Things that would not be good ideas for a reality show

Bob's Desk - Unedited work-week film footage from the desk of a guy named Bob, who works as an accountant for a large insurance company in Omaha, NE.

Our Pet Lions - A middle American family of four with no prior animal training adopts 3 full grown male lions as house pets for 6 weeks.

Moore is Less - Reality show based on the day to day home life of self-appointed know-it-all "filmmaker" Michael Moore.

A Little Bit of Fear Factor - Contestants are forced to participate an series of challenges which are a only a little bit frightening or unpleasant. For example - crossing the street against the light, drinking milk a few days past the expiration date, and skateboarding without the proper padding.

Survivor: Kansas - Players are dropped in the middle of a corn field with no food, no water, no cell phones, and no map to the nearest highway. Eventually they find their way to a road and probably just hitchhike or call their families to come pick them up or something.

Mobster - Wanna be gansters get to spend 3 months hanging out with mafioso learning the ropes. As a final test at the end of the show they have to whack someone to earn the $50,000 prize.

The Real World: Caffeine Nation - Seven strangers come together and live in house for four months. Oh, and by the way, their entire diet for the duration of the show consists of Starbucks Venti triple-shot cups of coffee and chocolate covered espresso beans.

Trading Hampsters - Two families from different parts of the country, each of which own hampsters, trade pets with each other for two weeks and have a life enriching learning experience.

The Bachelor . . . Lights Out - Its the same bachelor show we've come to expect, except this time all of the participants are blind folded and forbidden from speaking for the duration of the show.

Painters - A camera crew follows a couple of guys around for a summer while they paint houses.