as many of you know, i like watching QVC. it's a seasonal thing: QVC in the fall and winter, court TV in the summer and spring.
yesterday, i decided to check into QVC to see what was new for the holidays.
they were hosting an entire hour called "irish halloween", which almost made me late for work. "irish halloween". i do understand that ireland is the "birthplace" of the holiday, but still -- there is something about the word "irish" that evokes a synonym of "accidental" in my mind. ("irish twins", par example.)
it was ben's theory that, if you had a pumpkin left over from last year that was all moldy and dessicated, that you could have an "irish halloween" with it. QVC had other ideas.
now, i have never been one for the irish "thing". it's unattractive to me, that whiney music and ugly jewelry and i find it simpering and frankly junky. it doesn't really have the appeal of the anne bancroft, 84-charing-cross-road anglophilia. but whose soul-damning prescience made it possible to recognize the possibilites of "irish halloween" as a money-making opportunity?
once, i was watching a hanukkah program on QVC. it was an hour-long show, or so it was scheduled. i have watched a lot of QVC in my day, even if most of it out of the corner of my eye. and i have never seen a show tank midway -- coming to an actual HALT and turning into another show, due to lack of purchases and call-ins-- except for this hanukkah show. why? why not hanukkah? don't tell me jews don't watch QVC -- joan rivers yaps herself hoarse shilling jewelry for hours at at time on QVC!
one thing i noticed about the hanukkah program, was that they refused to use the word "jewish" at any time. once or twice, someone started to say it by accident -- they got the "j" out -- but they quickly corrected themselves with the euphemism "traditional". uh huh. but "irish halloween" decor is showing up at doorsteps all over america today.
i guess everybody gets what they deserve.
by the way -- are there any other knitters and spinners out there watching american chopper? that is a great show, and it is really geared towards the knitting, spinning, needlework mindset. watch it once and you will see what i mean, i guarantee it.