07 of 30 - IV - TV Series Ideas

   One classic of the 30 in 30 repetoire thats been an easy update idea since 2004 has been the entry known as "5 by 5." This entails coming up with "Five New Television Series Ideas by 5pm." It was invented by StephenL back in 30 in 30 I, and quickly echoed by Lerani and Emosnail. I suppose this idea won't save you if you've already waited past 5pm, but hey. And though its after 5pm now, I promise I thought of my ideas before then. d=


Five New Television Series Ideas
5. Americas Next Top Normal Person - a group of random (yet mostly normal) strangers are compelled to live together and interact in a tense environment, for some reason, and ::gasp:: who ever handles everything with the most well-adjusted social skills is rewarded!
4. Host Idol - Aside from all the drama thats fostered among the contestants of most reality shows, I also feel like most of the hosts / judge panels get seriously egomaniacal through their overenjoyment of the power of being the "host" (though I get the impression that Tyra Banks was always like that, via hilarious clips of her talk show that are echoed elsewhere for the hilarious egomania content). What I want to see is all the smarmy judges / hosts from everything from American Idol to "Flavour of Love: Charm School" (and especially Tyra and her cohorts) and have THEM compete with eachother and be subject to eliminations. They would have to compete at normal things your average person might have to deal with. Additionally, there will definitely be scrutiny of their qualifications as judges, where they will be judged by professional review-writers, judges, and other persons qualified in the area of evaluating and judging people.
3. Supervillian Intern - A comedy about an entry-level intern working in the organization of a James Bond-esque evil villian. Activities will involve, photocopying, office gossip, avoiding being killed by the good Secret Agent, finding a contract killer to take care of some "former" employees (who have been seduced by the Secret Agent?), feeding the killer mutant sea bass, etc.
2. When the Zombies Come - Zombie movies are so popular, and yet, as far as I am aware, no one has ever made a TV series about surviving the zombie onslaught. Wtf, this is gold. You could go on forever as the cast tries to survive post zombie-apocalypse.
1. Simple Life: County Jail - Paris Hilton's exciting adventures in county jail! Except that she's managed to escape. But she may get put back in because Judge Sauer is pissed.

   ...And on that note, wtf. I am loathe to even grant famous-for-nothing celebrity Paris Hilton such newsworthy credence, but I had to rant. As you probably know she was sentenced to jail-time for driving on a suspended liscense. Judge Sauer very specifically ordered that her time could not be served in any manner other than in a jail. She checked in at 11:38pm on Saturday, and checked out shortly after midnight this morning. Time in jail: three full days, plues about two hours. Time credited as having served in jail: five days, since the 22 minutes on Saturday counted as a day and she was released after midnight today. I think thats weak, but thats not the half of it.
   She was released for "medical reasons." Some rumours say she was refusing to eat the food. Other sources say that she was "emotionally distraught and traumatized" by her fear of jail. Tough cookies! Anyway, not everyone is on the retarded-wagon: the city attorney has filed a Contempt of Court petition against the Sheriff for releasing her against the specific provisions of the court order; and Judge Sauer, who was "advised" but not consulted, regarding the disobeyment of his order that she stay in jail, has ordered her to appear before him tomorrow morning to plead as to why she should not be sent back to jail. I applaud Judge Sauer for sticking to his guns. In conclusion, judges are awesome. (=


   In other news it appears I will in fact need to go to Davis this weekend, as, though its possible I won't be needed as a witness, the District Attorney's office apparently won't know that until the day of. And it might be Monday or it might be Tuesday. So I'm driving up there so that I'll have maximum travel-plan flexibility.

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Sam and I ate at this pizza place today. While we were waiting for our pizza I found a magazine called "Pizza Today." Man, there's a magazine about EVERYTHING!