Thursday, March 16, 2006

It Takes A Cab

As I've mentioned before, Tivo is my friend. I like to let it make suggestions for me according to what I already like to watch. (Actually, because of it, I've recently become a Nielsen family... of one.) Anyhow, I was very happy to find two new television shows on my Tivo recently and thought I'd share them with you.

The Discovery Channel's reality series It Takes A Thief is intense. The series takes two reformed thieves who stake out houses and propose a deal with the home owners. They will show them how unprepared they are for a real home invasion in exchange for a home security upgrade. Seems like a fair deal but think of this: If you walked out of your home like normal and sat somewhere nearby to watch everything that means anything to you ransacked and taken, what emotions would you feel? Even knowing that it isn't real, it pretty much is what would happen. Great series but do yourself a favor and don't watch it before going to bed. I made that mistake one night.

On a lighter note, there is Cash Cab. Imagine that you are on the streets of New York and hail a cab. Upon sitting down and telling the cabbie your destination, you are greeted by computerized sounds, see flashing lights and hear "You are in the Cash Cab!" The idea for this game show is that during your drive to your destination, you will be asked questions and accumulate cash as you go. You are also allowed a "Shout Out" where you can either call someone on the host's cell phone or pull over and ask someone on the street for an answer to the question. Oh, there is a catch: You miss 3 questions and you get kicked out of the cab where you are without winning anything or getting to your destination. Great stuff but I do think that groups of 4 people in a cab have a huge advantage.

8 comments:

LoraLoo said...

It Takes a Thief is very intense. I did catch it once and really enjoyed it.

BeckEye said...

I love the Discovery Channel, but I haven't heard of that show. I'll have to check it out.

I'm really getting into that show, I Shouldn't Be Alive. That's pretty intense stuff too. They just had a survival guide on too, which was pretty interesting.

Ken said...

Hmm. I had turned off TiVo suggestions. It Takes a Thief sounds interesting. I do love the Discovery Channel. The History Channel too, although that can be a little dry.

Ethel said...

I've caught that cab show. Not too bad.

Teri said...

I don't think I could sit here and watch someone go through my house. I can see the cab show happening here in Vegas. It would be a lot more entertaining with all the stupid drunk tourists.

Fred said...

I need to find these two shows. There's so little on TV that I actually like, these sound like they're worth watching.

Beth said...

Can I get a tivo first?

Unknown said...

I just have a lowly dvr..it doesn't suggest anything..