The Venerable Venable

In this new year, I have discovered that I have a new "obsession", which is probably a wrong word for it but it will have to do for now. I have found myself watching QVC and more specifically, the shows hosted by this man:

His name is David Venable and he is QVC's resident food expert. When I was younger, and my sister can attest to this, I went through a Food Network phase, before they became all competition shows. and I suppose I am going through the same kind of thing here. I never thought that shopping television would be entertaining but this man makes it so. First off, he looks like a frickin' Muppet in human form. The second thing is that he seems to enjoy what he is doing. I mean, it probably must be draining to be selling stuff all the time; I have experience in this department.

But David seems to have fun exploring the different products, no matter how boring they are, and making them seem important, no matter how specialistic they seem to be. And especially when he tries different types of food. This is where he seems to shine:

           
                                         

As with a lot of my trends, I discovered this guy by accident. I was studying infomercials and I was looking at Ron Popeil doing a demo on QVC with his turkey fryer. I don't know how I connected to him at first, but now I know why I stay. Each program goes about 2-4 hours and it is just simple television. You just are entertained. And no, I haven't bought anything from his show; but it is entertaining to see him sell to people with excessive incomes who are desperate for food related frivolities. It has become my new pastime.