Aric McKeown

Call it a self fulfilling prophecy, but Make Me Watch TV can be found in the most recent edition of 505 Unbelievably Stupid Webpages, 2E.

I became aware of my new status while browsing through the humor aisle at Borders. Admittedly, I’ve been flipping through these “stupid website” books for quite some time now, looking for myself. Is it vanity if it is self-deprecating?

The book catches the eye pretty quickly. There is a bright pink Peeps bunny on the cover, and the book was facing forward on the shelf. How much do you think the publisher had to pay so this novelty book would face forward on Borders shelves across the country?

I picked up the book and flipped to the index. Oddly enough, I searched for Least Dangerous Game first. Obviously, I don’t know which of my online projects is the most “unbelievably stupid.” But there was Make Me Watch TV, sitting up and staring at me in black and white.

Finally, all of my year of hard work (year was not pluralized for added humor) has finally paid off. Make Me Watch TV sits, decently, above the 50% mark as the 201st most unbelievably stupid website out of 505.

In the book, the paragraph written about MMWTV and me wasn’t really harsh. It implied that I was a bit crazy, but that I was a real trooper. I’m paraphrasing, and poorly at that. They were rather impressed that someone could sit through Reba, and rightly so.

Make Me Watch TV is currently on break until the WGA gets a fair shake. I hope the AMPTP can finally offer the writer’s a good deal, so I can go back to making fun of their work. I have a stupid website to maintain.