I Am Young Russian Girl For Seeing Your Profile And Am Interest In Dating You For Sex, Charlie Brown!

Oo, I like the product placement angle.

Oo, I like the product placement angle.

The real artform that should be recognized is almost all in production.  In most television and film, the director has a vision, or the actors create dynamic characters, or the cinematographer adds a dimension to the story that might have gone missed.  In Reality, none of that really exists.  Instead, there are just…

The real artform that should be recognized is almost all in production.  In most television and film, the director has a vision, or the actors create dynamic characters, or the cinematographer adds a dimension to the story that might have gone missed.  In Reality, none of that really exists.  Instead, there are just…

AV Club likes to take its time with the obits, and while we might not know the name offhand, we'll know Thunderbirds at least.  I've always had the feeling there is a larger British audience on AV Club than appears, too.  I could be off base on that.

AV Club likes to take its time with the obits, and while we might not know the name offhand, we'll know Thunderbirds at least.  I've always had the feeling there is a larger British audience on AV Club than appears, too.  I could be off base on that.

Guns Don't Kill People, Charlie Brown!

Guns Don't Kill People, Charlie Brown!

Sure, but shows like The Biggest Loser are never going to be critically lauded, nor were they ever really meant to be. In fact, reality shows in general really have no place being described as either comedy or drama, at least for the purposes of this discussion.  Reality shows can traffic in levels of melodrama that…

Sure, but shows like The Biggest Loser are never going to be critically lauded, nor were they ever really meant to be. In fact, reality shows in general really have no place being described as either comedy or drama, at least for the purposes of this discussion.  Reality shows can traffic in levels of melodrama that…

GET OUT OF MY HEAD!

GET OUT OF MY HEAD!

Woah! Socks.  Sock it to me.  Richard Nixon. I am not a crook. Then who keeps stealing my socks? Spiro T Agnew? Whew, Agnew. Grow A Penis. Socks.

Woah! Socks.  Sock it to me.  Richard Nixon. I am not a crook. Then who keeps stealing my socks? Spiro T Agnew? Whew, Agnew. Grow A Penis. Socks.

Color me surprised.  Bet you can't guess what my favorite show of 2012 was.

Color me surprised.  Bet you can't guess what my favorite show of 2012 was.

Why Do You Hate America, Charlie Brown?

Why Do You Hate America, Charlie Brown?

I think it's notable that we are also a lot more forgiving of cheap comedy than we are of cheap drama.  If Dawson had died from the cancer he caught saving that puppy from the fire in the toxic waste plant that was run by Joey's father, who was atoning for his cruel sin of revenge by polluting the creek that…