Random Thursday

Hey, hey! It's not Friday yet, but welcome back to another

 

I have my very own Random Thursday button now.  How frickin' sweet is that?

 

When I met Ryan, there were probably about two shows I watched with any kind of regularity.  Ryan loves TV and he has hooked me on so many more shows that I really enjoy: Under Cover Boss, CatFish, Switched at Birth, The Carrie Diaries, Joe Schmo Show to name a few...  He also has a penchant for truly *bad* TV (American Idol and The Bachelor, I'm looking at you...) 

 

At any rate, the topic for this week is  
 

Here are some I wasted my life on... (and I hope I am not dating myself too much with a few of these)

1. Who Wants to Marry a Mult-Millionaire?
Long before The Bachelor and The Bachelorette, there was Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire?  This aired when I was in college and is one of those shows I remember us all piling into a tiny dorm room to watch.  It aired as a two hour special.  I remember as I watched it feeling partially fascinated and partially disgusted.

2. Dinosaurs
Creepy Jim Henson Dinosaurs.  The main joke was the baby always hitting his dad in the head with a frying pan shouting "Not the Mama!"  Fun fact: the series ended when an asteroid hit the earth killing all dinosaurs and had a "Warning, this may be disturbing to young viewers" message before it aired.



3. Dora the Explorer
I was lucky that when Isaac was a preschooler he took only a fleeting interest in this show.  It could have been so much worse.  She addresses her viewers directly and then stares creepily at you during an uncomfortably long pause while you have to decide if it is less bizarre to answer her or ignore her.

4.  American Idol
I'm sorry but this show just needs to end.  I have never gotten into the series really.  When I worked at a group home, the staff would often put it on in the evenings, so I have sort of followed other seasons in a disinterested way.  I have caught a little bit of this season and it has hit a new low now that this is the panel of judges:

Nicki Minaj is HORRIFIC.  Enough said.

5. A Baby Story on TLC.
 It pretty much has the same plot: a lady is pregnant and excited and then she has a baby.