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Originally Posted by S2020,Jul 1 2009, 05:16 PM
1. no one forces the contestants to be on the show
2. no one forces the viewer to watch the show
3. no one forces the consumers to buy the music
Fox and other companies make millions (possibly billions) from this venture.
without Simon it probably wouldn't be as a big as a success. Arguably, he is the sole reason for its success. The other two judges can be replaced.
what was your problem with this Simon again?
Do you hate Steve Jobs also?
2. no one forces the viewer to watch the show
3. no one forces the consumers to buy the music
Fox and other companies make millions (possibly billions) from this venture.
without Simon it probably wouldn't be as a big as a success. Arguably, he is the sole reason for its success. The other two judges can be replaced.
what was your problem with this Simon again?
Do you hate Steve Jobs also?
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Originally Posted by Gymkata,Jul 1 2009, 07:50 PM
No problem. Just amazed at the crazy amount of money that this guy can make in a show I have never watched (and have no plan to watch in the future).
you don't really know how this Simon guy really behave.
the fact remains that the show is VERY popular. Companies are making billions from this show.
I don't watch golf but I don't hate the fact that Tiger Wood is making the amount of money that he does.
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[QUOTE=S2020,Jul 2 2009, 11:37 AM] so by your own admission you have no idea how good this show is.
you don't really know how this Simon guy really behave.
the fact remains that the show is VERY popular.
you don't really know how this Simon guy really behave.
the fact remains that the show is VERY popular.
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Originally Posted by S2020,Jul 2 2009, 08:38 AM
I don't get it.
who do I hate?
if anything, my point was that don't judge others.
yes, I know it's three judges: Simon, Paula, and the black guy (sorry, I don't watch the show and too lazy to google the names).
who do I hate?
if anything, my point was that don't judge others.
yes, I know it's three judges: Simon, Paula, and the black guy (sorry, I don't watch the show and too lazy to google the names).
i'm talking the haterade on the man of the show simon. plus, there are three judges no counting simon. paula, randy, and kara.
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Originally Posted by Gymkata,Jul 2 2009, 08:53 AM
I've seen bits and pieces of the show. I personally hate so-called "reality shows" in the first place. And so-called "judges" in those shows I care even less about. I don't think it requires special skills or talent to do what they do in those shows. One of those thing I'll never "get", I guess.
Difference with Tiger is that he's got enormous skill and talent. Simon is just being Simon, an a-hole...which, in my book, isn't skill or talent that is worth $114Mil a year...but to your point, it's the market that sets the price tag not my opinion.
Difference with Tiger is that he's got enormous skill and talent. Simon is just being Simon, an a-hole...which, in my book, isn't skill or talent that is worth $114Mil a year...but to your point, it's the market that sets the price tag not my opinion.
he excels at what he does - drawing in the millions of viewers that tune in every week to watch him. Tiger Woods would suck at Simon's job.
put anyone else in Simon's role and the show would die. If Fox believes that the show would not survive without him, the execs would ax him in a second. Apparently the market survey studies (they would be foolish to spend $144million without some sort of survey) proved otherwise.
gChow, the way you did your original post lead the reader to believe that was directed at me. it's all good.