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On Ice Roads, Truckers, and Anne Frank
15 years ago
Bad History Channel. Bad.
Somewhere along the line, the History Channel turned into a low-budget Discovery Channel, only without any kind of redeeming shows (Mythbusters? Shark Week?). Where History used to be about stuffy documentaries on the dietary habits of Italian housewives in the 1800's, its now show after show of human drama rivaling that of reality TV (and, from what I can glean from commercials, these shows are BECOMING "reality" TV).
Just now, on the Eastern Seaboard, a documentary on the Founding Fathers just gave way to a show called, no shit, "Swamp People". wat.
This is wholly unacceptable. My favorite channel for at least ten years is, as far as I'm concerned, on even level with Abraham Lincoln, Anne Frank, spoken Latin, and fingernails in degrees of death. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.
Somewhere along the line, the History Channel turned into a low-budget Discovery Channel, only without any kind of redeeming shows (Mythbusters? Shark Week?). Where History used to be about stuffy documentaries on the dietary habits of Italian housewives in the 1800's, its now show after show of human drama rivaling that of reality TV (and, from what I can glean from commercials, these shows are BECOMING "reality" TV).
Just now, on the Eastern Seaboard, a documentary on the Founding Fathers just gave way to a show called, no shit, "Swamp People". wat.
This is wholly unacceptable. My favorite channel for at least ten years is, as far as I'm concerned, on even level with Abraham Lincoln, Anne Frank, spoken Latin, and fingernails in degrees of death. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.
Military channel FTW!
Now THAT would be an awesome spell to have.
S'why I dont watch TV much anymore. You should give it a try, it aint all that bad.
I don't think I'll ever really need it again, nor do I think I'll want it.
Damn it. Money and profit spoils everything it touches.