tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post1022276789721156621..comments2024-03-13T21:26:03.011-07:00Comments on Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher: How Low Can So-called Reality TV Go?Darrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-38681691210359697712008-11-28T07:19:00.000-08:002008-11-28T07:19:00.000-08:00Deadliest Catch, Dirty Jobs, and Ultimate Fighter ...Deadliest Catch, Dirty Jobs, and Ultimate Fighter are the only reality shows I watch.rightwingprofhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12419372059353408855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-60491731028620117802008-11-27T12:12:00.000-08:002008-11-27T12:12:00.000-08:00I really dont think it is bad (as executed on UK T...I really dont think it is bad (as executed on UK TV).<BR/><BR/>Charities win by getting money<BR/>Charities win by getting exposure<BR/>Millionaire wins by learning something.<BR/>Viewers win by learning.<BR/><BR/><BR/>All in all, I have to say it is a good show.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-17019893833079771732008-11-27T10:15:00.000-08:002008-11-27T10:15:00.000-08:00Kinda reminds me of "Trading Places" with Eddie Mu...Kinda reminds me of "Trading Places" with Eddie Murphy.<BR/>Maybe the producers will get theirs?gbradleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03786652600757982286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-11390091628248555712008-11-27T09:47:00.000-08:002008-11-27T09:47:00.000-08:00Remember "Queen for a Day"? Desperate women compet...Remember "Queen for a Day"? Desperate women competing for the title "my life is crappier than yours" for the promise of a fridge or a toaster live on TV. <BR/><BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_for_a_DayKauaiMarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02581543514815246743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-33464939410451394922008-11-27T07:17:00.000-08:002008-11-27T07:17:00.000-08:00Donalbain, what you describe certainly isn't as ba...Donalbain, what you describe certainly isn't as bad as what the tv commercials here indicate, but it's still pretty bad.Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-87685406412326912652008-11-27T07:08:00.000-08:002008-11-27T07:08:00.000-08:00My Mom talks about a show that was like that back ...My Mom talks about a show that was like that back in the fifties. But I think it was fictional. Frankly, I don't watch reality programming. Networks love it because they don't have to have writers and such. It all brings us down to the most common and trashy denominator of life. The worst has to be "Cheaters" which sadly is filmed entirely in Dallas because they can find enough stories here to do that. But even the dancing and singing shows have become far more soap opera. What happened to a good old comedy show that relied on writing over bathroom jokes. I can't even watch TV with my college aged kids because some of it has become so raunchy.Ellen Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02845981491726296767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-68737739974399313922008-11-27T06:20:00.000-08:002008-11-27T06:20:00.000-08:00I don't know... not as sick as some of the things ...I don't know... not as sick as some of the things I've heard happen on other reality shows.<BR/><BR/>Well, there's another one I won't watch!Happy Elf Mom (Christine)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15047347624037697311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-4762802251541701592008-11-27T02:36:00.000-08:002008-11-27T02:36:00.000-08:00Thats another show you have bought from us in the ...Thats another show you have bought from us in the UK! And, much as the concept does sound horrible, it is actually quite an uplifting show.<BR/><BR/>Basically, it is an interesting way for the work of charity organisations that normally fly under the radar to be shown on TV.<BR/><BR/>So, for instance; the Secret Millionaire will visit Glasgow and find and investigate maybe a local boxing club that helps keeps kids off the street, or a housing rights organisation that can provide advice to tenants in conflict with landlords, or so on and so forth. In the course of finding out more about those charities, the show then makes the rest of the public aware of their existence and the existence of others like them. Plus the charity gets a few thousand quid at the end. <BR/><BR/>Nobody is made a fool of, at least in the UK version, and indeed, everyone seems to come out of the experience better off.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com