Saturday, July 23, 2005

How to make your own reality TV show


The average American watches about 4 hours of TV a day. That's 28 hours a week, about 1500 hours a year, and assuming he lives till 70, he has blown 105,00 hours of life on this activity. So this institution of American life, this quintessentially (sure I botched the spelling) American pastime, has got about 300 million people spending 1/6th of their lives. If you think of it like this, 1/6th of 300 million people, is about 50 million people lives, so if we didn't have TV, we need to have only 250 million people in the US. So what is it that has costed the lives of 50 million people in the US and hundreds of millions across the world. Is there something about it that makes it so alluring? So addictive? I am going to use my extensive experience writing up research surveys to cook up the ideal TV program. Since, the public is the judge of what is good and bad, and reality tv seems to be the most popular form of visual entertainment, I have to conclude that the ideal TV program would be a reality show. So, how do you go about making one of these shows? I have conconcted a formulaic method that is simple to read, easy to understand and easier to implement.
1) 3 girls : Preferably thin with descriptions concurrent to those mentioned in rap videos. Friendly types not preferred.
2) 1 mentally unstable person. This person should have an history of unstable behaviour, problems with drugs, alchohol ,self control, violence.
3) 1 jaded celebrity. Preferably someone well known in the past, but now long forgotten. Usually has serious issues accepting that he is a nobody.
4) 1 politically correct person. Mostly to ensure that the program is loved from the hoods to the hamptons.
5) Lots of cameras, listening devices and alchoholic beverages: The 3rd ingredient creates the action. The first 2 capture it.
6) Claustrophobic conditions: Insufficient space. Everyone loves a good fight. Nothing to spice things up like abrasive, aggressive people in close and constant contact ;).
7) Lots of HDAs, HRTs : Horrifically Dangerous Acts and Horrifically Revolting Things. Keyword: Spiders, Rats, Animal Entails. As for horrifically dangerous acts, just think of things that you could get killed doing.
8) Lots of sin. Any act that has potential to be classified under one of the 7 deadly sins is welcome . Pride, Envy, Gluttony, Lust, Anger, Greed, Sloth. Lust and Anger are usually preferred in that order. It improves the viewing experience.
Add 1),2), 3), 4) followed by differendt parts of 5),6) ,7) and 8) based on personal preferences. It's your own personal experience and this author encourages you to enjoy this dish and takes no responsibility for sanity/intelligence related questions that might be posed to you later.

4 comments:

jinglchelle said...

i was scrolling through blogs and came upon yours...found your ingredients to a reality show to be very funny. just thought i'd let you know!

Artful Badger said...

thanks! it's like a lot of things in life- tastes good but isn't too good for your stomach.

Prashanth said...

I got my visa! I got my visa! Am flying in 2 weeks..

SP tries to do a jig and falls on his face instead...

Artful Badger said...

Cool! Welcome to the US of A!