Comments on: Let’s Put the ‘Reality’ Back in Reality TV http://pjmedia.com/blog/lets-put-the-reality-back-in-reality-tv/ Thu, 16 Feb 2012 02:44:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: TalkinKamel http://pjmedia.com/blog/lets-put-the-reality-back-in-reality-tv/#comment-178180 TalkinKamel Sat, 03 Jan 2009 05:02:35 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=42570#comment-178180 Howzabout just turning off the TV altogether, and getting out of the house to encounter---actual reality? Howzabout we dump "reality" (they'll never really be real) shows altogether, and try injecting some reality into the real world? I mean, I know "reality" shows appeal to the schadenfreude/sadism of their audiences. . . but enough's enough already. Howzabout just turning off the TV altogether, and getting out of the house to encounter—actual reality? Howzabout we dump “reality” (they’ll never really be real) shows altogether, and try injecting some reality into the real world? I mean, I know “reality” shows appeal to the schadenfreude/sadism of their audiences. . . but enough’s enough already.

]]> By: Confused in Virginia http://pjmedia.com/blog/lets-put-the-reality-back-in-reality-tv/#comment-177195 Confused in Virginia Wed, 31 Dec 2008 09:59:28 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=42570#comment-177195 Very well written piece, and some great ideas. Here's mine. How about taking politicians and dropping them at the Obama house. They would then have to drive to a gas station to fill up the tank, and the winner would be the one who gets shot at the most - this would be in line with Mrs. Obama's statement that she doesn't worry about her husband being President as much as she worries when he goes to get gas, since a black man in Chicago has more of a chance of getting shot going to the gas station than the President of the United States does being the President. That is not a direct quote BTW. Very well written piece, and some great ideas. Here’s mine. How about taking politicians and dropping them at the Obama house. They would then have to drive to a gas station to fill up the tank, and the winner would be the one who gets shot at the most – this would be in line with Mrs. Obama’s statement that she doesn’t worry about her husband being President as much as she worries when he goes to get gas, since a black man in Chicago has more of a chance of getting shot going to the gas station than the President of the United States does being the President. That is not a direct quote BTW.

]]> By: Ronnie Schreiber http://pjmedia.com/blog/lets-put-the-reality-back-in-reality-tv/#comment-177130 Ronnie Schreiber Wed, 31 Dec 2008 05:14:26 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=42570#comment-177130 Gee, I have to pick up some leather for my embroidery business down on Fort St. tomorrow, about a mile west of downtown Detroit. With all the talk about how daunting the city is, how will I ever survive without a trusty Kel-Tec? It's interesting that every January about 6500 journalists descend on Detroit for the North American International Auto Show. One would expect that if the city is as dangerous and crime ridden as many think, that every year there'd be reports about journalists being mugged and assaulted. That's not the case. Gee, I have to pick up some leather for my embroidery business down on Fort St. tomorrow, about a mile west of downtown Detroit. With all the talk about how daunting the city is, how will I ever survive without a trusty Kel-Tec?

It’s interesting that every January about 6500 journalists descend on Detroit for the North American International Auto Show. One would expect that if the city is as dangerous and crime ridden as many think, that every year there’d be reports about journalists being mugged and assaulted. That’s not the case.

]]> By: Smorgasbord http://pjmedia.com/blog/lets-put-the-reality-back-in-reality-tv/#comment-176966 Smorgasbord Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:26:13 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=42570#comment-176966 Your idea of dropping politicians off in Detroit would have to be a two part series. The first part would be how many of them can keep from being killed. Then you could have the second part to see how well they survive. A more realistic reality show with politicians would be to see which one can get the most in bribe money. The best ending would be when the politicians find out they have to give ALL of their bribe money to charity. Your idea of dropping politicians off in Detroit would have to be a two part series. The first part would be how many of them can keep from being killed. Then you could have the second part to see how well they survive.

A more realistic reality show with politicians would be to see which one can get the most in bribe money. The best ending would be when the politicians find out they have to give ALL of their bribe money to charity.

