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Post by Torgo on Feb 11, 2004 0:26:52 GMT -5
The Great American Celebrity Spelling Bee?
What the hell? OK, it may not be as low as the Glutton Bowl, Celebrity Boxing, or Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionare and it sounds miles more intelegent than Malcolm in the Middle, but they can't be serious. Can they?
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Post by Mr. Atari on Feb 11, 2004 1:15:48 GMT -5
You do realize the irony of decrying the Spelling Bee in a thread where the title is misspelled, right?
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Post by Pete on Feb 11, 2004 1:21:06 GMT -5
You do realize the irony of decrying the Spelling Bee in a thread where the title is misspelled, right? Right on. That's a pet peeve of mine too. |
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Post by Torgo on Feb 11, 2004 1:21:55 GMT -5
You do realize the irony of decrying the Spelling Bee in a thread where the title is misspelled, right? Spelling was never a good subject of mine. Ironing sucks. |
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Post by Torgo on Feb 11, 2004 1:33:23 GMT -5
Right on. That's a pet peeve of mine too. And a pet peeve of mine is people shoving spelling errors in other peoples faces with italics.  |
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Post by Godzilla2000 on Feb 11, 2004 9:45:11 GMT -5
I think if they had more contestants yelling out the letters of their given words in an emphatic way, like that one Spelling Bee winner, people would tune in.
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Post by CherokeeJack on Feb 11, 2004 15:01:32 GMT -5
Will it be dumbed down like celeb jeopardy?
Alright Ashton your word is ".dog"...
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Post by nightfalcawk on Feb 11, 2004 15:17:36 GMT -5
The Littlest Groom's premise makes me angry! Why not expliot another, more well represented race group, like the Hatians or Hispanics. Oh, wait, because THEY CAN'T DEFEND THEMSELVES BECAUSE THEY ARE MORE WELL REPRESENTED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by TV's Cowboy on Feb 11, 2004 16:25:36 GMT -5
If you ask me Fox has already gone too far even before this was announced. And If the Simpsons episode "Lisa's Wedding" is any indication then Fox will gradually become a hardcore sex channel mark my words.
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Post by TomServo69 on Feb 11, 2004 16:54:33 GMT -5
Repent, repent!!! The end is nigh!!! Society is crumbling around us!!! How do I know? There gonna be showing celebrities........... SPELLING!!! That's too much. Who in the bloody hell is going to watch this? Why in the bloody hell is it going to be aired?
I think I'm losing my mind this time, this time I'm losing my mind, that right.............
Servo
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Post by Mr. Atari on Feb 11, 2004 17:38:32 GMT -5
So what'cha what'cha what'cha want?
I like the idea of it being dumbed down a la Celebrity Jeopardy:
"Drew Barrymore- your word is "it"."
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Post by DeadlyMantis on Feb 11, 2004 17:41:59 GMT -5
Wait. You mean to tell me that TV has sunk so low that celebrity spelling competition is now legitimate pleasurable viewing??? Can these people not do ANY better than that???
Well hell. I say since people want reality, we give it to them.
Since the TV viewing audience can't determine a good show from plop, let me give studio heads some ideas for next season:
Celebrity Ghetto - What happens when 'B' List celebrities get dropped off in crime-ridden cities? Oh ho ho the fun.
'Name That Disease' - Give a minor celebrity a disease and they have to guess what it is by its symptoms. If they do so before the end of the season, they are given the cure. If not, oh well.
You Got Fingered! - Thirty people must live in a 1000 square foot, one bedroom one bathroom apartment for a month. Every day they vote to see which one of them looses a finger! The person chosen must then decide to A) Leave the apartment or B) Loose a finger and go on to the Death Match Round and a chance to win $500.00. Wooohooooooooo!
Excrement Challenge! - See your favorite celebrities eat as much bile as they can stomach!
I'm A Celebrity, Let Me Live - That's right! Now you can use the power of your phone to call in and vote for celebrities to be killed in whatever fashion America votes for!
So you see, TV hasn't really hit rock bottom yet, but it ain't that far away neither.
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Post by Phantom Engineer on Feb 11, 2004 18:52:04 GMT -5
You do realize the irony of decrying the Spelling Bee in a thread where the title is misspelled, right? What's misspelled? My spellcheck says it's right. |
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Post by nightfalcawk on Feb 11, 2004 19:10:39 GMT -5
My sick twisted reality show:
24 different competitors are tied to a stake, starved for days, and given water mixed with syrup of ipicac. Then, when it's time for the weekly challenge, they have do stuff like: jump in a pit with rabid starved rats and try to eat them alive, try to hunt their foes down and the peson who kill the most wins, and "How long can you stay in the Cave of Solitude?" Then the teams that win are given just enough poison to kill one person and they have to choose which one they kill to eat for food. the last living human wins $5 and a marrage with a transvestite they think is rich. The show will be all hobos though.
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Post by Torgo on Feb 11, 2004 19:13:21 GMT -5
What's misspelled? My spellcheck says it's right. I typed "to" instead of "too." |
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