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I know someone went on a show that gave them 100 hours to learn a new skill, then they had to compete to see who had learned it best... but with a real loving stupid twist. In this case they had to learn to play a tune on a piano, despite never having played one before. The twist was for the competition they were put in massive jollie jumpers, the keyboard was the size of a room and they had to play by jumping onto plank sized keys. The idea of learning a skill then competing with it was super cool, but damned if I know what kind of drugs went into the second part.
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carrionman posted:I know someone went on a show that gave them 100 hours to learn a new skill, then they had to compete to see who had learned it best... but with a real loving stupid twist. I can only think it was something that had to be so outlandish it wasn't possibly a skill anyone had or had any prior experience that might transfer to it. Otherwise someone could just get in and have a big head start because maybe they played another instrument just not piano, or they just lied about never having played piano, etc...
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credburn posted:His current location is in Corcoran State Prison, from what I read? Yes, and something like maximum security because he is a celebrity, and any inmate who wants to get instant cred only has to kill him. But a lot of the comments, ignoring all the ones about the victims and how they are only in it for money, go on and on about how he is being treated like some kind of serial killer because of where he's being put.
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Cowslips Warren posted:Yes, and something like maximum security because he is a celebrity, and any inmate who wants to get instant cred only has to kill him. But a lot of the comments, ignoring all the ones about the victims and how they are only in it for money, go on and on about how he is being treated like some kind of serial killer because of where he's being put. Oohh, I getcha.
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carrionman posted:I know someone went on a show that gave them 100 hours to learn a new skill, then they had to compete to see who had learned it best... but with a real loving stupid twist. There was a great UK show called Faking It, about 20 years ago, which had a similar premise (the first part, not the psychosis-fuelled second part). They'd take someone (the one I liked best was a male ballet dancer) and trained them up in something almost, but not quite, unrelated (in this case, pro wrestling) and they had to fool an expert who was trying to pick out the fake from a bunch of people who actually did what ever the activity was. The poor guy was so nervous....until they gave him a mullet via hair extensions, and then something just awoke in him. Reality TV was kinda fun in the early days before producers figured out how to milk it.
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Dr. Red Ranger posted:My dumb reality TV story is that I had a family member who works as a boat architect go on an episode of one of those team challenge shows about building stuff out of junk as the Boat Expert . I dunno if he was trying to no-sell the drama on purpose, but every time the host asked his opinion on who was doing better, whose boat would work, what about this angle so and so is working on, etc, he just said "yeah team x has it, they did y, they're fine" all the way through as matter-of-factly as possible. Then team x's boat, in fact, did fine. It was pretty funny at the time and managed to kill any potential interest I would have had in reality shows because it made the dramatization so obvious. I remember the UK series Scrapheap Challenge did an episode about teams making boats out of junk and the compere just straight up admitted that they bought some boat propellers and hid them in the pile because the contestants would be hosed without them That was refreshingly honest
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Elissimpark posted:They'd take someone (the one I liked best was a male ballet dancer) and trained them up in something almost, but not quite, unrelated (in this case, pro wrestling) My man, I have worked with some major ballet companies around the world, and let me tell you those ballerinos are pound for pound some of the biggest bad asses I've ever met. Incredibly strong and agile, with incredibly high pain tolerances. Plus they already know how to throw people around and flip and slam them in incredibly violent looking ways without hurting them. I want to look up this episode.
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Just to make it clear, the whole thing with the jumpers was never mentioned until the last minute. So the lady I knew spent those hundred hours building all the dexterity and muscle memory in her fingers, how to play the keys then.... SIKE, INTO THE BOUNCER WITH YOU.
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UK game shows manage to reach a level of scumminess and sadism unmatched anywhere else.
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Ironhead posted:I want to look up this episode. Found it.
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TGG posted:I was on DDD one time and really the only thing I noticed being phony was that Guy knew the owners beforehand but had to rehash the whole thing acting surprised. Arguably that's a necessary evil, some minor artifice to disguise the boring realities of shooting a TV show. But only arguably because goddamn are most shows obsessed with playing everything off as 100% spontaneous, even the basic nuts and bolts of the show. Haha, oh wow, the hosts of a popular reality TV program just happened to be in the area and decided to knock on MY door. And they even want to feature me in the episode? They have an entire film crew ready to go? Half of them are literally already inside my house filming the reverse angle of me answering the door? Serendipity!
