Am I un-American or just a freak?

[madamesilverspurs]

I've never watched 'Survivor' or 'American Idol.' Not even once.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. My dear madamesilverspurs!

I'd say you're neither!

I've never watched even a minute of either of them...

Not once!

Solidarity forever!

:fistbump:

[Drunken Irishman]

2. How about both?

[rrneck]

3. That makes two of us.

Sounds like a conspiracy. If we get one more we'll have a movement.

[Orsino]

18. Let's form a club.

It's bad enough that these shows suck...but they get cited and bits rerun elsewhere, junking up other shows.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

4. Same here -

plus, I've never seen any of the Dancing With The Stars shows. The reality shows are dreadful, and I honestly don't understand the appeal of watching people do things when you could be doing things with your own life. Time wasted, and all that.

However, I am a sucker for the Real Housewives shows - most notably the ladies from New Jersey, since they all remind me of my family and growing up with them.

But, either we're dirty Commies or just people with discriminating taste. In either event, you are not alone, madame, and I believe you're in some very fine company.....................

:toast:

[proteus_lives]

5. Nothing wrong there.

I hate reality shows.

[flvegan]

6. Me neither.

[beac]

7. Sign me up for whatever we are going to call this club.

I would rather chew rusty nails than watch either program.

[Adsos Letter]

8. Bravo Madame! I too am a member of this, as yet unnamed, society.

and proud to be one. :woohoo:

[BuelahWitch]

9. Me neither

I do have to confess to watching The Real World and Big Brother at one time or another, but not for awhile now.

[AllenVanAllen]

10. Count me in.

I've never seen either myself.

[Skittles]

11. ugh, I don't watch that garbage

just clips are enough to make me barf :puke:

[DFW]

12. Nor have I. Join the club.

Of course, I watch stuff like "Ein Fall für Zwei" and "Tatort".......

[Burma Jones]

13. Let Your Freak Flag Fly.....

[rurallib]

14. Me neither. Plus as an american male, I don't like pro football

I am about as unamerican as they come.

[fizzgig]

15. neither have i

that crap holds no interest for me

[hippywife]

16. Me, either!

Or any of the other reality TV shows. :hi:

[keroro gunsou]

17. ignorance is in this case

bliss. pure bliss.

[madamesilverspurs]

19. Hey, nice to be a member of a discerning audience!

I was talking with a friend who is involved in the television entertainment biz on several levels. She was saying that the first reality shows were devised to fill airspace in the uncertain months following 9-11, that there was reluctance to invest in programing that might not have opportunity to air. The success of the shows was largely unexpected but big enough to spur copycatting on a wide scale, to the great benefit of producers who don't have to pay writing staff or actors. According to my friend, 'reality television' views creativity as an unnecessary expense. If true, it's terribly sad. And I do remember thinking, when 'Survivor' and its premise were first announced, that it provided a setting that invited and then rewarded the worst human inclinations. What little I know about 'Idol' was picked up when it was discussed as 'news'. I remember watching a b/w television talent show that had an applause meter; but I don't recall week after week sniping or gaga commentary about contestants presented as 'news.' bitch bitch bitch . . .

[MilesColtrane]

20. I had to watch part of 'Survivor' once, because I was trapped.

I won't make that mistake again.

[TheMightyFavog]

21. I only watched the first season.

I was pissed off, because at the end, I realized the whole thing was fixed.

Rudy should have won. Not that asshole Hatch.

[edbermac]

22. I never watched Seinfeld.

But I'm pro-American and a freak anyway. :shrug:

[shanti]

23. join the crowd

i've never seen either one....but i do have my "guilty pleasure" shows that i'm sure are among some that people love to hate! (see: TLC)

[Iggo]

24. You are an Un-American freak, that's what you are.

[Paper Roses]

25. Never even tempted to watch.

[LynzM]

26. Me neither.

I can't stand Drama or Watching People Embarrass Themselves, which seems to be a whole lot of what TV is about, these days. :hi:

[Pool Hall Ace]

27. Nope Nope Nope

I can't be bothered with it. I don't have TV right now, anyway, but even if I did, I couldn't watch.

[woofless]

28. Me neither,

nor any "reality" show for that matter.

[madmom]

29. I have never watched or had a desire to watch either of them.

[TK421]

30. Why rock the boat? They are clearly excellent shows...both of them