# Heads-up to my fellow reality sluts **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 13, 2006, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heads-up-to-my-fellow-reality-sluts/360583 "2006-06-13T17:13:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heads-up-to-my-fellow-reality-sluts/360583/1 "2006-06-13T17:13:09Z")
_Fear Factor_ is back tonight – and they’re starting off with a three-part competion with “all your favorite reality stars”: ([link](http://www.nbc.com/Fear_Factor/players.shtml)) – including Tana and Craig from _The Apprentice_ (be still my “WTF is that relationship about” heart), Jonathan and Victoria from _Amazing Race_, and Jonny Fairplay and Twila from _Survivor_. Oh my god, can this show pander to me or what? ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heads-up-to-my-fellow-reality-sluts/360583/2 "2006-06-13T19:43:04Z")
Joe Rogan was on Adam Corolla last week talking about this train wreck. Seems Jonny Assplay was getting in Jonathan’s face (as well as Rogan’s) and Victoria hauled off and belted him in the gut. Good times… ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heads-up-to-my-fellow-reality-sluts/360583/3 "2006-06-13T20:38:08Z")
As tired as I am of Fear Factor (and wasn’t it cancelled, BTW?), I’m going to watch this because I hate Jonathan, Johnny Gangsigns AND Joe Rogan. If they are all in a fight, I’m not sure who I would want to see win that one. And I resent the implication that I’m a reality “slut”. I’m a “junkie”, thankyouverymuch. On second thought, I watch MANY reality shows and I’m not very discriminating, so I guess I am a slut. Good call, **twickster**. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heads-up-to-my-fellow-reality-sluts/360583/4 "2006-06-13T21:20:35Z")
ABC’s doing a new “reality-based” (WTF is that?) show starting tonight. Seven women in a book club, sharing secrets and problems. If they actually talk about books, it might be interesting. Seriously. What does “reality-based” mean? It’s either reality or it’s not, isn’t it? I saw a snippet and the women didn’t look like actors. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heads-up-to-my-fellow-reality-sluts/360583/5 "2006-06-13T22:39:39Z")
Even if I watched _Fear Factor_, I took a solemn vow never to set eyes upon another production that featured \* and Victimia. Ever. Add in the loathesomeness of Jonny Assplay and I’m staying all the way on the other side of the dial… ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heads-up-to-my-fellow-reality-sluts/360583/6 "2006-06-14T00:16:51Z")
I am totally watching this mess _right now_. And I _know_ I’m not the only person who hopes that Carmen-the-Goat-Girl and A-Fed _beat the living snot_ out of Jonathan and Victoria. Am I? ---
**Author:** ![MamaHen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c89c15/32.png) [@MamaHen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MamaHen)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heads-up-to-my-fellow-reality-sluts/360583/7 "2006-06-14T00:51:38Z")
Yes I am a reality slut. Now THAT was good tv. Go Joe! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heads-up-to-my-fellow-reality-sluts/360583/8 "2006-06-14T01:02:47Z")
**jayjay** : \* and Victoria have been eliminated. Victoria started freaking out and Jonny Fairplay egged her into a full-tilt meltdown. She quit the stunt. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heads-up-to-my-fellow-reality-sluts/360583/9 "2006-06-14T01:04:51Z")
> [@MamaHen](#): > > Now THAT was good tv. Go Joe! Eh … I am slightly disappointed. I mean, seriously: _Carmen_ could have kicked Jonathan’s ass. Shoot, _Trishelle with her drink on_ could have kicked Jonathan’s ass. Now _that_ would have been funny. ---
**Author:** ![MamaHen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c89c15/32.png) [@MamaHen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MamaHen)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heads-up-to-my-fellow-reality-sluts/360583/10 "2006-06-14T01:09:30Z")
> [@rockle](#): > > Eh … I am slightly disappointed. I mean, seriously: _Carmen_ could have kicked Jonathan’s ass. Shoot, _Trishelle with her drink on_ could have kicked Jonathan’s ass. Now _that_ would have been funny. True but seeing Jonathan in a headlock was worth the whole show. ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heads-up-to-my-fellow-reality-sluts/360583/11 "2006-06-14T01:33:24Z")
Am I the only one who thinks it seemed staged? ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heads-up-to-my-fellow-reality-sluts/360583/12 "2006-06-14T14:32:54Z")
