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#261177 - 06/07/13 12:48 PM New "survival show" draws attention
Tyber Offline
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Some of you might remember about 4 or so months ago a person was on this site looking for participants in a show that would drop two people into the middle of no where with nothing.

Well that show has finally made its way to TV. Thought apparently they did give the people participating one personal item. And now the question has been asked by the Yahoo News, "is this going to far"

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/reality-tv-makes-‘naked’-bid-for-ratings-184504576.html

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#261178 - 06/07/13 01:15 PM Re: New "survival show" draws attention [Re: Tyber]
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When the recruiter chat was happening, I recall thinking "Naked? Really?" They wanted a scenario that was "so real that it seems unreal"? I haven't watched it am not fully informed but, only 1 item for 21 days, and naked? Really?
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#261181 - 06/07/13 02:59 PM Re: New "survival show" draws attention [Re: Tyber]
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They had just aired the British Army CPT who had walked the Amazon - he was naked on an island with only a med kit and an emergency sat phone for 60 days (iirc). He made it. Really don't want to see people's naked butts. The naked part is to get people to tune in, they may or may not learn anything.

So my one item would be a knife. No brainer.

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#261188 - 06/07/13 03:52 PM Re: New "survival show" draws attention [Re: JBMat]
benjammin Offline
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I believe if I was butt naked and allowed only one personal item, I would have to take one of my big Busse knives or a good Ghurka Khukri. I watched the show of that guy on the island with nothing, and a good blade was something he could've used to maximum effect. His show proved it is better to be lucky than good. When he lost his front tooth, he lost his couth.
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#261197 - 06/07/13 11:47 PM Re: New "survival show" draws attention [Re: Tyber]
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If I were in a survival situation, the last thing I want to be is naked.

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#261198 - 06/08/13 12:47 AM Re: New "survival show" draws attention [Re: Tyber]
Bingley Offline
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Oh, my, this show sounds just stupid. I thought perhaps a part of the attraction is the eye candy factor, but the still that accompanies the article suggests those craving visual sweets will have to go elsewhere.

Alright, maybe I should take the scenario more serious. So a breeding pair of human beings finds themselves in the wild with no clothing and only one item. I'm guessing that they got kidnapped by aliens who were perplexed by human reproduction, or who were trying to create some sort of alien/human hybrid because their home world got destroyed in an intergalactic war and their only hope is for their DNA to survive in a biped found on a planet whose environment is very hostile to their benzene-based physiology. Anyway, from certain human internet websites the aliens figured out that the first thing you have to do is take off your clothes. So that's why the two people are naked. Sounds perfectly reasonable.

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#261200 - 06/08/13 03:47 AM Re: New "survival show" draws attention [Re: Bingley]
hikermor Offline
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Tell me, please - is this why it is known as the "boob tub?" Decent stuff is pretty hard to find these days.
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#261221 - 06/10/13 02:11 AM Re: New "survival show" draws attention [Re: Tyber]
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As I read the article one name stuck out in my mind - Kellie Nightlinger. That rang a couple of bells so I googled her. She has a number of survival videos on YouTube that are interesting. She also has a website. The guy is ex-military and has done movie bit parts and stunts -- in a couple of episodes of "Lost".

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#261222 - 06/10/13 02:13 AM Re: New "survival show" draws attention [Re: Bingley]
Roarmeister Offline
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Originally Posted By: Bingley
Oh, my, this show sounds just stupid. I thought perhaps a part of the attraction is the eye candy factor, but the still that accompanies the article suggests those craving visual sweets will have to go elsewhere.

Alright, maybe I should take the scenario more serious. So a breeding pair of human beings finds themselves in the wild with no clothing and only one item. I'm guessing that they got kidnapped by aliens who were perplexed by human reproduction, or who were trying to create some sort of alien/human hybrid because their home world got destroyed in an intergalactic war and their only hope is for their DNA to survive in a biped found on a planet whose environment is very hostile to their benzene-based physiology. Anyway, from certain human internet websites the aliens figured out that the first thing you have to do is take off your clothes. So that's why the two people are naked. Sounds perfectly reasonable.


Or they are trying to replicate man's early beginnings aka "Quest for Fire" to see how modern man could cope.

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#261225 - 06/10/13 04:40 AM Re: New "survival show" draws attention [Re: Roarmeister]
Bingley Offline
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Registered: 02/27/08
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Originally Posted By: Roarmeister
As I read the article one name stuck out in my mind - Kellie Nightlinger. That rang a couple of bells so I googled her


I googled her, too, and, among other things, I noticed this:

'Naked' star describes fishing with 'private parts,' ruins appetites

I guess sometimes I just can't look away from a train wreck.

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