"The cartoonish airborne parade of bodies—sprawling, splayed, sliding in their attempt to accomplish the implausible—seemed like a perfect punch line to the human comedy. You’d have to be a fool not to appreciate that kind of stupidity."
Nancy Franklin on Wipeout
The New Yorker, August 11, 2008
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Yes. I also absolutely love Wipeout. I thought that I'd tire of it after an episode or two. But, on the contrary, I could watch it continually. So much for being a card-carrying member of the Liberal Intelligencia Elite (LIE). I guess we're all dumbasses after all.
"We may act differen't in some ways
But we still grouped together like a fuckin' survey"
- From Madness, Deltron 3030, 2000
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