# Reality Shows Not Being Produced \*\*\*SATIRE\*\*\* **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 24, 2011, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality-shows-not-being-produced-satire/607232 "2011-12-24T00:40:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2011, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality-shows-not-being-produced-satire/607232/1 "2011-12-24T00:40:17Z")
They have shows about repo guys, pawnbrokers, storage auctions, etc. etc. but what they don’t yet have is a show about… Septic Tank Cleaners!!! What should we call it, and do you have an idea of your own for a reality show no one’s thought of? Thanks Q ---
**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:** [December 24, 2011, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality-shows-not-being-produced-satire/607232/2 "2011-12-24T00:41:37Z")
I dunno. “Dirty Jobs,” summin’ like that. ---
**Author:** ![3trew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/13edae/32.png) [@3trew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3trew)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2011, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality-shows-not-being-produced-satire/607232/3 "2011-12-24T01:21:02Z")
Up the Creek. ---
**Author:** ![3trew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/13edae/32.png) [@3trew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3trew)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2011, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality-shows-not-being-produced-satire/607232/4 "2011-12-24T01:38:30Z")
I think comedian Rufus Hound probably had the ultimate in reality shows with his idea for one where senior citizens would compete to commit suicide in the most entertaining ways, with the prize money to go to their families. He called it “Blaze of Granny”. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2011, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality-shows-not-being-produced-satire/607232/5 "2011-12-24T01:39:28Z")
Honey Sucker ---
**Author:** ![BunnyTVS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BunnyTVS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyTVS)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2011, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality-shows-not-being-produced-satire/607232/6 "2011-12-24T01:39:57Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > They have shows about repo guys, pawnbrokers, storage auctions, etc. etc. but what they don’t yet have is a show about… Septic Tank Cleaners!!! > > What should we call it, and do you have an idea of your own for a reality show no one’s thought of? > > Thanks > > Q Near miss, but the BBC came close with [Filthy Rotten Scoundrels.](http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0176ztb) ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2011, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality-shows-not-being-produced-satire/607232/7 "2011-12-24T06:32:03Z")
\*Crack Whores Golf Channel Editors Proctology Interns\* ---
**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2011, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality-shows-not-being-produced-satire/607232/8 "2011-12-24T07:05:24Z")
My idea is for VH1 to have a show where they track down people who quit bands just before the bands hit it big. They would find out what happened to them and ask them if they regret quitting. ---
**Author:** ![Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pine_Fresh_Scent)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2011, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality-shows-not-being-produced-satire/607232/9 "2011-12-24T08:53:27Z")
_Considerate Housemates_ has less chance of ever getting made than _Crack Whores._ _30 Days Without Make Up._ Celebrities maintain their regular routines but without any make up at all for a month. Longest to go without wins a cash prize. I’d watch that out of both natural and morbid curiosity. OK, I’d allow actors to be made up during shooting so as to not derail the production, but all other appearances would have to be au naturel, to include awards shows and especially interviews. ---
**Author:** ![Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pine_Fresh_Scent)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2011, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality-shows-not-being-produced-satire/607232/10 "2011-12-24T09:00:29Z")
I meant “made up during shooting” = if they’re working on a movie or a sitcom during the taping of the reality show. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2011, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality-shows-not-being-produced-satire/607232/11 "2011-12-24T09:54:38Z")
_Real Housewives of Duluth_ _What’s That Smell?_ _Ferret Breeders_ _Cancun: The 51 Weeks of the Year That Aren’t Spring Break_ _The Real World: Pyongyang_ _The Apprentice: Jihad Edition_ ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2011, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality-shows-not-being-produced-satire/607232/12 "2011-12-24T10:51:13Z")
You guys are _sick_! 😛 Just like me!!!🙂 Laffin’ my ass off here!!!😉 Thanks! Quasi ---
**Author:** ![Arkcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Arkcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arkcon)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2011, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality-shows-not-being-produced-satire/607232/13 "2011-12-24T13:30:48Z")
> [@Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](#): > > _30 Days Without Make Up._ Celebrities maintain their regular routines but without any make up at all for a month. Longest to go without wins a cash prize. I’d watch that out of both natural and morbid curiosity. Jessica Biel would simply win. Google it, its worth it. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2011, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality-shows-not-being-produced-satire/607232/14 "2011-12-24T16:48:01Z")
> [@thirdname](#): > > My idea is for VH1 to have a show where they track down people who quit bands just before the bands hit it big. They would find out what happened to them and ask them if they regret quitting. Pete Best should be president of that club. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2011, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality-shows-not-being-produced-satire/607232/15 "2011-12-24T16:51:20Z")
The Pooper Scoopers is too obvious. **johpost’s** Honey Sucker is good.