Reality Show Lolcows

[XYZpdq]

Did the Balloon Dad of Balloon Boy fame ever do a reality show?

 

[Saney]

What makes reality TV lolcows disappointing is that unless it's a long running series they rarely have longevity. Even then they can move into legit acting (Jamie Chung) or at least learn not to be a PR fuck up (see Snooki). They may overreact and do stupid shit but they can't compare to actual lolcows.

Jamie Chung? Mulan's a lolcow?

Spoiler

 

[sparklemilhouse]

I want to add some people on "intervention" because they were lolcows when they were under the influence.

-the mom who would get shitfaced on listerene when there wasn't any booze in the house. She wound up getting sent to jail for a few weeks in her episode because she went to court drunk and got sassy with the judge. (We couldn't see that part)

-Allison the air duster huffer. She's ok now.

-Linda the lady who used to be an extra in films who believed she had some sort of painful joint disorder. So she convinced doctors to prescribe her some pain medication in a lollipop form and she was constantly high on it. She also thought that certain colors or electronics would cause her joints to dislocate. She would also just lay down on the sidewalks of her neighborhood spread eagle "to fix her joints".

However...she ran like HELL (jumped out of a van sunroof too!) when her family was trying to intervene with her. How could someone with a joint disorder do that? When she was away at rehab, the doctors diagnosed her with a personality disorder instead of her joint disorder.

 

[MysticMisty]

Did the Balloon Dad of Balloon Boy fame ever do a reality show?

I don't know if he's allowed to yet. Part of his plea deal was that he was forbidden to star in a reality show for a certain amount of years, plus he is forbidden to make any money from the balloon stunt.

 

[Saney]

I don't know if he's allowed to yet. Part of his plea deal was that he was forbidden to star in a reality show for a certain amount of years, plus he is forbidden to make any money from the balloon stunt.

How would he do that? Balloon boy merchandise? Little balloon replicas?*

*Balloon replica does not come with balloon boy action figure.

 

[Scribbler]

How would he do that? Balloon boy merchandise? Little balloon replicas?*

*Balloon replica does not come with balloon boy action figure.

Probably in telling the story. Like books and stuff. They did that with that Barefoot Bandit guy, though in his case, the profits he would have made went to pay back the victims.

 

[Mmm....GoesDownSalty]

I want to add some people on "intervention" because they were lolcows when they were under the influence.

-the mom who would get shitfaced on listerene when there wasn't any booze in the house. She wound up getting sent to jail for a few weeks in her episode because she went to court drunk and got sassy with the judge. (We couldn't see that part)

-Allison the air duster huffer. She's ok now.

-Linda the lady who used to be an extra in films who believed she had some sort of painful joint disorder. So she convinced doctors to prescribe her some pain medication in a lollipop form and she was constantly high on it. She also thought that certain colors or electronics would cause her joints to dislocate. She would also just lay down on the sidewalks of her neighborhood spread eagle "to fix her joints".

However...she ran like HELL (jumped out of a van sunroof too!) when her family was trying to intervene with her. How could someone with a joint disorder do that? When she was away at rehab, the doctors diagnosed her with a personality disorder instead of her joint disorder.

I remember Linda. She kept saying the flowers that her mother planted kept making her joints dislocate. I felt really bad for her brother, she would make him tape maxi pads to her because she "was in too much pain" to take care of her own period. Yeck.

 

[XYZpdq]

Probably in telling the story. Like books and stuff. They did that with that Barefoot Bandit guy, though in his case, the profits he would have made went to pay back the victims.

I heard a story once about Balloon Family...

Spoiler: Probably The Legend Of Balloon Family

So legendary weirdo Rev. Ivan Stang is hosting Hour of Slack as usual, that week Balloon Boy was the subject at hand. Turns out Stang's son worked for Balloon Dad's media firm My You Me Productions. It's been a while since I've listened to it, but iirc Balloon Dad was a jerk, there were annoying dogs that did things on the carpet, and so forth. One of Balloon Dad's money-making schemes was a movie script about a dad who used his balloon to get his son back or something similarly familiar sounding.

 

[sparklemilhouse]

^"you said...you said it was for the show."

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Long Island medium a fake? You don't say.

 

[Hummingbird]

I remember them. That was some seriously appalling parenting.
Who was that insane guy who admitted to brainwashing his daughters? He was even worse and I don't think he learned a thing from the experience.

It was these guys.

 

[Randall Fragg]

It was these guys.

That's fucked up. Praying that God will hand you a husband to take care of you? When did God become your personal waiter? What's that quote again? "God helps those who help themselves?"
Good advice. Pray to God for guidance and strength, but don't sit on your ass expecting him to hand everything to you.

 

[Reymath]

It was these guys.

"We've secretly replaced Bob's obedient conservative wife with Folger's new Liberal wife(tm). Let's watch!"

I quote old commercials to keep from crying...ugh...

 

[atomik fyre]

Did the Balloon Dad of Balloon Boy fame ever do a reality show?

Before the the Balloon Boy incident he and his family were on an episode of "Wife Swap" (or maybe it was "Trading Spouses").
For some reason I think he may've presented an idea on "Shark Tank" but that memory is a bit hazy.

 

[DavidFerrie]

Not sure if this guy counts as a LOLcow -- he does have a "talent", of a sort -- but he's definitely in the bizarre-public-eccentric camp.

 

[telegramsamo]

 

[Colress]

who the fuck is balloon dad

 

[XYZpdq]

who the fuck is balloon dad

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balloon_boy_hoax

 

[AnchuentProphecy]

Tila Tequila became an even bigger a year ago when she decided to become a conspiracy theorist. She'd talk about how the Jews "demonized" Hitler (he was a "good man"), is a holocaust denier, that she was some warrior of light who would lead man to a new age, that she had magical powers, what a "I-don't-give-a-fuck" badass she is and the Illuminati were the ones responsible for destroying her career and trying to kill her.

I'd link to her page, but she gave up on it (I think her attempt to become a cult leader failed) and closed down the site. Now it seems like she forgot all about it and removed any of her old articles.

Oh I totally forgot about Tila Tequila. I still don't know why she is famous all I remember is that she had a fuckload of friends on Myspace and had some shit reality show.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...acy-theories-this-week-lets-try-to-interpret/

As for becoming a conspiracy theorist she's probably only doing it so people will pay attention to her.

 

[Reymath]

As for becoming a conspiracy theorist she's probably only doing it so people will pay attention to her.

That's pretty much why everyone becomes a conspiracy theorist...and gets on a reality show...so your hypothesis is likely.

 

[Hummingbird]

That's pretty much why everyone becomes a conspiracy theorist...and gets on a reality show...so your hypothesis is likely.

She made some mistakes that ended her conspiracy career like over-exalting Hitler, giving herself a messiah complex and claiming to have magical powers. You gotta work your way up before you can starting pulling off the later two.