Crossposted my recent entry about Steve Harvey's new GSN timeslots to the network's Internet board. Man, I should have known better. Cries and whimpers ensued about what I thought was a throwaway line in the post. Some folks went ballistic because I said that nobody on the GSN board would complain if pre-1990 shows were getting additional timeslots for new (to recent GSN use) episodes.
As Mr. Jefferson once said, this truth is self-evident. The GSN board is full of older-is-better fans who regularly lobby for more old game shows on the network. They would go into rapture if GSN gave more timeslots to 300 new eps of pre-1990 shows, as the network is doing with its 300 new episodes of Harvey Family Feud.
But apparently, these fans of older game shows don't like anybody pointing out that, well, they're fans of older game shows. One of the cheerier types even told me: "Would you shut up with that." I dunno, maybe the love of old game shows is the love that dares not speak its name. Or it sure doesn't like anybody else speaking its name.
Funny thing, I'm a fan of the old shows myself, and I've blogged about them plenty. A reader even got p.o.ed at me when I mentioned that a planned 24-hour marathon of radio re-creations of game shows didn't include any 1950s black-and-white classics.
It's the life of a blogger. You catch hell from all sides. But it's fun. Really...I think.
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