Comments on: TV is trying to trim the fat http://marialokken.com/2010/05/tv-is-trying-to-trim-the-fat/ TV Production – if it were easy you wouldn’t need me... Thu, 05 Jan 2012 07:10:33 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Marisa http://marialokken.com/2010/05/tv-is-trying-to-trim-the-fat/comment-page-1/#comment-261 Marisa Fri, 28 May 2010 01:36:40 +0000 http://marialokken.com/?p=1624#comment-261 Yep, the food revolution has come to America. I remember sitting on the couch with a coke in one hand and a bag of chips in the other - BUT - I was watching infomercials for Richard Simmons' Deal a Meal. Then of course there was Susan Powter - and I watched late night shows while she begged us to "Stop the Insanity". I think TV execs and producers have finally found a way to make money from this ever growing problem by attaching faces and stories that we all recognize - the people on Biggest Loser could be a relative or a neighbor - they share some of the same problems most of us do. By the way - you mean to tell me that french fries are not part of a basic food group? Yep, the food revolution has come to America. I remember sitting on the couch with a coke in one hand and a bag of chips in the other – BUT – I was watching infomercials for Richard Simmons’ Deal a Meal. Then of course there was Susan Powter – and I watched late night shows while she begged us to “Stop the Insanity”.

I think TV execs and producers have finally found a way to make money from this ever growing problem by attaching faces and stories that we all recognize – the people on Biggest Loser could be a relative or a neighbor – they share some of the same problems most of us do.

By the way – you mean to tell me that french fries are not part of a basic food group?

]]> By: Marisa http://marialokken.com/2010/05/tv-is-trying-to-trim-the-fat/comment-page-1/#comment-260 Marisa Fri, 28 May 2010 01:31:12 +0000 http://marialokken.com/?p=1624#comment-260 Yep - the food revolution has come to television; but its been a long time in the making. I remember being one of those people sitting on the couch with a coke in one hand and a bag of chips in the other - but I was watching Richard Simmons' infomercials for Deal a Meal. This is not a new problem facing America, I think producers and TV execs have just found a way to make it more personal and to make money on it. Yep – the food revolution has come to television; but its been a long time in the making. I remember being one of those people sitting on the couch with a coke in one hand and a bag of chips in the other – but I was watching Richard Simmons’ infomercials for Deal a Meal. This is not a new problem facing America, I think producers and TV execs have just found a way to make it more personal and to make money on it.

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