Propaganda permeates perniciously via primetime programming

Have you ever watched the movie from 1989 that Weird Al Yankovic directed and starred in, "UHF"?  To summarize, he takes over a failing local TV network and fills the time slots with ridiculous shows about nonsense.  The thing is though, the viewing audience eats it up like Chocodiles the day Hostess decides to go belly up.  Well, we now live in a time where families gather on the couch to watch "Fun With Dirt".  Now I admit that I'm guilty of watching a few of these time wasters, and they are indeed addicting and relentlessly entertaining.  The ingenious combination of soap opera and game show.  Bravo!  Even my father, who to this day still has a gigantic shitty antenna affixed to his roof to ward off the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, has his eyes glued to Duckmen with Beards.  He even criticizes certain characters on these shows as if the way they portray themselves isn't merely poor acting glazed with a mediocre script.  I've always been able to see through smoke and mirrors pretty well.  It's both a blessing and a curse.  I believe the Aquabats put it appropriately,  "Turn off the idiot box.  It's a disease just like the chicken pox."  It's funny though because they have a TV show now.  Everyone is a hypocrite.  Now for some Facebooking....