Now this used to be an occasional truth on cable television, but usually editors would edit out people trying to get on TV or people just trying to get quoted by all other media to get the most publicity. But I got to thinking, why the hell would they? People love seeing that stuff. Those unintended, unexpected, uncensored TV moments.
Even people who haven't seen these such incidents have more then likely heard of them, why? Because people like something different, something unedited that wasn't supposed to happen.
Some examples of this happening in the mainstream media market are:
Outbursts or Outspoken acts on Larry King Live, a lot of these even keep circulating on the net for months after their original airing because of their popularity and interest, the likes of Celine Dion & Liza Minnelli.
Another CNN special where outspoken Hip-Hop artist Kanye West took his TV time off of the American Red-Cross efforts to talk about his hatred of George W. Bush and accused him, amongst other things, of being a racist.
Ellen Feiss, the student who did a commercial in the switcher series of apple computers ads and had at the time, attracted a cult following of dedicated fans and name mentioning in online forums, all about this young girl who had practically no other credentials besides just one funny apple ad. (Their were actually two Ellen feiss ads, but the second was far less popular.)
Jimmy Kimmel Live staged their own stunt when Jimmy interviewing some cast members of " Grey's Anatomy ", had the writers have him interviewing a mock animal trainer who brought out a live poisonous snake (the snake was also obviously fake) and proceeded to take it out of it's box, only to bite Jimmy on the hand like clockwork.
Now while the latter was staged, it still garnered publicity and interest because of the people who only saw that part of the show or saw that part online, who without explanation, thought it was real, because it looked so real and unexpected.
So maybe reality TV has found another branch in this niche market type?
Of course staging
these type's of acts will only lead to network distrust and credibility, but encourageing these impromptu acts, that's an different story isn't it?....Jerry! Jerry! Jerry! Jerry! Jerry!
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