Things on TV that irritate You?

[Celtic_Emperor]

Those cash advance commericials with Gary Coleman as the spokesperson. Those are sort or irritating (more sad and pitiful for him). They make him look like a little fool, or a seal barking and clapping for money. Its sad that he's been reduced to that, but the commericials are sort of funny in their own way. So I guess I can't really complain.

 

[The Sean Man]

As a representative of the media🙂

.....dont get me started on U.S. TV and how crap it is, but, what is it about all your news out put? why do all the presenters/journalists on all channels try to pretend they are your best buddy in the whole wide world? why do they insist on inflicting their "personality" on the veiwer? whats with all this "down home" folksy stuff? how about just getting on with the job and cut the crap?

Whats the problem with you guys, when it comes to framing a few straight questions to people in power? You need a good dose of UK dissrespect for any one in power.

News outlets believe, insanely, that if an anchor is "warm and friendly", people will be more compelled to watch that particular channel. It's all about ratings 🙄

 

[TklDuo-Drew]

Dr. Phil
A man so bland, so predictable, he's like a Stepford Dad or something. He's got the same 'dead-eyes' as celebrities like Jessica Simpson and Oprah. They all scare the bejeezuz out of me, and they're all allover my TV...

Though I'm not an Oprah fan, at least she goes out of her way to help people, and especially supporting the hurricane Katrina victims.

Dr. Phil, on the other hand, is a complete moron who just uses "buzzwords" to get his points across. And Jessica Simpson is completely worthless, the less said about her, the better.

 

[venray]

I hate any commercial that advertises prescription drugs...I cant get them without seeing the doctor so why tell me about them...He went to school so he would know what to give me...I dont need to see them on TV....

I especially hate it when they spend 55 seconds telling me how good the drug is and 5 seconds at the end to list all of the various side effects that could kill me....


...and dont get me started on the one that talks about 4 hour erections being a problem...... 🙄


Ray

 

[Dr. Vollin]

What's worse than the prescription drug commercials? Law firm advertisements; I want to know whose bright idea it was to allow that on TV.

 

[mpeyton]

Reality tv! We're all doomed!

 

[Dr. Bill Kobb]

Like shutting the TV off. 🙄

 

[lightninbug]

What Infuriates ME about TV???

How Much Time Do You Have??

a) Reality Television.
This reminds me of Voltaire's response about the Holy Roman Empire;"In what way is it Holy, in what way is it Roman AND in what way is it an Empire?"

In WHAT way is this Television??

b) Sat. Morn. Cartoons.
A personal bone in the throat. REMEMBER Cartoons? They had a Rabbit, a Duck and a Hunter arguing whether it was "Wabbit Season OR DUCK Season...A Moose & Squirrel thwarted a couple of Foriegn Agents...A Chicken drank SUPER-SAUCE and SAVED Pittsburg from the Giant Living Toupee...A Rooster picked up a Barnyard Dog by the tail, beat his ass w/ a board & ran like greased lightning for the 'rope-limit' ...Yosemite Sam Was the "Roughest, Toughest,Etc that ever rode the Rio Grandee & I ain't no Nambee Pambee"... A STUPID Mountie & His Horse Foiled Snydley Whiplash...AND IF WE WERE LUCKY; a skinney gal tied to a ships deck was TICKLED NEAR TO DEATH while cats were lickin milk off her Huge Feet.
THOSE WERE CARTOONS.
..Not this PC CRAPOLA


c) Network News

I rest my case; 9 minutes of news and the rest is 'happy-speak'.
The BBC Gives you the NEWS!!!

Like I said, how much time do you have? If it wasn't for PBS & the Simpsons, I probably wouldn't OWN a TV.
BUG

 

[Ignatz]

Bug, anyone who can quote Voltaire and Yosemite Sam in the same post is okay in my book (which I haven't written yet, but that's not important now.)

I'm with you a hundred percent on the cartoons. Just the other day at work, some kid dropped a heavy case of merchandise on his finger. He yelped and cussed and moaned. Without thinking about it, I popped out with, "You knew the job was dangerous when you took it, Fred." All I got, of course, was, "Dude...my name's not Fred, it's Jason." No clue, no culture, no proper upbringing! (By the way, why is every third twenty-something named Jason? Were they christened in honor of the slasher in the hockey mask?)

 

[drew70]

I agree. For me, it used to be the commercials I found irritating. Now I find that everything between the commercials is irritating.

 

[General Zod]

Those stupid Geico commercials Especially the one where they used Speed Racer to sell their insurance Fething heathens

 

[The Pianist]

Like some have mentioned before, theres just a complete lack of any sort of sophistication in TV any more. Reality TV show are just an easy way to make money without having to put any real thought into the material. My pet hate in particular at the moment, is how some programs (particular the Idol series and the vote-for-your-favourite variations) try to cover up the real motives for the programs. With the exception of various art films and other projects where there is a particular interest in creating it to begin with, the main object of most of TV is to make money. Now programs don't advertise this, but to me there is a major difference between a soapy (which is there to make money by entertaining you) and programs like American/Australian/whatever Idol that make a big fuss about trying to un-earth potential stars, giving them a huge start in the industry, doing it for the music etc.... Its not that... they are there to make money (more so than most programs in my opinion)

Spend a couple of months of good money making TV creating/finding the most popular possible candidate to then produce some average pop song which will sell heaps of cds (because they found the most popular singer) and they do it all again.

Ugh, I'll stop there 'cause I'll go on for ages (as I get more tired and slightly more sober). The more I experience mainstream 'culture' (yes, I put those ' ' in there for a reason), the more I know I don't want to be part of it or support it and the less I care about the poor sods that think I should be doing things to fit into the crowd rather than stand out from it.

 

[Knox The Hatter]

What's really sad is that television, like politics in America, is truly representative of the majority of the people, and it reacts to that market. Most people aren't interested in anything more sophisticated than the Idol shows or other so-called 'Reality' programs, which are a crock of shit anyway. If you yourself are more sophisticated, then there are the cable niche networks for you.

Most programming is for males 18-49, who have the attention span of a hamster. You might think I'm trying to be my usual state of flippant, but it's the truth. Most males in this demographic sit there, with the remote, surfing all night. They're trying to come up with advertising that can snare a demographic like this, that's more apt to speed past commercials for products aimed at same. Who falls into that demographic? The jock you knew back in high school, the guy with the crewcut, chewing gum, the male version of the character Suzanne Somers played on 'Three's Company'. It's a large demographic with an unequaled spending power.

Ha! I just described my brother-in-law. Go figyah.

Let's face it, folks, TV sucks. As a result, there are more entertainment outlets than there were a generation ago. Thank heavens.