OT Reality Tv

[theprunetang]

So, I just found out today that I have a good chance to be featured on a Reality TV show. I obviously can't mention the name or what it's about. It has something to do with finding a lost treasure.

First of all, I hate reality TV.
Secondly, I'm not sure I should do it. I'm a bit freaked out by the idea of baring my soul for everyone to see. They want my "character" to talk about his troubled past, which is a bit true, but not sure I want to just announce all of my old problems to the world.

I'm on the fence. I have another Skype interview tomorrow, so I guess I'll know more then.

What would you do?
Life is strange..........

 

[Haakzilla]

Life is strange..........

...you only live once!

 

[Chris Craig]

So, I just found out today that I have a good chance to be featured on a Reality TV show. I obviously can't mention the name or what it's about. It has something to do with finding a lost treasure.

First of all, I hate reality TV.
Secondly, I'm not sure I should do it. I'm a bit freaked out by the idea of baring my soul for everyone to see. They want my "character" to talk about his troubled past, which is a bit true, but not sure I want to just announce all of my old problems to the world.

I'm on the fence. I have another Skype interview tomorrow, so I guess I'll know more then.

What would you do?
Life is strange..........

Do it. No regrets.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

I'm much less guarded, so I'd have no problem with it. But then again, I also have a much less interesting life than you have, so no reality show would want me in the first place.

I guess the question I'd ask you is, "What's the worst that can happen?" If you truly think that sharing your past with the world could have a negative impact on your future, then it'd make perfect sense for you to pass. But if not--if it's more discomfort with strangers knowing more you than they deserve to--I'd say to stretch yourself and give it a shot.

Nobody can make that call but you.

 

[Chris Craig]

...you only live once!

Prune is the next Bond! What!

 

[theprunetang]

Do it. No regrets.

Half of me is right with you. The other half is cowering in terror....haha

I'll do the next interview. It'll give me more info and time to make a decision. They still might not even select me though. I guess I'll find out.

 

[theprunetang]

I'm much less guarded, so I'd have no problem with it. But then again, I also have a much less interesting life than you have, so no reality show would want me in the first place.

I guess the question I'd ask you is, "What's the worst that can happen?" If you truly think that sharing your past with the world could have a negative impact on your future, then it'd make perfect sense for you to pass. But if not--if it's more discomfort with strangers knowing more you than they deserve to--I'd say to stretch yourself and give it a shot.

Nobody can make that call but you.

You are a wise man. I don't think sharing my past would negatively effect my future. I am pretty guarded though, and certain things would feel very vulnerable.

 

[Sedatedfork]

"Finding lost treasure.." Is this code talk for going on Catfish?

 

[noknobs]

Just be aware that they love to edit things in such a way that you may come across much differently than you imagined.

 

[theprunetang]

"Finding lost treasure.." Is this code talk for going on Catfish?

Haha. Nah. I don't know much other than teams competing to find a lost treasure or something. I looked up the production company and they make all of the shows that my dad watches.....hehe

 

[Cippy91]

get dat money

 

[theprunetang]

Just be aware that they love to edit things in such a way that you may come across much differently than you imagined.

Yeah, I've read about that shit. It would be a good excuse afterwards. "Nah, I'm a good guy. They edited it to make me look like an asshole".

 

[Shaboid]

You should do it and you should wear Trailblazers gear for every episode. Just make sure they CTC.

 

[THE HCP]

Bro, give The HCP a shoutout during an interview!!!

 

[Chris Craig]

The Amazing Race?

 

[THE HCP]

My wife and I watch The Amazing Race and Survivor religiously. But thats about it.
My boss wants to make one of those audition videos for me and him to do the Amazing Race, always thought it would be a blast.

 

[Sedatedfork]

We need to get an S2 catchphrase to go viral... maybe

• "fight you on mt. tabor", or
• "learn the game", or
• when you yell at someone instead of actually using their name in an insult say Slypokerdog as if Sly has edited your comment, or
• FAMS!

