(This was originally on the Jane Magazine blog on this date)
Current Obsession: Discovery Health Channel
Current Obsession: Discovery Health Channel
Because nobody has yet created an actual Train Wreck Channel, the
Discovery Health Channel is the next best thing. High on the dial,
Discovery Health is the resting place for the Discovery Channel's most
sensationally freaky shows: one-hour documentaries about rare and
unfortunate diseases that befall humanity. Some actual show titles:
Born Without a Face
Living With Half a Body
160 lb Tumor
Super Obese
I can never get any of my friends to watch these shows with me, even though I make a great argument: "The Super Obese want
us to watch them - we'll learn compassion!" The truth is, while I did
start watching these shows out of sick fascination, they're done in
such a sympathetic way that I cry every time. (Okay, maybe not with the
800 lb bedridden guy. That guy just needs to stop eating 30,000
calories per day.) I came up with some ideas for future show titles:
Made out of Fluff
Duck-billed Platypus Kid
Celebrities With Tails
My Nasal Hemmorhoids
That Guy Whose Name is "Harry Dick."
Waffle Iron Genital Syndrome
The Unicorn Baby
Stuck to My Sister
(Don't worry, as far as I know, nasal hemmorhoids don't actually exist.)
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