seriously. There was a story about a woman who was killed by her husband (they advertised it as a story about a woman with a "smile just like Laci's," which is pretty irrelevant at best), and he was all teary when they stopped the taped report and cut to him. Why? Because he was "thinking about [the woman's mom] and his kids." Eeeeehhh. Okay. Way to kind of make it all about yourself there. Or how about the story following a love triangle that cost a woman her country club membership? Afterward he said something along the lines of "Who really cares? Don't worry, we have something more interesting coming up." Why run the story at all if it's that uninteresting? (Don't get me wrong, it really WAS that uninteresting.) Should I bother to ask? I thought yesterday's tribute to Terri Schiavo actually bordered on offensive, but when you think of the source, I suppose it was as tasteful as they get.
I really have no words that can do this show justice. Take "The Daily Show" and fill it up with totally pointless stories that can be tied by tiny weak threads to current, interesting stories, and (this is the most important part) have it take itself more seriously than a thirteen-year-old kid. And then watch it at least once if only to marvel at the fact that this was a show that someone thought was worth reviving.
Seriously. You can't watch it and not get the "Space Ghost" vibe. I can't wait until we get the Dish installed, so I can watch the real thing instead.
