Pirates and Bingo

SportsDude:

File this under the Really!?!?! Category like they did on SNL with Michael Vick. Coming this Thursday, get ready to set your DVR… Pirate Master! Flip, flop, flame out. I can’t believe they are going to air this show. I want to be in that meeting room when this idea is presented. So, what do you guys want to put on Thursday nights this summer? “I got it, the show will be like Survivor but we will make everyone be Pirates.” Whoever said “yeah, that sounds like a good idea” needs to lose their job and be forced actually watch this show.

I am convinced that they will put anything on tv, especially in the summer. We are leading up to a reality show where somebody has a shot to win a lot of money for winning or if they lose then they have to live the rest of their lives on some deserted island.

By the way, who came up with the idea for National Bingo Night? This show has got to be next Pirate Master for worst on tv, and I haven’t even seen it. As my friends will tell you this is where I say “I don’t need to watch that show because no good can come from it.”

I don’t know the name of the show but this summer set the Tivo for the show where there is like a 30 year old guy and he is playing the part of the bachelor and has to choose between a group of 40 year old women or 20 year old girls. Hmmmmmm…. This one sounds tough. Bubbly and horny vs. bitter and lazy. I’ll have to weigh this one out more closely.

In closing the NBA playoffs are wash and we are inevitably heading for a Spurs vs. Pistons rematch. Both of my baseball teams stink and summer tv is a snooze. This gives me more time to work on my golf game so, thanks network heads.

ShopperGal:

Ahoy mate. Apparently pirates are all the rage. I knew they were popular there for awhile in women’s fashion. I have the skull shoes to prove it and Nicole Richie and Ashlee Simpson have pirate-esque scarves. Television is the next line to follow suit.

SportsDude and I returned from the Memorial Day holiday to see a commercial for a new reality tv show. Pirate Master. They really have thought of everything. It looks very Survivor-like but with pirates (or people who want to be pirates). Now I know people will do anything to be on t.v. but seriously? Does that many people really want to be a pirate? Do they even exist anymore? I’m thinking the huge blockbuster hit Pirates of the Caribbean might have something to do with this pirate craze.

To fully understand why I think this pirate show is completely hilarious, you have to know some inside knowledge. We have friends who used to date who regularly rented pirate porn. Every time they would come home with a porn and SportsDude and I would sneak a peek (for purely educational purposes) it always starred pirates. We loved to give them a hard time about their pirate obsession.

After telling my coworkers about how crazy this new pirate show was, I ran across and even more ridiculous show. People competing for kidneys. Can television get any crazier? Read the story here: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18919768/

I wouldn’t be doing ridiculous tv justice if I didn’t at least mention National Bingo Night. Yes. On Friday nights there is actually a show centered around bingo. B12. And I’m not talking Star Wars here. The sad part I think this show might actually be interesting, especially if it gives home viewers a chance to play along. I’ll bring my playing card to the couch.

I knew that they would show just about anything on t.v. now but I’m pretty sure we’ve just gone beyond anything. Pirates? Kidneys? Bingo? Come on, people. There has to be something better to do with your nights!