As a job title wouldn’t this be considered an oxymoron? It must also be about the only time you would see the words television and personality grouped in the same sentence as well.

No, just kidding, really. You see I don’t have a TV, so I think the whole medium is just about a complete waste of time.

I prefer to spend my spare time out at the park, in the lap pool, at the movies, going out for dinner, going out for coffee, engaging in face-to-face conversation, reading (remember that?), networking, blogging, designing websites, and surfing the net.

So it doesn’t leave a great deal of time for the idiot box, I mean TV, does it? Besides, there’s only so many times you can watch re-runs of the Simpsons, right?

So it’s not that I’m biased or anything. I mean a medium that offers no connection, or interactivity, and is responsible for the death of personal communication still has its merits right? Ops, there I go again…

A job as a TV Personality indeed appeals. There’s the fame and the fortune. There’s sitting and chewing the fat with all sorts of people that the rest of us will be lucky to see from 100 metres, as they are whisked into limousines flanked by their minders.

There’s becoming part of the A-list and being invited to the birthdays, weddings, and all manner of other debauched gatherings, of those “who have made it”. Then there’s the Logies, the Emmys, and all the other accolades that are part and parcel of being a TV personality.

There’s the privilege of being part of the inner circle of a very elite clique of well known, beautiful, well groomed and manicured, and impeccably dressed people, who all have pearly white smiles and dazzling bright eyes.

That’s probably (hopefully) enticement enough to see your way passed the back stabbing, cat fights, and intensely bitter rivalry and competition that must be overcome to be able to come anywhere near the studio floor.

Selling your soul (and your actual personality at the same time) may contribute to your “success” though.

So is it really for you? Is this what you want to be? This is an important question, because on screen there is no you.

Being a TV Personality is really just an act. A pretense. A put on. It’s all about regurgitating the auto-cue. It’s not you at all.

The person yabbering away on the box in the living rooms of millions of people may have your name, but what about your actual, real, personality? Is that person really you, remotely you, or a total facade?

So see what I mean when I say oxymoron?

If you want a job that requires having some personality while presenting yourself to people, why not consider a career as a stand up comedian? It is a job where you can truly be who you are, you write and act out your own gigs, and no remote can ever stop or silence you.

Try being a TV Personality and see if you are half as lucky.