the BIGGEST liars

I am sick of TV!

Between stuff like this and The Bachelor, I may boycott "reality TV" and just stick to Drama and sitcoms!!! :explode:

what happened with the bachelor??

23 miles IS SO respectable. Although I am disappointed that this program would stoop to this level for the money shot. UNLESS, there was no chance of them finishing the race within the alotted timeframe (there are sometimes limits).

My question is: did they really start at the finish and then journey for the 23 miles? Or did they have a ride or two in between?

This is sad. Remember everyone: WE CAN DO THIS. We do not need the Biggest Loser or any other television show to tell us we can or can't!

Whatever!

Yes, they picked him up but does that really reduce the fact that the formerly 400lb man completed 23 miles of a marathon. We shouldn't be shocked or apalled at the fact that tv has production schedules as do marathon events.

I say so what to 3 puny miles in the face of 26.2, no matter what he still accomplished something that just months prior he wouldn't have been able to walk. Anyway, anyone that has ever signed up for and participated in a running/ walking event like a marathon knows that if you don't reach a certain point by a certain time your butt gets put on a bus and driven to the end so officials can start packing up and opening up the streets again, so he at least made it past the halfway mark in a decent amount of time for them to have ONLY picked him up for 3 miles of the race.

The race that he ran, by the way, is near my home and it takes place on a hilly portion near the superstition mountain range and that is much different terrain than the treadmill.

He agreed to follow the rules of the biggest loser and filiming schedules upon being accepted to the BL and unfortunately race officials and TV producers had to make a decision. I still pat Dane on the back for completing 23 miles!
:drinker:

I've had some experience working in reality TV - I was a production coordinator on a couple episodes of my Big Redneck Wedding. :laugh: :embarassed:

Please believe me when I say its ALL fake. I mean, obviously those people are actually losing weight, but everything is set up - from the weigh ins to the lines, scripting etc. Producers of reality shows actually instigate most, if not all of the conflict you see on the show, as well as 'suggesting' ideas that would be good for camera (ex. the mud wrestling). There is also a lot of reenactment - when the producer hears about something that happened that wasn't caught on film, they just set it up and have the contestants do it again.

A friend of mine worked as a PA to a BL shoot in season 6 and apparently when they are there for the weigh in, they have the trainers go through a myriad of facial expressions so they will have something to cut to. So every time I watch the show and I see Bob with his 'amazed face' on, I just giggle, thinking about them striking different facial poses for the camera. :laugh:

Its entertainment - it just happens to also help people lose weight and give some good advice.

Thanks for the reality check Chick!:drinker:

Is anyone else bothered by the shameless advertisements they do WITHIN the show now? They set it up so it looks like someone was cooking a meal without veggies so they can plug the steam and serve veggies by x brand or it's no longer "chewing sugar free gum can help with cravings", it's now "Chew Extra Sugar Free Gum" and they make a big deal of showing the packaging.

yes! that drives me nuts! why do they have to stage some really silly scene? its sooooo obvious.

It is silly. But they sponsor the show.

for him to complete 23 miles in the alloted time was a major accomplishment...
for him to go back later and finish the miles he didn't do was a personal integrity thing...
for biggest loser to knowingly give out incorrect information and stage dane's completing the marathon was just plain old wrong!!!...viewers would have been proud of him for what he really did do...now he is going to live with the fact that his marathon completion was a fraud and all the viewers know it...i was surprised biggest loser didn't put out an apology the other night...shame on the production crew that created a lie...i am proud of him for what he did accomplish and disappointed in biggest loser for stating he accomplished what he didn't...yes, i know it is only tv and it is for entertainment, but many of us admire the guts it takes for the contestents to be on the show and the hard work they put into their weight loss journey....and we celebrate their personal victories...i don't mind the commercials because i know that is what keeps the show on the air...i think they are kind of smart the way they slide them in...

Is anyone else bothered by the shameless advertisements they do WITHIN the show now? They set it up so it looks like someone was cooking a meal without veggies so they can plug the steam and serve veggies by x brand or it's no longer "chewing sugar free gum can help with cravings", it's now "Chew Extra Sugar Free Gum" and they make a big deal of showing the packaging.

yes! that drives me nuts! why do they have to stage some really silly scene? its sooooo obvious.

I noticed that right of the bat. I thought it was a little cheesy. The zip lock to keep your food freash, cracked me up. Come on how obvious was that.

Yes, that is how tv is going to be from now on. sponsors pay the cost associated with television show production, without advertisers we would have to pay for television and lord knows we wouldn't want to do that! :laugh:

There was a lot of discussion about advertising a few years ago and the new breed of marketers, basically they are focusing on the ipod generation, they know more and more households use tivo or dvr for their tv and because we skip thorugh commercials they are now doing what is referred to as PRODUCT PLACEMENT. LIke I said in my previous post, movies have done it for awhile, when I worked for starbucks they were proud to have been a major sponsor for one of the austin powers movies in which dr. evil has a starbucks on his space ship and the product was placed very prominently in several scenes. What most people see as a joke in the movie with starbucks as the punch line was actually a clever advertising plot!

Same is true for tv now too. Watch all of your tv shows and you will find that coke, pepsi and others prominently display their soda cans or water bottles in clear view of the camera, gone are the days of the black taped label!

:drinker:

I've had some experience working in reality TV - I was a production coordinator on a couple episodes of my Big Redneck Wedding. :laugh: :embarassed:

Please believe me when I say its ALL fake. I mean, obviously those people are actually losing weight, but everything is set up - from the weigh ins to the lines, scripting etc. Producers of reality shows actually instigate most, if not all of the conflict you see on the show, as well as 'suggesting' ideas that would be good for camera (ex. the mud wrestling). There is also a lot of reenactment - when the producer hears about something that happened that wasn't caught on film, they just set it up and have the contestants do it again.

A friend of mine worked as a PA to a BL shoot in season 6 and apparently when they are there for the weigh in, they have the trainers go through a myriad of facial expressions so they will have something to cut to. So every time I watch the show and I see Bob with his 'amazed face' on, I just giggle, thinking about them striking different facial poses for the camera. :laugh:

Its entertainment - it just happens to also help people lose weight and give some good advice.

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Oh my gosh! that is so funny! Now I'm going to get the giggles everytime of see them make their exaggerated facial expressions! I'm laughing now just thinking of them doing that!! :laugh: :laugh: