Maria Menounos… Allison Sweeney… WOW. It’s been painful.

I am painfully aware that I now watch too much television. I will extend grace to myself. I was wrapping Christmas presents… and needed a diversion. A few nights ago The biggest looser finale’ was on, and I watched. I applauded the accomplishments of the contestants and then had to ask the basically obvious question. How do these reality competition hosts get those gigs? They are awful. I actually felt badly for Maria on the Clash of the Choirs as she interviewed ordinary people about their 15 minutes of fame… for hours. Allison had to make witty comments about the contestants who all had lost a gagillion pounds each. I heard her say “Wow! You look just incredible.” about 400 times in one hour.

Cue cards did not save. Nor did physical attractiveness. Oh well. I suppose it gives me one thing to believe I could do better than someone else.

~ by Doug Routledge on December 21, 2007.