William J. Vasileff, M.D. Birmingham Institute of Plastic Surgery 30 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE 0 rencia, Enbrel, Allegra? Three infielders from this Do you watch Storage Wars, the show that films people bid- past summer's All-Star game, right? Jose Orencia, ding on the contents of abandoned storage lockers? I watch it Juan Enbrel and Julio Allegra. And they're all with the hope that some lucky bidder will discover they paid from the Dominican Republic, si? Of course not. a couple hundred bucks for a locker with a hidden copy of the They're medications. But they are part of a line-up: the Declaration of Independence, or maybe even Jimmy Hoffa. 24/7 lineup of endless television commercials hawking phar- (Note: As of this writing, they had not yet dug up that driveway maceuticals, describing a virtual alphabet soup of conditions in Roseville.) from C.O.P.D. to E.D. Watch enough of these com- On the day I watched, they aired 16 straight mercials and I guarantee you'll end up with I.B.S. Storage Wars that were filmed in California! And Recently in one half-hour stretch, I saw com- do you want to know what broke up that string of mercials for six different medications. And the repeats? Storage Wars: Texas! Yee haw! disclaimers take up most of the ads. After hear- Out of all the repetitive behavior of today's televi- ing them, you wonder why you would ever take sion programing, my favorite is ESPN's Classic sports another medicine again. The disclaimer for the channel. Seriously, have we run out of enough origi- quit-smoking drug Chantix? I timed it; it's literally nal programming to think someone would actually 45 seconds, and I learned two things — Chantix sit down and watch a repeat of the second game of will either help you quit smoking or make you the first round of the 1996 NHL hockey playoff game go insane. The upside? You could end up being a between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Washington Alan physically healthier crazy person. Capitals?! And not only is it being repeated, they tell Muskovitz Drug ads aren't the only repetitive thing on tele- you in the cable guide who won the game! If that isn't Jewish News vision. There's so much air time to fill these days exciting enough for you, then switch over to the Big Columnist that cable networks have been forced to repeat 10 Network. If you're lucky, maybe you can catch the shows ad nauseum; so much so that the scheduler 2003 Illinois-Iowa football game. Wow! Don't worry, in charge must have O.C.D., for which there are medications. I I won't give away the score. was watching the A&E cable network one afternoon and jotted Anyway, thanks for letting me vent a little. That's all, for down their line-up. Starting at noon, they aired the investiga- now. Oh, and by the way, if you enjoyed this column, let the tive show 48 Hours, followed at 1 p.m. by 48 Hours, followed Jewish News know; maybe they'll repeat it next month. at 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 by ... 48 Hours! And within those hours, they repeated the repeats!!! The network calls it a "marathon," I Alan Muskovitz is a writer, voiceover/acting talent, speaker and call it monotonous. emcee. Visit his website at laughwithbigaLcom. 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