Feel good show of the week: Extreme Makeover Home Edition.
Seriously. It always gets me. Tonight I came close to tears; felt that clenching of the throat, my eyes started swelling with water... the whole nine yards. Since I was so touched I decided to research job opportunities with Habitat for Humanity.
That is besides my point. It's not the fact that the show gets me, it is a commercial I saw while watching the show. This new show that will be airing is called Secret Millionaire. The gist of the show is that millionaire's go undercover to these really impoverished areas, live there for awhile, make a connection with an underprivileged family and then reveal themselves to the family and present them with a check for X amount of dollars. Alright, I, in no way, have an issue with donating money and helping other people in their situation. BUT if you are doing so, and in the process, having your face plastered all over the television and get great publicity, then I really don't agree with it. True, the show may inspire a watcher to donate their time and money to something like Habitat for Humanity.
I don't know. I'm skeptical. I've never seen the show, so I can't really judge since I have no basis to judge anything. Oh well. It'll be interesting to watch.
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