As if it weren'tt bad enough that Bob Barker (who, until today I liked) retired, the Price is Right is now entertaining the insane notion of hiring Rosie O'Donnell to replace him?
What's that about? A game show you tune into for shock value? The apocalypse is nigh when we as Americans (Americans who would tune into game shows at all anymore) need to be enticed to do so by potential for controversy. What happened to you win, you lose, take your prizes and go home?
How exactly will Rosie manage to inject politics into the show? I mean, wasn't it her opinions and the fights she got into with Elizabeth the ratings draw? What's she gonna do, have on-air verbal smack-downs with guests wearing crosses? What about the Barker Babes, will they keep them? I'm trying to envision that....Basically I'm trying to envision the entire thing as anything other than a car wreck.
But then again, we Americans can't seem to tear ourselves away from staring at those, we're even willing to slow down to a crawl and let the rest of our lives wait while we do, so maybe Bob and CBS are onto something. Game show as gaper-delay?
Welcome to the handbasket. Enjoy the ride.
Posted by insomnomaniac at June 16, 2007 4:23 PM | TrackBack