Robert Galinsky is the founder of this brand new (one-of-a-kind) school, “New York Reality TV School”. He is producer, performer and acting coach (at least that is what the website says), and the “New York Reality TV School” is supposed to give its students a advantage by training with Reality TV development, casting, producing and directing professionals ( students also entered into their exclusive casting database, which puts them in the front of the line for casting calls.)
To me this kind of defeats the purpose of “reality TV”, if the contestants are trained they are not real people that reality show are looking for. I wonder if this will backfire on the students that say they went to this school when auditioning. The casting people may feel the way that I do about “trained reality “contestants” would make a reality show not a reality show. It would be nice to see/hear from students of this school and about how it has helped or hurt them.
From www.newyorkrealitytvschool.com:
The New York Reality TV School has worked with personalities who have appeared on:
Groomer Has It - Animal Planet
The Moment of Truth - FOX TV
Rock Star INXS - CBS
The Bachelor - ABC
Top Chef - Bravo
Big Brother - CBS
The Apprentice - NBC
Phenomenon - NBC
Joe Millionaire - FOX TV
Queer Eye for the Straight Guy - Bravo
The Search for the Next Pussycat Doll - CW Network
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The Last Comic Standing is still in the beginning stage (traveling to cities and holding open auditions). I like the audition stage of this show, I was surprised to see some lame comics get through. I guess they need people to vote off. At least it is not as bas as watching American Idols first few shows.
Last night a guest judge was the Janitor from the just canceled Tv show Scrubs, he was too nice. To many bad comics got through.
Best joke of the night: I have no idea how it starts or who said but the punch line is “one nation under Canada and above Mexico” , LOL.
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One of the great things about Last Comic Standing is being able to tell a few new jokes after watching it each week. One of the jokes I’ve been telling people this week isn’t available on YouTube (yet), so I’ll just have to write it here for you. My apologies for making you have to read instead of just watch!
So one Australian comedian was saying …
I was watching a DVD the other day, and it had all this anti-piracy information at the beginning of it, you know? It was saying things like, “You wouldn’t steal a car, would you? You wouldn’t steal someone’s wallet, would you?” And I was thinking, “You know, that’s right! I wouldn’t steal a car.” But you know, if a mate of mine called me up and said, “Hey, I just got this new car, would you like me to burn you a copy??” I reckon I might consider it …
I love that. You can use that joke now, as well. Enjoy.
Posted on June 24th, 2007 in
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Well, after Chris Porter was unceremoniously dismissed from the competition on Last Comic Standing, it really should’ve been Ty Barnett taking home the crown. If only I hadn’t TiVo-ed the show and watched it after the voting had ended! I could’ve voted for Ty. (sigh) Anyway, instead it was Josh Blue.
While I’m tempted to say that it was the “sympathy” vote that won Josh the victory, I think it’s something much bigger than that. I think this is one of those situations where it was the “best” comedian who won (meaning, the “funniest,” the most “polished,” etc.), but rather it was the best comedian on this particular reality show who won. Because when the audience votes, they’re voting for who they like, not necessarily who is “the best.” And I like Josh Blue. I just didn’t think he was the funniest, bestest (as Ty would say), or any of that. Most of Josh’s humor was self-referential, for Pete’s sake! If he wasn’t making jokes about the show itself, he was making light of his handicap, and hey, more power to him.
I hope to hear more from Ty Barnett, though, and Chris Porter definitely as well. I was glad to see Michelle Balan make it as far as she did, and watch out for Kristin Key (the “poor man’s Ellen Degeneres” as one of her fellow comics referred to her on one episode). So this will end the posts on Last Comic Standing season four, and it only seems appropriate to close things out with Chris Porter’s catchphrase: Peace and love, everybody!
Posted on August 11th, 2006 in
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I’ve shown you once where the Big Brother USA House is was. Today I’ve got a couple more for you.
You a fan of Last Comic Standing? You this season they stayed on the ship The Queen Mary? Here she is in Long Beach, CA.
Did you watch Treasure Hunters last night? During one part they took a ferry from Paris to Dover, England. Here’s a ferry on the way. If you download it, scroll on up to the castle in Dover and you can find the arrow yourself!
Google Earth is a free download with lots of fun!
Have you got any Reality-TV spots pegged in Google Earth?
Funniest comic tonight out of the final five on Last Comic Standing: Ty Barnett. Yes, Chris Porter is probably still the funniest of them all, but Ty sealed it for me tonight with his religion jokes, especially this one (my paraphrase):
“People walk into church, they look at this picture on the wall, and they’re all, ‘Oh Lord, this is my Lord, this is Jeeeee-zusssss!’ Let’s face it, if you saw Jesus on the street today, you’d be like, ‘Hey, man, I don’t have no money for you. Sorry!’”
Reminds me of something my friend Anthony says all the time: Christians worship a crucified peasant. Just try to figure that one out! It don’t compute. But it doesn’t have to. Jesus was counter-cultural like that. Can I get an Amen?
Posted on July 18th, 2006 in
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Dustin Diamond, the famed “Screech” from Saved by the Bell, is apparently selling T-shirts to save his home from foreclosure. Just a couple quick pieces of advice for Mr. Diamond:
1) Those smarmy reality TV producers are going to be knocking on your door, looking to make a lame show about you for one of those vapid cable TV networks. Beware.
2) Start rehearsing now for your starring role in Lifetime television’s heartwarming biopic “One Laugh at a Time: The Josh Blue Story.” It’s got Oscar (or maybe Daytime Emmy?) written all over it!
Posted on June 20th, 2006 in
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Did anyone catch NBC’s Last Comic Standing last night? The intro felt and sounded like I was watching The Apprentice. Same music. Same enunciation on “…and who will be…The…Last…Comic….STANDING”.
Weird. I know it’s both NBC, but Peter Engle (from Saved by the Bell) produces LCS while Mark Burnett produces TA.
Oh well. I’ll keep watching both. Trump will pick Sean next week to win and they say laughter is the best medicine (for what ailment I know not — certainly not abdominal pain — that’s just cruel).
Posted on May 31st, 2006 in
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OK I had to pull out the Matt Drudge spoof because I simply couldn’t believe that nobody had reported this yet (or, at least, none that I found while surfing today). What, with all the excitement over the controversial “cancellation” of LCS 3 before the big finale?! (I’m sure Andy Dehnart will be all over it tomorrow—or later tonight), but until then, you heard it here first, folks:
The Last Comic Standing season three finale will air this Saturday, Oct. 16, at 8 p.m. ET/PT exclusively on Comedy Central, the only all-comedy network announced today. The winner will receive $250,000.
But if you miss it, there’s going to be an encore presentation Sunday night at 7 p.m. (ET/PT).
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Posted on October 11th, 2004 in
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Season one runner-up (and season three cast-off) Ralphie May thinks so. May tells AP, “The whole show is a joke.” Well, umm, yeah!? Not that I’ve been watching the show either, but still …
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Posted on October 4th, 2004 in
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