Well, now I’ve heard it all with regard to reality tv shows:
:o
I just did a search to see if anyone had posted about this yet.
Absolutely sickening.
Here’s the link http://abc.abcnews.go.com/specials/extreme_makeover.html
Does anyone else see anything really -wrong- with these people? (The fact that they’ve just shred any dignity to be featured on a show like this notwithstanding)
Oh, no. Someone will think of something far worse later on down the pike, you know it.
I was reading an article about it this morning, and it sounded like they were getting people who would have done this anyway. But naah, I’ll stick with watching facelifts on “The Operation” and its ilk over on TLC, where you see the whole procedure in all its glory, and you find yourself going, “Ew. Am I sure I want to do this?” 
Personally, I’m looking forward to “Joe Millionaire”, the “Bachelor”-type reality show where women think they’re in competition for the hand of a millionaire…
Only to discover he’s a 20K/yr pipefitter, or whatever.
Should be fun watching.
There is another system…
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=149762