Thursday, September 6, 2012

Honey Boo Boo is the worst thing ever

Someone forced me to watch a episode of this show, and it was one of the most traumatic experiences of my entire life, right up there with having a copperhead snake coil around my leg and watching Optimus Prime die. Watching that show makes me sick to my stomach. I don't understand why it is on television, or why it's on TLC which to my understanding used to stand for The Learning Channel, and now stands for Terrible Loser Channel or The Lurid Cock or Turd Lurking Cellar or Turgid Leper Central. I'm actually ashamed that this show exists for the sole reason that it might be rebroadcast in other countries. It makes me wish that Georgia would secede again and we would just nuke it off the face of the planet. 

This all from a channel that was founded by the Department of Health Education and Welfare and NASA to provide education with no broadcast cost (it was originally distributed for free by NASA satellite).  The only reason this show and NASA should be linked at all is in the context, "The cast of Honey Boo Boo has been launched into the sun by NASA."

I'm not even going to say why it's bad because thinking about it might cause me to spew vomit all over my desk uncontrollably.  Please someone shut this show down, please someone take the children in this show into child welfare or have them go spend some time in a chinese factory as laborers.

80's Quiz

I did horrible on this one.  I got 3/10 and one of them is a gimmie.
1. Which of the following films was not directed by John Hughes?
 A. "The Breakfast Club"
 B. "Pretty in Pink"
 C. "She's Having a Baby”
 D. "Weird Science"

2. What is the real name of the alien main character of the TV series "ALF"?
 A. Charles Alcott
 B. Maxwell Browning
 C. Gordon Shumway  
 D. Alex Wheaton

3. Rubik's Cube creator Erno Rubik held what job when he created the popular toy?
 A. Chemist
 B. Engineer
 C. Gas station attendant
 D. Professor

4. Who was the best-selling music artist of the 1980s?
 A. George Michael/Wham!
 B. Madonna
 C. Michael Jackson  
 D. Prince

5. Which '80s teen star became the youngest cast-member of "Saturday Night Live"?
 A. Emilio Estevez
 B. Anthony Michael Hall  
 C. Judd Nelson
 D. Molly Ringwald

6. What was the price of the Macintosh computer when it was first introduced in 1984?
 A. $1,590
 B. $2,495
 C. $3,345
 D. $4,150

7. What was the date of Black Monday, the day when world stock markets took a dramatic crash?
 A. November 17, 1986
 B. October 19, 1987
 C. December 10, 1987
 D. September 21, 1988

8. What did "Top Gun" and "Risky Business" star Tom Cruise study to become before deciding to act?
 A. Catholic priest
 B. Church of Scientology scholar
 C. Psychologist
 D. Teacher

9. "The Facts of Life" was a spinoff of which other TV series?
 A. "Diff'rent Strokes"
 B. "Eight is Enough"
 C. "Gimme a Break!"
 D. "Silver Spoons"

10. The Boston Red Sox's 1986 World Series loss is often attributed to an error by which player?
 A. Wade Boggs
 B. Bill Buckner
 C. Dwight Evans
 D. Dave Henderson

Answers (Scroll over to see):
1. B
2. C
3. D
4. C
5. B
6. B
7. B
8. A
9. A
10. B