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CANCEL THIS. CANCEL THIS NOW. [Worst reality show ever produced]

posted 12 years ago by skat1140
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My favorite line:

Breathless, Doofus "star":
"You ever kill anyone?"

Veteran:
"Uh, we really don't talk about that?"

That line must've made you cringe. But the whole show, the whole concept makes you cringe.

And they're taking 8 weeks to do this and the "winner" gets 100k for their charity? 100k? That says it all. What a cheap prize. But everything about this show is cheap. Cheap entertainment. Cheap patriotism. Cheap premise. This show only makes sense as a satire sub-show in "Starship Troopers" universe.

And boring. So boring. Why did they think it would be so enthralling to watch other people do target practice?

The two hosts (and why are there two hosts? to appeal to another demographic?) are completely bland and useless. Hey, Wesley Clark, valedictorian of West Point, Supreme Allied Commander Europe of NATO, you can now add "failed reality show host" to your resume (I'm not sure if there's a device for your fruit salad).

It's just all around appalling, terrible, embarrassing, and hilarious that NBC spent _so many valuable advertising dollars_ on this during the Olympics. It was a constant deluge of ads for this appalling, terrible, embarrassing product.

NBC: Earth is laughing at you right now.

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[–] 13tongimp 12 years ago

When they do this on The Soup I hope they bring back this classic bit:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x99d71_the-soup-one-tree-hill-stay-ou t-of_fun

[–] skat1140 12 years ago

Yeah, but even on Sarah Palin's Alaska, at least (love or hate the woman) there was occasionally something interesting going on.

Even when the show was boring, there was a certain fascination in the show. You're thinking: look at all this crazy, dopey stuff she's doing. She could have been Vice President (or, uh, President). Herman Cain's antics on the Daily Show are fascinating for the same reason.

So, then Todd Palin appears on Stars Earn Stripes, and they scrupulously avoid talking about anything Sarah for some reason. "Hey NBC, all we care about is that Todd is Sarah's husband. Todd himself is a complete snooze."

[–] blue_state_conservatives 12 years ago

I am a veteran (1999-2003) and know that they are donating 100% of the winnings on this show to amazing charities that help active duty/veterans and their families.

I am all for it.

[–] toottoot 12 years ago

Worst EVER? You mean, worse than moms-dress-their-daughters-like-hookers pagents? Worse than the bigamy one? The Bridezillas? Bristol Palin as Mother of the Year? (or anything her sperm donor does) The Kardashians?

That's really saying something.

[–] Sgt_G 12 years ago

I like all your examples except for Bristol Palin. The media would not leave the girl alone, so why shouldn't she turn the tables on them and "star" in her own show???? No, I don't watch it. I wish she could just disappear and have a nice private life.

I don't mean that in the way the left-wing liberals do (funny how they say "Go away" and then won't leave her alone because they need an easy target to fire at), but rather I sincerely feel she deserves a quiet life after all she's been thru.

She never asked to be thrust into the media spotlight, and when she found herself unable to get out of it, she tried to turn it into a positive message. Of course, that brought the left-wing down on her with all the vitriol they could muster. Why? Because they hate the political stand her mother takes.

Ergo, they went out of their way to dismiss her as having "no credibility" with her abstinence message. Really? I don't get that. Why doesn't she? Who else are kids going to listen to? The girl that says, "I saved myself for marriage"? Right. Kids will say "So what? Maybe you’re just so ugly you couldn't give it away." Or how about the girl that says, "Just be safe. I slept with eighteen guys and never got pregnant!"? Yeah, that's a great message to send.

Bristol, bless her heart, said "I made a promise, and then I broke that promise and then paid dearly for that mistake. Please don't do what I did." Just what's 'wrong' with that message that it scares the left-wingers so much? I mean, seriously, who better to warn kids off drugs than an ex-addict? Who better to sponsor someone into AA then an ex-drunk? Kids don't listen to peole who've never "been there - done that - paid the price". Why is it any diffeent that Bristol should be the one to express her message?

[–] apollorjc 12 years ago

The charity aspect of this show alone makes it worthwhile. Also, as entertainment it is not meant to be like real combat but to give an idea how hard an easy day doing what these men do is like. People are so negative because its not real enough or whatever else.

Cheap patriotism? Explain please....Guys of that caliber (The ops) wouldn't do something to tarnish their good names or make their active duty brothers look bad. Ease up all you haters. Its not just $100K either....I believe over $500K was earned by all contestants together.

I know a lot about the military I'm not some couch potato sitting in his moms basement thinking COD makes me a soldier.

Just can't figure out why all the hate for this show.

Sorry all my comments are directed to you. There are lots of haters here and I wanted to address all of them!

Do not be a victim, Do not be a perpetrator,above all, Do not be a bystander