Moderately Confused by Jeff Stahler for November 05, 2020

Formula TV. I like “What on Earth” where they investigate strange sightings on satellite images. There is a spot in every segment where this woman says “this is really strange” (or similar words); and that’s her entire bit. Of course it’s strange, that’s why they’re investigating it!

I liked it back when ordinary folks did do it yourself home improvements to see how they screwed up.

“This super custom hard-to-freaking-get bathtub that I ordered for this tight-deadline, tight-budget project has arrived with a huge crack in it! Whatever will we do now?!”

Modern home refurb shows remind me of the 1950’s tv wrestling programs. Most watched for the comedy. Anybody who took it seriously probably had a double digit IQ.

We stopped watching after sampling several different shows that made us wonder if whoever those TV refurbs hired for their initial inspections ever lived in an actual house. How else could they miss even the very minor problems faced by the average homeowner? Plus their fake surprise when an 80-100 year old house shows major flaws like out of date wiring, lead pipe plumbing, blocked chimney flues, dry rot and rotting floor joists.

But it will be solved after these messages from our sponsors.

These shows are as easy to read as a Hallmark Christmas movie.

Ty Pennington will patch things up.

The original This Old House with Bob Vila and Norm Abram was much more interesting.

Mayo Clinic staff told us they switched all the TV monitors in the waiting areas to HGTV to avoid fights among the patients.

I don’t bother with those shows, all I like to watch are the PBS versions, and anything featuring Mike Holmes, whose mission in life is to educate homeowners and fix the problems left behind by incompetent (or criminal) contractors and/or inspectors.