Tuesday, September 12, 2006
New Reality Show
(AP) Columbus, OH. New Office Based Reality Show to be Filmed in Central Ohio
The broadcast networks have long since recognized the appeal of reality. Simultaneously they join the other creative professions in abandoning creativity in favor of the safety of hackneyed programming and knock-offs of other successful attempts. To wit, executives are pleased to announce the launch of a new reality program. In the as yet unnamed program, individual contestants will be arrayed in an imitation office setting, and will vie amongst each other for the contract to produce a new pilot for a reality show.
The show will be hosted by someone obnoxious, who by virtue of unscrupulous practices has been vaulted to the forefront of his/her profession. The host will then mercilessly denigrate the efforts and ideas of the contestants until they carefully follow the formula by which the host achieved his success.
The viewers will be brought back week after week in anticipation of the refreshing creativity of the program. Already planning for success, the show's second season will involve a change of setting to the home office. As an added twist to the formula, contestants born of social privilege will be handicapped by having dial-up internet connections with the linux operating system. It is clear from experience (continued on page 4B column C) ¶ 12:15 PM
(AP) Columbus, OH. New Office Based Reality Show to be Filmed in Central Ohio
The broadcast networks have long since recognized the appeal of reality. Simultaneously they join the other creative professions in abandoning creativity in favor of the safety of hackneyed programming and knock-offs of other successful attempts. To wit, executives are pleased to announce the launch of a new reality program. In the as yet unnamed program, individual contestants will be arrayed in an imitation office setting, and will vie amongst each other for the contract to produce a new pilot for a reality show.
The show will be hosted by someone obnoxious, who by virtue of unscrupulous practices has been vaulted to the forefront of his/her profession. The host will then mercilessly denigrate the efforts and ideas of the contestants until they carefully follow the formula by which the host achieved his success.
The viewers will be brought back week after week in anticipation of the refreshing creativity of the program. Already planning for success, the show's second season will involve a change of setting to the home office. As an added twist to the formula, contestants born of social privilege will be handicapped by having dial-up internet connections with the linux operating system. It is clear from experience (continued on page 4B column C) ¶ 12:15 PM
