in deep

i'm a bit of a travel channel junkie. i'm kinda lame tho. anthony bourdain's show no reservations sits at the top of my list of shows. but i'm not addicted to it. weeks go by without me watching an episode. or i'll watch half a show then turn the tv off and go do something else.

i am a hardcore junkie for shows produced by prometheus productions for the travel channel. i can't find much on prometheus productions doing a quick google search. however, their imdb.com page is just a partial list of their tv shows.

these are simply travelogues of the world's best rollercoasters or waterparks or diners that serve the biggest, hugest, gut-bustingiest portions. they all use the same announcer who is great at his job with just a touch of early david letterman irony in his voice to tighten up the silliness of these programs' subject matter and still make it sound like a great time.

this is arm-chair travel. or couch-potato travel. and i'm ga ga over these shows and will stop in my tracks to watch one whether it is about the nation's coolest steakhouses or the dives with the greatest fried foods. i'd even buy their dvds if they produced them.

i'd like to say that these sorts of shows exemplify the best of iggy pop's song 'lust for life' but probably not. more accurately iggy pop's title for his album the idiot song best illustrate my addiction to these programs. i'd even write poems about these shows. which proves that i'm in deep.