Monday, July 7, 2003



The Redneck Pretender

CBS had a show on for a few years called "The Pretender", in which this rather intelligent boy named Jared was raised up by a company, and taught just about every imaginable job skill known to man. Jared escapes and lives his life on the run, searching for his real parents, and doing good deeds as a doctor, pilot, scientist, lawyer, every skilled type job you could imagine. The company that raised him chases him week after week, trying to find him, and always ends up just a few minutes behind him as Jared escapes.

I think a great idea for a new show would be "The Redneck Pretender". In this show, Joe Bob would be kidnapped from his trailer at a young age and raised in a chicken factory to be able to do a whole number of totally meaningless jobs. Of course he would escape, and week to week, Joe Bob would work as a short order cook, a gas pump attendant, pizza delivery guy, septic tank cleaner, and taxi cab driver. Those chasing him could be the reincarnation of Boss Hog and Sheriff Roscoe P. Coaltrain, always just a step behind the cunning Joe Bob and his 36 foot trailer pulled behind a 1983 Ford pickup.

It's really too bad I don't work for a broadcasting network, because an idea like this is pure gold, gold I tell ya!!

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