Putting the price on lazy

So for years everyone has been talking about getting a-la-carte TV programming from cable franchises in US. Apparently, they know us much better than we know ourselves. Not only are they pushing the $60-$100 cable bills, but now, for the low low price of just $0.99 per show, you can subscribe to a service that will deliver shows to your DVR without commercials.

Let me try to sum this up for the bunch that could not make it through a thick paragraph (you owe me $0.99 for the summary by the way): For $0.99 they will fast forward through the commercials FOR you.

NBC’s initial offerings will include the two spinoffs of its “Law & Order” franchise — “SVU” and “Criminal Intent,” as well as workplace comedy “The Office” and sea monster thriller “Surface.” Two cable shows also will be part of the mix — USA Network’s “Monk” and Si Fi channel’s “Battlestar Galactica.”

Hours after those shows first air on the network each week, they will be “pushed” to DirecTV Plus DVRs, where they will be stored digitally and available the next morning for customers to select and play at their convenience for 99 cents.

Is there a level at which stupidity and laziness stop? My friend Jen posted a story on her blog questioning whether Disney should be more protective of idiots who can’t read warning signs and jump out of logs on Splash Mountain and die on other extreme rides. Like a moron that didn’t pay attention to flashing “If you have a heart condition you may not make it through the space shuttle launch” signs is going to be literate enough to go through a statistical breakdown of injuries and medical side-affects of extreme rides.

So net-net, this may be a good thing. They’ll be spending $0.99 per show not to have to push fast-forward five times an hour and by the end of the year they may not have enough money to go to Disney World!