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Shufflingdead > Things of the Week > Shameful Human of the Week
Paul Teutul Sr.
I know, I know, rose tinted glasses. But look, there genuinely seems to be a decline in the quality of programming on Discovery Channel and its affiliate TLC. This week I'm making Paul Teutul Sr., the screaming face of Discovery Channel's "American Chopper" the scapegoat upon which I place the blame for this decline.
When I was a kid, I watched more TV than anyone, I really do mean that. I watched a lot of fucking television. I grew up on great TLC and Discovery Channel programming; they would have marathons of particular shows that I could and would literally watch for the entire day. These were series about space, dinosaurs, evolution, history, and culture. One show I remember in particular was James Burke's "Connections," and its follow-up's, Connections 2 and Connections 3, which I still regard as one of my all time favourite shows.
TLC has become the home of make-overs, house remodeling, weight loss, and cleaning. Discover Channel has become the home of car repair, motorcycle building, and explosions, and the only show I can stand between the two channels is Mythbusters. It seems like 90% of the time that I check Discovery all I see is Paul Teutul Sr.'s irate, reddened, furious face.
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