Comments on: Extreme Makeover, Jerry Lewis, and the folly of entertainment as charity http://www.kevinmarshallonline.com/blog/2011/09/06/extreme-makeover-jerry-lewis-and-the-folly-of-entertainment-as-charity/ Musing & misadventures of a writer, comedian, and local treasure Thu, 31 Jan 2013 04:17:00 -0500 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 By: A. http://www.kevinmarshallonline.com/blog/2011/09/06/extreme-makeover-jerry-lewis-and-the-folly-of-entertainment-as-charity/#comment-8946 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 17:36:20 +0000 http://blog.timesunion.com/marshall/?p=6033#comment-8946 Grr…I need to shut up.

I have also learned that different people have different ways of rationalizing why some children are born…less fortunate. I and KM were raised with Catholic values, and were taught not to think of any child as a mistake. But, A LOT OF PEOPLE just don’t feel that way. A LOT. And they’re vocal about it. And then there are others who, deep down, feel the same way. I have met so many people with different values from my own that I am feeling like I cannot judge others who were raised with different philosophies. Of course, I’m not religous, and I don’t attend church, so maybe I cannot fully adopt the “It doesn’t matter what anyone else thinks/does, you know what is right” kind of philosophy.

]]> By: A. http://www.kevinmarshallonline.com/blog/2011/09/06/extreme-makeover-jerry-lewis-and-the-folly-of-entertainment-as-charity/#comment-8945 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 17:29:17 +0000 http://blog.timesunion.com/marshall/?p=6033#comment-8945 Regarding Jerry Lewis, I think if you look at things on a micro level, we see situations like this in our daily lives. People do good things for others, when maybe they don’t quite have pure hearts. Maybe they like to do good things for how it fills them up, and not how it makes others feel…Or, maybe they think of the people they help as pathetic, worthless, and undignified…Possibly even unable to obtain anything for themselves (I believe that our gov’t often treats people this way). Or MAYBE, they are doing good things because they think it will get them into heaven. I think we see this all over in life. It is to the point where as long as good things are accomplished, you can’t really look at the morals or the agenda of the people who are performing the actions.

How many people help others JUST BECAUSE they see them suffering, and want to help put an end to it?

]]> By: Ann http://www.kevinmarshallonline.com/blog/2011/09/06/extreme-makeover-jerry-lewis-and-the-folly-of-entertainment-as-charity/#comment-8944 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 15:46:32 +0000 http://blog.timesunion.com/marshall/?p=6033#comment-8944 Wow. I’ve never liked Jerry because his humor is very simple, which is why he is so well liked by the French, which is why I do not watch French movies unless they have non-French directors, writers, etc.

I just didn’t realize how abusively offensive he is until reading the link! What a number 1, first class a-hole! Those poor “kids” having to put up with that jerk for so long! Yeah god goofed on him!

Re Extreme Makeover: Of course they sell the house! They’re not poor because they don’t have a house, they’re poor because they don’t have money! How many years of college would that house pay for? The feel good crud is for the audience and the volunteers and they do feel good.

]]> By: Cihan http://www.kevinmarshallonline.com/blog/2011/09/06/extreme-makeover-jerry-lewis-and-the-folly-of-entertainment-as-charity/#comment-8943 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 15:33:17 +0000 http://blog.timesunion.com/marshall/?p=6033#comment-8943 I never understood how poor or troubled families were expected to keep current on the property taxes of their suddenly pimped out properties. I always figured they’d have to sell for that reason.

Also how absurdly staged it was, with models being the “carpenters” and whatnot.

]]> By: A. http://www.kevinmarshallonline.com/blog/2011/09/06/extreme-makeover-jerry-lewis-and-the-folly-of-entertainment-as-charity/#comment-8942 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 08:34:37 +0000 http://blog.timesunion.com/marshall/?p=6033#comment-8942 And why do we need to know the nitty-gritty of this woman’s life? All the he-said, she-said? Does anyone really give a carp? Does anyone with half a brain think that if you give a family like that a boatload of materialistic garbage, it can fix their lives? Are any of us surprised? I don’t think they should waste paper and ink on her story.

If people are dying to help someone, there are plenty of people in need in nearby Schoharie county. These people don’t need a half a million dollar house…They need helping hands and elbow grease…Cleaning supplies and work gloves…And eventually, for the most unfortunate, a bed and a place to put it.

]]> By: A. http://www.kevinmarshallonline.com/blog/2011/09/06/extreme-makeover-jerry-lewis-and-the-folly-of-entertainment-as-charity/#comment-8941 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 08:12:08 +0000 http://blog.timesunion.com/marshall/?p=6033#comment-8941 ABC is pretty disgusting as a whole. Their “news magazine”-type shows, or shows which feature their “news personalities” often make me scratch my head. They’re all about being exploitative and pushing the envelope.

]]> By: Rob Madeo http://www.kevinmarshallonline.com/blog/2011/09/06/extreme-makeover-jerry-lewis-and-the-folly-of-entertainment-as-charity/#comment-8940 Tue, 06 Sep 2011 21:22:42 +0000 http://blog.timesunion.com/marshall/?p=6033#comment-8940 You’d have to look long and hard to find anything more exploitative than Extreme Makeover. It plays on everyone’s emotions to the max — all the while raking in big bucks for the network.

I hope this lady makes a ton of money selling that house. Whatever she gets won’t be enough to make up for what she’s been subjected to since “winning” her home improvement project.

The worst example:

http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/No-fairy-tale-ending-for-Exteme-Makeover-family-1044410.php

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