# Comedy Central's Reality Show Parodies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 1, 2003, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-centrals-reality-show-parodies/192375 "2003-08-01T15:10:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-centrals-reality-show-parodies/192375/1 "2003-08-01T15:10:27Z")
I am so disappointed that [these shows](http://www.comedycentral.com/tv_shows/reality/) aren’t for real, I would _so_ love to see them . . . Any chance Fox might just up and steal all these ideas for next season? ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-centrals-reality-show-parodies/192375/2 "2003-08-01T15:35:12Z")
Heh. I haven’t seen promos on TV for a couple of these; Joe Mormon and Poor Fools. Did I miss them or do they simply not show those? ---
**Author:** ![Arien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Arien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arien)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-centrals-reality-show-parodies/192375/3 "2003-08-01T18:40:29Z")
I would love to watch “While you were drunk” and “Handicap House”. Does that make me a bad person? ---
**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-centrals-reality-show-parodies/192375/4 "2003-08-01T18:47:11Z")
A bad person? Heck no! I’d wanna see “While you were drunk” - it’d be like a cross between “A Dating Story” and “Girls Gone Wild”! There was an episode of “A Dating Story” where the activity was wine tasting or something like that, and basically the woman got clearly sloshed and the couple made out on camera for a few minutes. Classic. ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-centrals-reality-show-parodies/192375/5 "2003-08-01T18:56:53Z")
I’m certain I saw the one for Poor Fools, but not recently. The thing is I hate reality shows and yet I would watch any of these before I’d ever try to subject myself to another episode of _I’m With Busey_ or _Primetime Time Glick_. While You Were Drunk has to be my favorite and the one I most wish was real. It sounds like the next logical step beyond all those syndicated “dating” shows like _Ex-Treme Dating, Blind Date, Change Of Heart,_ and _ElimiDate_. Since people enjoy the trainwreck aspect of those shows, why not a show where you know the trainwreck is coming, you want to watch to see how much booze it would take for it to happen. The episodes of the various versions of _The Real World_ that feature roommates drinking, screwing, and/or fighting tend to be the most popular, so there is a precedent. Celebrity CAT Scan could be fun too: Liza, Brando, Robin Williams, Richard Pryor, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, Axl Rose, Vincent Gallo, David Arquette, Crispin Glover, Cher - tons of possibilities. Then again think of how little could be in the head of some celebs (Alicia Silverstone, Vin Diesel, Lief Garrett, Steven Segal, the “Bennifer” monster, etc.) or how dull others thoughts and brain activity would be (Chuck Norris, Brooke Shields, Ray Romano, Barbara Walters, Jay Leno). For some reason I see Harrsion Ford’s inner most thought being a constant, low, droning snore. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-centrals-reality-show-parodies/192375/6 "2003-08-01T19:46:11Z")
The Vault Find out what happens when COMEDY CENTRAL locks seven people in a room – blindfolds them and spins them around until they’re dizzy; undresses them and coats their bodies in wet concrete; heats the room to over 110 degrees; plays frightening music; flicks the lights on and off really fast; electrifies the floor; shoots them with paint guns; releases a box of Amazonian rodents and then dumps $1 million in cold cash from the ceiling. Let the cash-grabbing free-for-all begin! I’d watch that. Yes, I know, that’s sad. ---
**Author:** ![Quack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e99b99/32.png) [@Quack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quack)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-centrals-reality-show-parodies/192375/7 "2003-08-01T20:20:28Z")
I thought the blind dating program for blind people would be kinda funny. “Really Blind Date”, I think it’s called.