All this talk about the Heene Family and Balloon Boy and their hoax to get a reality show (and their appearances on Wife Swap) got me to thinking about something: would we watch a Heene Family reality show?I'm sure that they are going to get some sort of deal from someone for a show, and there's a good chance they wouldn't have gotten it if it wasn't for this hoax, so maybe they'll have the last laugh. I think all of us, if asked, would say "there's no way I'll watch a show with that family!" but here you can vote anonymously. So tell me: would you watch it?
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10-21-2009 @ 10:14AM
Jason said...
I think dumping the wife swap episode was a dumb idea. You know millions of curious people are going to want to see that episode, just like everyone wanted to watch the first Jon and Kate after the divorce/split. Will I watch it? Maybe, maybe not. Depends on if I am comatose and on a respirator and cannot control the remote or not.
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10-21-2009 @ 10:41AM
Jason Doan said...
Haven't we already been watching a Heene family reality show for the last week or so?
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10-21-2009 @ 11:23AM
gwen said...
No way. I enjoy some stupid reality shows, sure, but I was really worried for that child and to find out it was all a (very expensive) hoax was enough to make me want to throw the book at that family. They deserve to go to jail, not get a tv deal.
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10-21-2009 @ 11:42AM
Richard said...
I agree with gwen above. Of course, I don't like reality shows and these kinds of incidences are one of the reasons why. Is it reality when you get people campaigning and conning people to get in? Oh, there is one reality show my wife makes me watch--Shark Tank. But it is interesting to see what people think of their own ideas and how investors think about the same idea.
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10-21-2009 @ 1:19PM
Tracey said...
You know, six months ago, when the Octomom wanted a reality show, everybody was sure she was going to get it. Now she's just a joke. She's so desperate for attention that she's now claiming she's got a crush on Jon Gosselin. The reaction of the American public? At best, a chuckle; at worst, a gag reflex.
I hope nobody is stupid enough to give this family a reality show, because by the time they can turn around a program, this family's traffic-accident appeal will have expired.
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10-21-2009 @ 1:33PM
Jenny said...
These people are a whole bagful of crazy. The dad is an attention whore, the mom is an enabler, and the kids would be better off being raised by wolves.
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10-21-2009 @ 1:44PM
mdk said...
Only if it's titled, "Dad and Mom Heene Go to JAIL!"
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10-21-2009 @ 8:16PM
Jen said...
I would love to see an American-Japanese family on tv. I want to see how they deal with bilingualism, two cultures, Japanese in-laws who expect you to take care of them, and all the things my family has to deal with.
I don't want to watch a family teach their kids how to lie and cheat.
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