1. Fat guy with skinny wife.
How many shows (on or off the air) can you count where the lovable, roly-poly fat guy has a perky, beautiful, skinny wife? Without even trying, I can think of six. And I'm sure there are at least a dozen more.
Now count how many shows there are where the fat wife has an adoring, handsome, trim husband. Go ahead, think hard... time's up.
At least there was equality on Roseanne (which, I'll freely admit, I loved).
2. Smart wife with stupid husband.
Beau and I were watching TV last weekend when one of those annoying Kmart layaway commercials came on. The wife, a clear candidate for mensa, announces that she's on her way to Kmart for school supplies. Her husband, a man who can somehow figure out how to use a garden hose but nonetheless has the mental acuity of a banana slug (no offense to banana slugs), is flummoxed. Why would she go shopping for school supplies NOW? It's summer! She patiently explains Kmart layaway to the mental midget and is on her way, leaving him in awe of her genius. I'm including the Christmas version below (which begs the question, why do they keep having the same damn conversation?). I turned to Beau and asked Don't mental equals ever marry?
Annoying.
there's a good deal of irony in that last sentence. Really.
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