The Scotto Grotto (org)

Am I mean for being happy that the XFL is such a big flop? Between WWF and brain-numbing sit coms… I’m really pretty darn happy that this bit of spongy dung didn’t catch the heart of the viewing public.

I’m getting old. Sports on TV rarely holds any appeal for me, unless it’s college or at least semi amateur…the professional stuff feels fake, prewritten, preordained. (A big reason why I don’t like wrestling… I like my morality plays to have better writing). My eyes seem to land on mostly documentary or historical pieces with the occasional dipping of the toe into x-files or lone gunmen, malcolm in the middle fare. Real world with a lot of surreal elements thrown in seems to work for me in ‘drama’ but not in sports. Cartoons, heck, they’re great, especially when they’re not trying to sell me anything. Angry Beavers, Sponge Bob, classic Bugs & Daffy… beautiful stuff, and I could watch it over and over, despite knowing all the words and images. Only Reality TV that tickles my fancy is COPS… I’m one of 5 people on earth who could care less about survivor, chain me up charlie (or whatever), or real world has anything happening there. even to annoy the geek factor out there, I’ve not really enjoyed (and therefore not watched) star trek loyally for years. I’ll poke my nose in, watch for 15 minutes every now and then, remember how bad the writing and acting is, and take off.

I haven’t watched plain ol’ saturday morning cartoons in ages.. nick has me… spongebob. (wild thornberries aren’t bad either!) and I wish they’d get the beavers back… I don’t overly love catdog, but it’s good filler.

I don’t think there’s enough tv of value to warrant getting a tivo… but maybe I’d feel differently if I had one… get all the junk I want at once, in one place, instead of tripping over it. slurp up old episodes of red dwarf… freakazoid, beavers during the week… all things I could do now, but I’m too lazy to set the vcr to do.

ramble over for now… nothing really to see here.