People I Hate

It is Friday again, kids, which means it’s time for another explosive edition of People I Hate. Fasten your seat belts.

Drivers Who Refuse To Use Turn Signals

There’s nothing more infuriating than driving to work behind an idiot. Traffic is moving along, and you think you may actually be early for a change. Then, BAM! The jackass stops in the middle of the lane. You slam on the brakes and use some questionable vocabulary, only to see the idiot finally put on his turn signal. It’s duct tape time.

Look, it’s not difficult. When you approach the street you want to turn onto, activate the turn signal. It’s right there on the steering column, you frakking moron!!!

The “Creative” Forces Behind Reality Shows

Skating with the Stars? Trading Spouses?? Are you kidding??? Who thinks that people would sit through this garbage? The Fox network is by far the most heinous offender, starting with the mother of all crappy reality shows, American Idol. Now, everywhere you turn, some loser is popping out another piece of poo, hell bent on sucking audiences in. And the most amazing thing to me is that people are watching . . . even in my own home. To give you and idea of the Earp dynamic, the other day I was downstairs watching The History Channel’s week-long series on the Presidents, and upstairs the missus was watching Hogan Knows Best. Good grief!

The David Lee Roth Show

Okay, I admit it; I was a Howard Stern fan. Not a big enough fan to pay to hear his show, but I was a fan nonetheless. When he jumped to satellite, I figured I would at least give his replacement, David Lee Roth, a chance. I mean, I was a huge fan of Van Halen, so how bad could Roth’s show be?

The short answer is awful.

Roth is like a deer in the headlights when he’s on air. Stream-of-consciousness thinking is okay when you’re Robin Williams. When you’re David Lee Roth, it’s annoying rambling at best. I don’t hate Roth per se, but his show is absolutely brutal. I want to wake up in the morning, not be lulled back to sleep. I realize that the show is still in its infancy, but unless Roth comes up with either better stories or better guests, he’s going to be standing next to Tonya Harding in the unemployment line.