American Idol = Worst TV Show Ever

BSmack · Post by **BSmack** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 12:14 am

Tom In VA wrote:I didn't see a Nobody in this thread. Maybe I'm blind.

The fucking nuns were right, damnit.

So they didn't call you Tommy Gun for nothing?

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 12:29 am

It's actually a little-known fact Tom was raised in a convent by nuns. He was dropped off there shortly after birth. Matter of fact, he never once left the safe-haven of the convent up through his 16th birthday. On that fateful day, the nun-in-charge, Mother Mary, decided it was time for Little Tom In a Nunnery In Virginia to see the outside world, so she sent him to the market in town, all by himself. He finished the shopping as instructed, he began to make his way back home. As he walked out of town, he was approached by a hooker.

"Hey kid, I'll give you a blowjob for $10," she said.

Bewildered by this new situation and unfamiliar words, Tom shook his head politely, and made his way back up the hill to the convent.

Upon his arrival, Mother Mary asked about his first journey outside of the convent. "Did you find the market alright," did anybody hassle you," and assorted other basic inquiries.

"It was great, Mother. The town is a very exciting place."

"Yes it is, Tom," she confirmed.

But Tom's natural curiosity was piqued, and he had one more question as to the ways of the town -- "Mother...what's a blowjob," he asked sheepishly.

Mother Mary, in her infinite wisdom, replied "Ten bucks, same as in town."

Jerkovich · Post by **Jerkovich** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 3:36 am

and this went three pages, which proves that y'all are a bunch of mouth breathers.

Mister Bushice · Post by **Mister Bushice** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 8:49 am

Dinsdale wrote:It's actually a little-known fact

Fucking Clavin.

Mike the Lab Rat · Post by **Mike the Lab Rat** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 3:07 pm

Worse than:

AfterMASH?
Joanie Loves Chachi?
CPO Sharkey?
The Ropers?
Archie Bunker's Place?
Hello Larry?

I don't watch that much TV, thanks to being a parent of an overscheduled 2nd grader, bringing home schoolwork, etc., so I'm not that familiar with AI (other than the obvious media bombardment about it), but I'm guessing that it'd have to be DAMNED horrible to remotely be in the same realm as the aforementioned crap to which Americans have been subjected.

Mississippi Neck · Post by **Mississippi Neck** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 4:02 pm

Did you watch all of the above shows?

Mike the Lab Rat · Post by **Mike the Lab Rat** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 4:56 pm

Mississippi Neck wrote:Did you watch all of the above shows?

At one point or another, I was indeed unfortunate enough to have caught at least one episode of those shows. For reasons I didn't quite grasp, my dad found Don Rickles's shtick in "CPO Sharkey" to be absolutely hilarious. Most of the others were aired back when I didn't have control over the sole TV in the house, so my option was to try to work some time off Purgatory by sitting through at least part of a show or leaving the room. I usually chose the latter after a few minutes, which worked out great, now that I'm Protestant and don't buy into the whole Purgatory thing. Saved myself from having to sit through more shrimp-fork-to-the-eyeballs bad TV.

War Wagon · Post by **War Wagon** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 5:19 pm

Mike the Lab Rat wrote: I'm not that familiar with AI.

Lucky you. Wish I could say the same.

Thankfully, they go back to just a one hour episode a week now, and if I'm really lucky, wifey will go over to a friends house to watch it while they giggle inanely. But last week they had two 2 hour shows on back to back nights, and I damn near lost it. A man can only be expected to put up with just so much in order to maintain marital harmony, and that was dangerously close to crossing the line. Damn near bit my tongue off.

Terry in Crapchester · Sun Jan 21, 2007 6:17 pm

Mike the Lab Rat wrote:Worse than:

AfterMASH?
Joanie Loves Chachi?
CPO Sharkey?
The Ropers?
Archie Bunker's Place?
Hello Larry?

I don't watch that much TV, thanks to being a parent of an overscheduled 2nd grader, bringing home schoolwork, etc., so I'm not that familiar with AI (other than the obvious media bombardment about it), but I'm guessing that it'd have to be DAMNED horrible to remotely be in the same realm as the aforementioned crap to which Americans have been subjected.

Rack and agreed.

Btw, if we're going to throw in shows that FOX has foisted upon us in the past, we ought to include:

Melrose Place
Models, Inc.
Beverly Hills 90210 (40-something actors playing high school students)

OCmike · Post by **OCmike** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 5:13 am

Mike the Lab Rat wrote:Worse than:

AfterMASH?
Joanie Loves Chachi?
CPO Sharkey?
The Ropers?
Archie Bunker's Place?
Hello Larry?

RACK

And, lest we forget:

Fish
Cop Rock
Mork and Mindy(after the arrival of Jonathan Winters)

KatMode · Post by **KatMode** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 9:56 pm

Terry in Crapchester wrote:

Btw, if we're going to throw in shows that FOX has foisted upon us in the past, we ought to include:

Melrose Place
Models, Inc.
Beverly Hills 90210 (40-something actors playing high school students)

Apparently those shows were so awesome other networks such as ABC jumped on that bandwagon - 10 years later.

Sin,

Desperate Housewives.

OCmike · Post by **OCmike** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 3:37 am

I can't believe I forgot the Cheers spinoff "The Tortellis", starring Carla's ex from the show and Jean Kasem. Now THERE was a gem.