Tactical Disadvantage
I see new episodes of Scare Tactics are on the SciFi Channel. I'd figured the show was sued out of existence years ago.
The basic concept is a turbo-charged Candid Camera, where they put regular people into fake situations--situations where they have every reason to believe they're about to die, or at least suffer serious harm. Then they're told it's all a joke, and the friend who set them up comes out and they all have a good laugh. (Here's an average example: a young woman panicked by vampire bikers.)
I can't believe anyone would sign a waiver after that, much less stay friends with the jerk who set them up. (Yet I watch it. What does that make me?)
One note: the new host is Tracy Morgan, who seems wrong for the tone of the show.
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Its a sign of the coming apocalypse when the jokes from the past become the reality of the present. I think Letterman (on the NBC show?) once suggested an episode for the Candid Camera-esque "Celebrity Practical Jokes" featuring Stevie Wonder as the butt- "Go ahead Stevie. Light's green."
Has "The Running Man" been optioned to any network or do you think the Guvernator has some rights to tie that one up?
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