Wednesday, April 30, 2008

New Reality TV Voting Procedure

I love reality television. I have said for many years that I am the target demographic that every stupid, mind-numbing dating/survival/modeling/eating/dancing/learning to knit competition show has been designed for. I am not sure if I am getting bitter in my old age or if I felt this way all along, but I find myself in a pickle when it comes time for me AKA "the American public" to vote for their favorite dancer/singer/designer/talented animal. I long, more often than not, to cast multiple votes for the person I hate the most. I clearly do not actually hate a 17 year-old, half-stoned, dread-locked whiny singer. On the other hand, I also never want to see him on my television again. The obvious answer to this dilemma is to simply stop watching these shows. The problem with that is that I like mindless television. I want to be able to vote off the girl who talks in the third person, or the guy who cheeses it up for the camera, or the worst B-team celebrity who makes more money dancing the foxtrot or "interviewing" for Donald Trump than I will make in my lifetime. I want to be able to place negative votes! There should be 2 phone numbers on the screen: call 1-866-fameseeker-01 to keep him or her in the competition and 1-866-yourfifteenminutesareover-01 to give him or her the boot! Perhaps, some might argue that this would be mean and not in the spirit of true competition. I would argue that when you go on national television to try to win anything outside of a showcase showdown, you know exactly what you are getting into. Consequently, I, as a member the viewing public, have the right to let you know exactly what I think of your singing/cooking/dancing/ice sculpting.