5 Shady Tactics Reality Shows Use To Trick You - The Spit Take

[@misseli1]

I was an audience member at an X-Factor recording a few years ago. Before the show even got started, they told us to cheer for random things. For example, early on an announcer would list all the months of the year, and audience members had to cheer as loud as possible when their birthday months were mentioned. I'm guessing that footage was later edited to make it look like we were cheering for certain contestants.

[@misseli1]

Of course, at the time I thought the announcer was just trying to entertain us because the show was taking too long to get started.

[@arlenburgin2392]

You're stupid

[@bajiraosingham9495]

Did you atleast get paid for it ? 😂

[@alexbenavidez4500]

Oh that's nefarious actually. Sometimes they do flatout hold up signs telling you how to react, but that's just shameless manipulation Pretty sure they plant people in the audience too in order to start chants in crowds or boos And those absurd closeups on some random audience members face are often fake I'm sick of seeing that one picture of the ginger guy who's like :O

[@fancyf33t295]

That's absolutely gross

[@Gothead420]

Man, i dont miss TV at all.

[@haseo8244]

Gothead420 mmmm KZbin do the same thing. Remember the satire group and fake prank channels that claimed to be real pranks.

[@merkywater417]

But did people actually subscribe to those?

[@Frey_2026]

There is a lot of good content on youtube, like Red Letter Media.

[@KingLeo718]

It is weird that I don't know anyone who has cable TV anymore. In the 90s, cable tv was almost a necessity lol

[@kattastic9999]

Gothead420 I like your icon! What is it?

[@jfoeodkapfk]

HGTV: "I'm a part-time kindergarten substitute teacher, and my husband is a freelance potato farmer. We have $2.5 million to spend.

[@bakaichigo]

Funniest thing I've read this week.

[@THETRIVIALTHINGS]

Under-rated comment.

[@supersizesenpai]

LMFAOOO it's so true

[@plastikk12]

Pure brilliance.

[@BlueBleedStl]

incredibly accurate.

[@cjermevpg6372]

This actually makes me feel a little better about some of those shows. It always bugged me when people on the house hunting shows said something like, "It's okay, but I can't live with that color on the walls, so we're not going to take it."I would often yell at the TV, "BUY A CAN OF PAINT!"So I guess people aren't really that dumb.

[@sherrilynette3100]

HAHAHA - me too. Seriously - paint it! :)

[@chrisw4888]

I know their acting but people are that dumb. People are so stupid its comical

[@cameleonfleuri]

Ha! Ha! Ha! Well, exact same thing for me! I was.always like: "What? The color of the walls? That doesn't even count. Take few bucks and buy a paint can of the color of your choice, and there you go: easy, cheeply fixed!"

[@leland-bobpalmer4274]

No they are just self centered enough to lower the value of their friends homes lol

[@arthurvandeliegh8681]

Undercover Boss has to be bs. Somehow nearly every employee is exceptional, loves the company, has ideas for how they can do better, probably lost their entire family in a train accident and they're having to work 4 jobs to cover medical bills for their three blind children. Oh yeah and they'll be happy to reveal all the details of their sad story by their first break.

[@stevenclark1662]

Lmfao

[@davidgoldman3236]

🤣

[@Lousy_Bastard]

Spot on well said.

[@thehappyloaf]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@73Selene]

I do know a decent number of people willing to reveal their sad stories pretty quickly, so I don't doubt that part. But all the rest of this is on point. I can't say I've EVER met anyone in any of those jobs that had any love for the company, or any desire regarding it besides "Dear god I hope I can get a better job fuck this place"

[@aburmud]

"With 5 kids and 9 on the way, and a max budget of $7, let's see what we can find for them! This week on 'You Don't Deserve a Beach House'."

[@cash4goldteeth]

To anybody out there, John mulaney is a great stand up you should watch. (:

[@buffnatsuki7204]

"And I said no. Yaknow, like a liar."

[@bonniejunk]

this flaming trash can...could be a nursery

[@dokidoki6927]

“THAT’S WHAT I THOUGHT YOU’D SAY, YOU DUMB F U C K I N G HORSE!”

