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You know what I’m tired of…? People who bash I Love Television and its ingenious author, Steven Humphrey! There have been weeks when the only reason I didn’t break down into a quivering lump of sobbing wretchedness was because of this wonderful man’s writing. Why for the past two weeks or so, have people been writing in calling this beautiful man a talent-less hack?! I would like to see THEM write a column 1/64 as hilarious and entertaining as I Love Television. Perhaps therein lies their anger? Are they so jealous that they must resort to slander and name-calling? If they loved television a fraction of the amount my man Humpy does, perhaps THEN they could begin to fathom Steven Humphrey’s talent. Until then though, why don’t all of those who dislike the column to STOP BITCHING! Thank you Humpy! I love you, er, television!…and you.

Rick Dixon

This article appears in May 21-27, 2009.

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Too Hump To Handle

by Eric Flowers, The Source - Bend, Oregon
May 20, 2009

<h1>Too Hump To Handle</h1> <p class="byline">by Eric Flowers, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />May 20, 2009</p> <p>You know what I&#039;m tired of...? People who bash I Love Television and its ingenious author, Steven Humphrey! There have been weeks when the only reason I didn&#039;t break down into a quivering lump of sobbing wretchedness was because of this wonderful man&#039;s writing. Why for the past two weeks or so, have people been writing in calling this beautiful man a talent-less hack?! I would like to see THEM write a column 1/64 as hilarious and entertaining as I Love Television. Perhaps therein lies their anger? Are they so jealous that they must resort to slander and name-calling? If they loved television a fraction of the amount my man Humpy does, perhaps THEN they could begin to fathom Steven Humphrey&#039;s talent. Until then though, why don&#039;t all of those who dislike the column to STOP BITCHING! Thank you Humpy! I love you, er, television!...and you.</p> <p>Rick Dixon</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/opinion/too-hump-to-handle-2133461/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=17762&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/opinion/too-hump-to-handle-2133461/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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