You are so right. I am sick of seeing these "perfect" people with thier perfect little lives on TV. Ok, I guess I'm just jealous because I never "made it" in life or whatever.
So, I'm sitting there on my 1950's pea-green sofa eating a cheese sandwitch (without the cheese) wondering if I'll be able to pay the rent next month when suddenly there's this "lovely" couple on TV bragging about thier thoroughbred race-horses and how many millions of dollars they took in last year.
Then, the camera goes indoors and suddenly I get to see thier "modern" 22-room home with all of the creature comforts a spoiled preppy could ever want (I'm talking teak floors, central vaccume, cathedral ceilings, indoor pool, etc). It's almost like they are rubbing it in my face like "hey loser...look what I have and you don't!!".
Then this couple are hugging and groping all over each other like they are so totally blessed and God's gift to man/woman kind and it's all about them and thier happiness, how much money they made, etc. Next, the camera goes out to thier sprawling acreage, private pond, air-conditioned barn and thier 20 or so horses, a perfect little vegetable garden, 4 car garage (complete with 2 SUV's and a BMW), etc.
I don't know how many people actually live this way but they never seem to show "real" people on TV (you know, Billy-Bob Bojangles sitting on his rickety porch guzzling a bottle of moonshine with his tick-infested coon dog sitting beside him). I guess it just would'nt look "good" on TV or something.
Anyway, I see this kind of stuff and it just makes me long for that kind of life. Heck, I'd settle for a slightly-used mobile on 5 acres with a boney old horse. It's not MY fault that I was born with these problems (not that I'm saying it's society's fault either). It's just the way things "are" and the genetic hand I was dealt I guess. TV sure does'nt make it any easier though.
Sorry, just ranting a little bit