Voice Mail From Reality Show
(The aforementioned is an edited voice mail message that Usedcarsalesman received and he is simply using it to kick-off this post).
Usedcarsalesman gets a call from "X-woman" from the Blind Date show. Apparently, they are starting to shoot something called Julie Gets Married, which he was told was supposed to be like The Bachelorette.
(The aforementioned is an edited voice mail message that Usedcarsalesman received and he is simply using it to kick-off this post).
Usedcarsalesman gets a call from "X-woman" from the Blind Date show. Apparently, they are starting to shoot something called Julie Gets Married, which he was told was supposed to be like The Bachelorette.
How did this happen? Usedcarsalesman had been using one of these on-line dating services and apparently a woman who is the female protagonist in the show used the profiles listed in the service to select he and a few others to round out her "harem" of potential suitors. Well, little did they know they were dealing with a guy (Usedcarsalesman) who has never, ever watched Reality Television since it has been on for the last, what, 6 or 7 years.
Now, this is not because Usedcarsalesman is some kind of elitist dude who doesn't like reality television. It's that, other than maybe the Larry Sanders show from the 1990s and a few of the more recent HBO shows and some of the shows on History and Discovery channels and maybe ESPN, he didn't really watch a Television monitor, save to catch a DVD. In fact, Usedcarsalesman wouldn't even know about this Reality TV business except that it had caught so much news and there are so many people apparently running around pitching Reality concepts.
So, after Usedcarsalesman gets this call, he decides to go ahead and investigate what this new show is all about. Julie Gets Married obviously isn't airing yet, so he decide to look at some of the producer's other work that is on: namely, Blind Date. He checks his local TV listings and he sees that Blind Date is on at 1AM (Prime-time! :) on LA's KCOP.
So, after Usedcarsalesman gets this call, he decides to go ahead and investigate what this new show is all about. Julie Gets Married obviously isn't airing yet, so he decide to look at some of the producer's other work that is on: namely, Blind Date. He checks his local TV listings and he sees that Blind Date is on at 1AM (Prime-time! :) on LA's KCOP.
Usedcarsalesman stays up to watch and sure enough, 1AM rolls around and here came the Blind Date show. And, at first glance, Usedcarsalesman thought it was probably the most horrendous bit of television that he had ever watched!
In the early-morning episode he was watching, they matched up some poor schmo with an ex-Playmate and "pressed record." Wasn't pretty. But, after a few minutes, Usedcarsalesman did start to laugh his ass off. And he'll admit, he did suddenly develop respect for reality television and its entertainment value. It was kind of "twisted" like that kid who's interested in using a magnifying glass to smoke ants with the sun's rays.
So, did Usedcarsalesman ever interview for that show? Hey, he digs watching train wrecks too, but it doesn't mean he'd want to be in one :)
In the early-morning episode he was watching, they matched up some poor schmo with an ex-Playmate and "pressed record." Wasn't pretty. But, after a few minutes, Usedcarsalesman did start to laugh his ass off. And he'll admit, he did suddenly develop respect for reality television and its entertainment value. It was kind of "twisted" like that kid who's interested in using a magnifying glass to smoke ants with the sun's rays.
So, did Usedcarsalesman ever interview for that show? Hey, he digs watching train wrecks too, but it doesn't mean he'd want to be in one :)
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