Most of us would have mastered the art of switching channels…
That too with most of the programmes on tv which either totally amuse us like the stupid game shows or other mega soaps which simply fail to sustain interest in them for more than 5 minutes, switching channels has become one of the major timepass, sitting in front of the tv..!!
Jus like the 'sms thumb' or the more recently coined 'i-pod finger' there should also be some name coined for this art!!
My everyday Channel switching process …. Here goes...
-> Witness a scene in some soap where a woman keeps running inside a hospital desperately seeking help from someone to protect her from Goondas who are chasing her… She runs to every floor of the hospital and there is a goonda who is hiding in every floor, who are waiting for the camera to focus them, and then act as if they are attacking the girl… Strictly one at a time….
Ugghhh!!!
*** Switch***
-> Some god forsaken game show where they ask 'How many roles did Kamalhasan play in the movie 'Michael Madana Kama Raja' and the person saying that he doesn’t know and asking for a clue.. And the host counting 4 in her fingers as she repeats 'Michael Madana Kama Raja' and the guy, with a sense of achievement saying FOUR!!!!!
Aaarrrrggghhh ***Switch***
-> Switch to a movie channel to find something good… And feel that only a person who has short term memory for 1-2 days will watch the same movie again and again…
For the 100th time….
***Switch***
-> One news channel where they focus people, who shout -"Everythign is because of the police… They didn’t control the crowd… The govt has to change.. "
Huuhhhh *** Switch***
-> Another news where people scream - "The police did a great job Saar… it was the people's fault, solely.. They shudnt have rushed in like that.."
I know…. ***Switch***
-> Change for some interesting stuff of Discovery or History channel.. And you realize that you have seen that documentary SO MANY times that you can present the documentary even without the script … :p
****Switch***
-> NDTV news… hearing the same stuff for the 4th time in the 3rd news channel… :D but its ok… I can put up with this thing even for millions of years! :D
After 5 minutes...
***Switch***
-> Some movie in unidentified language
**Switch***
-> Uuggghhh disgusting snakes..
**Switch**
-> Detectives working on murder mystery.. 11:30pm show?!?!?! SCARY!! :(
**Switch**
-> New year light music programme shot 10-15 yrs back, re-telecast on DD..!!!! The people performing might have even quite their profession..! Who knows.. ;)
**Switch***
-> Some man claiming that he can heal and cure another guy's blindness, by prayer.. That too shouting at the top of his voice…
****Switch***
-> Mallika Sherawat….
***Switch!! ** ;)
-> Kolangal on suntv….
**Aagrrgghhh* switch before I see any 'god-sent-me-to-earth-to-do-amazing-sacrifices-in-every-episode' character!!!! ****
***Switch*** ***Switch** ****Switch***** ****Switch**** ***Switch*** ***Switch*** ***Switch*** **Switch******
PHEW!!!
Reached channel 1 again!!!!!!!!!!!
All in the span of less than 10minutes… :p
So if I tell u that I watch tv for atleast 2-3 hours a day, u can imagine what I would do without my remote!!!!
:D :D
Aaaahh… Its truly godsend!!!!
26 comments:
U must have one sore thumb, better that u depute someone to take over the role of seitching. or else y not put it in auto scrolling, what with the number of inane TV shows that are popping up at the drop of a hat.
atleast u have a freedom of the channels u can switch. lotsa huses the mothers/family crowd pottu kolangal, selvi, chitti, thatha, mama, athimber nu kanda kanda serial ellam parthu torture panniduvaanga..
venkat
Watch the sports channel, u wil hve a variety of sports. the reason y u hve so many channels is cos none of them is gud so that u can keep switching.
PS. i dont hve a tv over here at all.
LOL.:) veral veengi pogaama irundhaa sari.
u missed the sports channel where one guy says "usko apna natural game khelnaa chaahiye.in those days kapil dev apna natural game khelta thaa." :)
More tech savy people organise there programs...
Moreover u forgot ...new genre of programs ..that are reality shows...
Like nach baliye.... then great indian laughter challenge ... then mtv roadies...Where u have to actually type some more sms....
