Amen to that, Rod

Over at Big Hollywood, Warner Todd Huston wrote a fascinating piece on Rod Serling and the lack of relevance the medium of television holds.  I can attest to that personally.

I stopped at a tire service in Auburn today to get the car's tires rotated, and while I was waiting, Divorce Court was on television, later to be followed by Judge Hatchett.  The cases being heard in both programs were two of the most inane and asinine things I have ever heard or seen on television.  I was trying to read a book at the time, so hearing these two judge shows with real people and real cases as they say (if that's real, then talk about sorry excuses for entertainment these days!) was absolutely irritating.  The fact the book I had just started reading was John Stormer's book Betrayed By The Bench: How Judge-made Law Has Transformed America's Constitution, Courts and Culture may have influenced my annoyance, but I beg to differ!

I can see why the legendary creator of The Twilight Zone, way back in 1970, saw the little relevance to television; looking at most reality programs these days, it sometimes astounds me how it can be sold as entertainment, and I know I'm one to talk since I'm a big fan of The Amazing Race, but what can I say?  There's an exception to every rule.

Now if you'll excuse me, I'll wait for September 26th to come (the season premiere of The Amazing Race)!