[@jontobin5942]

They fund these garbage shows but cancel Firefly. WTF mate.

[@IDeadBearI]

Well those shows are very cheap to produce, so even if not many watch them they make a lot of profit. Sadly that is all the executives care about.

[@jontobin5942]

(Sigh) I know. It's more a rhetorical wishful question.

[@Alexs229]

I never thought of it like that... Yeah! WTF?!

[@marinaatkin1581]

And NBC's Hannibal too. Such a good show

[@JC-pq7ct]

What is firefly?

[@NoJusticeNoPeace]

What really bothers me in The First 48. Besides getting someone killed in Detroit by encouraging the cops to show off for the cameras, they also consistently edit interrogation videos to add in long pauses to make people sound guilty as hell. It's one thing to doctor someone's singing performance, and something altogether different to fuck with someone facing a murder charge.

[@bsinita_wokeone]

NoJusticeNoPeace true

[@Ziko577]

That's one of the reasons I quit watching it. I noticed this even when I was younger and anyone could tell you that some level of editing went on with that show and still is to this day. In fact, the show has even gotten into hot water with showing witnesses' faces, one camerawoman got 2 years probation for lying on the stand about an Detroit officer's involved shooting which killed the suspect in question, a kid was killed in a SWAT raid and that was filmed!, a suspect sued Miami PD for false imprisonment and the episode had a lot of errors that weren't corrected in reruns involving the ensuing investigation as there were a lot of missteps on the cops' part.

[@Trump.Musk.Will.Destroy.U.S]

So what you're really saying is 48 was actually real compared to these other shows? How would it be possible to get away with murder when it's filmed? The vid never totally gets destroyed if it's online.

[@TheRedAzuki]

It's funny because I learned all of these were fake when I was about 7 years old. When I had to be in the audience of a Song contest like American Idol but I never got to see anyone sing, I just got to see people do different crap and then we had to cheer or boo at specific points. What's hilarious is that one time scene in one song when they film the audience you can see my sister and I being bored out of our minds while the performance is happening.

[@Georg3e]

Haha interesting!

[@ignatiusjackson235]

What was the song contest?

[@Kattywagon29]

I am so glad that he mentioned pimp my ride. I remember watching the show and thinking how ridiculous some of the modifications were. It never occurred to me that they would take stuff back or make people pay for their own car rentals. Ridiculous!

[@dthompson5374]

"You're fired."-45th President of The Apprentice

[@VibeSensational]

Ty Tommy 👶

[@AvangionQ]

Aptly describing what I hoped The Donald would have done to his cabinet ... i.imgflip.com/1gw0jt.jpg

[@Happy63funny]

I realized it when I was a kid and Reagan the actor became president, then Schwartzenhager, Ventura, etc, etc,etc, even sonny Bono......lol. Actors make good public puppets for peeps with money and power.

[@valgoria]

"ratings machine, DJT" - 45th President of the US

[@RabbitsInBlack]

The mentally ill should not be President. But the rich control America. And the Rich got their way. Doesn't matter if t hey are qualified it's about the MONEY!

[@kagitsune]

Can we please talk about how Rupaul's Drag Race and Project Runway routinely use shots of contestants looking to the left or right and edit them to imply that they're reactions to other contestants talking in the workroom? Like... Subtle, but insidious. That stuff can destroy people's entire careers.

[@Ziko577]

I started taking notice of these practices in recent seasons as it's become more obvious. Even more so with Rupaul's show as the LOGO KZbin channel has the "unseen" footage of the contestants talking while the judges deliberate on the stage. This show like many seems to be made specifically to appeal to the audience as when a new season's on, everyone's Twitter & FB pages light up like Christmas lights and the page is updated during or shortly after the airing. I can only imagine the chaos when this garbage hits VH1 in 2 weeks.

