UNCLE. I’m crying UNCLE. (Or “calf rope”–but you’d probably have to be from Texas for many generations to know that one). I’m saying I give. I give up. I give in. I need entertainment, people. NEW entertainment. Yes, I was royally entertained by the Super Bowl yesterday. What a game!!! In spite of the fact that the NY Giants stomped all over the hearts of us die hard Cowboys fans and sprinted into the Super Bowl instead of us, I cheered the Giants on all the way during yesterday’s game. Tom Brady–so over anything I ever felt for him. Patriots? So yesterday. Tired of them winning. Time for a new champ. And yesterday, Eli delivered a new champ to us tied up with a big bow!! Fun, fun, fun. Loved the game. Loved the company we had at our house for the game. Loved the way everyone exploded in cheers and shouts when the Giants made the great plays. THAT is truly the only way to watch a football game!
As for you striking writers…now that football season is over (and isn’t that the TRUE reality show? OK…I’m an American Idol lover too…) it’s time for you folks to settle your differences with whomever (whoever?) you are differing with and get back to writing and entertaining me. I need stimulation of the visual TV type. I need new stories to whisk me away and keep me mindlessly entertained for hours on end. I can only take so much of the Lifetime Movie Channel. Actually, I can’t take any of that. King of Queens reruns are getting old. I can’t watch reruns of shows that I’ve been watching the past year–I still remember the story! So get me some new stuff, people.
Another very solid reason you must look at as you try to resolve the strike is this: I need the Oscars. I need to see gorgeous glamorous women alongside OMG-what-in-hell-is-she-wearing women. I need to see diamonds. I need vapid, ridiculous commentaries and conversations conducted carpet-side. I need thank-you speeches that make me smile, tear up, or fall asleep.
Therefore, striking writers, I implore you to get back to work. If you don’t, and I don’t get the artificial fix I need from you, I just may have to go out and get a life. Do you really want that on your conscience?