'god-sent-me-to-earth-to-do-amazing-
sacrifices-in-every-episode' character!!!!
ROTFL!!!!!
U need a huge battery supply to keep ur TV remote in working condition
uve pretty much covered the entire list,
wat bout NDTV?? and SRK's new show in dlehi or Amithab in hospital??
plus u missed our local boy kris srikanth
U shud have written a line abt the great KSBKBT!
why evlo kustom just one switch no more switching. switch off.
@venkat
since my roommate and me are pretty adjustin kind when it comes to tv viewing, both of us keep switching channels alternately. :D
@mayur
logic! even for me last 2 yrs of no tv didnt make a difference!
@sheks
yeah! and teh never ending siddhuisms too...
@zoomer
the fun lies in switching as it contributes to the timepass..
And true that most of these shows nowadays asks viewers to sent a host of smss..
@anon
:D
@anon
guess so.. ;)
@vatsan
NDTV was what i was referring to when i said i can watch it for however long.. expect for those amitabh kinda incidents though.. ;)
@eclectic-blogger
:D :D
@awakening coma
switch off na wot to do for timepass?? :O who'll create revenue for all these channels? How will the economy improve? :D
now vatsan is gonna get at me.. ;)
haha... LOL... i have a "SCAN" button on my remote which keeps changing channel every 10 seconds ... probabaly u need something like that... and u missed those sports channels :-)... and with this added, that completes my list!!!... haha... with these bored channels i decided to stop watching TV and listen to songs on my MP3, but that didn't last too long either, now back to switching channels!
argghhh...wt wrong did mallika sherawat do to u ? y switched her :p .... she is the best time-paas ;-)
---monsh
Trying to see something useful on TV is against hope hopan! Here are some tips that I use to make the interaction with my TV bearable...
1. We Don't need to watch TV everyday. That's perfect. And believe me, you won't miss anything. Every news is repeated for two days. Sports highlights for at least two days. And if India is the winner, u can see it anytime the whole week. And soaps - even if u miss a few weeks it still would feel like watching the next episode. MTV, [V] plays songs in a loop...So, rest assured the TV wallas make sure we watch everything.
2. Use the skip option on channels. For the channels that u are certainly not going to watch, set that as skip, so that while scanning u won't have to see those channels. This way the channel list comes down to a manageable 20-30 from 50-60+. See...ergonomics :)
3. Use the newspaper to see what's on. This way we can convince ourselves that nothing's good. And moreover reading the paper is a much better use of time than the telly tube.
4. Make TV watching not just a TV and U event. Make it TV and U and 'someone else' event. This way u can have fun at TV's expense and will have instances to talk about later. That's the same reason I've never been to a movie alone. I feel all of us need to share that personal touch...isn't it?
guess. u don't have the time to check your favourite shows.. If u r watching the tv in odd times.. i gave up many times.... so switched to do something more interesting to me than watching tv.... he he..:-D .. u do have lot of hobbies na.. enjoy..... or u can improve u r switch swithc hobby.. he he...
hey !...U R talkin abt that game show(i mean mic madan kaama rajan ) ah?...think so u also tried to participate don u remem sis? ;)
me do the samething but not for 10 mins.. I come back to channel 1 in less than a min :D
is tht ur TV remote??/
Wish I had 20 fingers on hand itself ;-)
@naikutti
SCAN is a cool option.. yeah.. nothings majorly interesting to sustain interest.. nowadays got a broadband at home.. and thus another timepass.. :)
@monsh
ada paavi.. ;)
@div
so much of analysis for watching tv!! truly commedable div.. :) every point is true!
@siva sai
wide variety of timepass and hobbies dos help.. :) thats y me surviving..
@sush
yeah sush.. the smae game show.. easy moolah... :)
@sujay
hee hee
@sheks
no no.. i actually pickd up a pick which was the closest.. ;)
@iceyez
nice wish! :)
@veejay
:)everyone in the same boat..
You know sometimes you have to be a "remote-thumber" to actually get to a channel showing a good programme;-) You are on the right path. By the way, you write about everyday stuff and its nice to read. Why dont you write a bit longer blogs? It may be nicer to read:-)
- Saravanan.
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