All we need is for Stephen A. Smith and at least one of the Manning brothers to make an appearance, and I think we've got our Brick through the TV Set Bingo Cards all filled out.
Seriously, it's like television WANTS us to hate these guys. First, we've got Mahomes in every freaking State Farm commercial running roughly twice every break during every NFL or college football game. Then we inexplicably have a freaking COLLEGE BOWL GAME named after a musician who hasn't had a hit in thirty years but has instead transitioned into the blandest corporate sellout since Eddie Murphy agreed to star in "Dr. Doolittle." And then there's this ad, which is for a phone service, or maybe an iPhone, or maybe it's just a reminder that Snoop Dog exists outside the grotesque spectacle that was that bowl game or that Mahomes can appear on television without Jake from State Farm surgically attached to his hip.
Well, if the goal was to kill off network TV once and for all and complete society's transition to streaming services, Mission Accomplished, I guess. Because if the only way to get away from this brain-dead dreck is to sign up for every pay-tv option out there, well, I guess it's either that or give up on televised sports altogether. Since I'm a miser, I think I know which way I'm going, but the rest of you are on your own.
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