Chewing Gum = Safe Sex

Sarah and I were flipping between a couple of shows last night, and saw the following commercial.



The commercial is playing with the concept of Dentyne Ice replacing a condom (not literally!), insinuating that by chewing their gum you are more likely to get sex on a date. What I found ironic about this commercial is the show we saw it aired during.



Clearly if these kids had chewed Dentyne they wouldn't have ended up in this predicament.

Corner Hiccups for Mayor

Corner Gas has to be one of my all-time favourite television shows. Each main character brought something special to the show, and being a rural prairie boy myself I loved seeing a show in that setting. I was sad to see the show end after it's 6th season, but happy at the same time that it went out strong (though season 5 was kind of shaky).

Now we have two new shows starring some of the Corner Gas alumni, and featuring a lot of the behind-the-camera talent from the show as well; Hiccups and Dan for Mayor. While watching commercials for these shows, I thought the characters the Corner Gas actors were portraying looked pretty familiar. But I thought I'd give the shows a chance.

After watching a few episodes of each show, I have to conclude that Hiccups has simply moved Brent and Wanda out of the gas station and into Vancouver, and Hank is running for mayor. The new shows aren't grabbing me like Corner Gas did, because the rest of the cast is missing. Other than a name and scenery change, Hiccups has 2 Corner Gas characters and Dan for Mayor has one. And unfortunately, none of them are Oscar!

Seriously, if you're a Corner Gas fan, give these shows a try, you might like them. The style of humour is very similar, so for some that may be a good thing. I just can't get past the fact that these are the same characters with different names and supporting cast.

Why I Hate "The Bachelor"

My wife may not want to read this post, since she's a fan of the show!

I really, really can't stand The Bachelor. Sarah likes to watch it, though she's had to miss it most weeks this season because she is curling on Monday nights. But if it's on and we're both home, I usually head down to the Mancave.

I have a real problem with the whole scenario of the Bachelor. One guy simultaneously dates 30 women, supposedly looking for true love? I'm sorry, but in the real world, a guy who dates even 2 women at the same time is a complete sleezebag, let alone 30! But because it's on television, it's okay? A guy dating 30 women isn't looking for love, he's looking for cheap thrills on a television company's dime.

It's not like the guy is just hanging out with these women to see who he clicks with and then starts dating one; I wouldn't have as big a problem with that. By the end of the season he is seriously dating several women, and they're all okay with this?

The guys that are on the show get played up as these really great, stand-up guys, but as I recall, the guy who was featured on the last season of the Bachelor proposed to one girl on the Season Finale (before the follow-up show), but then broke up with her to get engaged to one of the other girls? Yeah, he's a real stand-up guy this one. If he wasn't sure, he shouldn't have proposed, simple as that. The show is supposedly dealing with real people's feelings and emotions, therefore I don't care how dramatic an end the proposal made, it shouldn't have been done.

I get that women like to watch tv shows/movies about true love and all that, but really, if I told you I was dating 30 women at a time, would you think it romantic, or think I was the biggest jerk on the planet?

I've vote jerk.