My wife has an addiction. Sure we go through more wine than The Man Hole in Chicago, but her real drug of choice is Intervention, the show that follows families so desperate to get their loved ones off "dope" (as my father in-law calls every drug) that they're willing to humiliate themselves and the addict by actually stepping foot in what appears to be a Hampton Inn.
I know the whole theory about how watching really dysfunctional people on TV makes us all feel better about the wayward nature of our own lives, but what my wife doesn't see is that these people are EVERYWHERE, not just on A&E from 9-11pm. In the hospital I see addicts every day just after they've reached their own personal un-best, and they're often about as glamorous as the Lady of Leisure.
So if any of you have connections with Ken Seeley, drop me a line. And don't even try coming with that Candy or VanVonderan $#!t, as that's a real quick way to lose her to the DVR. Intervention's just the gateway show to Hoarders, you know.
A funny Intervention parody with Fred Armisen.