]]> By: Anton http://pjmedia.com/blog/lets-put-the-reality-back-in-reality-tv/#comment-176954 Anton Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:39:26 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=42570#comment-176954 Kevin @11 It would be double-plus-good fun to take some of those Washington bozos like Barney Frank and drop them off in downtown Detroit with no ID and a fiver in their pocket, you could follow their exploits via UAV. It would be a real blast. I live and work just across the notorious "8-Mile" from Detroit, it's a lot like the Gaza Strip but bigger, meaner and better armed (it just lacks a suicidal religious ideology) Kevin @11 It would be double-plus-good fun to take some of those Washington bozos like Barney Frank and drop them off in downtown Detroit with no ID and a fiver in their pocket, you could follow their exploits via UAV. It would be a real blast.

I live and work just across the notorious “8-Mile” from Detroit, it’s a lot like the Gaza Strip but bigger, meaner and better armed (it just lacks a suicidal religious ideology)

]]> By: Carol http://pjmedia.com/blog/lets-put-the-reality-back-in-reality-tv/#comment-176896 Carol Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:08:02 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=42570#comment-176896 How about a show where service or goods-provider or seller has to change places with customer? I have long wished that everyone working in my office would have to work in the customer's office for a few months (I already did for many years). And it would work wonders if our customers had some notion of how we do what we do. It would go a long way to making business more civil. Even just making an obnoxious customer work at the returns desk at Walmart for a week would help. How about a show where service or goods-provider or seller has to change places with customer? I have long wished that everyone working in my office would have to work in the customer’s office for a few months (I already did for many years). And it would work wonders if our customers had some notion of how we do what we do. It would go a long way to making business more civil.

Even just making an obnoxious customer work at the returns desk at Walmart for a week would help.

]]> By: vcb-tn http://pjmedia.com/blog/lets-put-the-reality-back-in-reality-tv/#comment-176811 vcb-tn Tue, 30 Dec 2008 08:59:49 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=42570#comment-176811 17. thack. dang, that's a good one too..; pitch it! 17. thack. dang, that’s a good one too..; pitch it!

]]> By: vcb-tn http://pjmedia.com/blog/lets-put-the-reality-back-in-reality-tv/#comment-176810 vcb-tn Tue, 30 Dec 2008 08:57:43 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=42570#comment-176810 7. davidari---“Law & Order: Chicago — “Cleared of All Wrongdoing”.,.."eggcellent" suggestion. 7. davidari—“Law & Order: Chicago — “Cleared of All Wrongdoing”.,..”eggcellent” suggestion.

]]> By: Thacker Agency http://pjmedia.com/blog/lets-put-the-reality-back-in-reality-tv/#comment-176753 Thacker Agency Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:42:41 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=42570#comment-176753 Anyone want a reality TV show that puts Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton in Africa to see whether or not America is a good place for a black family to raise children? To hear them speak, black people are worse of here than anywhere else in the world (and it's because of whites). I'd like to see them in an environment created by Africans for Africans with no whitey in sight. I've got the perfect place for them. Zimbabwe. After all, they got rid of all those pesky white farmers who were feeding the people of the country. Anyone want a reality TV show that puts Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton in Africa to see whether or not America is a good place for a black family to raise children? To hear them speak, black people are worse of here than anywhere else in the world (and it’s because of whites). I’d like to see them in an environment created by Africans for Africans with no whitey in sight.

I’ve got the perfect place for them. Zimbabwe. After all, they got rid of all those pesky white farmers who were feeding the people of the country.

]]> By: Gozer the Carpathian http://pjmedia.com/blog/lets-put-the-reality-back-in-reality-tv/#comment-176732 Gozer the Carpathian Tue, 30 Dec 2008 05:48:46 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=42570#comment-176732 *Chuckles* Some good suggestions in here. I like em all. :) How about "Celebrity Dirty Jobs." I love Dirty Jobs, putting the poor host through all the hard work normal people do every day that keeps this country running. Now lets put those who "run the country" into those dirty jobs. Wouldn't it be great to see McCain, Clinton, Obama, or any of those other folks up there going through chicken poop or a sewage pumping station? :D It'd get HUGE ratings. :) *Chuckles*

Some good suggestions in here. I like em all. :)

How about “Celebrity Dirty Jobs.” I love Dirty Jobs, putting the poor host through all the hard work normal people do every day that keeps this country running. Now lets put those who “run the country” into those dirty jobs.

Wouldn’t it be great to see McCain, Clinton, Obama, or any of those other folks up there going through chicken poop or a sewage pumping station? :D

It’d get HUGE ratings. :)

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