fopdoodle
Wednesday 4th May 2016 6:13am [Edited]
Edinburgh
623 posts
There are certain shows I designate for when I might be having trouble sleeping (Made in Chelsea, TOWIE etc), but there are certain others that have the opposite effect in that I cannot even cope with them for longer than about 30 seconds in (Jerry Springer, Jeremy Kyle etc) and this is just another.
I am not a stuffy brit who can't handle people talking about sex (back in the day when we had Antoine de Caunes with Eurotrash I just found it a bit tabloid but didn't mind the smut at all), I just find this so desperate, kinda sad and just not interested in these people. It really is like they have dug out discarded ideas from the bin marked "to burn" and it's now a bottomless pit - they've set the bar so low that we can expect to be surprised by nothing in the future.
What really beggars belief though is the people who want to go on the show. Seems to be an age of extreme exhibitionism which also includes dropping one's drawers to reveal wonky bollocks and pustulous boils on Embarrassing Bodies (I really doubt that anyone doing online dating on first date has uttered the words "haven't I seen you on TV? I know, wasn't it Embarrassing Bodies?" as they'd be out the door like shit off a shovel before even saying 'hi') as I can't imagine any amount of money that would get me to do it.
It's not informative. It's not entertaining. It's not even amusing. It's just nasty - so what's the point of it? Steve Jones needs to pay the mortgage like everyone else, but I can't imagine him turning any gig down after this.
It has joined my list of progs to avoid as doesn't even qualify for cringe value - and maybe I am alone here but I am about as interested in what these people's intimate preferences are as I am in the contents of a stranger's fridge.
Now hold on . . . idea for a show . . . Munchbox - stage with fridge - enter couple with midnight munching habit who then go on to talk about their salacious appetite for curry and Nutella sandwiches. Who wouldn't want to watch, or appear on THAT?