5 Reasons It's Time To Let The Walking Dead Die

2. Talking Dead

There is no nudity to be found on Talking Dead. No matter who the guest or how attractive, everybody who was ever appeared on the show has appeared fully clothed. Make no mistake though - Talking Dead is arguably the most pornographic show currently on TV. How else can you explain so many weekly instances of one dude blowing so many others? You see, Talking Dead is not a talk show - Talking Dead is a weekly excuse for Chris Hardwick of Singled Out fame to verbally fellate anyone and everyone involved in The Walking Dead. Hardwick and whoever created Talking Dead were not interested in discourse on The Walking Dead, but were very much in favor of the idea of surrounding themselves with Yes Men and Women to constantly and profusely compliment the show's every frame for being the vision of perfection that we apes had been waiting to worship since the dawn of time. I wouldn't be as foolish as to assume that AMC would want a show where people could discuss how shitty it was (though I think that would be the perfect companion piece of Comic Book Men), but between Hardwick's smug smile and the complete vacuum of intelligent discussion outside of unequivocal acclaim, I don't see how Talking Dead can be considered anything other than masturbatory. Hardwick and guests, who are quite frequently the show's actors, staff or Robert Kirkman, use the show as a temple to offer sacrifices of dignity at the altar of the undead. I suppose I wouldn't be so scornful toward Talking Dead if it were par for the course, but look around and you won't find any other network that takes a half hour of original programming to praise itself for its previous half hour of original programming.