A celebrity interview show called "Softball or Spalding?"

The celebrity guests get to choose one: if they choose softball, the interviewer lobs them such fawning questions that it gets embarrassing.

If they choose Spalding, they get hardball questions hurled at them. A lot of celebs would want to play like they can handle the Spalding, but it could get uncomfortable. The ones that choose softballs acknowledge that they can't handle it.

It would take a lot of good sports out there, celeb-wise, but people would tune in to see which way their favs go...softball or Spalding.

Irony, snarkiness, pathos. It has it all. And I get Executive Producer credit!

I'm still with TVGasm - The Show on E!.

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Sg-dub has the best idea. The Amazing Race: Retarded Edition. Each person is paired with a retarded man or woman. You think counting pots with Bolo was tough, try teaching a retarded guy how to play water polo. I would be perfect television.

SHINY!

Amazing Race: Retarded Edition? I think I like it, heh.

Shane and Courtney from Survivor would make a great team on that show. What? Only one retarded person per team? Oh, sorry, never mind.

it was on Logo? it know that Brilliant But Canceled was on Trio -- several themed weeks of programs that were killed early, or unaired pilots as well as some tv industry documentaries.

Trio was a great channel but it seemed to disappear soon after DirecTV dropped it. i do believe that Bravo owned Trio (which is supposed to be an online-only channel now), hence the resurgence of BBC.

EdHill-
The Amazing Race: Retarded Edition.
You are going to hell for that- I guess I am too, I can't quit laughing at the image this cojures up.

Popgurl,

TRIO! Sorry these morning posts (anything before 3pm) aren't my bag. You're right, Logo's version would likely be Fabulous But So Last Year.

I like TAR: Special Edition. That would be a good name to unleash such programming on an unsuspecting public.

I have mentioned mine before so please forgive me if you've already heard it. It's "Celebrity Survivor". Only the contestants are so called A-listers (I'm willing to use the term loosely). None of this Tawny Kitaen garbage. It'll be more fabulous and priveleged garbage like: JLo, Jack Black, Vin Diesel, Angelina Jolie, Samuel L. Jackson, Paris Hilton, Ashton Kutcher, Gisele Bundchen, John Stewart, Samuel L. Jackson, Christopher Walken, Paula Abdul, Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep, Queen Latifah, and Jerry Seinfeld. How will they live without their maids and personal assistants? What will they do with no makeup or airbrushing? Who will outwit, outlast, and outdiva? So there it is. Oh, and Vin, if you're reading this, I don't think you're garbage. Call me, Sugar.

LQ -
You had me at Christopher Walken....I need more Cow Bell.

hb

Me too Derder.
Madeyoulaugh I think your the only other person that says shiny. Everytime I say it I have to explain what the hell I mean by it.
LQ I have never seen a single season of survivor but i would be willing to watch that, the same goes about Edhill's version of Amazing Race.

Edhill:

Not to be a downer or anything, but here I thought you guys were all witty and whatnot. Retarded Edition?

I would expect that being the height of humor at the local tavern, but you folks have set a higher bar.

So are you making fun of the reality show or the disabled person?

EdHill,

I can't agree more with Whawha. It is sad and disrespectful to do a "retard edition". As a contributor to this site going back nearly to its inception, I am disgusted you would suggest "retarded edition."

To counter your childish remark making fun of those less fortunate with slang like retarded, I suggest the more politically correct version which I think would alleviate much of the concert whawha is having.

The Amazing Race: Disabled Edition or "TAR:D Edition" for short.

Thanks whawha for having the bravery to point out his childishness, I hope the bar has been restored with dignity.

MYL

Madeyoulaugh:

hmmmmm. I knew i would open myself up to scorn--you're tongue-in-cheek agreement proves it. Ah well.

TARD. I git it! Haw!

I am also an advocate of "Survivor: The Arctic". This may pose a problem for the beloved T&A shots and gratuitous blurred pubes. However think of the fun of being starving out in the wilderness. Twenty-four hours of sunlight in the summer causing untold insanity. Perhaps running into a Polar/Grizzly hybrid. Oh wait, that rich asshole shot and killed the only one to EVER exist in the wild. Thanks moron. Enjoy your new rug.

Never mind that, LQ, shoot it in the WINTER!!! Heh.

I would pay money to watch "Softball or Spaulding?"

Wow, I was trying to think of some better contestants for my Celebrity Survivor show. Apparently I wanted 2 Samuel L. Jacksons before. I think 1 is plenty. Let's replace his clone with Rush Limbaugh or Bill Gates.

Hey, let's see if we can get a stiff, scripted interview with Paris Hilton!

Did anyone ever see this show that was on ESPN several years back that was like a giant sports-themed scavenger hunt? I can't remember the name of it just now. Team of 4 with no money would travel the country, mostly relying on the kindness of strangers, and sometimes friends, completing items on a list. There were things like getting a photo with a Heisman trophy winner, or kicking a field goal of a certain length with an NFL player as the holder. One of the coolest ones was when one of the contestants convinced a Maloof (he was a family friend) to send his jet halfway across the country (at a very large cost) to get the team, and she couldn't tell him why. The task was actually to have a meal on the jet of either the Maloofs, Mark Cuban, or one other person I can't remember (with the owner of the jet on board, natch). I'd love to see something like that again. I thought it was loads of fun.

tvtvtv,

I resent that! How DARE you call that an interview!

See what I did there? I made it look like I was going one way, but I went another.

For the record, a little of my sould died that day and I vomit a in my mouth just a little bit everytime its mentioned.

MYL

Murder in Small Town X on FOX. Few years ago and it was a murder mystery. Reminded me of that show on MTV before (also cancelled) where they throw 5 strangers in an asylum and tape 'em up w/ cameras to find things around the compound. Usually involving sitting in a electirc chair, putting your face in a coffin filled with roaches, and etc.

Both mind boggling shows, I swear.

remember that show on mtv where 2 competitors had to decide which person (out of a panel of 3) was telling the truth about knowing a famous celebrity? and they only had a certain amount of time to ask "yes" or "no" questions? yeah, sounds exciting, right? i only watched because the host's name was "stryker," i kid you not.