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Ironhead posted:My man, I have worked with some major ballet companies around the world, and let me tell you those ballerinos are pound for pound some of the biggest bad asses I've ever met. Incredibly strong and agile, with incredibly high pain tolerances. Plus they already know how to throw people around and flip and slam them in incredibly violent looking ways without hurting them. Oh, no argument. That's the one. The whole series was pretty good from memory, but that was a standout.
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:I remember the UK series Scrapheap Challenge did an episode about teams making boats out of junk and the compere just straight up admitted that they bought some boat propellers and hid them in the pile because the contestants would be hosed without them Did they have to build motor boats or did the producers just forget that we have millenia of boats in human history before the invention of the motor? Because if the challenge was "build a motor boat", then yeah, good on them for realizing that the contestants may need a hand with that bit.
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Randalor posted:Did they have to build motor boats or did the producers just forget that we have millenia of boats in human history before the invention of the motor? Yeah they always gave them a specific design challenge and then they race against the other team, in this case I'm pretty sure it was to build a motor boat to go around a course. I know that in another episode the challenge was to build paddlewheel boats Snowglobe of Doom has a new favorite as of 15:22 on Feb 2, 2024 |
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Elissimpark posted:Oh, no argument. I'd memory holed this show, it was great.
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Elissimpark posted:They'd take someone (the one I liked best was a male ballet dancer) and trained them up in something almost, but not quite, unrelated (in this case, pro wrestling) and they had to fool an expert who was trying to pick out the fake from a bunch of people who actually did what ever the activity was.
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Wrestling and kayfabe are hilarious. I mean you KNOW it's fake, but also its Wrestling. You don't care. It's like when celebrities are interviewed by like Elmo or Kermit or some other Muppet. Nobody talks to the puppeteer yknow?
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Tall Tale Teller posted:Wrestling and kayfabe are hilarious. I mean you KNOW it's fake, but also its Wrestling. You don't care. Or assaults them
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It's remarkable, in the worst possible way, that Vince McMahon has managed to be so outlandishly evil in real life that his cartoonish evil has now aged poorly. I consider his GIFs pretty much off-limits at this point.
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I ain't fighting Miss Piggy. I got too much to live for.
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Brawnfire posted:I'll suplex Miss Piggy, I don't even give a gently caress Not if she suplexes you first
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Sir Lemming posted:It's remarkable, in the worst possible way, that Vince McMahon has managed to be so outlandishly evil in real life that his cartoonish evil has now aged poorly. I consider his GIFs pretty much off-limits at this point. If we cull all the lovely celebrities there won't be any gifs left No more Vince Say goodbye to Snoop See you later Cosby Farewell to Mengele
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the_steve posted:Not if she suplexes you first Ah, foreplay.
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Lemniscate Blue posted:Ah, foreplay. Please do not cuck Kermit the Frog
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AceOfFlames posted:Whatever shall we do without Mengele gifs Mengele Gif is my favourite Star Wars character.
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FreudianSlippers posted:Mengele Gif is my favourite Star Wars character.
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Splicer posted:It's pronounced gizz music
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Swoop! There's Big Gizz! Swoop! There's Big Gizz!
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credburn posted:If we cull all the lovely celebrities there won't be any gifs left What happened with Snoop?
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Josef bugman posted:What happened with Snoop? Was wondering that myself, I thought he was one of the good celebrities.
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Josef bugman posted:What happened with Snoop? Repeated unapologetic use of the n-word
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Josef bugman posted:What happened with Snoop? I heard he smokes pot
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Josef bugman posted:What happened with Snoop? Known associate of convicted felon Martha Stewart
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Josef bugman posted:What happened with Snoop? Gave a giant vegetable grower the reefer madness
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Josef bugman posted:What happened with Snoop? I know he killed a guy, but come on. When in Germany last summer, it was pretty fun to have everybody join in once The Next Episode started. Pretty sure Mengele would have just killed the vibe, being honest.
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