Another of those questions

[katiefoolery]

Today, I come bearing another question, albiet slightly more trivial than my previous one. Instead of pondering how one changes without noticing and how a beloved activity can become almost tedious, today I am asking: is it possible to like a TV show TOO much?

I only ask because I think I'm addicted to a TV show.

The show in question is Kath & Kim. Last Christmas, I impatiently counted the days down until I received the ABC vouchers I'd begged for, so I could buy the complete series on DVD. And believe me when I say that those DVDs have been worked hard. I watch them over and over again. I find new things each time I view them. I'm even thinking about buying Da Kath & Kim Code, despite not feeling it was that great when I saw it the first time.

In short, I'm addicted. I could watch the entire series in one day and then turn around the next and watch it again. I feel as though I know all of the characters with their silly little flaws (flaws that I have come to adore). Kath's house is as familiar as my own, right down to the recipe books in the kitchen and the pattern on the furniture in the "good room".

If I could step into that show for a day, I'd do it.

I never thought I'd become addicted to a TV show. There are certainly plenty of shows that I love and willingly drop everything to watch... unless it's something important. I even mocked the Bindi and her obsessive love of Sex and the City, which she would watch over and over again.

I never thought that would be me.

What I want to know is: is it a bad thing to be so obsessed with a TV show? Is anyone out there suffering a similiar addiction? What should I do about it?

Comments

[air-and-angels.livejournal.com]

Simultaneously glorious and hilarious: On the wall of Kath's 'good room' is a small picture-box which contains a little line-up, from tallest to smallest, of several little carved wooden elephants. (By picture-box I mean it's in a picture frame but contains three-dimensional objects.) We spotted this in the background once and went absolutely wild because my mother has exactly the same picture-box hanging on the wall of her living room. It was a gift from a friend who lives in Sydney, so obviously it's an Australian Thing. Every time we watch Kath & Kim and someone spots that, it gets a cheer.
I think the final sign that you love a show very much is when its catchphrases become, not just something you repeat for a joke, but part of your everyday language. 'Look at moiye' has definitely become one of these. And our house has a 'good room' like Kath & Kim upstairs, and a 'pool room' like The Castle downstairs. Meanwhile, my mother has taken to calling the local seamstress shop where she gets her hems raised 'Kath and Keem' because its real name is 'House of Kimi and Kelly.'

[katiefoolery.livejournal.com]

Goodness, do those catch-phrases ever take hold! Whenever Bindi and I tell our cats off, or praise them, it's always "norty geeerl" like Kim, or "good girl!" like Kath. And the "noice, different, unyewsual" routine comes out whenever the situation calls for it.

I shall look out for those elephants when I next watch the show! It will be a good excuse to pop the DVDs in again...