Shaking his head in amazement, Couch Potato switches channels
from Croc Hunter to his favorite
fishing show, Fishin' for Whoppers. There are three people in
the boat: the host of the show (Rick Whitner), and two
fisherperoffspring (Stacy Schultz and Luke Lawrence, and don't ask).
And today's episode is even more exciting than usual, because his cousin
Wally (not "Walleye") is on the show. Do you see him? He's the one on
the right—the one without a fish.
So, they've been sitting there for several hours, talking in one-word sentences (as fishermen often do), trying many different kinds of bait, and still getting nary a nibble. A rainstorm came (hence the raingear) and went, and still no bites.
Finally they do get a fish. Not because they caught it, mind you; it
just took a wrong turn somewhere and accidentally jumped into the boat.
Maybe it was trying to get away from the sandwich they had just thrown
into the lake. Couch Potato gradually comes to the conclusion that this
show is almost as exciting as watching paint dry, so he reaches for the
remote, and. . .