IJMC - Talk About Your Game Shows

Bob, I would like whatever is behind palm frond number 2! I guess CBS is 
not particularly worried about distribution and use of any such "V-chip" 
by Summer of 2000. I find it curious to see though when WWF meets The 
Truman Show, all hosted by your pal and mine, Bob Barker!          -dave







    LOS ANGELES (AP) - Just when it seemed broadcast television
couldn't get any more outrageous, CBS is stepping in with a
candidate called "Survivor" that will strand 16 contestants on a
deserted tropical island for the chance to win $1 million.
    Described as a "reality adventure" series but sounding a bit
like "Lord of the Flies," "Survivor" will strand 16 Americans
on an uninhabited island in the South China Sea and pit them
against each other in a "rigorous contest of physical and mental
endurance," the network said Thursday.
    The winner gets a $1 million payoff. CBS ordered 13 episodes to
air in summer 2000.
    Contestants will be selected through a nationwide search. Then
they will be placed on Pulau Tiga island off the Borneo coast for
an expected six weeks of round-the-clock taping, CBS said.
    The 16 contestants will have to forage for food and shelter,
though outdoor specialists and medical teams will be available for
emergencies, the network said.
    At the end of each episode, the participants will cast secret
ballots to expel "losers." Then, the last seven who were expelled
choose the winner from the remaining two.
    "Survivor" is part of a pattern, with broadcast networks
venturing beyond traditional series to try to stem the loss of
viewers to cable TV and the Internet. Among the examples: UPN's
primetime wrestling show "WWF Smackdown!" and ABC's hit
summertime game show, "Who Wants To Be a Millionaire."
    The novel "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding, published in
1954, is about a group of boys who survive the crash-landing of an
airplane and try to survive on an uninhabited island. They descend
into barbarism, splitting into different tribes and fighting one
another.
    
    (Copyright 1999 by The Associated Press.  All Rights Reserved.)

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Open memo tp CBS...  I have your theme song written!
Ike.
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Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale...
	a  tale from a fateful trip - -
	that started out on CBS
	as an enticing promo clip.

They strand a dozen wannabes
	then they strand another four.
	These 16 then vie and compete
	to see who won't be poor.
	to see who won't be poor.

The ratings started getting rough
	the pilot show was toast.
	The obnoxious yuppie lawyer guy
	was the one they hate the most.

So this is a tale of our castaways
	they're here for a long long time.
	They suffer hell when re-runs play
	and then don't make a dime.

Here on Kill-again's Isle!

(Music - Sherwood Schwartz)
(Words - Isaac Pigott)