Paul
Vegeta
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Post by Paul on Jun 3, 2009 20:03:43 GMT -5
Anyone else love these shows? From really fat people, to midgets, to a guy who's half a tree, to people who pop out way, way too many kids, I love these shows.
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Allie Kitsune
Crow T. Robot
Always Feelin' Foxy.
HaHa U FaLL 4 LaVa TriK
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Jun 3, 2009 20:07:38 GMT -5
I don't know. I could have gone my entire life without ever seeing "Trash Bag of Skin".
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Sajoa Moe
Patti Mayonnaise
Did you get that thing I sent ya?
A man without gimmick.
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Post by Sajoa Moe on Jun 3, 2009 20:09:04 GMT -5
I'll watch them occasionally out of sheer morbid curiosity.
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Strotha
Hank Scorpio
In heaven, everything is fine
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Post by Strotha on Jun 3, 2009 21:02:39 GMT -5
I like them.
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Post by Cela on Jun 3, 2009 21:09:55 GMT -5
They hurt America.
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BrianZane
Team Rocket
The Finest Fibers All
The Way From France
Host of Wrestling With Wregret
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Post by BrianZane on Jun 3, 2009 21:10:05 GMT -5
I don't think I learn much by watching what used to be called "The Learning Channel."
Seriously, all their programming is divided into about three or four different blocks...there's the midget shows, the wedding shows, the gigantic family shows. I'm thinking my fiancee needs to take a bunch of fertility drugs and then we have 18 kids or something...then bingo, instant TLC paycheck.
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Brother Coyote
Samurai Cop
Has Clarity of Vision Is an engine of will
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Post by Brother Coyote on Jun 3, 2009 21:18:19 GMT -5
I prefer Maury Povich's annual parade of freaks episodes. You get a nice cross section of weird.
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Post by sunwukong on Jun 3, 2009 21:23:08 GMT -5
I used to love TLC when it was The Learning Channel. There was all kinds of great shows about science and mechanics, etc.
Now it really is a glorified sideshow. It's sad. Whoever thinks society has moved past thinking of people as freaks is wrong. There may not be sideshows at the carnival anymore, but there's still TLC.
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Post by Man Hating Horace on Jun 3, 2009 21:29:15 GMT -5
So all the home-decorating crap has fizzled out now?
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Post by sunwukong on Jun 3, 2009 22:10:00 GMT -5
So all the home-decorating crap has fizzled out now? There's still some of it, but they've been steadily shifting to shows about midgets, the morbibly obese, and snorkups with huge families over the last couple of years. |
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Post by Silent Brad on Jun 3, 2009 22:21:29 GMT -5
I loved the one about the guy who's arms exploded.
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Brother Coyote
Samurai Cop
Has Clarity of Vision Is an engine of will
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Post by Brother Coyote on Jun 3, 2009 22:24:42 GMT -5
I loved the one about the guy who's arms exploded. Elaborate |
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Post by sunwukong on Jun 3, 2009 22:28:17 GMT -5
I loved the one about the guy who's arms exploded. Elaborate He did a ridiculous amount of steroids and, if I remember correctly, at some point used an old, infected needle, which resulted in his arms "exploding" when they became infected. |
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Brother Coyote
Samurai Cop
Has Clarity of Vision Is an engine of will
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Post by Brother Coyote on Jun 3, 2009 22:31:41 GMT -5
He did a ridiculous amount of steroids and, if I remember correctly, at some point used an old, infected needle, which resulted in his arms "exploding" when they became infected. This I gotta see... |
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Post by sunwukong on Jun 3, 2009 22:35:06 GMT -5
The special is on YouTube. It goes into a bunch of nonsense about male body issues and steroids, but the freakish stuff is there.
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Post by Cela on Jun 3, 2009 22:51:04 GMT -5
I always get a little annoyed when I see the 8000 pound man on the channel guide.
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Brother Coyote
Samurai Cop
Has Clarity of Vision Is an engine of will
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Post by Brother Coyote on Jun 3, 2009 22:53:27 GMT -5
The special is on YouTube. It goes into a bunch of nonsense about male body issues and steroids, but the freakish stuff is there. Yea I found it, I threw up a little too. |
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Post by FrankGotch on Jun 3, 2009 22:57:43 GMT -5
The show is about Greg Valentino dude used synthol on his arms.
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Starlight Starbright
Don Corleone
Suffers From Macho Madness.
?Literary, intelligent, yet capable of great savagery. A terrifying genius.?
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Post by Starlight Starbright on Jun 3, 2009 22:59:21 GMT -5
Same here. I can related to the trapped people. I feel like I'm in prison. I enjoy TLC and Discovery Health programs. Brookhaven was my favorite show. I LOVE seeing people change their lives from a realistic POV, not a "everything's happy now" one. But the stories just inspire me to live. |
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