Punch & Judy

When I first encountered one of these awful shows, I was astonished to discover that they'd survived, like, forever. One was more than enough for me. Actually, it was one too many.

The operating principle seems to be that Punch and Judy more or less spend 10 minutes (that manage to seem like 10 hours) whacking each other with sticks (a wonderful behavior model for children) while screeching at each other in a falsetto that makes your skin crawl.

I'm probably not doing the abject awfulness of these puppet shows their due, but the worst news is yet to come:

They still seem to be popular.

Suddenly Reality TV watchers aren't looking so bad to me.