https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Curse_of_Oak_Island

There is a situation-comedy airing on the History Channel called:

THE CURSE OF OAK ISLAND

I think I wrote about it a couple of years ago.

Anyway, these two brothers (Bearded and Unbearded) decide to search for some ancient pirate's pot of gold on some island I really do not care about but the laughs abound.

Some sitcoms never tickled my fancy. You might recall a show called Seinfeld. The premise of this show developed by David and Seinfeld was that the series would be based upon nothing or nothingness. There was always some banjo in the background cueing us to a change in scenes as well as canned laughter (oh I know, live audience and...tell me the difference between the laughter heard on this show and Lucy?).
I was too old to appreciate Seinfeld at the time of its first airing. A show about single selfish people with no real purpose in life never intrigued me.

Contrast Seinfeld with Louie where CK examines the human condition from time to time and you might well understand the difference between the two shows.

           LOUIE LOUIE, YOU'RE GONNA DIE

Back to the Curse.

I discovered that it was best to view the third season (3 seasons of nothingness?) of this sitcom with the audio muted. That way I would not be distracted by  the meaningless dialogue contained therein.
In one long scene, we are treated by the visit of the brothers to some machine rental place where they choose some ditch digging appliance so they might dig a new and better hole?

Meanwhile, back at the ranch, we see the new machine in action as both brothers take turns sitting at the controls. They dig and marvel at how the dirt is arising out of the hole.

This show has its distractions of course. I mean without distractions all we would see would be holes being dug. So we are treated with scenes involving panel discussions. Where should we dig? How far down should we dig? What should we do if we find something? Where the hell should we put all the dirt? How many holes can a man walk down before....?

There are constant shots of Beard or Beardless looking into the holes. The Beard has several expressions demonstrating shock and awe and anger and confusion. The Unbearded usually just looks at sea.
The episodes individually are truly inane.

One episode begins with a stranger (guest star?) bringing the crew an ancient Roman sword discovered off the island?  The entire episode involves an investigation by the crew concerning this sword of justice but after an hour (including commercials) we are informed that  this sword is only a reproduction. hahahahahahahaha

​AN HOUR LOST TO HUMANITY?

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I mean, that is funny.

In the episode I am currently viewing, the Beard is pointing to something in the newest hole and then, for some reason, he jumps into the hole for further examination.

This all reminds me of panel discussions presented on cable news over the last couple of years.

These panelists (members of which change from time to time) spend all damn day digging holes hoping that they will be able to exhibit some truths that escape most of us.

FULL OF SOUND AND FURY SIGNIFYING NOTHING

Well Jeb has a lot of name recognition (OH REALLY?) and Jeb has a lot of mooolah and he carries himself well and....I mean Jeb looks so presidential. I mean he actually looks like a couple of past Presidents? But as Jeb continued to lose primary after primary and caucus after caucus Panels inform us that Jeb loses because he spends money in the wrong places and he speaks at the wrong places and he is boring and.....

Meanwhile all the panelists are in shock and awe over the latest farts emanating from Trump's mouth.

So Rubio is interesting and he is full of ideas and he is a good communicator and he keeps losing. so the panelists explain that Rubio is losing because he was for immigration reform and now he aint so much for immigration reform and......

Meanwhile the panelists are in shock and awe over the latest farts eminating from Trump's mouth.

And Cruz? Everybody hates Cruz and panelists are unified in telling the story of why nobody likes Cruz--the guy who came in second?

Meanwhile the panelists are in shock and awe over the latest Cruz farts emanating from Trump's mouth.

Panelists feel that Christie is really interesting and Christie's speeches are filled with much substance (since when?) and Christie has great outlines for his programs and...Christie loses primary after primary and panelists inform us that bridgegate or something is the source of all of Christie's losses and he never should have hugged Obama and....

Meanwhile the panelists are in shock and awe over the latest farts eminating from Trump's mouth.

And Saintorum? Never had a prayer even though he is the king of prayers. Or Newt? (he ran right? I forget) Well Newt has not won an election since the mid nineties and....who cares.

And the other 10? candidates? WHO THE FUCK CARES.

Meanwhile, all the panelists are shocked and in awe over the latest farts to emanate from Trump's mouth.
Now the Curse crew presented all these wonders of modern tech in order to properly present their inanity. This comedy of errors presents special suits that can be worn by idiots who attempt to descend into muddy holes. And there are special robot cams delivered into watery caverns by specialized machines with miles of cable. And there are those machines that produce sonar readings and ultra violet images and....

Well for over two years the panelists present all sorts of new tech. (Even though they have given up on the holiographic images of yesteryear) We are shown computer images that change with the touch of a finger. We are given different camera angles as we watch the candidates lie with a background of supporting morons and then we receive glimpses of people in the audience. We are given quotes on screen with old video proving that the candidates are all lying.

And meanwhile the panelists find themselves in shock and in awe over the latest farts emanating from Trump's mouth.

Like the man in the hole, Cable news always presents us with the man on the street when it covers catastrophes like hurricanes and floods and other weather phenomena.

Much like when Curse puts a man in the hole.

But the best laughs I ever experienced as far as viewing cable news was this poor lady who was put in front some Trump arenas attempting to present us with the latest examples of oral farts emanating from Trump's mouth. hahahahahah

Can you even imagine the discussions amongst MSNBC muckety mucks deciding which loser to assign to Trump on his campaign trail?

Well here is a lady nobody heard of and she has done well on local tv and...who better to sacrifice to the lions?

And now the lady has her own show on MSNBC

So what is the purpose behind a show like The Curse or Seinfeld or Cable News?

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