How many times has this happened to you: You're strolling along in the park, gazing lovingly at the beauty and wonderment of nature, when... WHAMMO! A meteor that's roughly the size of Texas and made out of rusty razor blades and used condoms smashes into the center of town! Everything's ablaze! Buildings are toppling! The highways are destroyed! People are screaming and running in a blind panic! Twitter is down! A drippy used condom is on the shoulder of your new sweater! And everything is really, really, really uncomfortable! WHAT... DO... YOU... DO??
Naturally the first thing you should do is turn on your television to watch the new Discovery Channel show debuting this week entitled Worst Case Scenario (Wed May 5, 10 pm), in which host Bear Grylls teaches you how to survive nearly any urban disaster. BUT IT'S TOO LATE FOR THAT! Because, in case you haven't noticed, THERE IS NO LONGER ANY TV! Your Samsung 42-inch plasma flat screen is now a gooey black puddle on your living-room floor thanks to a certain used-condom/rusty-razor-blade meteor that crashed into your town, set everything on fire, and that shall remain nameless! So. WHAT... DO... YOU... DO??
Well, I suppose one could accept one's fate and learn to live in a town engulfed in flames and someone else's sperm. I suppose one could live without TV by staging community-theater productions of Glee starring some of the town's burn victims. (Dibs on Puck!) Or one could watch this Worst Case Scenario show NOWâbefore the cataclysmic destruction of your town forces everyone to get HIV tests and tetanus shots.
Like I said, in Worst Case Scenario, host Bear Grylls (wilderness-survival expert and star of Man vs. Wild) shares his knowledge on how to survive any number of "urban disasters"âthe kind that could happen to you and me at any moment! Simply by watching this show, you'll learn how to escape a burning high-rise, flee a submerged car, survive suddenly failed brakes, and fight off a shark attack (which occurs more often than you'd thinkâ especially if you're like me and like to hop into the shark tank at the aquarium wearing only a rib-eye steak "mankini").
Grylls promises to provide step-by-step instructions on how to get out of all of these situations, and many more. HOWEVER! It should be noted that his intention is to merely "survive," rather than "prosper." Now, let's say I was the star of this show, and the "urban disaster of the day" was... oh... I don't know... a meteor made of used condoms and razor blades crashing into the middle of town. Here's what I would advise:
RULE #1: Don't panic. RULE #2: Don't bother looking for family and friendsâgo straight into "looting mode." People usually don't expect looting to start until maybe three or four hours after a disaster. Loot immediately, before all the good stuff is gone! RULE #3: Pretend you're a zombie. Nobody effs with a zombie, including other zombies. And finally, RULE #4: Wear waterproof, steel-toed boots. DUDE! There are used condoms and razor blades all over the ground!! 
THURSDAY, APRIL 29
9:00 NBC THE OFFICE
Racially insensitive hilarity ensues when Dwight tries to force Mindy into the minority-training program.
9:30 NBC 30 ROCK
Jenna has a new boyfriend who may, or may not, be a serial killer (lovingly played by Saturday Night Liveâs Will Forte).
FRIDAY, APRIL 30
9:00 TOON STAR WARS: CLONE WARS
Season finale! Anakin is led into a trap, leaving R2-D2 to warn the rest of the Jedi. (Hope they can speak âBeep-boop-beep-boop-beep!â)
9:00 ABC WIFE SWAP
From TV Guide: âA family of goths who dance ballet and commune with the dead swap with an ultracompetitive hockey-playing family.â YESSSSS!!!
SATURDAY, MAY 1
10:30 HBO2 THE RICKY GERVAIS SHOW
Tonight in âMonkey Newsâ: A chimp performs eye surgery. YESSSSS!!!
SUNDAY, MAY 2
9:00 FOX FAMILY GUY
Family Guy celebrates 150 episodes of not being funny with a special hour-long ânot funnyâ episode.
10:00 AMC BREAKING BAD
Hankâs increasingly violent panic attacks arenât going over well with his bosses at the DEA.
MONDAY, MAY 3
8:00 FOX HOUSE
House and the gang pay tribute to Gladys Knight and the Pips, karaoke-style. Oh, Glee! What have ye wrought??
8:00 NBC CHUCK
Chuck and Sarah are mentored by a pair of married spies who HATE each other (played by Fred Willard and Swoosie Kurtz)!
TUESDAY, MAY 4
9:00 ABC LOST
The Losties have a date with a submarine and some leaky sticks of dynamite.
9:00 FOX GLEE
Sue is extra humiliated when a video of her performing Olivia Newton-Johnâs âPhysicalâ is critiqued by⌠the actual Olivia Newton-John!
WEDNESDAY, MAY 5
9:00 FOX AMERICAN IDOL
The final five is performing tonight, so I guess Iâll watch, and⌠ACCK! I CANâT DO IT! I JUST CANâT DO IT!!
10:00 DSC WORST CASE SCENARIO
Debut! Host Bear Grylls shows you how to remove condom/meteor stains from cashmere.
LOOK OUT! CONDOM METEOR!
