# The \_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ Project **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 25, 2010, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-_____-_______-project/558356 "2010-10-25T23:35:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2010, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-_____-_______-project/558356/1 "2010-10-25T23:35:54Z")
I just saw a banner ad for The Vanilla Ice Project. Lets leave the question of who wants to watch a show about Vanilla Ice for another thread. The fact of the matter is, when certain “actors” are getting a show planned around them, they have a tentative name of “The Stupid Celebrity Project” until it gets fleshed out and they think of a real title. However, what the hell is it with these shows that keep the working title in their name? Vanilla Ice’s PROJECT was making a tv show - I doubt he’s going to be working on any projects on the show. Same thing with that Michael Vick Project - I refused to watch out of principle, but the gist I heard about it was it was just him doing a “woe is me” thing for a half hour a week, without actually working on any projects. The worst thing of all is it wasn’t like his show was even raising money for animal rescue charities - the project was “lets refill Michael Vick’s bank account”. So again, I ask, wtf is with these shows keeping the “project” in their title? ---
**Author:** ![Pashnish\_Ewing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8797f3/32.png) [@Pashnish\_Ewing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pashnish_Ewing)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2010, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-_____-_______-project/558356/2 "2010-10-26T21:24:32Z")
In Vanilla’s case, I think it’s a bit of a play on words. He’s actually going to be doing home renovation ‘projects’ as part of the show. ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2010, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-_____-_______-project/558356/3 "2010-10-26T22:04:02Z")
Don’t they already have Extreme Makeover (another play on words) to do that? ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2010, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-_____-_______-project/558356/4 "2010-10-26T22:13:13Z")
Is he gonna change his name to Villa Ice? ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-_____-_______-project/558356/5 "2010-10-31T03:18:23Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Is he gonna change his name to Villa Ice? That’s great. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-_____-_______-project/558356/6 "2010-10-31T11:51:08Z")
> [@fusoya](#): > > Don’t they already have Extreme Makeover (another play on words) to do that? Extreme Makeover actually isn’t a play on words. The original Extreme Makeover was a show that gave people plastic surgery to make them look better and was pretty well and thoroughly disgusting. A literal “extreme makeover”. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition was a spinoff of that focusing around houses. After the original was canceled, it dropped the Home Edition subtitle. ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-_____-_______-project/558356/7 "2010-10-31T12:55:42Z")
is it just me or did a huge amount of posts get deleted? ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-_____-_______-project/558356/8 "2010-10-31T19:25:06Z")
> [@pancakes3](#): > > is it just me or did a huge amount of posts get deleted? You might be thinking of the [other project.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=582356)