[@matthewgarrette2512]

God damnit. I used to watch house hunters everyday. I was even taping it. I thought I was fucked up and they only one who didn't have 750k to spend on a house at 31. well can't watch the show no more but my self esteems back. it's the little things

[@chrisw4888]

Matthew Garrette i feel like the internet is proving what a lie everything in life is

[@--Paws--]

If you are in the US currently... "You best start believing in ghost stories, Miss Turner... you're in one!" -Barbossa, Pirates Of The Caribbean

[@ohnonotjalen9153]

Julius Toledo you're beautiful

[@doctorthemoworm]

Even before learning in what ways reality TV was fake, I could tell Undercover Boss had to be heavily manipulated if not plain scripted.

[@grantrobbins68]

Noo not undercover boss!!! 😲😱 I thought that was real haha..I'll go pick up my broken dreams now😭

[@charlotteKILLS]

Last night, my boyfriend and I had one of those moments where we were reminded that everything in a reality show is manufactured. Skin Wars, second to last episode of the first season, Shannon (I think) is talking about her mother praying for her to win and the audio editing was so bad, it was incredibly obvious that all those words were spliced together like a Frankenstein's monster of a sentence. The inflection on the last word in the sentence made it clear that if that word were in context in the original sentence it came from, she would have said more afterwards, but the edit just cut her off right there.

[@sigma3636]

Isn't it ironic when Trump was shown there was spanish subtitles.

[@thebikehippie6562]

ChurchofJovinWitnesses..A little too ironic, yes I really do think.

[@mustang8206]

No because despite what you blindly accept Trump doesn't hate Mexicans

[@NA-qn4zp]

​@Yeshua is Lord. The intolerant don't deserve tolerance, concern troll.

[@perhaps1094]

@@mustang8206 'There sending gang members and rapists' type of thing a guy who definetly doesn't hate em say

[@Thommy2n]

You don't even go into probably the most insidious part of basically every reality show. The contract. First there's almost always a willful misrepresentation clause, so that when the show tweaks and edits the footage and dub overs to make you look like an borderline sociopath, you can't sue them for libel. (example: in a reality show where they were looking to cast the lead in a Broadway musical, they made it look like a contestant was bullimic. In reality, she was sick in the bathroom because of food poisoning. This was a professional actress who had trained hard to get a career on the stage. This could have damaged her career because other professional who saw that, could see here as a liability) And the control they have over your life between filming and it airiing on TV is truly terrifying. Worst case scenario. Najai Turpin was a contestant on Boxing competition "The Contender" produced and hosted by Sylvester Stallone. He was eliminated early, but their contract stated that until the show was picked up and aired, he couldn't do any boxing (cause it would spoil the shows finale). It was months before the show was picked up by a network, and by then he had committed suicide out of the combined stress of not being able to do his freaking job, and marital struggles. He's not the only one either.

[@kingmionidas]

7:00 reads: “the audience is allegedly filled with plants” thinks: the audience is filled with 🎍💐🌾🌵🌿🎋

[@NobodyNowhereKnowhow]

Fun fact: Snookie is actually three squirrels and a walrus taped together with scotch tape. They just use trick lighting and filters to make her look like a Yeti.

[@brunsta234]

NobodyNowhereKnowhow snookie is actually kinda hot now,

[@manitobenson140]

Oh shit bro I thi k ur onto something keep quiet before the government finds out you know about operation yeti

[@miloransdell6779]

@@manitobenson140 SHIT, they're onto us we must do the secret Illuminati handshake so as not to cause suspicion

[@jenniferpower981]

😎..😆🤣

[@JanaeSmith]

seriously, this show needs a full series. There is SO much fodder to pick apart the STUPID tactics they use... maybe we can just watch people cook food w/o the fake countdowns and shit?

[@sin90950]

🤣🤣🤣

[@valofalconery]

....The show is called AMISH MAFIA............. you thought it was real? lol

[@jeremyhiticas4914]

Sylar k

[@MAFuentes]

Yes if you aren't from USA. See in the perspective of an European who sees in TV Series from USA where there are Irish, Russian, Italian Mafia and all type of criminal bands.

