TV hits new low!!

[MikePA]

When I first saw a commercial for this I thought it was a joke. When I realized it was for real, I was disgusted. Pretty soon someone will die on camera from overeating. Maybe they should combine the Toughman competition, Glutton Bowl and the WWF. I keep thinking about what one of the signs of the demise of the Roman Empire was, i.e., unbridled hedonism. /w3tcompact/icons/sad.gif

 

[looch]

Makes me think of Steven King's Bachman Books. Ever read the Running Man? (the movie - as usual - doesn't do it justice)

 

[Jeff396]

I guessing here as I usually come upon them while surfing. I think Junkyard wars is on The Learning Channel at 9:00 Eastern on Wednesday nights. Battlebots is on Comedy but when I can't remember. Both air the same program several times during the week.

Did anyone see the last Junkyard wars....they converted full size vehicles into radio control for the purposes of a demolition derby. Great stuff!

Also saw a fascinating show on Technical colleges creating airborn vehicles to investigate disaster sites. Most amazing thing about it was that they were hands off. Most teams started with a radio control helicopter with cameras, gps and a bunch of other goodies. Once airborn they were turned loose and came upon a disaster. All by themselves they identified people needing rescure, what the hazards were and one even monitored the temperature of the fire without being told. Amazing stuff! Unfortunately, only one team came close to achieving all of the goals and were from Germany. They skunked our US tech teams. They said the vision was that say during a major earthquake you could set 100 or so of them loose without risking any human life until you knew where the problems were and what needed to be done.

Jeff