A lot to look forward to on TV this fall...

My God, this fall is bound to go down in history as the most pathetic one so far when it somes to TV entertainment. At least here in Sweden. As if seeing Anna Anka make an ass of herself on a regular basis last year wasn't enough, TV3 are not only continuing with a new season of their shockingly bad show Svenska Hollywoodfruar, they're actually adding another show, Svenska New York-fruar! Yes, it's exactly what it sounds like: Same crap, new city. I think I just threw up a bit in my mouth.

And as if that wasn't enough, other TV channels are pouring out similar crap at a stunning pace: Kanal 5 has a show called "Skånefruar" lined up for us, which I assume is about a pitiful collection of housewives who live in Skåne. Does anyone even care? And TV4 Plus plan to torture the viewers with an equally pointless show, "Ladies på Östermalm". Yes, it's just as boring as it sounds.

And if you haven't completely overdosed on this freak fest of botox-injected, brain-dead women with no ambitions in life apart from marrying rich, there's always Kanal 5's main feature, the brilliantly clever reality show "Kungarna av Tylösand", where the viewers can watch a bunch of retards getting drunk and acting like animals. Now that's good entertainment, Kanal 5.

I guess most sane people will have to rely on DVD's, The Pirate Bay or perhaps even books to get through this fall without permanent brain damage.

Housewife without a cause

Did any of you catch the new show "Svenska Hollywoodfruar" on TV3 the other day? I have to admit I didn't, but I've read a few reviews here and there, and I guess if you look at the show as some sort of bizarre, ironic reality-sitcom about Swedish gold-diggers gone mad, and you've got absolutely nothing else to do, it might work.

Anyway, I noticed one of these housewives, Kalle Anna Anka, actually wrote an article on Newsmill trying to justify her not so flattering appearance on the show, and stating that she wants to be a role model for women in Sweden (good luck with that, Anka!). I didn't read all of it, as frankly it bored me to death, but this particular part was brilliant:

Hur som helst, jag och min man skrattar hela vägen till banken. För självklart förhandlade jag till mig ett bra arvode för att ställa upp i "Lyxfruar". Inte för att jag är girig, för det är jag inte, utan för att min tid är dyrbar. Återkommer till det lite längre fram i texten.

I scrolled around a bit trying to find the part where she elaborates further on this, but failed. As far as I can see there's absolutely nothing valuable with Mrs. Anka's time. According to her very own article it's basically spent getting a massage or a pedicure, insulting gardeners, pleasing her 30 years older husband (come on, is she really only 38 years old???) sexually, and traveling around with him as his appendage. The kids are taken care of by a maid, and so is the house. In fact, I can't see her having any purpose in life, other than the sexual pleasing part, so why is she under the impression that her time so precious?

I don't know, all I know is that my time is precious and I've spent way too much time already pondering on what's going on in the plastic fantastic mind of Mrs. Anka.