 

[theprunetang]

The Amazing Race?

Nah. It's a new one.

 

[Sedatedfork]

Bro, give The HCP a shoutout during an interview!!!

It's more likely that Mrs. HCP gets a shoutout

 

[theprunetang]

We need to get an S2 catchphrase to go viral... maybe

• "fight you on mt. tabor", or
• "learn the game", or
• when you yell at someone instead of actually using their name in an insult say Slypokerdog as if Sly has edited your comment, or
• FAMS!

I think I'll use the "drinks like a fish" trope.

 

[Chris Craig]

We need to get an S2 catchphrase to go viral... maybe

• "fight you on mt. tabor", or
• "learn the game", or
• when you yell at someone instead of actually using their name in an insult say Slypokerdog as if Sly has edited your comment, or
• FAMS!

I vote for "learn the game..."

 

[THE HCP]

One of our best friends back in the day was on REAL WORLD London. They came and shot footage of him at home here in Portland with his girl and with us playing hoop. We were all excited thinking we were going to make the show, nope, left us on the editing room floor.

 

[Chris Craig]

Tbey bringing back Treasure Hunt?

 

[THE HCP]

Good luck to you man, I think you should do it. Counting bottles at Plaid Pantry will always be there for you. This would be a great experience.

 

[Chris Craig]

One of our best friends back in the day was on REAL WORLD London. They came and shot footage of him at home here in Portland with his girl and with us playing hoop. We were all excited thinking we were going to make the show, nope, left us on the editing room floor.

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You ruined it for him

 

[Sedatedfork]

Tbey bringing back Treasure Hunt?

That was with like teams of 3 or 4 right? I remember that one. My favorite moment of the show was when the rednecks decided to go to Burger King because they were hungry instead of finishing their leg of the race.

 

[theprunetang]

One of our best friends back in the day was on REAL WORLD London. They came and shot footage of him at home here in Portland with his girl and with us playing hoop. We were all excited thinking we were going to make the show, nope, left us on the editing room floor.

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My band was playing a show in downtown Portland. We were waiting to play since we were headlining and a couple of guys from Real World Portland walked by with their camera crew. My bass player yelled at them, "Get out of Portland you twats!!". That surprisingly didn't make the cut either...

 

[theprunetang]

Tbey bringing back Treasure Hunt?

You know I can't confirm.

 

[Haakzilla]

One of our best friends back in the day was on REAL WORLD London. They came and shot footage of him at home here in Portland with his girl and with us playing hoop. We were all excited thinking we were going to make the show, nope, left us on the editing room floor.

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...good ole Jay "The Slacker" Frank?! You still keep in touch?! Sounds like he was robbing the craddle back then huh?!

Described by Real World producer-director George Verschoor as "a sensitive Jimmy Stewart type", Jay wrote a one-man show, Bedroom, about an insomniac teenager with an extremely active imagination, when he was a senior at Grant High School, for which he was named a Presidential Scholars Program by Bill Clinton at a White House ceremony.[3][20] He decided to move to London to visit the theater scene, and hopes to write his next play and continue his education in drama school. He is very close to his family,[20] and has a 16-year-old girlfriend named Alicia.[9] Some of his housemates come to believe that Jay makes little use of his opportunities while in London, which earns him the label "slacker".[12] He explains says that his tourist visa prevents him from either working or doing volunteer work. As a result, he puts on a presentation of Bedroom in the flat for friends in Episode 13.[21] Though this earns him accolades from his friends, they continue to feel he does not make productive use of his time in London afterwards. By Episode 16, the change he feels he has undergone makes him ambivalent about his visit home to Portland and his relationship with Alicia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Real_World:_London#Cast

 

[Shaboid]

Tbey bringing back Treasure Hunt?

Initially I was thinking Legends of the Hidden Temple, but that didn't quite fit..