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July 27, 2002

Bait & Switch

Bait & Switch

So I walk into the living room this morning, and Giselle and Harrison are squatted down in front of the TV. And on the screen is this vivid scene of flames engulfing a playground--the monkeybars on fire, the swings swinging on fire, the merri-go-round spinning on fire, and the opening credits to Terminator 2, Judgement Day flashing on the screen. And I'm like OH MY GOSH, WHAT CHANNEL DID YOU GUYS CHANGE TO?? as I'm racing to switch channels to Nickelodean or The Weather Channel or anything. I mean, they were watching cartoons just moments before. So I'm musing to Amanda later about the silhouettes of our two kids in front of a burning playground. So she flips open the TV-Guide, and allow me to share this with you:

KPHO TV-5
07:00 AM Bob the Builder
07:30 AM Dora the Explorer
08:00 AM Blue's Clues
08:30 AM Little Bill
09:00 AM Franklin
09:30 AM Oswald
10:00 AM Terminator 2: Judgement Day

...uhhh

right.

I mean, I know it's my fault for not being in there at the top of the hour as the programming switched instantly from preschool kids programming to atomic bombs and burning playgrounds. But sheesh, couldn't they have at least put on a half-hour boring show like the news or something so that if I'm sitting on the can at 10:01 AM, I could hear the kids griping about the boring grown-up show instead of staring mezmerized at apolcalyptic playground scenes? Still, I have been laughing since then at how absurd it is.

Here's to vigilance.
Jeremy

Posted by Jeremy at July 27, 2002 11:56 AM