Last night I watched “The Great Reality TV swindle” on Channel Four. A mental case in his mid-20s managed to trick 30 people into believing they would make a £100,000 in a year on his TV show that didn’t actually exist. The contestants gave up their jobs, homes and family for this complete load of toss. If you didn’t see it, make sure you catch the repeat.
Published on December 4, 2002
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Why are people feeling so sorry for the contestents?
Either they were too obsessed with wanting to get on television or were too stupid not to realise that anyone who calls themself Nikita Russian is likely to be a bit of a twat.
And why was it a swindle? This implies that he made a lot of money out of it. At least he inadvertently got them on television – which is half of what they wanted.
it’s hard to believe this wasn’t a satire. It’s almost Monty Python
May 30th, 2003 at 2:46 pm
Strange that you should comment on this six months after the event Carrick? Why did you surf on into this post? Just out of curiousity?
May 30th, 2003 at 3:41 pm
I know, I’m a bit late with the comment. It was repeated on Channel 4 last week. And I was so sceptical it wasn’t a satire that I came on the net to find out if anyone had remarked on it. Which led me to your nicely designed site.
June 3rd, 2003 at 12:29 am
Thanks for the complement, Carrick. Yep, not a satire. That mentalist really did do what he did!
June 9th, 2003 at 3:02 pm