[@mr.c2886]

I thought the midget Amish mafia enforcer was totally feasible

[@alexisaguirre5526]

bueno, los gitanos viven en vecindarios enteros, allí y la iglesia católica no trata a las personas homosexuales, también tienes amish

[@Gooong]

I'll give you that one. But House Hunters? What's the point of faking that? How hard is it to ask people about to buy a house to film one day of house hunting and one day of purchasing?

[@mustang6172]

My favorite reality show trick is when two people are having a conversation and one person (never in the same frame) is eavesdropping around the corner.

[@dschonsie]

that's why i've never watched any reality show and never will

[@craigh5236]

Same here, if (and that is a big if) I ever craved base level drama I would go to a family reunion.

[@HMASbogan]

Survivor is still good though

[@filmgeekstudios4393]

Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares, yo. The only reality show worth watching

[@zayjacksontv8035]

dschonsie never say never

[@quantumblurrr]

To be fair nobody asked if you had

[@jackiehouse529]

Did you just call Bill Nye vaguely famous

[@evad2180]

BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL

[@Arthur-Silva]

Bill who?

[@izicial7469]

If you aren't a Millennial then you probably have had little exposure to Bill Nye.

[@knownuser09]

Maybe hes only famous in a certain country. Coz i don't really know of bill. Ive seen his face before on something, but had no idea who he is or what he does.. What show is he on or from ?.

[@closotezuka]

He's from bill nye the science guy, a science show for kids in america that was okay until he started saying gender is on a spectrum

[@vianeyboruel504]

that slow clap at the end killed me. and then the Beaver market....lmfao

[@BilboB]

I think it was the orson welles clap

[@lemonwedge4640]

A follow up video would be great! Storage Wars, Mystery Diners, and any show involving a ghost and hunting and a house is kinda awful. The pool of material you've tapped here runs deep.

[@SasukeeUchiha]

Lemon Wedge C H A R L E S S T I L E S M Y S T E R Y D I N E R S

[@FluffyBuzzard2TheMax]

I was on a house hunters type show when I was about ten, my cousin was on the show and they came to my house and my siblings and I were supposed to run to the door and hug him. We had to do the shot over and over until they were happy with it. Sadly it never aired because my cousin decided he didn't want to buy any of the houses.

[@sin90950]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@carolinanulatienpo6573]

on my 600 pound life they write the the lines you hear in the voice over, also on american idol that nigel guy made all the decisions and the judges would look at him during the audition to see how they would vote. please, i need more videos on this topic. i love this.

[@13superdude2]

Carolina Nulatienpo Nigel? Lol.

[@NewMessage]

6: They tell you that the President is a legitimate leader who doesn't play with his own diaper mess if he isn't supervised constantly.

[@VibeSensational]

New Message 👶👶👶

[@FabalociousDee]

New Message Fuck's sake. 😂😂😂😂😂

[@melovekittie]

Which is 100% true, so...?

[@KnaveMurdok]

I'd love to see an Cracked style expose on Cutthroat Kitchen, cuz I love that show but I KNOW there's no what an actual cooking competition, even one as wacky as that one, is as it appears on screen.

[@OptionalZero]

I pretty much stopped watching TV a long time ago at the introduction of "Reality TV" and subsequent saturation of PrimeTime. Pretty much everything covered here is exactly the examples I try to explain to people when I get up and leave because I won't watch any "Reality TV".

[@Cory_Dora]

“Hoarders” is as close as I get to “reality shows” only cuz it encourages me to get off my ass and do the dishes. 😂🤪

[@oberstul1941]

In other news, water is wet.

[@philipmichalowski601]

uh nah bro water aint wet

[@philipmichalowski601]

I get your point though

[@thebikehippie6562]

@@philipmichalowski601 Um.. Water ain't wet?? Interesting theory.. I am going to Google this

[@thebikehippie6562]

Holy shit... Water ain't wet

[@Lyze]

I think the thing to really remember is that everything on tv, the internet and pretty much any other media should be dealt with a healthy level of skepticism. And if someone invites you to be on a show, just say no. No good can come of it.

