Tuesday Titter

In an effort to save brain cells, save money and save sanity, I have recently given up cable. One would think that the absence of 94 channels would significantly cut down the amount of vegetative lounging in front of the boob tube I do, but one would be wrong.

It just takes me less time to flip mindlessly through the channels now. I have what they call rabbit ears…nifty antennae that stick out of the top of my tube de boob and pick up several channels of quality programming.

Rabbit ears are way cool. They make my TV look like it belongs in the 70’s… back when the sets had dials on them and remotes were rare. They certainly do a first-class job too. With their help I get 11 channels. I catch your usual CBS, ABC, NBC, FOX affiliates. These satisfy my news jonez and provide me with my morning Al Roker fix. I loves me some Al Roker. They also pick up the signal for theCW, UPN and PBS… perfect for my Antiques Roadshow and Peoples Court habit. Oh, but it doesn’t stop there… I can also get 3 bible-thumpy-preachy-raise-your-hands-to-praise-Him channels, one called “Forty-Five” and even a Home Shopping channel.

It isn’t all fun and Al Roker though… I do miss cable. I was really on my way to becoming a Foodie with the FoodNetwork and I just started getting into Cash Cab on Discovery Channel.

I miss things like cheesy movies that run eleventymillion times on TBS. I yearn for Joel McHale and his sarcastic recap of the week’s news on the Soup. I heart Joel McHale

My television viewing habits have acclimated to what is available and I have new loves. For instance, I discovered a little show called the Singing Bee. This show had to be dreamed up with me in mind. The concept is simple: sing the exact words to songs. That is it. Queenie and I sing along with the no-talent contestants at the top of our lungs and dream of one day winning the cheap plastic trophy and the bragging rights that go along with it.

I have also become a crime show junky. I wait with baited breath through the beginning of Law and Order for that distinctive sound.

CSI Las Vegas is probably my favorite of the CSIs… although, they are missing one thing...