So has anyone heard about this show: Trading Shoes?
If it's anything like the promo - I can't wait to watch every single episode, popcorn in hand of course! For those of you who can't watch it on tele - youtube is your friend...
From the show summary:
"Ever wonder what it would be like if 'the man' had to live like you?
From the creators of "Trading Housebands", "Straight Eyes into Queer Guys" and "Asexuals in the City" comes the new unscripted series that will launch a competitive search for the most 'versatile CEO'. Can 'the man' burp babies, take out your trash and manage to keep his $6/hour job while feeding a family of four? While the CEOs get to do everyday activities, we've got the people they've switched jobs with a two week paid vacation!
All the fun of the Simple Life without the bottled blondes, melodrama and sex-appeal, just really gritty action and tough men getting down to business (or not). In order to make our experiments as successful as we can, we have not revealed the identities of our CEOs to their new work colleagues until after their performance evaluations take place. At the end of each two week period, they will be evaluated by their immediate supervisors on a unique grading system developed by our team of HR specialists. The winner will of course, get the coveted title of most 'versatile CEO'.
The driving force behind the series will be the pursuit of the American dream and the natural trials, tribulations and heartbreak inherent in that quest combined with the drama and tension of 'success'. The canvas of the show is much broader than capitalist competition - it will give viewers a first hand look into the real life hopes, triumphs and defeats of every American.
Episode List:
Week 1: Bill Gates, former CEO of Microsoft exchanges jobs with Dharamveer, a 27 year old all-night Techinical support assistant at Microsoft's Indian office in Gurgaon, outside of New Delhi. Can Bill Gates manage to maintain a relationship with his wife, tuck his kids into bed at night, work out everyday and support his aging parents while he works nights and sleeps days, all on $17 a day or will he melt under the hot Indian sun?
Week 2: Jack M. Greenberg, CEO of McDonald's takes a trip down memory lane and flips jobs with Tina, a 15 year old high-school student from Dallas, Texas. Can Greenberg pass Tina's midterm exams, take care of her two cats, re-heat her microwave dinner because her parents are at work every night? Will he be able to handle the stress of taking the bus at midnight after closing hours or will he get Tina into trouble with late detentions? We're especially watching Greenberg, because he's promised Tina a $25,000 scholarship if he misses even one hour of work at $5.35/hour.
Week 3: Steve Heyer, CEO of Sheraton Hotels meets the everyday life of Maria a 43 year old Latina whose also an illegal immigrant from Albuquerque, New Mexico. If Steve can manage changing bed sheets, vaccuming the hallways, ignoring passes from drunken hotel guests, cooking and feeding Maria's three children without breaking his back, he's promised Maria a raise from her current $4.50/hour plus a greencard!
Week 4: Mark Parker, the new CEO of Nike gets to take the needle to the heart of it. For this week's episode we fly all the way to Indonesia where Setiawan shows him how the Nike Air is made! This will be the first time that a Nike CEO has visited a supplier's factory. Will Setiawan finally get his dream of clean running water in his kitchen and a gas stove? What happens if Mark Parker fails to work less than 60 hours a week?
Week 5: Hugh Hefner, founder of Playboy Enterprises agrees to work a three day stint at Palms Hotel, Las Vegas serving cocktails in a form-fitting bunny suit, ears and high heels. This one really surprised us. But after losing a bad hand of poker with Donald Trump even this old coot had to give in. Since Hef claims to have a bad back from all the shagging he's done, we allowed him a three day offer, nothing like seeing how the infamous playboy handles himself in drag."
I didn't want to copy and paste the entire 10 week episode list, you can check that out for yourself, but I promise you it's fantastic. I don't think I've ever been this excited to watch TV!!! And a reality show to boot!!! bring it on!
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Well.... okay, this isn't a real show (a girl's allowed to dream ain't she?) if you hadn't figured it out already. But after watching Fast Food Nation the other day, I was wondering why no one's thought of this shit yet.
PS any network people reading out there, feel free to copy this idea, yes, I'm giving it to you for FREE. Just make sure you remember where you stole the idea from.... he he he
PS the "american dream" bullshit is ironically stolen VERBATIM from the show summary of .... guess what? A boxing show, "the contender". No word of a lie people -- the american dream is now officially hyper-militarism not hyper-capitalism. http://www.tv.com/the-contender/show/25583/summary.html?full_summary=1&om_act=convert&om_clk=summarysh&tag=showspace_links;full_summary
BTW if a show like this already exists please post about it, I would be keen to see it.
damn and here was me trying to find it in the schedules - you should pitch that to a network. also the one i want to see where male feminists live as women for a year: beaten up by abusive partner week 1; denied ec week 2; raped and body burned week 3 - short season perhaps.
and ok who am i a male to bang on about the male violence to women when many would claim that i'm a part of it by my very gender; never mind - would have been a better comment written by a woman.
LOL @ Richard... I thought it was too much of a giveaway, but I guess not!!! good, I should have reserved this for april fools... But it would be too cruel.
yeah, how original - it's an oldie... but whatever. I'm not really into writing something original.
i have wanted this show to exist SO BAD. thanks for letting me indulge my fantasies of the McDonalds CEO eating a microwave dinner at 1am....
one day - they'll make this show (yah right!).
Seriously, wouldn't it be tres cool if they did?
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