First death on a reality TV show?

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AdmiralKanos wrote:On next week's Reality TV show, we pretend to hold up a Texan at gunpoint, just to see how he reacts!

*next week*

We regret to inform you that this week's show has been cancelled due to an unfortunate fatality.
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Gandalf wrote:
AdmiralKanos wrote:On next week's Reality TV show, we pretend to hold up a Texan at gunpoint, just to see how he reacts!

*next week*

We regret to inform you that this week's show has been cancelled due to an unfortunate fatality.
Please be Dubya, please be Dubya, please be Dubya. :P
They`ll have to go to Washington. :wink:
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Montcalm wrote:
Gandalf wrote:
AdmiralKanos wrote:On next week's Reality TV show, we pretend to hold up a Texan at gunpoint, just to see how he reacts!

*next week*

We regret to inform you that this week's show has been cancelled due to an unfortunate fatality.
Please be Dubya, please be Dubya, please be Dubya. :P
They`ll have to go to Washington. :wink:
No problem, I'm sure there are plenty of people willing to fund a trip to Washington with this purpose. :wink:
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No problem, I'm sure there are plenty of people willing to fund a trip to Washington with this purpose.
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I hope more people start getting maimed and/or dying in reality shows, think about what it'll do for ratings! It'll be like seeing the Darwin Awards on TV, and I don't think I can pass up seeing some dork dive headfirst off a building into the sidewalk, or another guy try to wrestle a grizzly bear.
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HemlockGrey wrote:
No problem, I'm sure there are plenty of people willing to fund a trip to Washington with this purpose.
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Drewcifer wrote:When or if do you think this will happen? Are reality shows just another trend that will fade in popularity, or will there be a progression to something truly Roman?

There have already been fatalities associated with talk shows (Morton Downey, Sr. and Jenny Jones comes to mind) and iirc, some guy is suing Dog Eat Dog due to serious injuries he sustained on the show.

I've seen some of these new prank shows, and wonder about things when the mark gets really mad. What happens when one of these shows messes with the wrong person and they break down or go nuts and get really violent? Many of the reality series rigorously screen applicants but someone could slip through, and many of the shows deal directly with public at large where anything is possible. The relationship shows seem ripe for someone unbalanced to create major problems as well.

How long before someone wins a Darwin award on reality TV?


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Montcalm wrote:
Gandalf wrote:
AdmiralKanos wrote:On next week's Reality TV show, we pretend to hold up a Texan at gunpoint, just to see how he reacts!

*next week*

We regret to inform you that this week's show has been cancelled due to an unfortunate fatality.
Please be Dubya, please be Dubya, please be Dubya. :P
They`ll have to go to Washington. :wink:
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I don't think the networks are leaning toward the violence element in the reality TV shows nowadays (There are some shows that would be considered "reality", however, that might have violence, like COPS), as most of reality TV is Lowest-Common-Denominator stuff to appeal to the masses, and violence doesn't sell as well as stuff like sex, or a guy choosing between several women with some new twist, whether it be one of the women being a biological man, one of the women having Herpes, or one of the women being the guy's long-lost sister.
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aphexmonster wrote:" this summer comes a show... so outrageous, you can only belive if you see it with your own eyes. Whitnes... one man... week after week, he thinks hes going to recieve only a harmless candy bar, instead, he is going to receive a blow to the testicles! Watch what everyones been talking about this summer! Kicked in the testicles instead of a candy bar! comming soon "
Sounds like some Japanese games shows I've seen :)
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I want a real live action celebrity death match.
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