Good, gods! Idiocracy was so prophetic...

[TheMightyFavog]

Can Ow, My Balls! be far behind?

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=5197674&page=1

Maybe you thought reality TV hit the lowest of the low when "Fear Factor" contestants devoured cockroaches, or when gold diggers paraded their wares in hopes of marrying a millionaire, or when Tila Tequila got a second shot at "love" with 10 guys and 10 girls.

Those shows look like "Masterpiece Theater" compared to what's coming.

Take, for instance, "Hurl," an eating-and-regurgitating competition in which contestants gorge themselves on everything from chicken pot pies to peanut butter sandwiches, then get strapped into spinning contraptions -- whoever vomits last wins.

(snip)

"Hurl!" (premiering July 15 on the basic cable network G4) is an example of that. Ten years ago, it would have been out of the question to base a TV show around vomit. Today, a little artful editing allows it to star in its own reality series.



Please is there any woman out there in any other country willing to marry me so I can attain citizenship and get the ever living fuck out of this shithole of a nation?

[XemaSab]

1. I've heard TV is even stupider in Japan

:shrug:

[DarkTirade]

2. I think 'crazier' is the proper term.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hP3AZZJmqoI

[XemaSab]

5. My favorite reality show:

They go to a hotel, and you have to eat your way to the top floor. It's like a competitive-eating relay race.

Crazy or stupid: you be the judge. :shrug:

[DarkTirade]

7. ... why not both?

:P

[redqueen]

6. Well considering that that one show is kind of a ripoff of Takeshi's Castle...

yeah... I'd think that's entirely possible.

[Reverend_Smitty]

3. somehow I think Ow, My Balls! is even a little bit classier than this

I mean when someone gets hit in the nuts it has the potential to be funny...but who in the hell would want to watch people vomit?

[DS1]

4. Sign me up for "Hurl"

I'll go all Ken Jennings on their ass

[Carnea]

8. The first bit with smart liberal people not having kids frightens me still. NT

[Phillycat]

9. Also: Farmer Wants a Wife.

:o

[Initech]

10. This settles it. We're one step away from watching the movie "ASS".

And eating at Butt-Fuckers.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

11. I love Monday Night Rehabilitation.

[hvn_nbr_2]

12. Fall of Rome redux

Gladiatorial combat to entertain the masses. Check. (Cage fighting, "smash-mouth" football, pro wrestling.)

Insane and stupid emperors. Check.

Fake appearance of being a republic. Check.

Rampant militarism. Check.

Gorge and purge vomitariums. Check.