What drives me nuts about The Ticket: Over-'Idiocracy'

Please, no more

Around 2005, I first heard about the film "Idiocracy."

It was still in production at the time and I was tickled. Mike Judge was writing and directing teamed up with Luke Wilson, my hero from "Bottle Rocket" and "Royal Tennenbaums," as the star.

At this time, the cult appeal of "Office Space" had peaked and the thought of another laugh-riot from Judge was highly anticipated in my own brain.

Then, 2006 rolls around and ... nothing. I never see it in theatres. No. It never made it to the theatres. It made about half a million in the theatres and the first time I notice it it's in Blockbuster. I rent it and fall asleep about 35 minutes in the film. And I never fall asleep during films. Even if it's $1.99, I'm watching that movie.

It was one of the worst movies I've ever seen.

So, about a year or more ago, the guys on The Ticket started rumbling about "Idiocracy" on air and it peaked (I believe) at last year's Ticket Compound, when those who hadn't, watched the film for the first time.

The mania behind "Idiocracy" is mainly perpetrated by the Musers morning show.

So, what has happened since? Any time something crazy or out of the ordinary happens, it's just another step towards a real-life "Idiocracy." If there's some or any kind of improvement on a certain product or service, then it's "Idiocracy."

You see, we're all apparently getting dumber. And the only reason we (or, more so, the guys on The Ticket) notice this, it's because there's some basis in the film, "Idiocracy."

It's obnoxious because it happens all the time. For one, it was a dumb movie. But if those dudes want to like that film and see some relevance in it, fine, I can live with that. But if someone sees a bottled water with 20 percent more water, then it's "Idiocracy." If some jackass kid skateboards and racks himself on a handrail, it's "Idiocracy."

In essence, everything since the very origin of man is "Idiocracy."

Including sports talk radio.