Is There Always a Right and Always a Wrong?

Two Thoughts For Tuesday

I have done several posts in the past taunting, bitching, talking about reality based television.  For the most part I am not a fan of programs that reflect bad behavior being glamorized for the sake of entertainment.  I  sometimes enjoy the talent based shows like America's Got Talent or American Idol as long as they are on a DVR and I can fast forward  through the bad contestants. However, you might be surprised that I am writing a post about a show that is a hybrid of a game show mixed with a reality show.  I think the only reason I gave it a chance was I was curious what kind of a show Jerry Seinfeld would produce.  As quirky as his sitcom was, I couldn't imagine what his game show would look like.   Last season I caught a few episodes of The Marriage Ref and still haven't quite decided if I like it or hate it.   I will say that once I start an episode I am glued to the TV for the hour. (technically about 40 minutes because of the DVR)  Whoever, wouldn't want to find out if the husband is right or if the wife is right?

Anyway...the show has come back for a second season.  For those of you that haven't seen this show yet, here is the premise.   Tom Papa is the host who brings three (allegedly) happily married couples onto the show that have some type of disagreement that they can't seem to work out on their own. A panel of three comedians get to weigh in on who they side with.  Of course this is after a video is played explaining the conflict so the comedians can do some funny shtick about it.  At the end of the program the audience picks the ultimate winner of the night.  That person wins $25,000.00 and a billboard in their home town that says they are the person that got it right. 

As far as the Marriage Ref show goes, I am finding it pretty entertaining to see what couples fight about.  How the program manages to find these eccentric people, isn't fully explained. Nor can it be explained why the judges can not come to a clear decision on who is right and who is wrong.

This weeks episode's three couples:

1. Husband's job is working as a US Park Ranger dressed as a British Soldier and he conducts a tour about the Revolutionary War.  He is so caught up in his role, he has turned a room in their house to be an authentic 1700's era tavern. She didn't realize this until she came home and her extra store room in the house had an army of redcoats drinking their ale.

2.  A Florida husband going through some type of midlife crisis is wanting to change his wife's style.  He wants her to dress younger and sexier.  Her take on it is he has gotten old and has lost his mind.  What was especially interesting about this one, was the fact he was nagging her about not looking like Cindy Crawford while he was wearing an old Tee that he had ripped off the sleeves to be a cool muscle shirt. 

3.  Third couple is rapper Chub Rock and his wife.  She buys hundreds of hair extensions that she calls ponytails.  She has more than 300 of these with each costing more than $300.00 each.  She says each of them have certain look that keeps her playing different roles.  One  ponytail that she has named Venom she says  "The pony tail brings the extra YUM  to the good good." Hard to argue with that, I guess.

Is this what people fight about? 

So here are my two thoughts...

1.   I lead a really dull life in terms of interesting things to fight about.

2.   I am not sure that the disagreements we have had really have a clear right and wrong. 

While I certainly am no expert in the area of marriage counseling, I do have some experience being married.  After  almost 40 years of "not always being on the same page", I can't think of any disagreement that was ongoing and not settled with some type of compromise.  With that being said, my husband has never opened "Ye Olde Tavern" in our guest room, turned our backyard into a patch to grow enormous pumpkins or worn my sports bra and leggings through our neighborhood to settle a bet with his friends.  All of these things seemed to need mediation on The Marriage Ref show.

 Although, I tried to think of an example of a fight that I clearly was the "winner" on, nothing is coming to mind.  Still...because this is my blog I am the one to get the billboard. 

Are there things that you just agree to disagree on?

 If you haven't seen the show, who do you think won the $25,000 and the billboard given the 3 examples for this weeks program?

 If you do watch the show, what are your thoughts?  Is it more annoying than entertaining?

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The Good for the Day....I haven't had to resort to Jerry Seinfeld for help settling any fights.


The Bad for the Day....Last week Tracy Morgan was on the panel...he came across really creepy. Hopefully he will never ever ever be a guest judge again.

The Weird for the Day......The ponytail that can bring the YUM  to the good good.