Apr 01 2009
“I Get That A Lot” Prank TV Show Destined to Fail
In theory, if I were sitting in a boardroom with a bunch of script writers brainstorming ideas for primetime, “I Get That Alot” sounds good on paper. But then think about the problems it presents.
The idea of the show is to take a celebrity and put them into a normal working enviroment. Example: Jessica Simpson fixing your computer. Another example: Jessica Simpson in a Nevada brothel.
When customers ask the celebs if they are actually celebs, they’re supposed to say, “No, but I get that a lot.” See, that’s what the title means.
The problems as I see it, and I’m sure you the reader are already thinking in the same direction: 1. Which celebs will be featured. 2. And just because they’re celebs who can act with a script doesn’t mean they’re good at improv pranks.
Do we enjoy seeing the average schlub pranked or do we enjoy seeing celebrities pranked as in Punk’d with Ashton Kutcher?
What really should happen here is a simple TV special and not a series. Then you have something. Otherwise this idea will dry up pretty fast. The reason is, where are you going to get enough celebs to do this? Sure, if the show is a hit everyone will want to do it. But they’re featuring Jessica Simpson and Mario Lopez to start off with. No disrespect to Mario (plenty to Simpson) but I’m not sure they’re big enough to capture a big audience.
And the other problem is, with a bad economy and major layoffs, do we want to see celebs trying to work our “average, nonfamous” jobs. Is that going to come off like a parody–an insult to all of us who are on the clock or run a small business? Hard to say.
Certainly, I would like to see Adam Sandler in customer service or Jack Nicholson helping us at the fast food counter. That would be hilarious. That’s what I’m saying about big celebs being needed.
Jessica Simpson has been parodying herself in TV and commercials in an attempt to appear smarter–it’s not working. She might as well get it over with and pose nude. Fact is, same for Mario Lopez, who I think does have some brains–his career has lasted since Saved By The Bell and that’s a friggin’ accomplishment.
