Guilty Pleasures
Things we enjoy and those same things we really shouldn’t. For some it’s Maury, “You are not the Father!” or Jerry Springer. It could be soap operas. Or Family Guy.
This got me thinking about my hero. He’s straight-laced. All business. The type to pick lint off his suit, and flick it like it just insulted him. If I kept him this way, no one would like him. He seemed more like a robot than a human. In a sense he is. He wants to appear like he has no weaknesses. So, being the mean writer I am, I gave him a guilty pleasure. One that was inspired from real life.
My hero has a thing for infomericals. With one of the pranks Lynne will play on him, he’ll cave and order items he doesn’t really need. I’m thinking tupperware. Maybe even a ShamWOW. *prostitutes not included*
So, confess to Dr. Blue, and tell me some of your guilty pleasures. Or some of your characters.
Oh, what is mine? I want this to be a ringtone. And, I know who would get it.
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OMG–I love Family Guy. It is snark to the tenth power!!!
Wow–I just popped over to your blog from Jenny Bent’s and started laughing. My main character has a flaw of ordering things off of infomercials when she has a couple too many glasses of wine. Priceless!
I also heart Family Guy.
Infomercials are definitely addictive if you watch for too long. They really make you feel like if you don’t call right that second the greatest thing since sliced bread will be gone forever.
another nice post. thank you.
I wish Infomercials were like door-to-door salesmen: once your order their darn stuff, you’d never have to hear another one of their screaming pitches. But, Noooo. Also PBS pledge drives. Same deal, classier, but just as annoying.