Mentioned in that article is the show 'wipeout.' I find wipeout to be HYSTERICAL. And it's not just Jim Henson's humor/comedy. There is something hysterically funny, like ROFL funny, seeing people get smacked with soft paddles and fall in all sorts of ungainly ways from platforms and other equipment. I'm not sure what it is, but it's whatever kept slapstick attracting people for eons. Personally, I never found Soupy-Sales type slapstick to be very funny (OK, you youngsters will have to google soupy sales); but I find truly roll on the floor and laugh myself into tears and coughing fits every time I watch wipe out.
Any good explanations for this? Oh, and even though it seems innocent enough, when they show the people falling in slow motion, some of the positions that the people get twisted into when falling off the big balls make my old joints and bones HURT just watching it, so it's not really a painless maneuver. OTOH it can't be too painful or people would not persist. Ah, summertime replacement programming....so stimulating for psychological thinking.... ;) Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. Professor, Psychological Sciences University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> ________________________________ From: Christopher Green [[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 9:19 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] What a waste Well, at least 5 million of them do. http://headlineplanet.com/home/2010/06/23/abcs-downfall-starts-soft-in-ratings-after-wipeout/ Chris Green York U. Toronto =============== DeVolder Carol L wrote: > One of my students pointed this show out to me and wondered if others are > equally disturbed by it. I am--it seems obscene in terms of waste. Do people > really like watching this kind of thing? > > http://abc.go.com/shows/downfall > > Carol > > > Carol L. DeVolder, Ph.D. > Professor of Psychology > Chair, Department of Psychology > St. Ambrose University > 518 West Locust Street > Davenport, Iowa 52803 > > Phone: 563-333-6482 > e-mail: [email protected] > web: http://web.sau.edu/psychology/psychfaculty/cdevolder.htm > > The contents of this message are confidential and may not be shared with > anyone without permission of the sender. > > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13534.4204dc3a11678c6b1d0be57cfe0a21b0&n=T&l=tips&o=3252 or send a blank email to leave-3252-13534.4204dc3a11678c6b1d0be57cfe0a2...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=3274 or send a blank email to leave-3274-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