That was the best Fear Factor ever. I don’t watch American Idol, The Amazing Race, or The Apprentice, but god help me I can’t stay away from Survivor or the Real World/Road Rules Challenge. (Except I missed the Johnny Fairplay season of Survivor.) I can’t get enough of dopey obstacle courses, and the meat of tonight’s episode was an excellent fix for my habit. Watching Twila literally drag Johnny Fairplay through the mud was hysterical. The interview with The Miz during that was funny, but I was thinking “you better be careful, you’ll have to back that trash-talking up when it’s your turn.” He then _swam_ the friggin’ mud like a man possessed. He was exactly right in that he looked like Arnold from Predator; I was rolling from that interview. Given all that I know about the Miz and Trishelle from the 17 billion challenges they’ve been on, I don’t see any way they don’t win this. Mike may be humanity’s most accomplished “dopey physical challenge” competitor, and I’m pretty sure there is nothing on god’s green earth Trishelle _wouldn’t_ put in her mouth, so I think they’re a mortal lock to win the 150 large. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heads-up-to-my-fellow-reality-sluts/360583/13 "2006-06-14T14:36:35Z")
> [@Batsinma Belfry](#): > > Am I the only one who thinks it seemed staged? Probably not the only one, but I thought it seemed genuine. Rogan’s comment about how he didn’t care if they beat on each other was pretty offensive, you have to admit. That could easily set off a short-tempered guy. Plus, I think Joe did it deliberately. That guy is a nut when it comes to MMA; he not only calls matches for the UFC, but he also trains with the fighters. I guarantee you he’s _dying_ for a chance to hand somebody (anybody!) a beat-down. Johnny Fairplay was wrong about Joe Rogan being 100x tougher than Jeff Probst, if only because that’s giving Probst too much credit. Rogan is an animal. ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heads-up-to-my-fellow-reality-sluts/360583/14 "2006-06-14T14:37:56Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > ABC’s doing a new “reality-based” (WTF is that?) show starting tonight. Seven women in a book club, sharing secrets and problems. If they actually talk about books, it might be interesting. > > Seriously. What does “reality-based” mean? It’s either reality or it’s not, isn’t it? I saw a snippet and the women didn’t look like actors. It’s supposedly real life video of their lives. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heads-up-to-my-fellow-reality-sluts/360583/15 "2006-06-14T16:04:05Z")
> [@Ellis Dee](#): > > Given all that I know about the Miz and Trishelle from the 17 billion challenges they’ve been on, I don’t see any way they don’t win this. Mike may be humanity’s most accomplished “dopey physical challenge” competitor, and I’m pretty sure there is nothing on god’s green earth Trishelle _wouldn’t_ put in her mouth, so I think they’re a mortal lock to win the 150 large. Yeah, they do sort of strike me as ringers, but I have to say: This is the one and only time I’ve voluntarily watched “Fear Factor,” so this particular instance of stunt-casting did exactly what it was supposed to do. I wish they would have gotten “real” reality “stars,” but that concept is pretty subjective anyway, I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heads-up-to-my-fellow-reality-sluts/360583/16 "2006-06-14T16:08:36Z")
Eh, this was on in another room and it gave me a headache. “You can’t just assault people!” Blah. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heads-up-to-my-fellow-reality-sluts/360583/17 "2006-06-14T16:10:57Z")
> [@Ellis Dee](#): > > I’m pretty sure there is **nothing** on god’s green earth Trishelle _wouldn’t_ put in her mouth You forgot to add “nobody”… ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heads-up-to-my-fellow-reality-sluts/360583/18 "2006-06-14T20:24:26Z")
Looking on Jonathan’s web page (which leads to [this](http://www.realitytvmagazine.com/blog/2006/06/fear_factor_jon.html#more) linked interview, the fight as shown was editted. We missed a couple of “Rogan hits Jonathan, Jonathan falls down and tries to get up, repeat step A” cycles. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heads-up-to-my-fellow-reality-sluts/360583/19 "2006-06-14T20:57:48Z")
[Linky](http://grouper.com/GlobalMedia/MediaDetails.aspx?id=935542&st=0&s=19&q=0) to see the whole incident. ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heads-up-to-my-fellow-reality-sluts/360583/20 "2006-06-14T21:14:59Z")
I would’ve loved to see Jonathan eat something nasty, then blame Victoria for him not being able to eat the nasty. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heads-up-to-my-fellow-reality-sluts/360583.md?page=2)