[@archer1949]

I remember years ago when MTV's The Real World was in its early seasons (I think was LA), I watched a couple episodes during one of their endless marathons. After watching as much as I could tolerate, I told my roommate at the time that this was the most boring, phony crap I had ever seen and no one would be interested in this. And that is why I am not a TV exec.

[@ShawnRavenfire]

I auditioned for Last Comic Standing. (I already knew they preselected the people who got to have the on-camera auditions, and the people in line just went to a pre-screening table for sixty seconds, but it was more about being part of an event than anything else.) Anyway, I got video of the people waiting in line, and got to see some of the hired actors playing the "bad" comedians, which was fun (but I unfortunately wasn't able to get video of that part). Anyway, my footage is on my KZbin channel if anyone wants to check it out.

[@brunsta234]

Shawn Ravenfire link ?

[@Gunman610]

On one episode of Kitchen Nightmares, they went to a restaurant called Finn McCool's, owned by a retired cop whose son auditioned for Hell's Kitchen and, while they liked him, they didn't think he was the right fit for HK, so they had him on KN. There's one scene where one of the line chefs drops a piece of chicken on the floor and then plops it back into the deep fryer. That guy was not an employee of the restaurant, but put there by the production company, because Finn McCool's turned out to be an already fairly competently run restaurant.

[@Doodlebob108]

One of my cousins was on swamp people until he ended up getting kicked off for indecent behavior. Alligator hunting has been a way of life for my people for a very long time. We know what we're doing, we know how to kill alligators as quickly and painlessly as possible. But on the show they make every kill seem like this huge struggle where you have to wrestle with the alligator. If you know what you're doing, alligator hunting is actually pretty simple. No more dangerous than hunting any other animal.

[@thecraftycyborg9024]

A friend of mine was on House Hunters. Well, her son and DIL were. But as they’d been living with my friend (after moving cross-country for a job) before buying a place, my friend wound up in it. Every single one of her lines was scripted. I saw the episode once and it was hilarious as it included phrases I’d never heard her say before.

[@thandoblaque]

Do married at first sight! Do married at first sight!

[@dropUrPeaches]

That explains why I always get pissed off at House Hunters for choosing the worst house! That actually makes it better. Now I can treat it deductively, and try to guess which one is theirs already, based on their 'personality'.

[@richarduberton4489]

I find it especially funny when people complain "oh there are too many comic book shows being made these days", or "there are too many superhero movies coming out this year", when hours and hours of this crap is released on tv every single day and no one seems to care.

[@luckycharm2930]

Richard Uberton FR I think both are complete shit and needs to stop

[@xxDrain]

I don't watch reality shows.

[@trapchurches555]

SOMEONE GIVE THIS GUY A COOKIE

[@xxDrain]

nom

[@kills456]

xxDrain 🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪

[@angelined9814]

Congrats..wtf Cares.

[@xxDrain]

Implying comments on youtube should always be something that people are deeply interested in.

[@xenoblad]

I was expecting a comment about how recent monogamy is.

[@madameceecee9589]

LMAO, wait...Trump cant allow someone to be president of a multi million dollar company without experience but yet he expects to be able to be president of the united states with no experience????? talk about putting your foot in your mouth!!!

[@sdgdhpmbp]

It's only funnier when you consider that that is exactly why he was voted and, to the surprise of all the morons, he's proving to be terrible at it and even guilty of a number of crimes himself.

[@camgere]

Yah, 'cause professional politicians are the best money can buy.

[@lochinvar00465]

Well, at least he has proven to be better than the alternative we had to choose from. She would have had us entangled in some non-sensical conflict and the economy would have continued to tumble into the toilet. We're not embroiled in another useless war, the economy is doing better than since I can remember. We can only look to keeping him in office.

