LA Times Bestows "Royalty"

There was Elvis, and then Lebron, and in the summer of 2008, Kunitz.

Today's LA Times (Mon 14 June) calls FOTC.N (Friend of TheCHIMP.net) Matt Kunitz (Torrey Pines '86, USC '90) "The King of Reality TV".

EVEN people who detest his brand of reality shows would be well-advised not to wrestle Matt Kunitz in the mud. For one thing, the guy just knows too much about mud.

What "Wipeout" won't do is enhance Kunitz's reputation among cultural critics who accuse reality TV of rotting Americans' souls....

Title and all, we're still not curtsy'ing in his presence. Step over the drawbridge to read the full story on the other side of this moat.

"Fetish Porn" on ABC Tonight

Those TV ratings that appear in the upper left corner never caught on, but today's New York Times joins others in accusing friendly ABC of airing XXX content during the 8 PM "family hour".

"If you like watching out-of-shape people and strippers and cellphone salesmen fall down a lot, then "Wipeout" could stand as your own very special fetish pornography"

New York Times
July 8, 2008

The last time I worked on a stunt show with Matt Kunitz (Fear Factor '01), it landed him in the bestseller, "100 People Who Are Screwing Up America".

Put the kids to bed and watch fetish porn tonight (Tues 8 July), 8 PM, on ABC.

LURID APPETITES UPDATE (Wed 9 July): Last night's ratings are (10.6 million viewers) show rose more than 10% from last week to log its best scores to date. Hey arch right conservatives, suck it.