# Am I an A\*\*hole? Sure, but am I America's Biggest?? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 27, 2009, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-an-a-hole-sure-but-am-i-americas-biggest/501191 "2009-06-27T19:23:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-an-a-hole-sure-but-am-i-americas-biggest/501191/21 "2009-06-29T16:14:27Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > There was a VH1 reality show whose name isn’t important (primarly because I can’t recall, and am too lazy to Google) that tricked major douche bags into going on by claiming there was a show called Mr. Awesome. Mr. Awesome! Classic. I’d say that roughly translates to “America’s Biggest Asshole.” THAT’S exactly what I was getting at! It would be easy to get guys on TV doing stupid things, but ONLY if they thought (however wrongly) the show was going to make them look cool. A **holes don’t think of themselves as a** holes. They think they’re cool guys and want to share their awesomeness with the world. Trick them into thinking they’re on a talent show, and they’ll gladly demonstrate their stupidity to the world. But they won’t willingly set themselves up to be laughed at. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-an-a-hole-sure-but-am-i-americas-biggest/501191/22 "2009-06-29T16:19:28Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > But who’s going to appear willingly on a show called “America’s Biggest Asshole”? The Goatse guy? ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-an-a-hole-sure-but-am-i-americas-biggest/501191/23 "2009-06-29T18:21:42Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Are there plenty of assholes out there? Sure. > > Are there plenty of assholes out there who want to be on TV? Of course. > > But how many of them want to be portrayed as assholes on national TV? Not many, I’d wager. If you trick people into thinking they’re going to be on a different type of show, you might be able to film them acting like assholes. But who’s going to appear willingly on a show called “America’s Biggest Asshole”? Just hand out fliers to everyone walking off the audition set for Jerry Springer. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-an-a-hole-sure-but-am-i-americas-biggest/501191/24 "2009-06-29T18:38:34Z")
> [@EvilTOJ](#): > > How are they going to get the word “asshole” past the censors on TV? Even cable/satellite channels have censors, right? I’ll assume you haven’t watched much HBO. The Sopranos is laden with profanity, and a nanny group announced that Deadwood once used the F-word an average of once every 45 seconds over the entire length of the episode. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-an-a-hole-sure-but-am-i-americas-biggest/501191/25 "2009-06-29T18:49:31Z")
Dude… Don’t bother with Eharmony… You won’t get any responses. Well, on second thought, you might corner “we hate nice guys” niche. Let me know how it goes. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-an-a-hole-sure-but-am-i-americas-biggest/501191/26 "2009-06-29T19:25:56Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > Just hand out fliers to everyone walking off the audition set for Jerry Springer. But even THOSE people don’t consider themselves sphincters. Some had to be tricked into appearing on Springer’s show (“They’re going to give you a makeover!”). Others (however absurd this may seem!) are proud of the way they handled themselves, thinking they came across well on TV. Tell an idiot he’s going on a talent show, and he’ll GLADLY light his farts or tell sick AIDS jokes in front of millions. Tell him he’s going on a show where he’ll be mocked and called an a\*\*hole, and he’ll pass. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-an-a-hole-sure-but-am-i-americas-biggest/501191.md?page=1)