Reality Bytes is on hiatus this week while I'm at home in Texas for my best friend's wedding, because my family does not own a DVR. (I know, I know. I've been suffering immensely.) Anyway, to satisfy your appetite for reality television, I've compiled the five dumbest competitive reality show gimmicks. Like the Bachelor's roses, except most people actually enjoy getting roses in real life — these trinkets are way less flattering and often cringe-worthy.
Flavor of Love: "Your time is up."
What self-respecting woman would choose to participate in a race for Flavor Flav's heart is beyond me, but to add insult to injury, the contestants are forced to carry a ridiculously large clock around their necks as a reward for continuing in their quest for love. Although appearing on the show is humiliating enough, so I suppose wearing a stupid necklace is the least of their worries.
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haha, that was funny Whitney. I see TX is doing you some good.
Since when do we have an appetite for reality television?
Here is one of the reality show gimmic phrases from back in my day:
(contestant's name here), Come On Down!! Your the NEXT contestant on The Price Is Right!!
Cue the festive music.
Much joy and jubilation rippled through out the studio audience after this gimmic phrase.
This reality show might still even be on the air to this day. I think it has a new host.
That IS more of a GAME SHOW. But it is real. As it were. More real than these "reality" shows.
I think what spurred me on this tangent is that I would much rather guess the price of a refridgerator or a washer.
I have a great chance of winning the washer or refridgerator. I can then take that prize home and put it to good use.
I find this scenario much more appealing than the one where I may win a rose, or a clock necklace from some guy and then get to stay in his stable for one more week of national humiliation.
Who watches these shows?
I caught the last five minutes of Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious one time when I was waiting for the show after it to come on. When they said "It’s time to hang up your boa" I busted out laughing. I had to rewind the Tevo so my roommate could hear it to. That's just all kinds of klassy.
When I just read you were in Texas all these stereotypical thoughts ran through my head…I want to go there one day to see if any of them are true. I've done that most of my adult life (England, Europe) and it's fascinating. I'm from Canada, and it's amazing the preconceived ideas we get about each other. Hopefully I'll get the chance to check Texas out someday.
Sorry, not reality show related. :-)
*Tivo* my bad
I wonder if someday these shows will be fully sustained only by the audience of bloggers watching to make fun of them. A little self-renewing cycle.
OMG Whitney! Did you miss the Farmer Wants A Wife where Farmer Matt asks the four remaining girls to stick their arm up their cows vagina to tell whether the cow was pregnant and the girl who's cow was not had to go back to the city. That sounds like THE WORSE elimination ever. One poor girl had to stick her arm in the cow's Britney only to be sent packing.