All those TV shows (too numerous to mention but an example is "
This Old House") which feature people more
handy than you doing amazing
renovations to
houses you could not afford, with
tools you could not afford. The parallel to
movies where amazingly
buff people have
sex with other amazingly
attractive people you could never get into
bed is obvious. The phenomenon extends to "
food porn" (a.k.a. cooking shows) as well. It is central to the
analogy that most
viewers will merely sit and
fantasize about doing what they see the
pros doing, rather than actually getting up and doing it themselves.
Not to be confused with dirty "Home Improvement" fanfic you might find on the Internet: "Oh Jill, would you like to work on my 'hot rod'?".