New Hillbilly Reality Series on CBS
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Twiggyish | Sunday, September 01, 2002 - 01:09 pm     It's going to be hard to find a family not touched by technology. I've been to very remote places throughout the south, and there are large satellite dishes in front yards. People are no longer totally cut off from the world. The Beverly Hillbilly's were surprised to see "cement" ponds. What family in North America hasn't heard of a swimming pool? Also, after about a month, the family would adjust to the new life and we'd be stuck with a boring show about upper class people in LA. Who says they would be any happier? |
Hillbilly | Sunday, September 01, 2002 - 01:18 pm     Twiggy...I really don't know. I think I would actually prefer a family that had knowledge of the outside world. I think they would still be a little lost in that environment but at least they wouldn't come off as baffoons. They might also take advantage of the opportunity in some way to work out well for themselves. It definitely needs to be a family that can laugh at themselves and has great self esteem. I hope the producers aren't hoping to find a 'real life' family like the Clampetts...because like you...I think TV and our schools have blown that away. FOX has now come out and said they are going to do a 'real life' Green Acres...where they take a well-to-do family and drop them in a rural setting. |
Twiggyish | Sunday, September 01, 2002 - 01:28 pm     Yes, I agree about the ability to laugh at themselves. As long as it's presented in that manner, it would be funny. (IMO) |
Mssilhouette | Sunday, September 01, 2002 - 03:11 pm     Cyn you're talking about UNDER ONE ROOF (there was a thread about it under Other Reality Shows) it got moved around then put back on then finally they dumped it. It'll be interesting to see I guess now that we're growing tired of watching individual folks on camera 24/7 we decide to put families under the eye. I'm gonna wait for Mole III (at least that stimulates my brain a bit more) |
Sia | Sunday, September 01, 2002 - 07:57 pm     This sounds like it belongs in the "Hillbilly thread," so I'm sharing this item from a local TV-news tease for tonight's late broadcast: the oft-abused/stolen/illegally-gotten prescription drug Oxycontin is called "Hillbilly heroin." Well, that's a new one on me! |
Hippyt | Sunday, September 01, 2002 - 08:33 pm     I've been thinking this one over for a few days. Since I too,grew up in Arkansas,and the stigma of hillbilliness.(hey,a new word,lol),I don't really see this as a great idea. It sounds a bit too Jerry Springer to me.Kinda,'Hey,let's watch the hicks,aren't they funny?' I'd much rather see some CBS executives thrown to a trailer park for months! Watch the trendy buy a used car on next weeks show! Next week,CBS's pres can't pay his light bill,don't miss the drama! |
Moondance | Sunday, September 01, 2002 - 09:39 pm     Now that's a show I would watch Hippy! |
Sia | Sunday, September 01, 2002 - 09:57 pm     Speaking of Jerry Springer, WHERE do the producers of trash-talk-tv shows dig up the people who come on national television to air their dirty laundry? It's painful to see a snippet of Montel or JS when there's panel of teen-aged girls who need multiple paternity tests--often among members of a family! Yikes! It has always seemed to me that the casting decisions are made to reflect the most pathetic picture possible. The country-people are almost always the ones portrayed in such unflattering light. You hardly ever see an episode of Sally-JR in which the people hashing their marital woes and infidelities on broadcast TV are urban professionals. Why is this? It seems to me that the talk shows produced for television are filmed and headquartered in the major cities in the U.S.--and they book people from small towns in preference to people from major metropolitan areas--because it makes the non-urbanites look bad and city-dwellers better by comparison. I'm not trying to stir up any trouble here: I'm just asking if anyone else has noticed this. (Sometimes I just wonder if--and hope that--the people are all paid actors playing roles. Nobody deserves the grief and suffering these people are put through.) |
Bigsister | Monday, September 02, 2002 - 09:40 am     I have mixed feelings about the prospect of the new Hillbilly show. If it is done properly, as suggested by Hillbilly, it could be great. But I share some of Hippy's misgivings. I just hope the people they select are not from Arkansas if they are going to be portrayed as ignorant rubes. |
Mssilhouette | Monday, September 02, 2002 - 11:51 am     Sia, I know what you're saying but all talk shows put up an 800 number for people to call in with whatever specific topic they need at the time. Talk show hosts have been asked about their guest and they say, that THE PEOPLE CALL THEM. The production folks just pick from a host of stories that can be established. Some see it as a free trip to NY or Chicago (which is where most of the talk shows are) and some just flat out lie about their situation to get on TV. Now I don't think on the whole it's all out of town people on talk shows. I've seen some folks from NY sitting up on the stage telling their business. Well if people can go on dates on camera without blinking and eye it shouldn't be that much of a surprise that they would also tell their troubles on camera. |
Sia | Tuesday, September 03, 2002 - 12:37 am     The show that I find astoundingly painful right now is "Meet my Folks." Have you guys watched this "game-show?" I can't believe the bachelor and bachelorette candidates who get selected for the program. Those people have some SKELETONS in their closets!!! |
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