Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Acquired Taste

The average family watches XX hours of television per week and among those hours a high percentage are reality shows, followed by sitcoms, mixed with a few crime/murder/forensic thmes and maybe a music or sports special.

In this house, we specialize.

I have a strong draw to Food Network and the Cooking Channel. Ken enjoys Top Gear on BBC, tonight we also watched an episode of Pass Time on Speed and now Dirty Jobs on Discovery. When/if Bruce is lucky enough to make a selection on the big screen, it's a toss between the Outdoor Network (even though I tell him the deer always dies at the end) or Versus. Colin may be found watching CSI, but he is addicted to Boardwalk Empire. We love to laugh at nonsense ranging from America's Funniest Home Videos to most anything with Rob Dyrdek or classic comedy movies like Animal House or The Blues Brothers.

Does our unique viewing style meaning anything? Probably not.

Does reminding our sons about the fact we mostly grew up with 3 clear channels on a rotating dial with only one set so Dad had a dictatorship like control over our viewing habits have any relevance? Not for a second. Though they find our stories of Sunday's ABC Wide World of Sports amusing.

The funny thing is, when we are all home after dinner, we naturally fall into the family room and somehow work it all out. The sectional couch has room for all to spread out with ease and a different level of tolerance has been built up by each of us. Well, almost. I can't remember the last time I watched a full episode of Uncle Ted's hunting rant, but I'm fairly confident that Bruce has watched a show or two about cooking venison.

We are an acquired taste, just as much as our viewing choices and it is another simple everyday aspect of the day that ends up being a fabulous moment in time.

1 comment:

  1. "we naturally fall into the family room and somehow work it all out. The sectional couch has room for all to spread out with ease and a different level of tolerance has been built up by each of us. "

    ... and that is what makes family so wonderful and safe. Lovely!

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