[B-Chan]

Every man I know is too busy working, taking care of his family, and doing household maintenance to need a "lifestyle" TV channel. All the "lifestyle" I need can be summed up in two words: Scotch and Golf, neither of which get the time they deserve in my already overcrowded daily routine. I take my wife out dancing once a week when schedules permit (we both love dancing) and we subscribe to a symphony series at the Bass Hall in Fort Worth. However, aside from that (and the occasional matinee movie or a couple of pints at our neighborhood tavern) I have little leisure time, and I suspect the situation for most real men is more or less the same.

This sounds more like an unemployed men's channel. Who else has the time to spare? Men with too much free time on their hands should consider going outside and throwing a baseball around or raking the leaves or playing with the dog or something instead of watching "Spike TV". I cannot understand how any real man would prefer to look at television every day instead of doing something in the Real World anyway.

To potential "Spike TV" viewers: The yard isn't going to cut itself, fellas. There are babies to bathe, wives to kiss, cats to tease with string. Get off the couch, for Pete's sake!

[Mr. Thorne]

I'm lazy and all, but for crying out loud... Spike TV?

And one of their flagship programs is Star Trek: Next Generation? More like sissy boy tv, that. And what's their other star? Overweight, sweaty guys in leotards.

Hmmmm. Effeminate starship captains and pro-wrestling.

I'll stick with Fox, thanks. Or TCM, where at least there's still the occasional John Wayne movie.