BS: MudCat B.S. the Reality Show.

Subject: BS: MudCat B.S. the Reality Show.
From: GUEST,JTS
Date: 15 Apr 06 - 04:13 PM

Katlaughing's sitcom idea updated for the "Real World" of 06.

Votes for the "idols" tribal challenges, being voted off the island.... It would be better than those Lost Housewives on ABC.

Subject: RE: BS: MudCat B.S. the Reality Show.
From: katlaughing
Date: 15 Apr 06 - 04:53 PM

Please don't bring me into this, JtS. I don't like the acrimony and judgement of the reality shows! And, there's no comparison between them and Desperate Housewives!

Subject: RE: BS: MudCat B.S. the Reality Show.
From: Severn
Date: 15 Apr 06 - 05:20 PM

Folk Musicians tend to prefer the songs of Idle Americans to those of American Idols, and since we won independance by voting ourselves off The Island in the first place....

Also, American Idols never write their own material....

However, I guess you could have called the New Lost City Ramblers a "Covers Band"....

...And instead of American Idols, we tend to look for "New Dylans" instead, so maybe that's what we can call it...

...Or "Dye-lan For Dollars"...

If a folkie is thrown off an Island, does that qualify as "Tradition", or merely as "Extradition"?.....

Subject: RE: BS: MudCat B.S. the Reality Show.
From: Severn
Date: 15 Apr 06 - 05:22 PM

I'm SO confused......

Subject: RE: BS: MudCat B.S. the Reality Show.
From: GUEST,jts
Date: 15 Apr 06 - 06:20 PM

...Or "Dye-lan For Dollars"..


lol

Subject: RE: BS: MudCat B.S. the Reality Show.
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 15 Apr 06 - 07:53 PM

I rather thought Desperate Housewives was a "reality show". Or about as real as they generally are.

The only reality shows I watch involve dogs and crocodiles and chimpanzees and so forth.

Subject: RE: BS: MudCat B.S. the Reality Show.
From: katlaughing
Date: 15 Apr 06 - 08:06 PM

Starting Over is a reality show; it's all women, perhaps that's the one you are thinking of?

Subject: RE: BS: MudCat B.S. the Reality Show.
From: GUEST
Date: 15 Apr 06 - 08:19 PM

Let's make the reality show like 'The Apprentice'. Joe Offer as The Donald. The clones can take turns being the henchmen, who sit at the right and left hands of The Donald.

And the Mudcat hoi polloi gets summarily fired, based upon what Joe and the clones think of them personally.

Or not. I know it wouldn't be much different from everyday Mudcat life, so maybe playing the reality wife swapping game would be more entertaining.

Subject: RE: BS: MudCat B.S. the Reality Show.
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 15 Apr 06 - 08:22 PM

I've heard of reality shows, but I've never seen one since I don't watch television. They talk about them sometimes on NPR, which makes no sense at all since most people who listen to NPR probably don't watch much television, much less reality shows. Now I'm confused. Or maybe I'm just overestimating the NPR audience.

Subject: RE: BS: MudCat B.S. the Reality Show.
From: GUEST
Date: 15 Apr 06 - 08:27 PM

I must be your scariest nightmare BDub. I listen to NPR, watch some reality shows, and post anonymously at Mudcat.

Subject: RE: BS: MudCat B.S. the Reality Show.
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 15 Apr 06 - 08:32 PM

Nah, GUEST, that's a pretty scary combination, but it's not my worst nightmare unless you happen to also be my ex-wife.

Subject: RE: BS: MudCat B.S. the Reality Show.
From: GUEST,jts
Date: 15 Apr 06 - 08:32 PM

I'm listening to NPR right now. I've seen just enough reality TV to mock it.

Subject: RE: BS: MudCat B.S. the Reality Show.
From: GUEST
Date: 15 Apr 06 - 08:37 PM

I know!

Do the do-gooder reality show where you destroy the structure for the good of mankind and The Family, then start from scratch building something totally good. Absolutely no evil allowed.

And Laura Bush can come to the ribbon cutting ceremony when they drive a bus into Max's house.

Subject: RE: BS: MudCat B.S. the Reality Show.
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 15 Apr 06 - 08:42 PM

It might be interesting to see a genuine documentary about some of these "reality" shows, which would let people see how phony they are.

But I suppose that would just turn into another variety of "reality" show.

Subject: RE: BS: MudCat B.S. the Reality Show.
From: Dave (the ancient mariner)
Date: 16 Apr 06 - 12:00 PM

We would build shelters, start a BBQ; by the time we set up the song circle who would want to vote anyone off the island? we would be having too much fun...

Subject: RE: BS: MudCat B.S. the Reality Show.
From: fat B****rd
Date: 16 Apr 06 - 03:05 PM

I find the TV news is all the reality I need.

Subject: RE: BS: MudCat B.S. the Reality Show.
From: Peace
Date: 16 Apr 06 - 03:14 PM

A Little Good News
Anne Murray
Written by Charles Black, Rory Bourke, and Thomas Rocco

Peaked at # 74 on the Pop chart in 1983 while hitting #1 on the Country chart

I rolled out this morning
Kids had the mornin' news show on
Bryant Gumbel was talkin' 'bout the fighting in Lebanon
Some senator was squawkin' 'bout the bad economy
It's gonna get worse you see, we need a change in policy

There's a local paper rolled up in a rubber band
One more sad story's one more than I can stand
Just once how I'd like to see the headline say
"Not much to print today, can't find nothin' bad to say", because

Nobody robbed a liquor store on the lower part of town
Nobody OD'ed, nobody burned a single buildin' down
Nobody fired a shot in anger, nobody had to die in vain
We sure could use a little good news today

I'll come home this evenin'
I'll bet that the news will be the same
Somebody takes a hostage, somebody steals a plane
How I wanna hear the anchor man talk about a county fair
And how we cleaned up the air, how everybody learned to care
Whoa, tell me

Nobody was assassinated in the whole Third World today
And in the streets of Ireland, all the children had to do was play
And everybody loves everybody in the good old USA
We sure could use a little good news today

Nobody robbed a liquor store on the lower part of town
Nobody OD'ed, nobody burned a single buildin' down
FADE
Nobody fired a shot in anger, nobody had to die in vain
We sure could use a little good news today

Subject: RE: BS: MudCat B.S. the Reality Show.
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 16 Apr 06 - 04:19 PM

Throwing people off the island? No way.

It'd be "Now the food's run out, who are we going to eat?" And then someone would point out that it should be "Whom are we going to eat?" - and that would settle the question for the time being. Roast pedant for supper...

Subject: RE: BS: MudCat B.S. the Reality Show.
From: Peace
Date: 16 Apr 06 - 04:21 PM

That'll screw up the baseball game. There'll be no one on first.

Subject: RE: BS: MudCat B.S. the Reality Show.
From: GUEST,JTS
Date: 16 Apr 06 - 04:31 PM

Baseball?

Baseball?

You'd better start running when the pedant's bones are starting to show.

lol