[@teddyjones3093]

@@lochinvar00465 Unemployment is low, which is good. But economic growth has slowed actually. Thanks to the tax cuts, the deficit has skyrocketed to over one trillion dollars. The US is still involved in all the same countries it was during the Obama administration, and Trump has actually ramped up the drone wars, which were already terrible under Obama. Also, getting rid of the Nuclear Deal was a disaster, and the only reason why the Trump administration did it was to escalate with Iran, since the neocons have been trying to topple that government for decades now. Not saying Hillary was any better since I believe she was probably slightly worse overall. But Trump has turned out to be just another puppet of the deep state like the rest of them. After all, Hillary Clinton was funded by goons like Goldman Sachs, which Trump stacked his administration with. He also stacked his administration with war criminals from the Bush administration.

[@vaevictus4637]

@@teddyjones3093 Hey guys. Just checking in from 2020. Things are much much worse. The locusts are the size of horses and pollution and food shortages have ravaged the planet. The only true survivors are those living in Bitcoin Citadels. The world is lost.

[@misterpizarro5512]

I see "reality shows" with the picture of trump, i click

[@DonkeyDongs]

Emmanuel Pizarro Diaz Fuck hillary

[@misterpizarro5512]

Fuck everyone

[@1pyroace1]

Emmanuel Pizarro Diaz simple man lol

[@ThatPurpleFlounder]

Thank you Cracked crew for talking me out of auditioning for the Voice. I don't need that kind of disrespect from TV producers or anyone for that matter.

[@sunidaze]

Man, I miss the old H&G when they showed crafts, decorating and cooking shows :(

[@phuongvythanh]

The talent and skill on display here is truly inspiring

[@andybo-bandy2866]

Knowing the thing about house hunters, isn't that kind of a slap in the face to the friends/family who's houses you used for the other choices. Like "hey, would you mind moving all your shit out so we can decide our new house is better on live television"

[@dowingba]

They don't have to agree to it...

[@ionlyeatbrainsdummy9858]

This was one of the best episodes ever.

[@jimmyr545]

10:42 if they're LED lights they shouldn't get hot at all

[@BunhieKleever]

Damn it, the Beaver reference is going to have me laughing at random intervals during the day.

[@tonderaimapanga589]

this is why i only watch cartoons ...

[@thehappyloaf]

at least you know that's not real

[@thehappyloaf]

oh wait the simpsons

[@OldmanNix]

I'm on a cracked binge. WHO'S WITH ME!!

[@nihilisticpancakeface6553]

i had a friend eho particpiated for the voice. she sounds like rihanna IRL and in the audition .but she sounded like drunk lady gaga when we watched her auditionf video on tv. Dafuq?

[@PinkSoldier2009]

This is one of the reasons why I haven’t watched TV in more than 5 years

[@AvocadoDiaboli]

10:07 How would Jack know the performance of a 15-year-old vulva? Do you have something to confess, Jack?

[@mayas.7458]

I'm quite sure he said "Volvo", as in the car brand/company

[@berkpick]

one of those shows where you bid on abandoned storage lockers once hired me, gave me a whole character breakdown and a script outline to improvise around

[@kylaproject]

"The Quest" was really the best reality show EVER! ^_^ (Yes, I despise reality TV, but that show was really fun!)

[@iambicpentakill971]

Oh, that one was fun! I had forgotten about it. Apparently Disney made a new similar one last year. If I ever get Disney+, I''ll give it a shot.

[@keriezy]

I know a singer who made it to top 50 in American Idol, she was seen on camera for 0.5 seconds the whole season. She also had to sign a contract saying she wouldn't work for or sign any other contracts for two years if she made it to television. It's all a scam.

[@MrMarkie_B]

When I found out that house hunters was fake I was so pissed off. That damn show took way too many hours from my life for you to be fake. Now when I watch it I like to pretend that it’s real LOL 😂

[@verdatum]

When my friends were on Bar Rescue, all they got out of it was a box of spherical ice that cost $8 apiece, and a few beer dispensing machines that were illegal to use in that county. In exchange for that, they had to completely lie and make themselves seem worse than they were. It's absolutely completely and totally fake.

