Has this happened to you? You're channel surfing and see something so surreal you have to check the time to see if you are watching a television show or a Saturday Night Live skit? It used to only happen to me when I clicked past a Lifetime movie. But television has gotten so bad, become such a parody of itself, that it is happening more and more often.
Today was a weird one. Fox News was the next wave in the order. (Okay as a disclaimer what I was doing was seeing which channels I actually had after winning the historic Battle of Comcast in my apartment and getting the 105mpps with 40 channels package. Clearly I actually have only 39 channels as it turns out because I don't plan on landing on Fox News again.) Anyway, before my eyes was a foursome of mediocre singers in puritanical costumes singing what I would describe as a lame Les Misérables total rip off.
I panicked. Was there a war after I went to bed following a Criminal Minds episode that resulted in the religious right running everything now? What am I going to do? I must have been hung in a previous life. Because I can't wear tight collars around my neck! And those skirts looked so hot. I'm perimenopausaldammit! I mean midday flippin' pilgrim costumes people!
As it turns out it was just Jon Peter Lewis' cast of Deep Love: A Ghostly Rock Opera making the rounds as they prepare to open off Broadway. Whew! I mean I want that two minutes of my life back. But it could always be worse. Elisabeth Hasselbeck could have been talking.
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Michelle Tomko's comedy is a fervent blend of tomboy sensibilities courtesy of the older brothers she grew up with in the Midwest and the barrage of perimenopausal chaos the East Coast world has heaped upon her. She pulls her humor from everyday observations and classic stories of family, travel, pets, and adversity. With razor-sharp crowd work and improvisational skills to the rock-solid timing of a veteran performer, Michelle’s act is not to be missed!