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How gullible do they think TV viewers are?!

posted 9 years ago by monstermagnet37
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This is such ridiculous, staged nonsense. How stupid do they think we are? First of all, people (especially Americans) will ALWAYS mind their own business (unless maybe a murder or rape is happening at the table next to them). Second of all, if John Quiniones came walking out in the middle of it, almost everyone would be like "Who the F are you?!?" haha. Why are they always trying to pretend that this NOBODY is so recognizable that everyone hugs him and says "Oh...you got me! I knew it! I love your show!" HAHAHA. I guarantee if this was actually "real" reality TV, 99 out of 100 people would have NO IDEA who this idiot is!

[–] BugisStreetAnnie 9 years ago

Yeah, I thought this as well. Not only that but he probably looks much different in person than he does on t.v. yet people recognize him right away. A lot of them act as if they just saw Elvis, which makes it seem even more unbelievable.

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[–] monstermagnet37 9 years ago

Elvis LOL. Exactly! And I'm sure they are all coached, "Whatever you do, don't look at the cameras." I love how they say which ones are the "actors". They are ALL actors!

[–] bing-57 9 years ago

> This is such ridiculous, staged nonsense. How stupid do they think we are? First of all, people (especially Americans) will ALWAYS mind their own business

No. I think these are real people responding to the actors. But, what you don't see is that, apparently, they film dozens or hundreds of people over a whole day. Only a few of them respond the way the producers want and only those reactions make the show.

> Second of all, if John Quiniones came walking out in the middle of it, almost everyone would be like "Who the F are you?!?"

Again, that's selective editing. The whole conversation probably goes like,

John: "Hello. I'm John Quiniones."
Dupe: "Who?"
John: "John Quiniones. You are on the TV show 'What Would You Do?'"
Dupe: "Okay. Is that on cable or something?"
John: "No. Friday nights on ABC."
Dupe: "Oh. Yeah, I've seen your show."

Then, they edit it to be,

John: "Hello. I'm John Quiniones."
Dupe: "I've seen your show."

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[–] BugisStreetAnnie 9 years ago

No. I think these are real people responding to the actors. But, what you don't see is that, apparently, they film dozens or hundreds of people over a whole day. Only a few of them respond the way the producers want and only those reactions make the show.

Sometimes they film over several days even. A few years back someone on here made a great comment about this (which I have no doubt is true), that they film so long at one location, giving the people who first walk in a chance to text their friends or family members, who are fans of the show, to run down, play the hero and get to see themselves on t.v.

It would seem to make more sense if they filmed briefly at one location, then moved on to another unknown town and another location, doing the same scenario, so people wouldn't catch on that quickly. Once word got out that What Would You Do? is filming at a bar or restaurant they would already be in a new town.

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[–] bing-57 9 years ago

> A few years back someone on here made a great comment about this (which I have no doubt is true), that they film so long at one location, giving the people who first walk in a chance to text their friends or family members, who are fans of the show, to run down, play the hero and get to see themselves on t.v.

I hadn't even considered that. I suppose that would pretty much guarantee that eventually they would get the right reaction from a stranger.

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[–] monstermagnet37 9 years ago

Well, no matter how many times Jimmy Kimmel does Lie-witness News, he never seems to run out of idiot tourists that have the IQ of a cucumber haha

[–] bing-57 9 years ago

> no matter how many times Jimmy Kimmel does Lie-witness News, he never seems to run out of idiot tourists that have the IQ of a cucumber

Yes. He and Jay Leno have made some good bank on dumb people answering questions. But, the thing is that they have to interview hundreds of people to get one stupid answer that makes the show. Also, a lot of the stupid answers seem to come from older foreigners that have a legitimate reason for not knowing U.S. pop-culture trivia.

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[–] SMorris87 9 years ago

There are plenty of people willing to look stupid to get on TV too. For instance, a girl I know made it on "Jay Walking" because she said the ocean you would visit in FL is the "Specific". We went to school with each other our entire lives-- she graduated with a 4.0. Not to mention, her family had a home in Destin, Fl. She purposely made herself look like an idiot.

[–] BugisStreetAnnie 9 years ago

For instance, a girl I know made it on "Jay Walking" because she said the ocean you would visit in FL is the "Specific". We went to school with each other our entire lives-- she graduated with a 4.0. Not to mention, her family had a home in Destin, Fl. She purposely made herself look like an idiot.

That's funny. I remember when he once was asking people when is the 4th of July, and they were giving every date but July the 4th. Either they blank out due to the thrill of being on television, or they are acting the fool to make it on the show.

[–] GraceFromSoCal 9 years ago

> no matter how many times Jimmy Kimmel does Lie-witness News, he never seems to run out of idiot tourists that have the IQ of a cucumber

Yes. He and Jay Leno have made some good bank on dumb people answering questions. But, the thing is that they have to interview hundreds of people to get one stupid answer that makes the show.

I'm not so sure about that! There's this weird tendency people have to agree with something presented to them, even though they actually have no idea what it is. I think it has to do with not wanting to appear ignorant or uninformed, so if someone asks, "what did you think of [some made-up politician's name] performance at the debate last night?", they're going to give an opinion--even though the event never actually occurred.

Also, a lot of the stupid answers seem to come from older foreigners that have a legitimate reason for not knowing U.S. pop-culture trivia.

I watch Jimmy Kimmel pretty regularly, and I really haven't noticed that in the "Lie-Witness News" segments. 

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