February 28, 2003

AS SEEN ON TV

As voyeuristic as this country is, it cracks me up when people go apoplectic about Alleged Reality But Really Just Made Up TV and What It All Means.

I mean, after you see footage of a couple presidents getting plugged and two shuttles being smeared across the sky on live TV, seeing a lunkhead trying to fool 20 women into thinking he's a millionaire isn't that big of a deal.

If the Alleged Reality But Really Just Made Up TV trend says anything, maybe it's that people have come to find real life a lot more interesting than fake presidential docudramas and paunchy John Ritter sitcoms.

And not unlike the way that video games are boosting the popularity of the NFL and NASCAR, maybe the Sims games have a little something to do with stoking the boom in Alleged Reality But Really Just Made Up TV.

I say all this in order to have an excuse to show a simulated house being built.

Speaking of What It All Means, what does it say that simulated houses start and end with construction of bathrooms?

Posted by Jeff at February 28, 2003 12:25 PM | TrackBack
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