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Has Reality TV Hit Rock Bottom?
ABC News ^ | 6-19-08 | Sheila Marikar

Posted on 06/24/2008 1:08:31 PM PDT by Renfield

Maybe you thought reality TV hit the lowest of the low when "Fear Factor" contestants devoured cockroaches, or when gold diggers paraded their wares in hopes of marrying a millionaire, or when Tila Tequila got a second shot at "love" with 10 guys and 10 girls.

Those shows look like "Masterpiece Theater" compared to what's coming.

Take, for instance, "Hurl," an eating-and-regurgitating competition in which contestants gorge themselves on everything from chicken pot pies to peanut butter sandwiches, then get strapped into spinning contraptions -- whoever vomits last wins....

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TOPICS: Music/Entertainment; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: boobtube; hurl; realitytv; tv
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1 posted on 06/24/2008 1:08:31 PM PDT by Renfield
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To: Renfield

One of my favorite TV shows is “The Soup.” They watch this kind of garbage so I don’t have to, and pull out the funniest parts. Plus, they are deliciously snarky.


2 posted on 06/24/2008 1:11:31 PM PDT by 3AngelaD (They screwed up their own countries so bad they had to leave, and now they're here screwing up ours)
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To: Renfield

I saw an ad for “Hurl” the other day. Talk about pathetic.


3 posted on 06/24/2008 1:12:01 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Voting conservative isn't for the faint of heart.)
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4 posted on 06/24/2008 1:13:29 PM PDT by EveningStar
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To: Renfield

My wife and I have a date every Tuesday night for Hell’s Kitchen. I like Survivor Man. Bizarre Foods. Man Vs. Wild. Discovery Channel. History Channel.

I hate ABC though.


5 posted on 06/24/2008 1:15:56 PM PDT by Soliton (Investigate, study, learn, then express an opinion)
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To: Renfield
Has Reality TV Hit Rock Bottom?

I doubt it. No matter how low they go, they will just keep digging.

6 posted on 06/24/2008 1:16:24 PM PDT by Always Right (Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?)
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To: 3AngelaD

HAHAHA - I love that show too for the exact same reasons.


7 posted on 06/24/2008 1:16:56 PM PDT by WarToad
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To: 3AngelaD

I love The Soup. Joel McHale cracks me up.


8 posted on 06/24/2008 1:17:10 PM PDT by TheMom (My baby just graduated from High School - send money for college!)
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To: cripplecreek
Stupid is as stupid does... if I want to see someone eating insects, I'll watch Bizarre Foods.
9 posted on 06/24/2008 1:17:10 PM PDT by johnny7 ("Duck I says... ")
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To: Always Right

Next up, “Enema Challenge!” Whoever can hold the mostest for the longest without leakage wins a trip to Thailand.


10 posted on 06/24/2008 1:20:03 PM PDT by CholeraJoe (I'mma do the things that I wanna do. I ain't got a thing to prove to you.)
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To: Renfield

Hurl, no thank you. Help, I’m trapped in a Japanese Game Show and the US version of MXC are both ones I’m looking forward to. Curse the evil that pits the premier against Hell’s Kitchen final tonight!


11 posted on 06/24/2008 1:20:36 PM PDT by kingu (Party for rent - conservative opinions not required.)
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To: Renfield

I’ll take Unbeatable Banzuke any day.


12 posted on 06/24/2008 1:20:43 PM PDT by GSWarrior
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To: Renfield

Reality TV won’t hit bottom until they start showing YouTube on it. That’s where the really scar stuff is.


13 posted on 06/24/2008 1:22:07 PM PDT by boogerbear
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To: 3AngelaD; TheMom
Reality show clip time!

14 posted on 06/24/2008 1:23:09 PM PDT by evets (beer)
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To: Renfield

At the risk of being flamed here, I have to be honest: I love reality TV. Probably for the same reason I love gossip. I love being “in the loop” and watching what the bulk of humanity is up to — especially when they’re set free from the atrociously bad script writers of regular TV.

Give me lame reality TV over a lame TV script any day.


15 posted on 06/24/2008 1:23:56 PM PDT by Flycatcher (Strong copy for a strong America)
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To: Renfield

“Idiocracy” is coming true 500 years too early. ;)


16 posted on 06/24/2008 1:25:00 PM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ("One man's 'magic' is another man's engineering. 'Supernatural' is a null word." -- Robert Heinlein)
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To: Flycatcher

My Dear Wife and Daughters love that crap. If I have to listen to another American Idol Wannabee being told they are talentless by Simon, I may need to shoot myself.


17 posted on 06/24/2008 1:25:20 PM PDT by 50sDad (OBAMA: In your heart you know he's Wright.)
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To: Flycatcher

My Dear Wife and Daughters love that crap. If I have to listen to another American Idol Wannabee being told they are talentless by Simon, I may need to shoot myself.


18 posted on 06/24/2008 1:25:46 PM PDT by 50sDad (OBAMA: In your heart you know he's Wright.)
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To: Renfield

Perhaps there needs to be a reality TV show, “Hottest Teacher”. Whatever 16 year old boy bangs the hottest female teacher wins.


19 posted on 06/24/2008 1:26:36 PM PDT by Always Right (Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?)
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To: evets

I once had a female dog that looked just like Lou.


20 posted on 06/24/2008 1:28:40 PM PDT by TheMom (My baby just graduated from High School - send money for college!)
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