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The University Daily Kansan
Wednesday, June 28, 2000
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Reality TV pushes the media envelope
NEW YORK — NBC boss Robert Wright is reportedly upset that, so far, his network has missed out on the reality-TV bonanza.
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Here's CBS mopping up with Survivor and, in two weeks, launching Big Brother. ABC has just announced something for next season called Mole.
But NBC? So far, nada.
Bar ABC. So far, hada.
Well, I'd like to help. Mr. Wright, here's your next hit: the reality game show Elevator.
Elevator (I prefer the name Shaft but it was already taken) would travel with a tribe of contestants as they go up and down in an elevator car, each vying to get voted off by rival passengers.
It's a grueling competition. Who can make the most wittless small talk? Trample on the most toes? Wear the foulest cologne? Hum the furthest off key? After each episode-concluding tribal council (caution: no torches), the worst offender is then asked to leave immediately — or rather, at the next floor.
Promoted with the tagline, "Many stories
will be reached by Elevator," this show can't miss! And it would be cheap to produce. Most elevators are already equipped with a security camera and microphone. Pack 'em in, push Up, and start taping!
How about a spinoff from those ads tor the United States Mint?
You've seen them, portraying George Washington as more than a face on a dollar bill. In the two commercials, which promote the mint's new golden dollar coin, the father of our country is a modern urbanite whose dollar-bill head is digitally grafted onto a live-action body.
Those commercials crack me up. But they also get me thinking. If George's head lends authority to the anonymous actor in the ads, consider the benefits of using the same computer voodoo on well-known TV personalities.
What about Kathie Lee Glifford? Long ago, she could have silenced detractors who
called her a saccharine hypocrite with just a bit of digital image enhancement: Imagine Kathie Lee's body with the head of Eleanor Roosevelt.
And ABC News might continue its mission to reach younger, hipper viewers with a simple variation on having hired Leonardo DiCaprio to interview President Clinton: Superimpose Leo's head on Peter Jennings anchoring World News Tonight.
But soon, Ananova could be breathing down his neck (assuming Ananova can be programmed to breathe).
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Introduced a few weeks ago, this virtual newscaster is a Web site oracle, a talking head (literally) in streaming video. Developed by Britain's Press Association news agency, Ananova has green hair and a droid-like manner that, by comparison, makes Dateline NBC anchor Stone Phillips seem as lively as Little Richard.
On the other hand, Ananova has no star egg or star salary, and she'll always be a bottle
Come to think of it, an artificial presence like Ananova would be perfect as a host for reality TV.
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