71 madness
it's about 330pm, this time, and dave is on his way to the thrift store to buy a new computer chair (it's very comfy, by the way) and a yellow tshirt (you'll see on the next episode of the Dan and Dave show, Talkin Crap). 71 is backed up from 161 to past morse rd. took me 1 hour to move 1 mile (AAARRRGH!!!!).
anyway, got some phone calls made, including one to Melis. we talked about the new show King of the Jungle on Animal Planet. for those of you who don't know Animal Planet is my favorite and most hated channel. i love it for croc hunter and jeff corwin, but i hate it for that pet psychic show. but K of the J is a rip off, animal related, Survivor meets american idol. not only do these 12 inept contestants make the entire zoo ed./keeper/vet community look like a bunch of larry's (thats "goofs" to you who have not heard that term) but it was boring and horribly done. another strike for Animal Planet. the only saving grace is jeff corwin of the Corwin Experience. he is always funny and tries contiually to save the show. the losers are the contestants and Nigel (K of the J's version of Simon Cowell from A. idol...both british). Nigel is the "mean guy"/judge. not very nice, but also not very good. yeah, he's been bitten by an anaconda (very large snake), but i've been bitten by a boa constrictor (another very large snake) and i could be a better judge than that. He and Stan Brock (whom i idolize like jack hanna need to re-retire). poor stan (from mutual of omaha'a wild kingdom) barely says one word with all of Nigel's jabbering. no wonder the guy is still in tv, he loves to hear himself talk. well, i don't. the two hour premiere episode was boring and full of eco-egomaniacs. come on Animal Planet... you can do better than that.
well, i finally got to the thrift store and got this chair and that shirt, which i will sanitize before i wear it.
and the moral of the story... every Animal Planet show needs Gator Dave, taped live from his porch swing. Big... big... big... big... big... big- T's.
Comments
have you forgotton all the time you spent on I4? columbus ohio traffic is NOTHING compared to orlando traffic- every day of the week and double during rush hour and weekends. so quit yo bitchin!
but i do think that its up to gator dave to save the drowning animal planet and actually drown the pet pyscho! (thats not a typo- pet pyshco!) but you cant have a good show without a fabulous host, right? so what is julie up to nowadays? and remember i get half of everything you make.
Posted by: melis | October 16, 2003 03:40 PM
I agree, animal planet does need Gator Dave but what you have to do is attract a wider audience. I think Corwin and Croc Hunter appeal to a certain crowd. What you have to do is get the average person who watches there 4 or 5 regular channels to change over to Animal Planet. How you say? Okay, first of all you'd need a great personality to host. We got that, but so does Corwin. Nothing new there. Second, and this is key, you'd need an assistant. But Croc Hunter Steve has that, you say, Terry, that kid with the dumb name, even the damn dog! Yes, Steve does have Terry and the gang, but lets face it, Terry's no looker(although the show wouldn't be half as good if she weren't around for Steve to give orders to in that Austrailian hillybilly way). You'd need a HOT assistant. But use her sparingly because you don't want her to have too much of the spotlight. Just have her walk in in little outfits every now and again, let her do little facts before the commercials, you know, to keep your male demographic up. This is another must with the assistant, there must be at least one time per show that she needs to get into a bikini, like you're scuba diving, swimming with some fish or reptiles, whatever, doesn't matter! Have you ever watched Fear Factor? They're almost up to 2 stunts per show that MUST be done in swimsuits. Okay there ya go. Third female demo, well that's easy make sure there are cute cuddly animals, monkeys, koalas, whatever, and of course baby animals! What chick doesn't love a baby animal? That'll do it. There you have a hit show with a little twist. Something for everyone. You deal with the title. I'm an idea person, not a title person.
Posted by: CM | October 16, 2003 04:30 PM
this is starting to look like a show geared more f/x than animal planet, CM. but i definitely love the idea.
melis, you are right. I4 is like that every day. i do not miss that road, nor do i miss almost being killed by rednecks in a big, red truck
Posted by: Gator Dave | October 16, 2003 07:22 PM
Cultivated people foster what is good in others, not what is bad. Petty people do the opposite.
Posted by: Golden Brigham | January 26, 2004 11:23 PM