Blue collar

Flipping around the channels tonight, I came across Blue Collar TV. At first, I thought I was dropped into a wayback machine or something. A Bush is in the White House, we have a crushing national debt, we're fighting in Iraq and Jeff Foxworthy is popular. Next thing you know, all the rap guys will be wearing sports jerseys in their videos and...oh. I might as well just buy a pair of Cross Colours jeans now and get it over with.

My favorite part of the whole show was when my wife, addled with a migraine and hopped up on medicine watched the following brief exchange:

INT. COURTHOUSE - DAY
Three brothers are on trial. A fourth brother runs into the courtroom.

Brother One: I got bad news! The cable's out!

Brother Two: The cable's out?!

Brother Three: The Talladega 500 is this weekend.

The wife, barely able to speak, said, "They're going to go to jail to watch the race." Sure enough. Maybe if she was from Tennessee, this would've been more of a cliffhanger.

By the way, if you're wondering, Blue Collar TV is like Hee Haw, but not as difficult to follow. For instance, every time one of the stars comes on stage, the audience goes "Whooooo!" like a TRL crowd. You have to love Republican base entertainment. Maybe if Bush gets four more years and Putin keeps strong arming Russia, Chevy Chase can finally get Spies Like Us 2: Glassnose off the back burner at Paramount.