Ah it’s the holiday season again. Now, no matter what holiday you celebrate or even if you don’t celebrate a holiday at all, we are all subjected to the same television. That is what unites us this season. So I’ve been thinking about the quality of programming that we are given around this time. When most shows go into reruns to catch us up for what is supposed to be a spectacular come back, holiday movies invade the airwaves. Now, I love a good “Charlie Brown Christmas.” That movie is a classic. And the Charlie Brown New Years Eve one is great. He spends that whole party running around making sure everything is great and hopes that the little red headed girl shows up and then when she does he misses her. Aww, poor Charlie Brown.
Another classic holiday movie that you can’t escape is “It’s A Wonderful Life.” Now, I’m sorry if you love that movie, but I just can’t stand it. I can get behind Jimmy Stewart in just about everything. This movie however, it is like two hours too long. And if an angel gets its wings every time a bell rings then there are more angels than there are people on the planet and that disturbs me a little. Kind of creepy if you think about it.
There are however some shows that aren’t going into reruns. One in particular is “Jersey Shore.” Yes, you love to hate it. I just love to love it. The ridiculousness is amazing. You just watch and stare and can’t believe that people like this really exist. Well, I have it on good authority from some Jersey shore natives that they do exist and they are exactly like these people on the show! I know, amazing. I definitely think you should follow this show. There is already extreme controversy surrounding it. Italian American groups are renouncing it because it portrays these Italian American “guidos” and “guidettes” in a negative light (FYI- when they act like that on a regular basis, it isn’t MTV’s fault for showing it). Some of the sponsors are also pulling their ads because they don’t want to be associated with it. Well, I’m all for it. And since in the last show the one girl got punched in the face by a guy we need to watch and see what happens to this guy cause you know the boys on this show won’t let him get off without a black eye.
Sorry this is a short one but I haven’t had too much time to watch TV seeing as how I had two jobs. But now that one is over I’m back to sitting in front of the television watching all of the desirable and undesirable shows that they have to offer for the rest of this season. Happy watching and enjoy this clip from “Jersey Shore.”
And a clip from "It's A Wonderful Life"
