Big Brothel
For the first couple of series Big Brother was passable, nothing to write home about though. Quite early on, people twigged that the BB machine was a quick fix for becoming a so-called "celebrity". It became a parody of itself when Channel 4 started fucking with the housemates in more wierd and wonderful ways, hiring old housemates as expert analysts, choosing the housemates based on a rudimentary quota system (expect a blonde girly girl, a lesbian/gay, a thicko, a wannabe celeb or two, an alpha male and a bitch), and worst of all having ex-housemates on Celebrity Big Brother!

The last one here grinds my gears the most. Since it became a parody of itself people have been applying just to become celebrities and everything that goes with it, and Channel 4 suddenly realised that Jade Fucking Goody was celebrity enough to go on the celeb version! Not only her, but her mum as well!

I have to stop now or I'll choke on all this bile.
(welshyboy, Sun 7 Feb 2010, 20:29, 2 replies)

So why do you watch it?
I'm happy to say that I don't know what you're talking about. I know BB is shite: I knew it right from the beginning. Therefore I never watch it. Ever. So I don't know how it evolved.

Just don't watch it. And if your colleagues start talking about it, don't join in the conversation - and tune out.
(EuroSong I love horse meat: best of all the animals, Mon 8 Feb 2010, 14:41, closed)

I admit I was vaguely interested in the concept for the first series and thought nothing more of it, but just didn't bother with the subsequent series. I haven't actively watched BB for years and years but can't help my friends and family who watch it talking about it around me, or watching the obscene amount of spin off shows with my other half because she likes it and when it's on there is nothing else on TV at that time worth watching.
(welshyboy, Mon 8 Feb 2010, 21:41, closed)