2021 TLC Network Casting Call

TLC, the network that brought you hit shows such as Little People Big World, 17 Kids and Counting, 19 Kids and Counting, sMothered, My 600 Pound Life, Dr. Pimple Popper and 37 variations of 90 Day Fiancé is casting for its upcoming 2021 lineup. If you are interested in the kind of fame or infamy that only scripted reality TV exposure can deliver, read the list below and apply to any and all roles you feel you are suited for. Due to the high volume of applications submitted, only successful applicants will be contacted.

Ice Road Hookers – Seeking escorts/companions of any gender, because an icy road is a lonely road.

Little People, Big Boobs – Seeking ‘little people’ (of any gender) willing to let our cameras follow along on their journey to get enormous breast implants.

Sweet Mother of God, Stop Counting – Seeking oddly creepy parents willing to exploit their incredibly large families for fun and profit.

90 Day Fiancé: Unbelievable – Seeking stock photo models who struggle with online dating due to catfishers using your photos for evil.

Say Yes to the Prenup – Seeking wealthy men engaged to high maintenance women with “crazy eyes” looking for the perfect prenuptial agreement to protect their assets while avoiding a fight that could potentially get you stabbed with a broken wine glass.

Queer Eye for the KKK – Seeking ignorant hilbilies with poor grooming habits and a heart of gold. Fellas, put down those torches and pick up some moisturizer, the Fab Five are headed south.

Pimp my Lawn: featuring Xzibit – Seeking homeowners with responsibilities that realize a little landscaping is more beneficial to their net worth than spinning rims and a karaoke bar in their Dodge Caravan.

The New Neighbor

INT. COMPUTER SCREEN – ZOOM MEETING – DAY

Four well dressed, middle aged women are on the screen, a meeting is about to start.

BETH

Okay girls, I call this meeting of the Westlake Neighborhood Association to order.

SARA

Ugh, I miss doing these in person. (Holds up glass of wine) This feels too much like drinking alone.

BETH

Well. You would certainly know, Sara. (beat) First order of business, the creepy new guy that just moved in across the street. What can we do?

MARY

Maybe we should send one of our husbands over there to inform ‘Mr. T-shirt and sweatpants’ that this is a quiet family neighborhood?

JANE

You know what I heard? Wanda Jones said the FedEx driver dropped our new neighbors package off at her place by accident, and when she went to return it the guy was filming some sort of sick movie in his living room!

BETH, MARY, SARA

NO!

JANE

YES!

SARA

You don’t think he’s one of those-

JANE

Well. You know how that Wanda is, she wasn’t sure exactly WHAT kind it was but with the noises coming out of there it was definitely meant for one of those awful internet sites.

BETH

Still want to send our husbands over there Mary?

MARY

Heavens no! I don’t need my husband getting any ideas.

SARA

And what are we supposed to tell our children?!? The last thing we need is for them to get the idea that they can make a living like that.

BETH

Well we have to tell them something, they aren’t babies anymore. They’re going to figure it out. Isn’t it better that they hear it from us?

MARY

Oh right Beth, and how do you propose to tell our impressionable young children that we have a-- a YouTuber in the neighborhood? Do you want your kids on the internet making (shudders) unboxing videos?

JANE

Well now Mary, we don’t know for sure it’s YouTube. It could be that new Tik Tok thing?

MARY

What if he’s an Instagram Influencer?

All four ladies gag simultaneously as if throwing up in their mouths a little bit.

JANE

(panicking) This is the worst thing that’s ever happened to this neighborhood. What do we do Mary? Should we put our house up for sale? Send our kids to boarding school? Burn a cross on his lawn?

Suddenly a notification chimes, as MARCUS, a 34 year old man in sweatpants and a t-shirt enters the meeting.

MARCUS

(obviously rehearsed)Hello, my name is Marcus. I just moved into the neighborhood and I’m required by law to introduce myself. As well I need to inf-

BETH

Well at least you people are required to warn us now. Which one is it? YouTube? Snapchat? Tik Tok?

MARCUS

Huh? No, I must inform you that I am a registered sex offender. If you could kindly keep your children at least 150 feet from my h-

SARA

Sex offender? Oh thank God!

MARCUS

(confused) I, Uh-

JANE

We were worried you were some kind of internet celebrity, or an (pause) Instagram influencer.

All five of them gag as if throwing up in their mouths a little bit.

MARCUS

Ew, no. I was caught trying to make friends at an elementary school playground with a Pez dispenser sticking out of my fly...

MARY

What a relief!

BETH

Welcome to the neighborhood Marcus, we had you pegged all wrong. Meeting adjourned.

Leaked Trailer For Dirty Dancing ‘Snyder Cut’ Reveals New Character Design for Abortion Doctor.

It’s been over 30 years since Dirty Dancing debuted in theaters, treating fans and critics alike to the time of their life with an energetic coming of age tale about loss of innocence, the mambo and back alley medicine. While the story is still an audience favorite, and has held up well from most angles, that hasn’t stopped HBO from commissioning a remake. Hoping to cash in on the buzz created by the release of the ‘Snyder Cut’ of Justice League, HBO has tapped the director to remake as many films as possible, starting with Baby, Johnny and the summer staff of Kellerman’s resort.
“At first I was going to say no, I mean what a stupid idea, I wasn’t even involved with the film. Then when I saw the budget, I knew I was in. Then the question became about what angle I could take. My first thought was to really build the battle for ‘Baby’ into an epic fist fight between Jake Houseman and Johnny Castle culminating in the reveal that both characters mom’s had the same first name. This would lead to the doctor and the dancer forging an alliance in the sequel. That idea was shot down pretty quickly.”

