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February 24, 2004
Mark Cuban to give away $1 million on new reality TV program.: He said the show won't be a traditional contest. ``You don't need special talents,'' he said. ``I'm not looking to find out who is the grossest, funniest, prettiest, smartest or able to go without food or water the longest. ``The right person is going to get on my good side at the right time, and whoever that is, is going to walk away with a check from me for $1 million.''
I like Cuban as the owner of the Mavs, but damn, he can be an annoying person.
posted by Ufez Jones to basketball at 02:44 PM - 9 comments
I am totally going to try and get on that......
posted by smithers at 02:54 PM on February 24, 2004
"It started as a fun game to play, but soon it got beyond my control. I'm so sorry(sniffle, sniffle). I don't know why I ever signed up for this idiotic contest." (if you lose) "Yippee!" (if you win)
posted by garfield at 03:06 PM on February 24, 2004
I want in on that show for sure. I don't think he's that annoying. A bit nerdy, yes, but great for the game, for sports, and the area. That said, for non contestants I think the show itself has the potential to be quite boring.
posted by Bernreuther at 04:55 PM on February 24, 2004
So, basically the show is a bunch of people hanging out with Mark Cuban? And he eliminates the folks that irritate him? I don't get it. What's the twist? Mark Cuban is really a LA construction worker making 19K/year? The contestants have to eat cockroaches? Someone has to resist the temptation of 26 sexy singles?
posted by rocketman at 10:20 AM on February 25, 2004
Wow, a show about a rich guy toying with not-so-rich people. C'mon, this is sooooo original! I mean, Donald Trump shoulda thought of this!
posted by worldcup2002 at 11:07 AM on February 25, 2004
Another nerd who made it trying to compensate for a shitty high school experience. What would make the show cool is if all the contestants formed a big clique and didn't talk to Cuban except when stuffing him in a locker or sticking his head in a toilet. "But Marge, they're nerds . . . "
posted by yerfatma at 11:33 AM on February 25, 2004
*abrupt pointing hand gesture* "mark cuban, you're fired!"
posted by jerseygirl at 12:03 PM on February 25, 2004
caaaaaaaaaaammmmooooon give me a break! stupidest thing i have every heard. that guy is soooo annoying. how did he get so rich anyway?
posted by tommy at 07:19 PM on February 25, 2004
I'd like to see a reality series where contestants vie for a management position in a sports franchise. Make people take their mad rotisserie skills into the real world on a rookie league baseball team.