Bloody hell you Americans sure do have clever ways of disguising your bigotry. "Hey Chap, here's an idea! Lets discuss interracial relationships, classism, and confronting stereotypes by creating a tv spot and ultimately show about cavemen living in modern society." "Brilliant!" Erm, on second thought, perhaps not. When Saturday Night Live sketches turn into feature films, the complaint is always that it was basically a 90 minute sketch that could have been told in 5 minutes. Well this show "Cavemen" on ABC is basically a 30 minute commercial that was told much better in 30 seconds.
Must feel good to be black, Hispanic, Asian, Pacific Islander (geesh, you people and your classifications) in America right now. The major networks do not have any new shows with characters centered around your nationality, yet they do have one about a group of hominoids that have been extinct for over 40K years.
Exactly how do 3 cavemen afford such a posh apartment in a nice area living off one of their IKEA salesman salaries? Must be a good year in Leksvik, Tylosand, and Crappola sales. Are we to forgo what history has taught us about the Cro-Magnon? Didn't they have pea-sized brains? Well then why are they playing chess, writing thesis, mastering Nintendo Wii controls, and shagging hot blondes?
Speaking of hot blondes, if that set-up in the restaurant didn't scream, "I only date brothers," then I don't know what does. If you saw it lads, then you know what I am talking about. It'll be an Ice Age in bloody hell before I watch this program again.
Question of the blog:
Did you watch Cavemen? What do you think about it?
10 comments:
I was flipping through channels and landed on ABC for about thirty seconds. I couldn't take any more. I ended up watching "The War" on PBS, and hands-down it was a thousand times better. (Lisa from Michigan) (http://www.myspace.com/i_love_the_bills)
I was so distrubed by The War last night. How can anyone in their mind ever say that The Holocaust never happened? I couldn't watch without crying. How can people be so cruel to each other? We know about slavery, we know about the Middle Passage, and we know about all the atrocities man has committed throughout time, but we can see the Holocaust in pictures and video. We can see vividly how they were treated and we can here first hand accounts. I can't believe humans continue to watch silently as genocide is committed worldwide.
~Just Jen~
Thank gawd for Tuesday nights on Fox (Bones and House.) I was luckily enough to miss this one - not that it was on my radar screen anyway.
I avoid FOX unless its Family Guy. Can't wait for SP tonight.
Like Jennifer I was watching Bones and so I missed this extended Geico commercial. I'm glad you were curious enough to watch it and report back to us. From the first moment I heard about the show, I knew it would be rubbish so I didn't even take the time to find out when or where it would be on. Although now I might watch it online to see the restaurant scene you mentioned.
cherio mate...
joanne (jomama)
It wasn't even as good as the Geico commercials. I think the first place they went wrong was not giving the gig to the lads who played in the commercials. Corporate wankers!
Oi mate, you said rubbish! Your Brit speak is spot-on. Kudos to you!
I can gladly say I missed this one. When I heard they were going to make this into a show I thought it was a joke, apparently it wasn't though.
Unfortunately the jokes were left on the cutting room floor before the show aired.
No Thank you... I avoided this one and washed my hair... looks like I made the right decision...
How human of you. :-)
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