# Reality Shows You'd Like to See **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 15, 2008, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality-shows-youd-like-to-see/477192 "2008-12-15T02:09:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality-shows-youd-like-to-see/477192/1 "2008-12-15T02:09:04Z")
Survivor New York 12 people are dropped off on the streets of New York with the clothes on their back. Period. They have to find a way to survive as homeless people. Every week one person is voted off the island (of Manhattan), unless one of them has been killed by accident or violence during the week. In which case everyone else gets a pass. Homeless shelters are OK, but if one of them is caught sleeping in a hotel or a home, they’re disqualified. Haven’t come up with any challenges yet . . . something involving a rat on a stick, I think? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality-shows-youd-like-to-see/477192/2 "2008-12-15T02:20:58Z")
I would like to see top athletes compete against other top athletes at their chosen sport. Particularly the games of Baseball and Football. Now that would be truly great reality TV. Actually come to think of it, it might be fun to see a top Defensive Football take on the 12 finalist of American Idol or any other of those shows. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![AllWalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@AllWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllWalker)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality-shows-youd-like-to-see/477192/3 "2008-12-15T02:30:59Z")
As I understand it, the premise behind Big Brother is to take people, deprive them of stimulation for weeks on end, then watch as they overreact to each other over the tiniest, most trivial situations. Surely this can be improved by adding hallucinogens to their drinking supply? ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality-shows-youd-like-to-see/477192/4 "2008-12-15T02:55:52Z")
The Love Bug A bachelor contestant must choose a bride from among 6 beautiful MAWs. But there’s a catch: one of them has genital herpes. ---
**Author:** ![T\_SQUARE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de053/32.png) [@T\_SQUARE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T_SQUARE)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality-shows-youd-like-to-see/477192/5 "2008-12-15T03:02:40Z")
Change the city in the OP from New York to Mogadishu and I’m in! Seriously, I would like to see an “Amazing Race” type show with much harder tasks and pros instead of semi-competents competing. Less structure would be OK too. Cape Town to Cairo overland. Here’s $1000 and a Swiss Army Knife, go. You could have a team of Green Berets, a team of Dakar rally vets, survival experts, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality-shows-youd-like-to-see/477192/6 "2008-12-15T03:11:31Z")
[Tiny House](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lomy7xAVDKE) would be so awesome. ---
**Author:** ![TastesLikeBurning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@TastesLikeBurning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TastesLikeBurning)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality-shows-youd-like-to-see/477192/7 "2008-12-15T04:38:12Z")
MILF Island. ---
**Author:** ![Xan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ac8455/32.png) [@Xan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xan)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality-shows-youd-like-to-see/477192/8 "2008-12-15T04:41:38Z")
> [@AllWalker](#): > > As I understand it, the premise behind Big Brother is to take people, deprive them of stimulation for weeks on end, then watch as they overreact to each other over the tiniest, most trivial situations. > > Surely this can be improved by adding hallucinogens to their drinking supply? You are a genius. Even better if _I_ get some hallucinogens. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality-shows-youd-like-to-see/477192/9 "2008-12-15T04:48:34Z")
They can bring back Unbeatable Banzuke for starters. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality-shows-youd-like-to-see/477192/10 "2008-12-15T13:39:30Z")
Commercial spokespersons are dropped off on a remote island with a limited supply of food and water. The last one to survive is rescued, but only on the condition that he/she/it never appears in an ad again. Imagine the ratings for the episode in which Billy Mays and the Geico gecko race to find the last scrap of nourishment. ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality-shows-youd-like-to-see/477192/11 "2008-12-15T13:53:22Z")
**Carnies** - follows the lives of traveling carnival workers. Trust me, this will be the best reality show you’ve ever seen. ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality-shows-youd-like-to-see/477192/12 "2008-12-15T14:02:59Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Imagine the ratings for the episode in which Billy Mays and the Geico gecko race to find the last scrap of nourishment. Vince from ShamWOW would kick their asses. Personally, I’d like to see _Wasp Challenge_, where contestants must defeat a nest of angry wasps attached to the ceiling of a small windowless room armed with nothing but a broomstick. Either that or _Ow, My Balls._ ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality-shows-youd-like-to-see/477192/13 "2008-12-15T16:03:21Z")
“Fast Animals, Slow Children!” Only on FOX. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality-shows-youd-like-to-see/477192/14 "2008-12-15T16:24:32Z")
> [@T\_SQUARE](#): > > Change the city in the OP from New York to Mogadishu and I’m in! > > Seriously, I would like to see an “Amazing Race” type show with much harder tasks and pros instead of semi-competents competing. Less structure would be OK too. Cape Town to Cairo overland. Here’s $1000 and a Swiss Army Knife, go. You could have a team of Green Berets, a team of Dakar rally vets, survival experts, etc. I was thinking Camden but Mogadishu will work almost as well. ---
**Author:** ![Xan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ac8455/32.png) [@Xan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xan)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality-shows-youd-like-to-see/477192/15 "2008-12-15T16:31:46Z")
A Running Man competition. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality-shows-youd-like-to-see/477192/16 "2008-12-15T16:34:48Z")
Sodomy Island! ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality-shows-youd-like-to-see/477192/17 "2008-12-15T16:37:41Z")
We had this thread last year, and my entry was “America’s Next Top Sniper”. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality-shows-youd-like-to-see/477192/18 "2008-12-15T16:41:28Z")
> [@T\_SQUARE](#): > > Seriously, I would like to see an “Amazing Race” type show with much harder tasks and pros instead of semi-competents competing. Less structure would be OK too. Cape Town to Cairo overland. Here’s $1000 and a Swiss Army Knife, go. You could have a team of Green Berets, a team of Dakar rally vets, survival experts, etc. It was called [Eco-challenge](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eco-Challenge)–from Mark Burnett, the producer of Survivor. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality-shows-youd-like-to-see/477192/19 "2008-12-15T16:47:57Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > MAWs Can I get a gloss here? ---
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality-shows-youd-like-to-see/477192/20 "2008-12-15T17:08:22Z")
> [@Xan](#): > > A Running Man competition. Or, from the same anthology, A Long Walk. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality-shows-youd-like-to-see/477192.md?page=2)