You're the Father!
Recently I heard a recap of a Maury Povich show in which a young girl has paternity tests to figure out who is the father of her forthcoming baby. There were five men sharing the stage with her, and Maury went to each one, with pause for drama to tell them, "You are NOT the father!"
The problem was that he wound up telling all five men the same thing! Each man had a horse in the race, so to speak, but they all wound up sitting at the gate. A sixth, mystery man, ended up with the gold ticket, and is now presumably searching for a crib.
Are you kidding me! Six guys were in the running? What a freaking prize that ended up being, huh? Thankfully the recap of the show was on the radio so I didn't have to see the train wreck of the mother-to-be, but she must have been mildly attractive, right? She had six suitors, all hitting the target at the same time.
A couple of points here...
How and why is this deemed as entertainment? What makes us stand up and take notice of the worst type of behavior? There are men risking their lives to save other lives, soldiers coming home with life-threatening injuries, men and women who have engineered advancements against sickness and disease, Hell, I've written eight books and this tramp got an hour on Maury Povich while I try and pedal my wares like a street hooker (pardon the pun).
Secondly, what the hell is the prize kid going to turn out to be? Can you imagine proud momma and proud pappa showing the kid the tape in ten years? How do you explain that?
"Mommy loved a lot of men. She was having a hard time choosing who to marry so she tried them all. Luckily, daddy had the fastest swimmers."
Give me a break! There are moments when I'm sure we're all going to hell for even considering this atrocious behavior. I must admit, however, that as Maury's voice filled my car, I needed to hear the reaction of the man who ended up being the true father - unfortunately- he didn't regard himself as a winner. When Maury screamed - "You're the father!" he called the mother of his unborn child a "whore".
You think?
The problem was that he wound up telling all five men the same thing! Each man had a horse in the race, so to speak, but they all wound up sitting at the gate. A sixth, mystery man, ended up with the gold ticket, and is now presumably searching for a crib.
Are you kidding me! Six guys were in the running? What a freaking prize that ended up being, huh? Thankfully the recap of the show was on the radio so I didn't have to see the train wreck of the mother-to-be, but she must have been mildly attractive, right? She had six suitors, all hitting the target at the same time.
A couple of points here...
How and why is this deemed as entertainment? What makes us stand up and take notice of the worst type of behavior? There are men risking their lives to save other lives, soldiers coming home with life-threatening injuries, men and women who have engineered advancements against sickness and disease, Hell, I've written eight books and this tramp got an hour on Maury Povich while I try and pedal my wares like a street hooker (pardon the pun).
Secondly, what the hell is the prize kid going to turn out to be? Can you imagine proud momma and proud pappa showing the kid the tape in ten years? How do you explain that?
"Mommy loved a lot of men. She was having a hard time choosing who to marry so she tried them all. Luckily, daddy had the fastest swimmers."
Give me a break! There are moments when I'm sure we're all going to hell for even considering this atrocious behavior. I must admit, however, that as Maury's voice filled my car, I needed to hear the reaction of the man who ended up being the true father - unfortunately- he didn't regard himself as a winner. When Maury screamed - "You're the father!" he called the mother of his unborn child a "whore".
You think?
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