No it's genuinely unentertaining... the people watching it just haven't figured that out yet because it's "new and different"... sorta like how it used to be that everyone NEEDED to be on the web and they would spend huge sums of money to get on the web and now realize that perhaps $100K for a 5-page brochure wasn't a good investment. At least that's my hope.
Except for sports... which... at least in my experience, doesn't seem to be so much an entertainment thing... I mean... I guess some folks are entertained by watching sports, but it seems like when I hear people talking about it that the "entertainment" value of sports has very little to do with the sport and just about everything to do with the bragging rights of fans at sports bars and the like... i.e. it's the peripheral social activity of sports (tailgate parties, etc) that are the real "entertainment", not the sport itself. > Uh, how can entertainment value be overrated? > If someone is entertained by something.....they are > entertained by it. > There's no rating involved. > I absolutely DESPISE reality television....yet huge > throngs of Americans are > entertained by this garbage day in and day out....so I > guess it has a high > "entertainment value". >> The entertainment value of reality is overrated >> (especially sports). >> >>> Which is why sports are so great, and represent the only >>> true reality TV. >> >> >>>> Well, no shit.... :) >>>> >>>> I just mean *if* that were a real life situation. >>>> Personally, I like to >>>> do that when I watch shows. Makes 'em more >>>> interesting, >>>> IMO. s. isaac dealey 954.522.6080 new epoch : isn't it time for a change? add features without fixtures with the onTap open source framework http://www.fusiontap.com http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/author/4806Dealey.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:171655 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
