{"id":23,"date":"2011-05-10T14:58:47","date_gmt":"2011-05-10T18:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/changingchannels\/?p=23"},"modified":"2011-05-18T06:56:30","modified_gmt":"2011-05-18T10:56:30","slug":"spray-it-aint-so-im-a-wipeout-fan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/changingchannels\/2011\/05\/spray-it-aint-so-im-a-wipeout-fan.html","title":{"rendered":"“Spray It Ain’t So … I’m A Wipeout Fan!”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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John Henson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I have to admit it, when I first saw ads for the ABC show “Wipeout” I thought it would be pretty dopey.<\/p>\n

I’m not really a big fan of watching people make idiots of themselves on television a la “America’s Funniest Home Videos”.<\/p>\n

That show, and its host Tom Bergeron especially, seem SO forced … with people so desperate for fame or fortune they’ll hurt themselves or their pets in all kinds of ways.<\/p>\n

“Wipeout” contestants aren’t preening to the camera or trying to yuk it up for laughs.<\/p>\n

They’re too busy trying to make it through a water-soaked obstacle course without getting knocked down or out.<\/p>\n

It probably hurts them a little bit, but contestants aren’t really in danger … only of being embarrassed a little.<\/p>\n

Hosts John Anderson and and John Henson make the show a pretty funny watch too with their corny comments.<\/p>\n

Jill Wagner, who initially gained fame starring in car ads, provides on-course interviews while trying to stay above the fray.<\/p>\n

The show provides pretty much guilt-free pleasure, and not too many programs today can say that.<\/p>\n

When it comes to Thursday nights on ABC, I’m never too wiped out to watch “Wipeout”
\nI know … that was TOO easy.<\/p>\n

Haaaaaaaaaaaa “Wipeout”!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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