The Duggers, John and Kate....Whats up with all these babies!

I guess T.V. follows trends just like the big screen. If one movie sparks the public interest, it is bound to have 10 similar themed movies rolling of the Warner Brothers lot faster than Gary Busey on a crack binge. Can you recall the last few genres (I have no idea if that's the appropriate term) of Hollywood? Think baseball, gladiators and comic books.

Well now I have noticed Television making its big shift. Remember only a few years ago when everybody was into the building junk phase. You had the chopper guys wowing the nation with those deluxe motorcycles. I always loved the fat kid Mikey who couldn't build a damn thing. Out of nowhere came Jesse James and the chopper build offs. Then shows like car builder and Overhauling became popular. Wrench turners and oil changers from around the country where flipping off their old man and saying "I told you college was for suckers". Well time to turn the page.....

All I hear about these days is the "Big family / little family sideshows". The gear heads have been shoved off stage to make room for folate chomping baby breeders. If you have a resilient uterus.....you got a show. One family has 17 kids. Another family hauls 8 around in a cargo van. What the hell? The big wigs at Trojan are sulking in their Natty Lights at one end of the bar while the Viagra CEO's are drinking Mojito's. I hate to say it but, mom jeans are back in style. If the kids get to much......just flip over and watch "little people" play soccer, sell pumpkins and avoid DUI jail. I wonder how the Rollo DUI went....."Yea this is Sergeant Williams, we got a midget (sorry..little person) drinking a Miller tall boy naked on a pumpkin picker". As Johnny Mac-with-a-CAIN would say; "Fertility is the revolution my friend...stand up...stand up...get that thing at attention. So watch out all you married men because your wives are digging out that naughty leopard skin number from the honeymoon and spreading mini van brochures around the house.

As a fan of the "real" reality T.V. (parking wars, intervention, airline, first 48) I am going to pitch the heads the next can't miss series. How about a show of single moms living in a trailor park. I would like to see how many soggy diapered kids you can squeeze into a rusty Nova riding on one doughnut tire. What if we just had a show called Walmart. Can you imagine how fun it would be to follow the life of Lurleen the 68 year old dressing room attendant. Or how riveting it would be to get the philosophy of Jimmy the bike assembler. OH wait....show crossover...there comes that overstuffed Nova illegally parking in the handicap zone.

Until next time....put the portable phone bag in the chasger stand!