Face Off

    Last night I was channel surfing through the awesomeness that is dorm room cable trying to find something to fall asleep to when I stumbled upon something new and different. It was a new TV show called Face Off. I had seen shows like this before. A group of contestants trying to create something good enough to make it through each elimination and eventually win the show and whatever prize came along with it. Shows like this would include Project Runway, Top Chef, and Shear Genius. All of these shows have the same plot but with different attributes. Project Runway is where the contestants have to make the best outfit. As you can guess, in Top Chef the contestants have to have the best food dish. The show Shear Genius has contestants fighting to have the best haircut.
    So what exactly was it that intrigued me about this new show, Face Off? It may not have been an original idea, but I had not seen anything like it. In this show the contestants are fighting to be the best makeup artist. I am not just talking about putting eyeshadow on a girl and calling it good. I am talking about making a cilicon mask and applying it to a model to completely transform them into an entirely different person. The episode I watched last night was about horror movies. The contestants had to make up there own horror movie and then turn their model into the main killer in that movie. All the killers were completely different and actualy pretty original. My favorite was a man that grew up away from everyone in a closet and starts killing people. Needless to say I think I might be tuning in more often.

Spoilers

    I normally despise spoilers, but sometimes they are needed. For those of you who don't know what a spoiler is, let me inform you. A spoiler is a slang term for a part of a summary or description of a show/ movie that reveals a plot element which gives away the outcome of a certain episode within the show/ movie, or the conclusion of the entire show/ movie. I just can't bare to watch a whole 10 weeks of a show when I can just read about the whole thing in 5 minutes.
    I watched the first two episodes and then became too busy with homework and whatnot that I didn't really care anymore. That was until I found a website today called celebglitz.com. I was looking through it and I found the Bachelor spoilers 2011. I read through the whole thing and I know exactly what happens and I didn't even have to lift a remote. Now is where I am going to reveal what happens at the end of the Bachelor, so if you do not want to know that please don't read this.
    After Brad goes on his hometown dates with Emily, Chantal, Shawntel, and Ashley he eliminates Shawntel. (Which I say thank god. That girl is crazy!!) Ashley is then eliminated after an overnight date. This leaves Emily and Chantal as the final two. If I were him, I would pick Emily. But he of course does not do this. He chooses Chantal, which happens to be the girl that slapped him on the first night after she got out of the limo. All I can say is that I see their marriage ending in a divorce and that Emily better be the next Bachelorette.

Define Reality TV:

   I have come to realize within the past couple weeks that my definition of reality tv is different than most. Turns out that I would include shows into this category of television that other people wouldn't. Even the dictionary doesn't agree with me.
   This is the definition from Dictionary.com:

Reality TV -n: television programmes focusing on members of the public living in conditions created especially by the programme makers.

   My definition is completely different. I would define reality tv as... A television program that documents actual events. Most readers of my blog would only include certain shows in this category. (American Idol, Survivor, The Bachelor, Jersey Shore, etc.) I, on the other hand, would include show such as: Pawn Stars, Toddlers and Tiarras, True Life, Showcases of dance competitions, Most shows on Animal Planet, and Most shows on TLC, etc. So, keep my definition in mind as your read my posts.

I lost my remote!

   Unfortunately, I lost the remote to my television and since I am too lazy to go change the channel I have been watching whatever came on Animal Planet today. Today, apparently, was a full marathon of Pitbulls and Parolees. Thankfully, this is a great show.
   This show is about a rescue for pitbulls called Villalobos. It is owned by Tia Torres. In this show we follow around the employees, which happen to be ex-convicts on parole. Tia is nice enough to employee these parolees, because no one else will. This show is unbelievably heartwarming and I love the message behind it.
   I have done various speeches and reports about aggressive dog breeds. Pitbulls have a horrible reputation for being a mean breed of dog. Not all pitbulls are aggressive. They are bred to be that way. There are still nice pitbulls that are in need of a loving home and that is what this show is all about.

Channels I wouldn't expect to LOVE!

   If you would have asked me two years ago if I would watch a show on either the Discovery channel or the History channel, I would have told you, "No." This is hard to believe now that both of these channels have been on my favorite list on my television for almost two years now. I do not care what show it is, I will watch it so intently that I wouldn't even know if there was a fire in my room.
   My "go to show" is definitely Pawn Stars on the History channel. It is a show about this pawn shop in Las Vegas, NV. People bring in their old collectibles or just items that they believe to be worth some money and the workers get the item appraised then they will sometimes buy the item. It probably doesn't sound all that intriguing and now that I have read over my description of the show, I don't find it that intriguing, but I promise you it'll have your attention for hours.
   My new favorite show is on the Discovery channel. It is called Auction Kings. I found the show while channel surfing with one of my roommates. It reminded me a lot of Pawn Stars, so I made my roommate watch it with me. In this show there is this company that people can take their old items to and the company will put them in their auction. So they get their items appraised and then put in the auction. Here is an example: an employee of a used book store brought in one of the very first copies of The Great Gatsby. It was appraised for around $200 and it sold in the auction for around $300. I also don't know why this show appeals to me.
   The point of this post is to let everyone know that there is more to reality tv than people think. I don't just sit around a watch American Idol or Jersey Shore all the time.  There are other shows out there that people would even consider to be reality tv. Not all reality tv shows are filled with drama and offer an award at the end.

Tosh.0 and Women

   Last night I sat down to watch Tosh.0 like I do every week. It has to be in my top five favorite TV show. I have never missed at episode. The only thing that was different last night, was that I watched it with one of my friends. This particular friend had never seen an episode of Tosh.0 before. She had always heard great things about it though. We had just got done watching Glee, so we switched over to Comedy Central and watched the two old episodes leading up to the new Tosh.0 at 9 pm. This is where the tables turned.

   Some of you may not know what Tosh.0 is. It is a half- hour of stand up comedy performed by Daniel Tosh. He shows various video clips of people doing stupid things and he makes comments on them. I will admit that most of his comments are a little rude and racy, but that's why people, including myself, love him.

    So back to last night, my friend and I started watching the new episode. I thought it was interesting that she barely found any of his jokes funny. I was sitting there with sore abs from laughing so hard and she seems uninterested. I couldn't believe that I had found someone that hated Daniel Tosh, one of the best comedians ever! So she sat there for an hour and a half looking less than amused. Finally when the show was all over I asked her what she thought. I was not expecting her answer.

    She was disgusted by Daniel. She said that she had never heard someone talk so poorly about women in her life. Granted Tosh.0 is filled with jokes about how women cause 100% of car accidents and the many ways that men are better than women. This just never bothered me. I always thought everything was funny, but apparently she took everything he said to heart. I never realized until last night how many condescending remarks Daniel makes about women, but never the less I will always remain a faithful fan.