AUTHOR: Dave Sypniewski DATE: Monday, May 15, 2006 ----- BODY: There was Everybody Loves Raymond and Meet the Fockers. The latest trick is stealing a title from a movie or television show, tweaking it a bit, and slapping it on a new show in hopes maybe the viewer will get mixed up and think he or she saw this before. For the first two, the resulting new titles were Everybody Hates Chris and the "now being developed for NBC" sitcom Meet the Rokers. Let us not forget TLC's Trading Spaces and FOX's Trading Spouses. Here's what's next in a few months: 7-11th Heaven. This show would have rolled out of the gate two years ago if not for the sensative subject matter. Each week an undercover camera crew picks a 7-11 at random and puts the star of the show behind the cash register. The storekeeper is Jesus Sanchez, an American Citizen who after attaching a phony beard and turban looks more like Osama Bin Laden than the real man himself. The pilot was already taped and tested for a sample audience to nothing but applause and laughter. In the 26 minute "pilot", the Bin Laden twin wnters the store with a fake AK-47 raised in the air and announces to everyone that he just paid cash for that particular store and is now in charge. He seems friendly however, by going outside and helping a Senior Citizen fill her car with gasoline. Another scene puts him in a situation where an elderly man spills coffee on the floor while filling his cup. Bin Laden jumps over the counter and gets in the man's face, swearing and taunting him for making a mess. As he goes back behind the counter to ring up the sale, Bin Laden apologizes for his outburst and tells the man that he's only running on a few hours sleep. During this scene, the real store manager becomes suspicious and calls the home office asking if that is really Bin Laden that took over her store. After hanging up on her because they think it's a prank call, she goes in the back room to phone the police who show up with guns drawn moments later. The fake Bin Laden quickly removes his headcovering, and pulls off his beard to show that this was just a joke. Showing no sense of humor in the world's most wanted terrorist moonlighting in a 24 hour convenient store, he was whisked away in handcuffs, although was released hours later after promising to never pass through the small Iowa town again. As far as I know, you can catch the series premiere on September 11, 2006 on FOX. Keep a lookout for it! -------- Squealing Pig WORLDWIDE!: Another nifty idea for a new reality show. (Arriving 9-11-06)

Squealing Pig WORLDWIDE!

Monday, May 15, 2006

Another nifty idea for a new reality show. (Arriving 9-11-06)

There was Everybody Loves Raymond and Meet the Fockers. The latest trick is stealing a title from a movie or television show, tweaking it a bit, and slapping it on a new show in hopes maybe the viewer will get mixed up and think he or she saw this before. For the first two, the resulting new titles were Everybody Hates Chris and the "now being developed for NBC" sitcom Meet the Rokers. Let us not forget TLC's Trading Spaces and FOX's Trading Spouses. Here's what's next in a few months: 7-11th Heaven. This show would have rolled out of the gate two years ago if not for the sensative subject matter. Each week an undercover camera crew picks a 7-11 at random and puts the star of the show behind the cash register. The storekeeper is Jesus Sanchez, an American Citizen who after attaching a phony beard and turban looks more like Osama Bin Laden than the real man himself. The pilot was already taped and tested for a sample audience to nothing but applause and laughter. In the 26 minute "pilot", the Bin Laden twin wnters the store with a fake AK-47 raised in the air and announces to everyone that he just paid cash for that particular store and is now in charge. He seems friendly however, by going outside and helping a Senior Citizen fill her car with gasoline. Another scene puts him in a situation where an elderly man spills coffee on the floor while filling his cup. Bin Laden jumps over the counter and gets in the man's face, swearing and taunting him for making a mess. As he goes back behind the counter to ring up the sale, Bin Laden apologizes for his outburst and tells the man that he's only running on a few hours sleep. During this scene, the real store manager becomes suspicious and calls the home office asking if that is really Bin Laden that took over her store. After hanging up on her because they think it's a prank call, she goes in the back room to phone the police who show up with guns drawn moments later. The fake Bin Laden quickly removes his headcovering, and pulls off his beard to show that this was just a joke. Showing no sense of humor in the world's most wanted terrorist moonlighting in a 24 hour convenient store, he was whisked away in handcuffs, although was released hours later after promising to never pass through the small Iowa town again. As far as I know, you can catch the series premiere on September 11, 2006 on FOX. Keep a lookout for it!

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