Today’s guest post is from my good friend Philly, arguably the funniest photographer in America. You may remember him from his guest post last year when he ripped The Joke Associate a new one. He and his wife have just returned to the wonderful world of television after what I would consider an insane amount of time off. Here are some of his thoughts…
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My wife and I just got a new TV. It’s our first HDTV and the first time we’ve had a DVR. We’ve been TV-less since 2006,* so I was excited to see how much has changed. Here are some of the biggest surprises and disappointments that I’ve encountered.

Surprise: The News is still on. Really? Are we still doing that? Does anyone under the age of 70 watch the evening news?

Disappointment: There is a show called “Effing Science” on G4 hosted by Napoleon Dynamite. I’ve seen a commercial, but haven’t watched this – and won’t – because of Napoleon. He was good at playing a loser because he is a loser. I don’t want to see anymore of him.

Surprise: Shows that were terrible is SD are even worse in HD. It seems like they are trying harder and still coming up blank.

Disappointment: Everything that has happened to Law & Order since I sold my last TV has made it worse. This includes all spin-offs from the original and cast changes to the original. Thank you TNT for continuing to rerun the good ones. You truly do know drama.

Surprise: Watching unathletic people get embarrassed on Wipeout is at least as entertaining and sometimes more entertaining than watching a professional athletic competition.

Disappointment: Daryl from The Office hosting Last Comic Standing. No explanation needed.

Surprise/Disappointment: Suffering through a commercial or two before realizing I could be skipping through them (thanks to the DVR) is simultaneously a great relief and an overwhelming moral defeat.

All you TV connoisseurs out there, help the Osborns out. What other things should they know about the world of television in 2010?

*Disclaimer: We were without a TV by choice, but don’t make the mistake of thinking I have a problem with watching TV – I couldn’t be friends with Tyler if I did. We still watched as much as we could on hulu, and Netflix. The best thing about not owning a TV happened the day after we sold our last one when a guy I had just met said “…I don’t watch very much TV…” all high and mighty so I immediately interrupted him saying “Oh really? We don’t even own a TV” as pompously as possible. It had been less than 24 hours.

Check out Philly’s site, Online Photo Resource, for an endless wealth of practical photography advice. Seriously, it’s dang good.
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