THE CRAPBOOK

 Yesterday night I was just surfing the channels, while in many the reality shows were running, in one there was Rakhi Sawant yelling. I turned up the volume to hear what she was saying. There was this news scrolling on the screen.

Rakhi’s item number dropped from Krazzy 4.  

“Its publicity gimmick” I commented.

Wife “ What?”

Me “Well these guys, they will shoot it, then drop it, and then all the crazy news guys will roam around the actors, producers, directors and  the viewers analyzing the situation. All for publicity”

Wife “oh”

Me “I think they should not be given all this publicity…………………..they don’t deserve it………..” I went on and on and on for 10 mins while Rakhi was screaming on screen.

That’s when the scrolling changed to RAKHI FOOLED !!!!!! 

Wife “hahaha….” And went on and on and on…

Me “….”  

Today morning the Bangalore Times (the gossip section of TOI) had this STOP PRESS news.            

Saif and Kareena got HITCHED !

I read the entire article. And the last line read this Turn to page 3 for exclusive pictures And I turned only to see this APRIL FOOL !! 

I wonder how I fell for it two times in a row. Years back its used to be friends or colleagues who make a fool out of us (some don’t do it for fun J) now it’s the media. Well I think they are making a fool out of us the entire year!

PS : Read the post title as “Today is Fool’s day”

Another channel launched NDTV Imagine. Now this is the latest one to be launched (INX and Bindass were the recent ones).

How many more can an average TV viewer handle? We already have dozens of entertainment channels, which run Bollywood based shows and reality shows along with sitcoms.

I guess there is nothing new in entertainment channels that it’s very easy to get a channel on air,

Rent a satellite, bribe someone to get permit to air, shoot some reality shows, and …………………………………

Voila!

  Can we handle this?

I don’t believe in the horoscopes flashed on channels or on the newspaper(well I don’t believe in horoscope all together), but can’t let go of the curiosity of checking what is going to happen to my dear life. So I do check them.  

Today on Zoom I got this for my star. “You will have a good week, but with work tensions blah blah…” and “Don’t drink and drive”

WHAT???? 

I thought that was applicable to all stars. Not just mine. 

There is a new (to me tho) TV show that I watched yesterday evening. I was tired from work and decided to watch something other than FRIENDS( I been sitting and watching FRIENDS DVD collection for one week now. NON STOP). I needed a break ! 

So tuning into Star World I got into some real fancy world. The show was titled Who wants to be a Super Hero?. And there was oversized, slim, thin, fit, people in fancy Superhero costumes. They looked more like ‘In circus’ to me. Well its not just the costumes and the funny dialogues that they kept ‘delivering’ that kept me glued to the channel, but also the ‘tasks’ they were asked to perform to prove themselves as a superhero….

One of the tasks included helping an old lady who was locked out of the house, the ‘Super Heroes’ has to find their way through the back door of the house and unlock the front door for the old lady. Seems pretty simple, not when you see two ferocious dogs in the backyard !!!

Well they put all the safety dress to go forward with the task. But then it was real scary ( I am scared of dogs or rather I hate them . Chandler Bing hate dogs too. ( I guess I am watching too much FRIENDS now).

But the way some of them finally managed to get to the door after being pulled down, bitten (they have protective coats of course but it was helping them so little to stand up and walk to the door).

Then the anchor (who only appears in a TV, like the Charlie in Charlies Angels, Yeah the difference would be that he is only on the phone/radio) gives them new costumes, eliminates one at each round and blah blah………..all that is part of a reality show.

The show is like a cartoon and to make ‘your’ or rather the contestants fantasies being a super hero come true. I call this show stupid. I guess people are running out of ideas to start reality shows

But if you really want Super Heroes like “Monkey Woman”, “Fat Momma”, “Major Victory” to save the world you should watch the show.

Official Web Site http://www.nashentertainment.com/television/superhero2/

Wikipedia Says this show was first aired in 2006, it has survived for two seasons now.

Schedule : Star World Tuesdays 2300

 Read this on American Inventor

There a very funny show on TV. No its not one of those sitcoms where people (who don’t exist) laugh in the background (its kinda annoying at times). The show am talking about is American Inventor.I began to watch it lately on STAR WORLD thinking that this is a very serious show and to my surprise its freaking hilarious !!! 

Well no offence to the participants who are taking part in the show, I can’t resist to say that that show is too funny to handle. 

Craziest Inventions. 

Some come with their weird ideas like the portable pee –er. Or in scientific terms ‘you can urinate’ in public with this device.. ( Gosh I was glad that the judges didn’t beat him up, I appreciate their patience).  

Or the socks . I can’t call this crazy. But he should have come up with something ‘original’. 

There was another guys with a designer wear T-shirt which protects your hands from the ‘cruel’ sun.

Judge : “So you invented full sleeves??” 

Yet there was another Retired Human Resource Manager who invented the ‘Therapy Doll’ which will help you at time of distress. ( its nothing but a doll that will keep on saying ‘its going to be alright… its going to alright’) This failed to impress the judges and he was thrown out. The final shot he got on TV was him using the doll which repeated ‘its going to be alright’. !!!  

I know these shows might be hurting people’s sentiments because they might have spent months researching on their inventions, but I cant stop laughing.

Full sleeves and socks??? Gimme a break ! Watch American Inventor on Star world. Sunday’s at 1900.

“They laughed at Edison. Well I will have my laugh all the way to the bank !!” A participant in American Inventor.