As proof that people will watch anything, there’s the DR. PIMPLE POPPER show on TLC. Dr. Sandra Lee is a dermatologist and has this show where she graphically pops pimples, and other skin procedures that most people would find disgusting. Not for the squeamish to be sure.
Now you may wonder how a show like this gets on the air. I do. I can’t imagine her pitching it to TLC. “And then we drain the puss and…” “STOP! Say no more! SOLD!”
My guess is she’s had videos on YouTube that went viral and TLC came after her. I could be wrong, but that makes sense.
So how does the show do ratings-wise? Very well. Are we that starved for entertainment? How would you like to be a competing show that loses to her in the ratings when she does her lancing blisters episode?
I'm sorry, but I find this hilarious. And as disgusting as some of the scenes are, I'd still rather watch Dr. Pimple Popper than Dr. Oz.
Someone has the theory that whatever sick, weird fetish you may have there’s a porno site for it — or 100 porno sites for it. Eyebrows? Sure. Left thumbs obsession? (way sexier than right thumbs) Gotcha covered. Watching bunions removed? Tune into TLC.
I look at Paddy Chayefsky’s NETWORK, which at the time of its release in the late ‘70s was considered satiric and bordered on the absurd. Now we’ve gone so far past that it feels somewhat quaint. Dr. Pimple Popper has replaced Howard Beale. Except I'm not mad as hell. I'm amused.
from By Ken Levine
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