Americans are easily entertained. And distracted. And simple.
We also like to riot in the park, videotape our babysitters, steal from the collection plate, shoot kids for their shoes, rubberneck at roadside accidents, set churches on fire, kidnap celebrity babies, start wars (citing truckloads of "evidence"), get abducted by aliens, falsify documents, lie about giving birth to sextuplets so we can trick foolish people into giving us money, argue with our kid's soccer coaches, referees, or OTHER parents, and rape strippers, teachers, and/or the retarded girl who wipes down your table at McDonald's.