TV

Why are some people interested in loggers and driving trucks on icy roads. Do they really believe that a clerk at a Speedway Convenience Mart is not going to think something is amiss, when a supposed new hire shows up with a camera crew, and that he has never seen a photograph of the boss. There probably is one posted on the bulletin board.

Do we really like to see a guy work at dirty jobs and what is with the guy who eats grotesque looking and smelling things. I have stumbled on that on more than one occasion while channel hopping, and ruined my dinner.

Some years back, my son in New Jersey, the one with the studio, was putting together a possible TV show, Pitch TV. People would be filmed telling about their ideas about new products, new TV shows, an idea they wanted to "Pitch." I sat in on some of the "filmings," and I thought some of the dumbest ideas I had ever heard. Now, the products are on the market and the TV shows are showing.

One that isn't, yet, one woman had the idea for a TV show about the daily life and routine of the Pope. What could be more mundane than the life of the Pope. But, maybe next season.

I have to be honest, one of my favorite shows is the "Cash Cab."  For those that don't know, he picks up unsuspecting fares in New York, hidden cameras in the cab, and if they play, they are asked questions all the way to their destination. Win, lose or draw, it is an entertaining show, and guaranteed to make you smile. It is the brightest spot on day time television.

"Hey you guys are in the Cash Cab, a TV show right here in my cab. I will ask you questions all the way to your destination. You guys wanna play.

"Yes."

"What are your names?"

Dumb idea, good show, watch it, and you will smile.

Undercover Boss

Is it just me, or does anyone else wonder about the credability of this new show, Undercover Boss.

"OK, gather round everybody. There is a new guy starting today. Just treat him as you would any new hire, help him out as much as you can. Oh, kinda overlook and don't mind the camera guy, or that sound guy, or that other production guy, or the director, just act like they are not here. Wonder too if it would be too much trouble for you all to go back to your lockers and put on these new work clothes we have for you. Oh, incidentally, that camera crew breaks for lunch at one, and the caterers will set up their food in building 12."

I always wondered too about the guy surviving on the deserted island with no water or food, just a camera crew.

If you look at "reality shows" realistically, you see them in a different way.

If they can make watching guys sitting around playing poker, interesting, they can do anything.

I always liked, too, when they advertised a new show as the "hit of the upcoming season," when it hadn't even been on the air yet. But it was still a hit.

But then, I am still trying to notice a drastic difference in our new HiDef picture, over the old one.