Post by The Mad Plumber on Jan 28, 2015 1:39:14 GMT -5
Sometime last year, I discovered that there was a gym along the route I took to and from work. So, I signed up. My regular nightly routine is that I punch out at 10:30, spend a half hour working on my own stuff, and then head over to the gym.
Taking up about half the gym is about five rows of treadmills, ellipticals, and exercise bikes. In front of all these machines is an array of about fourteen to sixteen television screens. The televisions are all on mute and none of them are set to show closed captions. Now, supposedly I could plug my headphones into the machine I'm using and I should be able to tune into whatever television set I want to watch; I opt not to.
The machine I typically choose to workout on has a fairly good view of four of these televisions. So, during my workout, I have before me Jimmy Fallon, David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel, and Larry the Cable Guy's surfer brother on the Food Network. As I noted, I don't listen to any of these programs. Instead, I keep tuned to my iPod. When I see what is on these televisions (particularly on Jimmy Fallon's program), it makes me wish I could bring something to watch or read.
It's bad enough when I come in on Saturday and my jaw is just hanging as I watch what is presumably a Lady Gaga performance on "SNL". During the whole act, Lady Gaga stands in profile whilst two dancers in Spandex prance around the stage like Pitch from "Santa Claus".
Kids sure are easy to entertain these days. Tom Green must be a billionaire.
So, I would look over to the set with Jimmy Fallon on it and I would see him slapping his guests with foam hands, playing Taboo, superimposing somebody's lips over Jennifer Aniston, or wearing an afro whilst playing an invisible guitar. Now, here is my question to the board: with the audio on to provide context, is that show truly as stupid and painful as it looks?
Taking up about half the gym is about five rows of treadmills, ellipticals, and exercise bikes. In front of all these machines is an array of about fourteen to sixteen television screens. The televisions are all on mute and none of them are set to show closed captions. Now, supposedly I could plug my headphones into the machine I'm using and I should be able to tune into whatever television set I want to watch; I opt not to.
The machine I typically choose to workout on has a fairly good view of four of these televisions. So, during my workout, I have before me Jimmy Fallon, David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel, and Larry the Cable Guy's surfer brother on the Food Network. As I noted, I don't listen to any of these programs. Instead, I keep tuned to my iPod. When I see what is on these televisions (particularly on Jimmy Fallon's program), it makes me wish I could bring something to watch or read.
It's bad enough when I come in on Saturday and my jaw is just hanging as I watch what is presumably a Lady Gaga performance on "SNL". During the whole act, Lady Gaga stands in profile whilst two dancers in Spandex prance around the stage like Pitch from "Santa Claus".
Kids sure are easy to entertain these days. Tom Green must be a billionaire.
So, I would look over to the set with Jimmy Fallon on it and I would see him slapping his guests with foam hands, playing Taboo, superimposing somebody's lips over Jennifer Aniston, or wearing an afro whilst playing an invisible guitar. Now, here is my question to the board: with the audio on to provide context, is that show truly as stupid and painful as it looks?