Pitch Your Worst Idea for a TV Show

Fatso and the Hottie. A fat obnoxious slob is married to a former supermodel with a PhD. Just after the pilot’s opening she says “What the hell was I thinking!?” and leaves. It’s the only show canceled before it’s premiere ends.

Correct, Herr Doktor, as I recall, all of the hijinks ensued off the sets. :wink:

Katie Coric’s Colonoscopy : the perky host of an early morning talk show undergoes a colonoscopy on network tele— She did? The share was how high!? [Emily Litella]Never Mind.[/Emily Litella]

Here’s an idea for the mother of all hokey, horrific made-for-TV movie sequels:

Deliverance: The Final Journey

35 years after their traumatic experience Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds and Ned Beatty float down the once wild river on inner tubes, connecting with their emotional centers and culminating in a lavish cookout at the RV camp.

Surprise appearance by Ronny Cox.

Its been done.

Okra Winfrey: Humanoid vegetable gives housewives advice on how to get in touch with their inner seedlings. Plus she offers a “Gardening Catalog of the Month” club.

That would be the hour that covers hour 11:00 am to 12:00pm. He had his bran muffin and coffee in hour 10:00am to 11:00am.

BlogFight Minor players in the politcal blogosphere are shown typing in their shock at what a prominent memeber of the other side of the politcal wing said or did this time.

Mad Dog Money A poodle with rabies dispenses advice on the stock market by howling and snarling. Bars on the dogs cage are wired to make flushing & ringing sounds when they are pawed at in forthing rage.

Violins on TV : Watch as a 10 year old first picks up the violin and tries to learn to play a song before the season finale, The Recital.
In stereo

I think you mean the Golf Channel.

And finally, the one you’ve all been waiting for:

Jack Chick Presents - Burn In Torment Forever: Little Susie and your other favorites from the celebrated Chick tracts in an animated series! Enjoy their antics as they harass hospital patients, convert heathens (i.e. Catholics, Muslims and Jews) and foil Satan. In color and 2-D.

Let’s Install Software. – Watch as technicians answer prompts while installing software from leading vendors. The tension mounts as we’re asked to select a path to install…will the default be selected, or will the tech click “Browse”.? (WARNING. Some scenes may be too intense for younger viewers. Parental guidance is suggested.)

**American Guantanamo Bay Inmate Idol ** - the poor suckers at Guantanamo Bay are provided with expert professional guidance to sing and dance their way in to America’s otherwise hardened hearts. The lucky winner is sent back to Afghanistan.

A show almost like this is currently being broadcast, called Ancestors (I’m ashamed to say I have it on my TIVO right now. What can I say, I’m a geneology nut.

Mars Weather – A stationary camera provides real time (minus the travel time of the signal) coverage of the minute-by-minute changes in the Martian weather scene. Voice-overs provided by people with severe speech impediments who try to use exotic polysyllabic words created for the sake of obscurity.

Actually, he does that in the hour-long pre-quel Yellow River .

American Outcast: Non-American commentators and panelists on interview programs explain what’s wrong with America. Following the discussion, the studio audience selects their least favorite American from a group of contestants and beats him/her into unconsciousness. Cathartic, fun, edgy.

The Cowbell Channel: All cowbell, all the time!

Repair: 611

The camera story follows around a crew of phone repair people on their daily jobs. It shows how they deal with the union reps, the bosses who try to be asses because they have a union, the traffic, the coffee, and all the different households they have to visit in a day. If its HBO, they can even address all the house-call sex as well.

Survivor: Viaquez

(It’d be worth pulling the USS NJ out of mothballs just to lay down a barge of those sweet ever-lovin’ 16 inch shells on those reality scum.)

Dozen to Go

The daily interactions of the crew of a Dunkin’ Donuts situated off a highway. The pressures, politics, shifts, various new daily customers, car accidents, etc.

Waterway

You captain a 50-foot commuter tug at 60-70mph across the Hudson during rush hour. If your receipts exceed the gas you use, you get to take the $$ home. 'Bumping ’ is discouraged.

Tricky-Tray

You borrow money to buy the prizes. You promote your event to try to get people to come. You find people to staff the event and be polite to your guests (and not skim the gate). You find and book the Hall. Whether a school full of kids gets to use computers for the 2008 school year falls squarely on your shoulders. Are you up for the challenge?

Ironman Vendor

10 people are given a hotdog cart that they must clean, stock, and run for a week. They need to walk/run/jog with it from the warehouse to their assigned corners and serve customers for 7 days. At the end, the person with the highest net wins the pre-determined prize. (I was thinking a 1 year contract as a Manager in a large company paying 6 figures)
Surgical Submission

10 contestants are put on stage before a live audience which gets to vote on 5 surgical procedures each must have. (Refuse a surgery & you’re out.) At the end, all the contestants still playing appear on the same stage and the one who looks healthiest/best wins.

Hard-ball

10 people are selected at random to serve a given sports team for one year. Whether its tackling dummy, go-fer, pitching target, or piss-boy, they have to do it (no sick days). At the end of the year, one person will be chosen to have a 1-year rookie contract with that organization.
MI: child rescue

Each season, 10 people will have the chance to work as a team to find and rescue a child that has been kidnapped by parents into foreign countries. The team will have a budget, rules (no guns) and signed waivers that any laws broken are the responsibility of the people who get caught.

You’ll need to find a new title.

Firesign Theatre’s “Beat the Reaper”