A moment of perfect irony...
What is the prime time television show you are least likely to see as the main topic of conversation at a Shabbat dinner? I'll give you a hint, it's not the 700 club.The conversation began innocently enough. We were talking about television, and guilty pleasure television at that. The kinds of shows you rarely admit to watching, for fear of the years of teasing you may be subjected to. One of our table mates admits to enjoying really bad television. I asked what he meant by that. The answer? Seventh Heaven.
Yup, you read that correctly. The next 30 minutes were spent as every Jew in the room (and really, we were all Jews...so all 9 of us) must pipe in. Of the 9 at the table, I believe 7 of us admitted to watching the show about a Minister and his dysfunctional family on a regular basis. We discussed the bad acting, the bad plotlines, what might happen in the final few episodes. There was more, but I won't bore you.
The humor (and irony) in all this was that the conversation didn't end there. No, it moved into the living room after the meal, while we all stood around for the Jewish Goodbye (see earlier post) and continued to discuss the non-virtues of this strangely addictive show.
So for all you Jews out there who watch Seventh Heaven, and lament over how whipped Lucy's husband is, you are not alone.
Maybe we should start a support group?
posted by Erin @ 10:58 AM
2 Comments:
Gonna explain Shabbat Dinner for the Haolis in the room? LOL. Jewish goodbye, huh? Seventh Heaven? Hmmmmmmmmm...
I could be really mean and make you all try to figure it out for yourself. But basically think of the big family dinner on Sunday when you get done with church. It's like that, only Jewish, with lots of singing in hebrew and wine drinking. Held on Friday nights, after the Friday evening services. (Shabbat= sabbath)
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