[@carolinanulatienpo6573]

wow

[@sinenomine6180]

Thanks for ruining House Hunters for me >:( Although now that I think about it, I did always think it was strange that couples would always agree on purchasing the same house, that part I was suspicious of but the rest of it.... really? They couldn't get genuine people looking for a house? I'm guessing the price of the houses are also made up.

[@edragon6591]

9:08 PRICELESS !!!!! The best reason to give this a thumbs up!!!!! and the entire premise of his presidency...

[@PraiseTheFSMonster]

"I guess biologically some of those people are real..."

[@DigitalNinjaVideo]

Nice touch with The Apprentice footage having Spanish subtitles

[@Bella_Rei]

Do these guys just take the best performing articles and then decide which ones get made into videos? I'm pretty sure I've read a cracked article about this.

[@awkward.anonymous]

Cracked has definitely talked about House Hunters being fake in another video, I'm not sure about the other stuff though. Personally I just view these and the text-based videos as filler that keeps the channel active between their more production-heavy shows.

[@SidekickSam24]

I feel like they've talked about the Apprentice, too, in another video.

[@Azivegu]

well the speed of which an article can be made is only a fraction of that which goes into making a video. For an article you need one person and an internet connection. For the videos you need a team of camera operators, sound technicians, editors, scriptwriters, actors, makeup artists, plus all the equipment and software (not cheap). So they could invest more into starting story lines that aren't based off of articles they have written and have a good chance that multiple scripts will flop after countless hours of research and writing, or they can build upon the premise of an article they know people are interested in and have a portion of the script already laid out for them. If you ask me, that's a pretty sound business decision to my ears.

[@virginiar7692]

Only the one? Usually there are at least 5 other article about the same subject. Or covers the same details partially etc. I don't ind though, there usually is at least one piece of new information and repitition helps me remember the events.

[@Bella_Rei]

No i aint talking shit, now. lol. its a good idea. I just vaguely remember a cracked article where they talk about how like, reality shows without background music and sound effects are totally different, and a bunch of other stuff about how they script and re-take scenes and stuff... was it a John Cheese article? John Cheese is the greatest. lol

[@lyoko0069]

We recently had an American idol audition come by Oklahoma and after hearing from a few friends that tried out I learned that they’re looking more for sad stories and talent. Not just talent

[@overcommunikate]

House Hunters makes sense though because buying a house takes longer than then 3 days and it would cost too much money to film in houses still on the market with people who may end up getting rejected by the bank. That's why all HGTV shows require you to be in escrow first. The friend thing is ludicrous. House Hunter International is cool even if it's fake decision because learning about the housing market in Lisbon or whatever is still real.

[@NotAGraveRobber]

My dad has a friend who was on House hunters and they told us about it when I was like 7 yet I still love the show.

[@Happy63funny]

CNN told me this was fake news and reality tv shows are legit.................bwahahahahahahaaaaaa!

[@GoatPopsicle]

Happy63funny you spelt FOX News wrong.

[@Happy63funny]

+Doctor Cthulhu bwahahaha; exactly, they are all so biased and full of "spin" now.

[@BlueBleedStl]

CNN, FOX, MSNBC, all have their own ideological spin on things. It's only been more apparent to some recently about CNN. There isn't a credible new channel left on television.

[@GoatPopsicle]

It's always been that, it's just more spoken/noticeable about now because of 24 hour news. Ben Franklin used his news papers for personal political goals. Also to make marijuana illegal so hemp wouldn't cut into his paper and cotton businesses.

[@Happy63funny]

+BlueBleedStl exactly!!!!! This whole new pewdiepie and the WSJ is gonna help wake up a lot of young people to it. Future is starting to look brighter! :)

[@zeromailss]

the last time I actually watch tv was 5 years ago, I regret not stopping earlier

[@viper0111]

Notification Skwad

[@del132]

Almost 20 years later and I *STILL* feel guilty for having watched Pimp My Ride.

[@EggandToast2024]

Why tf does cracked post shit at 3:30am??

[@eyespliced]

because it is 6:30am eastern time instead of 3:30am pst

[@ianmacfarlane1241]

Dalton Rapattoni Because it goes out to the whole world.

