# ANYONE watch Reality TV?

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**Created:** [August 11, 2003, 3:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/anyone-watch-reality-tv/28189 "2003-08-11T03:27:26Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 3:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/anyone-watch-reality-tv/28189/1 "2003-08-11T03:27:26Z")

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Oh man… no one watches this show called ‘The Restaurant’?  
You know… with the chef Rocco? He was loaned 4 million dollars to make a restaurant and live his dream running into all these problems… I recommend watching it, made by Matt Burnard (spelling?), the person who made the first Survivor. :thumb: check it out

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**Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 3:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/anyone-watch-reality-tv/28189/2 "2003-08-11T03:28:49Z")

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No. Reality TV is to Entertainment what EBOLA is to HUMANS.

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**Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 3:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/anyone-watch-reality-tv/28189/3 "2003-08-11T03:29:54Z")

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Heh… yea it can get tacky how far producers are willing to go sometimes, but this show is great :!:

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**Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 3:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/anyone-watch-reality-tv/28189/4 "2003-08-11T03:32:25Z")

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and extremely “Unreal”

no one opens a restaurant in weeks… it takes at least 8 months in this town, if you have a City Supervisor in your pocket (I’ve opened 2)… Inspections alone take weeks.

If you get a chance, watch “Chef!” . It is a comedy from Britain, but it is much more online to what happens in a upscale kitchen.

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**Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 3:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/anyone-watch-reality-tv/28189/5 "2003-08-11T03:33:59Z")

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Does C-span count? Not that I watch C-span.

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**Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 3:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/anyone-watch-reality-tv/28189/6 "2003-08-11T03:43:31Z")

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I can’t stand reality shows and “making a celebrity” kind of shows.

the real reality shows are the ones about real people and real situations in society.

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**Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 3:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/anyone-watch-reality-tv/28189/7 "2003-08-11T03:48:42Z")

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I think reality television is stupid. You can’t make a 30 minute show by piecing together clips from a days worth of footage and say it’s reality. The producers piece it together to make it interesting. Not to mention that people act differently on camera, and when people don’t act crazy and funny, their shows are cancelled and they make no money.

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**Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 3:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/anyone-watch-reality-tv/28189/8 "2003-08-11T03:54:15Z")

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I hate reality tv.

It is so pointless and not real at all.  
Real world for instance. Let’s get 7 highly attractive males and females and put them in a town with a great job and tons of money and make them famous. Just like all us normal people.

I can’t stand “reality” tv and if I was the president (don’t worry, I’m working on it) I’d ban it.

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**Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 4:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/anyone-watch-reality-tv/28189/9 "2003-08-11T04:10:07Z")

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ok, so if we called it “entertainment” instead of “reality” you all would quityerb!tchen? :geek:

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**Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 4:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/anyone-watch-reality-tv/28189/10 "2003-08-11T04:25:16Z")

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no, because its not entertaining. 😛

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**Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 4:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/anyone-watch-reality-tv/28189/11 "2003-08-11T04:30:41Z")

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reality TV was popularized in Britain. It became popular with the BBC because they didn’t have to pay writers, actors, etc. for prime time shows. In fact, they have “mocumentaries” like The Office which mimics the reality TV show with comedic actors.

I compare this trend to the death of Art Deco in the 50’s with the advent of the steel and glass skyscrapers.

Rev ![](http://www.aulman.com/rev.gif)

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**Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 4:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/anyone-watch-reality-tv/28189/12 "2003-08-11T04:43:37Z")

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Woa… never seen so many tv haters heh

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**Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 4:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/anyone-watch-reality-tv/28189/13 "2003-08-11T04:44:10Z")

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I enjoy TV

just not so called reality TV is all

Rev ![](http://www.aulman.com/rev.gif)

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**Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 4:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/anyone-watch-reality-tv/28189/14 "2003-08-11T04:44:46Z")

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What revy-wevy said

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**Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 4:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/anyone-watch-reality-tv/28189/15 "2003-08-11T04:47:28Z")

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> \*Originally posted by xxviii \*  
> \*\*What revy-wevy said \*\*

careful young Jedi…

be careful of where you step…

Rev

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**Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 4:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/anyone-watch-reality-tv/28189/16 "2003-08-11T04:52:31Z")

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I was agreeing with you.

And I am not a jedi. PEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERFFFT, FROWWWWWMAHA!! (light saber sounds)

I love you rev:love:

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I actually hate TV. I don’t have cable because the only channel I really watched was Cartoon Network…

I do miss Johny Bravo, Family Guy, and all my Anime (with the stupid american voices)

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**Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 4:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/anyone-watch-reality-tv/28189/18 "2003-08-11T04:53:29Z")

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Johnny Bravo…

I have a “chick magnet” on my refrigerator…

:beam:

Rev ![](http://www.aulman.com/rev.gif)

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**Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 5:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/anyone-watch-reality-tv/28189/19 "2003-08-11T05:25:54Z")

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Jub they air that stuff on the internet… my friend got me a 24/7 streaming family guy thingy… was cool, also this adult swim thing from Toonami.

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**Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/anyone-watch-reality-tv/28189/20 "2003-08-11T16:48:09Z")

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The only reality show I watch is american idol because its funny to watch simon humiliate all those crappy singers.

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