RipOffs
It all started with Dave Chappelle. Making fun of all the ridiculous reality shows out there, he made a skit, creating a show called "Trading Spouses", in which a black dad (played by Chappelle) lived in with a white family for a certain time period, and a white dad (also played by Chappelle) moved in with a black family. If you're a fan of the show (how can you not be?), you may remember certain scenes from the skit, like the "I love time out time", "g-g-g-get your ass outta the car", "I found your lightsaber", and "ok, off the record, I am crazy, and I'll kill ya".
The name of the show probably sounds farmiliar to you because it just happens to be a TV show on Fox. Dave Chappelle had to have gotten money from that deal, seeing as how Fox took the exact same name and used it. After "Trading Spouses" came out, ABC's genious execs, seeing the success the show had, came out with "WifeSwap". The exact same concept, although I guess it's just the women changing hands.
The same goes for "Nanny911" and "Supernanny". When I saw these two shows on the air awhile ago I felt pretty sad knowing that companies could make profits by copying shows and changing the name. It's like war, especially the Cold War: you spy on your enemies, see what works, and copy their technology. The Russians extensively stole, copied, and enhanced American encryption and decryption technology, and we in turn stole and implemented their improved facets into our own. Except in the television industry, shows aren't even enhanced, they're just cloned, most of the time getting worse.
The worst part is that people buy into this crap.
The latest copy of a show is one derived from "Dancing With The Stars", the show ABC somehow had tremendous success with even though there were no real stars on it. It was one of my mom's favorite shows, and I will admit, since I'm secure in my masculinity, it was an interesting one with a novel concept.
Then I'm watching TV the other day and an ad comes up with the same pitch, saying "X amount of former stars with no training team up with a professional ice skater bla bla bla." You know what I'm talking about, that new show, "Skating With Celebrities". When I first saw the ad I had to do a double take because I thought ABC was coming out with another one, running it concurrent with their second "Dancing With The Stars" season. But no, I realized the show being advertised on Fox, and so the ripoff battle continues. Their commercial was damn near an exact replica. It was like they took the script for ABC's show and changed around a few words. Sure, the concept is slightly different, but it's still an act of thievery.
Six celebrities here
Ooh, six celebrities here too, what a fucking surprise!
There are some original shows out there, the most being on NBC and CBS. Survivor has outwitted, outplayed, and outlasted its competitors, staying alive longer than most people would've initially expected. Actually, NBC has a ripoff of Survivor, I think it's Discovery Kids, but since it's a kid's show we won't count that. The Amazing Race is a pretty good show, though I don't want to watch a whole season of people begging taxi drivers for free rides. Laguna Beach is for fags though, and if you're a hetero, single male who enjoys it you should be double-castrated.
NBC's The Contender blew me away last year. I loved that show and am really looking forward to the next season. It's part of the reason I'm joining the boxing team this semester, and I even bought a shirt from the show. Sly Stallone and Sugar Ray Leonard were the hosts, with Angelo Dundee (if you truly know sports, you know Angelo Dundee) making a guest appearance, and Detroit's own Hush performed live during the final fight. The final fight's ratings were so good that ESPN aired the rematch.
A reality show about people who aren't pussies? Kick ass.
Hell's Kitchen was also a pretty awesome show, and I hope to see another season.
The thing that I lol-ed at was when I saw a show called Canadian Idol. They'll never learn.
Candians sure are some funny looking people
The name of the show probably sounds farmiliar to you because it just happens to be a TV show on Fox. Dave Chappelle had to have gotten money from that deal, seeing as how Fox took the exact same name and used it. After "Trading Spouses" came out, ABC's genious execs, seeing the success the show had, came out with "WifeSwap". The exact same concept, although I guess it's just the women changing hands.
The same goes for "Nanny911" and "Supernanny". When I saw these two shows on the air awhile ago I felt pretty sad knowing that companies could make profits by copying shows and changing the name. It's like war, especially the Cold War: you spy on your enemies, see what works, and copy their technology. The Russians extensively stole, copied, and enhanced American encryption and decryption technology, and we in turn stole and implemented their improved facets into our own. Except in the television industry, shows aren't even enhanced, they're just cloned, most of the time getting worse.
The worst part is that people buy into this crap.
The latest copy of a show is one derived from "Dancing With The Stars", the show ABC somehow had tremendous success with even though there were no real stars on it. It was one of my mom's favorite shows, and I will admit, since I'm secure in my masculinity, it was an interesting one with a novel concept.
Then I'm watching TV the other day and an ad comes up with the same pitch, saying "X amount of former stars with no training team up with a professional ice skater bla bla bla." You know what I'm talking about, that new show, "Skating With Celebrities". When I first saw the ad I had to do a double take because I thought ABC was coming out with another one, running it concurrent with their second "Dancing With The Stars" season. But no, I realized the show being advertised on Fox, and so the ripoff battle continues. Their commercial was damn near an exact replica. It was like they took the script for ABC's show and changed around a few words. Sure, the concept is slightly different, but it's still an act of thievery.
Six celebrities here
Ooh, six celebrities here too, what a fucking surprise!
There are some original shows out there, the most being on NBC and CBS. Survivor has outwitted, outplayed, and outlasted its competitors, staying alive longer than most people would've initially expected. Actually, NBC has a ripoff of Survivor, I think it's Discovery Kids, but since it's a kid's show we won't count that. The Amazing Race is a pretty good show, though I don't want to watch a whole season of people begging taxi drivers for free rides. Laguna Beach is for fags though, and if you're a hetero, single male who enjoys it you should be double-castrated.
NBC's The Contender blew me away last year. I loved that show and am really looking forward to the next season. It's part of the reason I'm joining the boxing team this semester, and I even bought a shirt from the show. Sly Stallone and Sugar Ray Leonard were the hosts, with Angelo Dundee (if you truly know sports, you know Angelo Dundee) making a guest appearance, and Detroit's own Hush performed live during the final fight. The final fight's ratings were so good that ESPN aired the rematch.
A reality show about people who aren't pussies? Kick ass.
Hell's Kitchen was also a pretty awesome show, and I hope to see another season.
The thing that I lol-ed at was when I saw a show called Canadian Idol. They'll never learn.
Candians sure are some funny looking people
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