[@OtherGonzo]

Why do you care? It's not like it's a different video 5 hours later

[@Wee_Thought]

"The X gesture, which, looks like they're saluting the emperor in some sci-fi dystopia". Does the X gesture to myself and laughs, with the video paused, then looks around to make sure no one was here. ... I need friends...

[@Dan1elAndrade]

Amish mafia LOL

[@mkhizecode5676]

😂im loving the acting tho @13:45

[@Katrina_NYC]

*But how do know that Idol girl wasnt lying to save face* ? 🤔

[@thatoneguy611]

Are you victim blaming??

[@AnimalLover101195]

I can't handle the irony of that Apprentice clip having Spanish subtitles.

[@grail68]

Ok, well, Bill Nye really did revive his media career by appearing on DWTS... that and his Ken Hamm debate around the same time lead to him building a big social media following, doing interviews, and finally getting his own show(s) again. It's actually pretty cool.

[@kylemuhlenkamp8]

The Citizen Kane reference at the end was great.

[@itaylevin4555]

As a "professional" musician I was hired by X Factor Israel along with others to "play-sync" our performance in front of a live audience while a playback was in the background. Man that was digrading

[@iambicpentakill971]

Wow.

[@slimkickens]

That bittersweet moment but when you find out there's a Spit Take you missed. Miss you Jack

[@GoldenRetreiv8Nicki]

This is beyond true, I was on a reality show and it was legit the most disappointing experience smh

[@leilanolan4681]

My mom actually got asked to be on version of house hunters after we bought our house. My mom said no to it because she didn't want people knowing what our house looks like and where it is. After that we knew it was all fake. She still watches it a lot. Now when I pass by it's " Which house is theirs" instead of " which house should they pick"

[@SB-ki3jw]

I recently helped with the taping of a "flip your house" type show. When the owner came home and gave their reaction they asked them to redo it with more enthusiasm

[@Bibbly53]

THANK YOU, for doing THIS video specifically. You guys are on the ball.

[@RainyDays2790]

My family and i went to a taping of the Maury Show about 2 years ago. there was a dude in front that told us how to react and to certain things and when. He said that no matter how you actually feel, just follow the crowd. one or two of the "guests" for that episode actually ended up taking the bus back home with us. Least the pizza was endless and yummy and we got free t-shirts

[@ShadowWingTronix]

At least when the home improvement shows do that you actually get something of worth out of it watching the chosen house be updated. Sure, they probably remove the decorations (or at least the ones not specifically created for them), but you're bringing in your own anyway. the audience gets to see the house being built and maybe get some tips for their own homes.

[@havingteawiththedevil]

“And since these are the houses they don’t end up moving into, that involves contests shitting all over their friends homes on cable television.” 😂😂😂😂

[@GeorgieRogers1313]

Oh my God! I know The first couple of bad actors walking there dogs at the end of the house hunters part. lol. the guy was one of my best friends growing up. this made me laugh so effing hard! oh man this made my day!

[@redram5150]

I live in the town where Amish Mafia “takes place”. “Lebanon Levi” used to drink at a bar a few miles from my home. No one knew this until the show aired. Because until the show aired, no one heard of him or any of them

[@CuriousSomeone]

Man you guys are so underrated. I love Cracked. What's your take on the cultural impact of The Kardashians?

[@darrylferguson3622]

This is crushing my childhood, I genuinely felt happy for people on pimp my ride until know...

[@debbydee1257]

I am going to keep saying this to yall. Bring back the music on this segment!

[@94blondebimbo]

If you're really interested in how shows do this sort of thing, look up series 4 episode 6 of Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe where he holds a mock show of the Apprentice called The Unloser to show editing and production tricks used in reality shows. If you need any persuading, this is the guy who created and is the writer for Black Mirror!

[@haydenchan3934]

Survivor only uses stunt doubles for challenges during the aerial shots because its pretty easy to see the camera crew when you’re shooting in the middle of the jungle.