I've become obsessed with making up fake reality TV show premises that are all variations of a specific format.
Each show has sixteen contestants, and revolves around a particular personal characteristic or trait.
In the first version of the format, sixteen contestants live together in a house. They are told as a group that all but one of them has the characteristic, and that their goal is to discover and vote out the one who does not. However, in reality, none of them have the characteristic, and all have been told individually that their goal is to stay undetected for as long as possible. Hilarity and drama ensue as they all pretend to have the characteristic to avoid detection and try to find the impostor.
In another version of the format, all of the contestants actually have the characteristic, and there is no impostor.
Now, this would normally be the part of the blog post where I share all the hilarious variations of this format that I have come up with. However, they are all so deeply and horrifically offensive that I do not dare write them down, and will only share their titles, although even that I fear, dear reader, I will someday come to regret.
- Incorrectly Labeled Developmentally Disabled
- House of Tards
- Fauxmosexual or Queer Veneer
- Undercover Brotha or The Caucasian Equation
- Black Don't Crack
- The Tourette Mindset
- Too Few Jews
- The HIV Contrapositive
- Catch Flak or Scat?
- Incontinent? It Depends.
Reader submissions of additional titles will be considered for inclusion.