Once again the rulers of reality have found a way to produce a winning reality show that also benefits society!
It's not a piece of cake adjusting to society after you've done hard time -- but, if a felon is willing to "Stand Up" and turn his conviction into comedy for a nationwide TV audience -- they might just become "America's Funniest Felon"
A portion of all future entertainment earnings by the felons will be given to their victims --- And :
"There will be categories for all types of felony offenses EXCEPT child abuse, and the comedy routines will be based on their particular criminal specialties" -said Mike Darnit Fox TV reality president.
Darnit continued,"I just didn't think that there could possibly be anything funny about that one particular type of behavior - and i had to overrule my production people - which i very seldom do."
Mark Burnett, whose production company will produce the show said;"We are working with the Federal Bureau of Prisons to help us identify potentially funny felons while they are serving their sentences and will send professional comics out to organize stand-up trials in the prison's exercise yards. -- We are calling this -- 'Stand Up With Conviction' -- and it will become a series of specials leading up to the series debut."
Burnett concluded,"We are currently auditioning celebrity's with felony convictions to host the series - and there certainly is no shortage of qualified applicants."
Stay tuned! -Host recommendations?
Hello !!!!! What a shame that the Bureau of Prisons and Fox have once again found another way to use someone at one of the lowest points in their life to poke fun at. Do you people not understand that the families of these people as well as the inmates or former inmates that are being used will have to walk the streets of what ever town they live in some day. You are only going to harm the other victims that you all so easily forget. I am speaking of the families of the inmate. Yes, the other victim. The person who has done nothing but love, give birth or associated in some way to a person who errored at some time in life. I for one will boycott this program and notify all on my list serve about this and encourage them to do so as well. If you even allow it to air together we will become one large voice and prayerfully your ratings will drop so low that you will remove it.
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How low can you go? Apparently you are not low enough! I second all that poster from LA said and then some. These people ARE people and their families are people, who live, love, support and grieve over someone they love being in prison. It puts a great hardship on the whole family, inside and outside the walls; on the other side, if one is a victim of a crime, the hurt, anger, and feelings are deep. To think that someone would overstep ANY of those factors in order to make a stupid, tasteless television show only shows that you have no feelings of humaity. The show will not make it, we will see to it! Drop this premise and fill up your time slots with something informative and truly entertaining. You are idiots!
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