As good as ‘F Troop?’
I read a couple of weeks ago “The Kardashians” was being canceled.
I think. I didn’t really read the article, just seeing “The Kardashians” in the headline was enough of a fix for me. Oh yeah, I was jonesing for some Kardashian news.
The show, oddly enough about the Kardashians, will no longer be on E! At least I think that’s the channel.
I did read it was “with a heavy heart” the final episode of “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” will air in early 2021.
Yes, a heavy heart, indeed.
I’m thinking the creators and producers of this all-time family favorite show about people who are wealthy, should take over creating and producing war in the Middle East. Let them do a couple of shows then put out a press release saying, “It is with a heavy heart the last episode of ‘War in the Middle East’ will air in October of this year.”
Then they can take on creating and producing a show about famine in Africa.
Same concept. After a couple of shows they can put out a press release saying, “It is with a heavy heart there will only be one more episode of ‘Famine in Africa.’”
Maybe one of the Kardashians will do a guest spot on one of those shows to give it a ratings boost.
“This week Sneezy Kardashian stands in a bombed-out building that used to be an orphanage!”
Or:
“Don’t miss next week’s show when Lalapalooza Kardashian counts the flies on a starving child’s face in Africa!”
I don’t know if Sneezy and Lalapalooza are real Kardashians. I really don’t know that much about the Kardashians at all.
I don’t understand how hard it could be to keep up with them, either.
It’s not they are out roaming in the woods with nothing more than a compass and spear looking for a wild bear to have for dinner.
They just kinda sit around in a big house, right?
Looking glamorous and saying witty things about each other. Or maybe getting mad at each other.
For all I know, the whole tribe could be wonderful people with hearts of gold.
Maybe I’ll miss them when they are off the air.
I doubt it.
But it surprises me … No, wait … STUNS me that this is even a “news” story. Those Kardashians, they have a pretty good public relations firm working for them.
You know what show I miss?
“F Troop.”
That was a pretty classic show.
Of course, I was 5 when it was on television and I probably had no taste as far as what was good or bad or even remotely entertaining at the time.
Speaking of which, my house had the first remote control in our neighborhood.
“Ken, change the channel! Ken, turn down the TV.”
Sorry, I get so easily distracted.
But I think “F Troop” was better than “Keeping Up with the Kardashians.”
Anything with soldiers and Indians (Native Americans) and cowboys and horses and wagons and more soldiers and more horses ...
Can’t beat that with a stick.
I also miss “The Munsters.”
I was excited watching “Masterpiece Theater” when I was kid, was I?
But I doubt “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” will live forever in reruns on PBS, either.
I liked “The Munsters” because they were all so ... Weird. It was kinda like my family. Kinda like every family, really. There weren’t any “Leave It to Beaver” households where I grew up.
Everyone had a really odd uncle or crazy aunt or a grandmother who talked to herself in some kind of made-up language when I was growing up.
And maybe that’s what really gets me about “Keeping Up with the Kardashians.”
They are as odd as anyone else, but they don’t realize it.
That, and there’s no soldiers or cowboys or horses or wagon trains or forts.
