Manna for the mindless is a disparaging description of
television programmes that do no more than fill up air time. The programmes that are banal, trivial and boring and which, if they were a person, would be described as a WOFS. You know the sort of
crap, pretty well all of daytime television, soap operas screened at any time, moronic
game shows, chat shows featuring liggers or z-list celebrities, the list just goes on. It is the sort of programme which doesn’t require dumbing down as it is targeted at fuckwits or insomniacs who need something other than
drugs to
help them sleep.
Before twenty-four seven television was inflicted on a
long-suffering human race, manna for the mindless was typified by film serials where the hero always overcame impossible odds to rescue the heroine from an impossible situation and the villain was always defeated. Either that or the Hollywood musical of the 1950s such as Carousel or South Pacific, total
shite consisting of totally forgettable songs, stilted dialogue and a non-existent plot.
"
Jane, would you like to
come bird watching, there’s a good chance of a peregrine’s mating display"
"No, I've got to
watch Loose Women!"
"Manna for the mindless!"
