Comments for Mike's Circular FileMike's Circular File http://mikescircularfile.com The weblog of Mike Pontillo – Mr. Know-It-All without the antlers Tue, 29 Nov 2011 22:17:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Sugar, Sugar by Tyler Holland http://mikescircularfile.com/?p=193&cpage=1#comment-812 Tyler Holland Tue, 29 Nov 2011 22:17:27 +0000 http://mikescircularfile.com/wordpress/?p=193#comment-812 When I saw the title was "Sugar, Sugar" I immediately thought of the episode of the Simpsons where Homer sang "Sugar, Sugar". Lol. When I saw the title was “Sugar, Sugar” I immediately thought of the episode of the Simpsons where Homer sang “Sugar, Sugar”. Lol.

]]> Comment on Reality check by Mike Pontillo http://mikescircularfile.com/?p=309&cpage=1#comment-743 Mike Pontillo Tue, 18 Oct 2011 04:13:25 +0000 http://mikescircularfile.com/?p=309#comment-743 What does that say about you? It says you are in good company, apparently! What does that say about you? It says you are in good company, apparently!

]]> Comment on Reality check by Mike Pontillo http://mikescircularfile.com/?p=309&cpage=1#comment-742 Mike Pontillo Tue, 18 Oct 2011 04:11:25 +0000 http://mikescircularfile.com/?p=309#comment-742 Good point about COPS - I'm glad I left that show out of the discussion. And I guess what really annoys me is everything devolving into a game show/competition of some sort. My beloved Food Network is becoming a wasteland of cooking-related game shows where the participants are manipulated and abused. Good point about COPS – I’m glad I left that show out of the discussion. And I guess what really annoys me is everything devolving into a game show/competition of some sort. My beloved Food Network is becoming a wasteland of cooking-related game shows where the participants are manipulated and abused.

]]> Comment on Reality check by Lisa Kehoe Buchanan http://mikescircularfile.com/?p=309&cpage=1#comment-741 Lisa Kehoe Buchanan Mon, 17 Oct 2011 21:20:40 +0000 http://mikescircularfile.com/?p=309#comment-741 I can't get enough of "The Real Housewives of" anywhere. What does that say about me? I even watch the after show with Andy Cohen. I can’t get enough of “The Real Housewives of” anywhere. What does that say about me? I even watch the after show with Andy Cohen.

]]> Comment on Reality check by Jon Brakel http://mikescircularfile.com/?p=309&cpage=1#comment-739 Jon Brakel Mon, 17 Oct 2011 16:38:53 +0000 http://mikescircularfile.com/?p=309#comment-739 Nice blog, very funny! I think part of the problem with "reality" tv is that years ago the media confused "reality" with "unscripted" shows of various flavors. Most of the shows you list in your blog are actually game shows. What is survivor if not a big game? Survivor is Battle of the Network Stars minus the stars and increase the set budget with an exotic location. The Bachelor is a multi-episode Dating Game. I think Jon & Kate Plus 8 might have been a reality show when it started. By the time Kate Plus 8 started airing it had turned into a travelog show with a non-traditional family. And Maury is just a talk show/acid trip. What started reality tv with me was "COPS" in 1989. COPS is not a true telling of what its like to be in law enforcement because they take hundreds of hours of footage and boil it down to 20 minutes. However, what you see actually happened. They only use fill shots for the beginning and ending of shows and they never use reenactments. This is different from most of the shows that are on tru tv that use up to 90% reenactments. Actual reality tv is so rare that I can't think of another example right now...but I still watch COPS! Nice blog, very funny! I think part of the problem with “reality” tv is that years ago the media confused “reality” with “unscripted” shows of various flavors. Most of the shows you list in your blog are actually game shows. What is survivor if not a big game? Survivor is Battle of the Network Stars minus the stars and increase the set budget with an exotic location. The Bachelor is a multi-episode Dating Game. I think Jon & Kate Plus 8 might have been a reality show when it started. By the time Kate Plus 8 started airing it had turned into a travelog show with a non-traditional family. And Maury is just a talk show/acid trip.

What started reality tv with me was “COPS” in 1989. COPS is not a true telling of what its like to be in law enforcement because they take hundreds of hours of footage and boil it down to 20 minutes. However, what you see actually happened. They only use fill shots for the beginning and ending of shows and they never use reenactments. This is different from most of the shows that are on tru tv that use up to 90% reenactments.

Actual reality tv is so rare that I can’t think of another example right now…but I still watch COPS!

]]> Comment on Life, death, and Walter Payton by Mike Pontillo http://mikescircularfile.com/?p=13&cpage=1#comment-730 Mike Pontillo Wed, 28 Sep 2011 21:32:43 +0000 http://mikescircularfile.com/wordpress/?p=13#comment-730 As they say, there are no more heroes. With the benefit of <a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1190867/index/index.htm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">hindsight</a>, we know that Walter Payton was not exactly the saint that his public image had led us to believe. Reading this piece now makes me feel a bit naive...at least about Payton. My views on God and religion, however, remain as they were. As they say, there are no more heroes. With the benefit of hindsight, we know that Walter Payton was not exactly the saint that his public image had led us to believe. Reading this piece now makes me feel a bit naive…at least about Payton. My views on God and religion, however, remain as they were.

]]> Comment on Amusement at my expense by mike http://mikescircularfile.com/?p=248&cpage=1#comment-144 mike Sun, 29 May 2011 16:11:03 +0000 http://mikescircularfile.com/?p=248#comment-144 is it also not possible that most accountants are humour impaired? Or humor impaired, as you prefer? So for example, they know you are not being respectful,but they don't understand the human pleasure of laughter? is it also not possible that most accountants are humour impaired? Or humor impaired, as you prefer?
So for example, they know you are not being respectful,but they don’t understand the human pleasure of laughter?

]]> Comment on A Christmas Carjacking by Mike Pav http://mikescircularfile.com/?p=228&cpage=1#comment-15 Mike Pav Fri, 06 May 2011 22:03:49 +0000 http://mikescircularfile.com/?p=228#comment-15 Good to see you back writing! ( Good story, as well). Good to see you back writing!
( Good story, as well).

]]> Comment on A Christmas Carjacking by Beloved wife http://mikescircularfile.com/?p=228&cpage=1#comment-14 Beloved wife Fri, 06 May 2011 03:08:00 +0000 http://mikescircularfile.com/?p=228#comment-14 I have to respond to the "shopping methods". It's not the going up and down each aisle as much as looking at things he has no intention of buying OR eating. And why would you bother with a list if you are going to go up and down EVERY SINGLE AISLE in the store? I have to respond to the “shopping methods”. It’s not the going up and down each aisle as much as looking at things he has no intention of buying OR eating. And why would you bother with a list if you are going to go up and down EVERY SINGLE AISLE in the store?

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