The director said the inspiration came to him after he locked himself out of his car and was trying to jimmy the door open with a coat hanger.
“The abortion doctor was one of the most important characters in cinematic history, he has a story that needs to be told. The fact that he didn’t have a second of screen time gave us a lot of leeway. I could even make him an owl if I wanted to…” said the “Legend of the Guardians” director and noted nocturnal bird fetishist.

“The only things we really know about this character are that he charges $250, and that he uses a dirty knife and a folding table. Now, $250 in 1963 works out to a little more that $2100 in today’s dollars. I don’t have the data in front of me about the effect of inflation on knives and folding tables, but I think we can all agree that’s not a lot of overhead. What does he do with his money besides buying super villain headgear? I think the answer is going to make an excellent film.”

When asked about possible push back on the changes, he scoffed: “What do you want me to do? Dig up Jerry Orbach and Patrick Swayze for reshoots? Well, I asked – they won’t let me. It was this or trying to CGI Jennifer Grey’s old face back and we’ve seen how hard that kind of thing is. You saw the nightmare attempt to wipe a moustache off of Superman, undoing bad plastic surgery is obviously impossible.”

“Honestly, we haven’t even scratched the surface on the guy’s backstory. Does he play a Smokey and the Bandit style cat and mouse game with law enforcement? One can only assume he’s quite popular at the local dirty knife and folding table store. The additional 90 minutes of run time is really going to round out the story”

With this move, along with giving similar ‘Snyder Cut’ treatment to recently acquired properties such as “Citizen Kane”, “Casablanca”, and “I’m Gonna Git You Sucka”, HBO President of Programming Casey Bloys hopes to bring much needed attention to their new streaming service HBO Max which currently has 12.6 million subscribers.

Bloys is quoted as saying “Nobody puts Amy [Hodge, HBO V.P. of Original Programming] in the corner, except her complete lack of original ideas.”

World’s Sickest Man Falls on Ice, Inspires Generation

In a move that can only be described as inspirational, Irwin Marvinson (46 but looks 68), the world’s sickest man, upped his game earlier this week and slipped in an icy parking lot. 

 

“You know, some people would coast after holding the title of world’s sickest man for 8 years straight, but that’s not how I was raised.” Marvinson told reporters. “I live my life by the Japanese principle of Kaizen or constant improvement. Sure, I already only have about 15% lung capacity, and a slight gust of wind will peel my skin like a slice of processed cheese, and people tell me I usually smell like some odd sort of cheese. Hmm, I wonder if I have some sort of undiagnosed cheese related illness. Excuse me while I consult a specialist…”

 

But it’s not all fun and games for the local telemarketer/pharmacy M.V.P. 

 

“Juggling what would be a lifetime worth of doctor’s appointments to a normal man every month with a full time job isn’t easy.  Being incredibly frail isn’t all it’s cracked up to be either, I mean the slip and fall accident I suffered would have given anyone a healthy bruise, a senior citizen could have easily broken a hip.  My bones are mostly powder so it’s off to another specialist for me.”

 

Most of Marvinson’s coworkers are supportive.

 

“In a day and age where people put the minimum effort into almost everything, here is a guy at the top of his sickness game, continuing to put the work in day after day. You’ve gotta respect that. Normally you hate to see a guy take a fall like that, especially at his age, I mean what is he, 70? The only bad thing is how much we miss him when he’s off sick or at the lung specialist or the stomach specialist or the arthritis doctor or the regular doctor or the dentist or the pharmacy. This place just isn’t the same without the faint smell of cheese in the air.”

 

So in a world that seems overwhelmed with problems, you can rest easy knowing that Irwin Marvinson is hard at work creating generational wealth for a small portion of the medical community. Not all heroes wear capes.

Man With Unlikely Last Name Overwhelmed By Google Alerts

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What started out as a bit of fun turned into a bit of a nightmare for one Saskatchewan resident.

“When my grandson showed me how to set up a Google Alert to let me know when someone on the internet mentioned my name, I thought it would be a lot of fun. Maybe I could catch an old flame reminiscing, or one of the old bastards from the Legion talking shit about me.” said the man.

“The boy and I set it up to send me an email every time my full name was mentioned, as well as a couple of variations of my initials and last name, just to cover all my bases. I didn’t think much of it, until I checked an hour later and had 789 million emails, which is about 788,999,992 more than I normally get in a day.”

“I have read a lot of confusing things about myself in the last little bit, some saying I’m the most important thing to happen in the history of the United States, others (which I assume are mostly my ex-wife) calling me some pretty horrible things.”

Although completely overwhelmed, the man insists he is going to read and respond to every single one of the comments that resulted in an alert.

“Mark my words, each and every one of these people is going to get an earful from Mr. Uriah Samuel Election!”

They Remember You: 5 People We All Grew Up With (And Quickly Forgot…)

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Pictured: Tribalism.

Short of ethically-questionable injections, we’re often limited to sharing the endorphin rush of nostalgia with people around our age. Today’s children don’t understand why everyone is smoking in our baby pictures any more than we understood why people were wearing onions as fashion accessories in our grandparents’ old pictures. (It’s because it was the style at the time. — Ed.)

While there is certainly momentary entertainment to be derived from pointing out the differences between lawn darts and Snapchat, we have decided to instead focus on the common experiences that tie all of our childhoods together. No matter when you grew up, no matter where you grew up, since the beginning of time these five people have lived in every neighborhood, everywhere…

The Guy Who Had No Good Ideas — Ever

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Blow me, Richard.

Remember this guy? His name was usually Richard, and he always had the worst ideas. Not the ideas that seemed good at the time but eventually got you in trouble, that was a different guy. You’re thinking of Robbie. Richard’s ideas were always stupid enough to not even consider them. When coming up with an activity for the day, Richard would suggest something like going door to door asking people for their opinion on abortion. Ugh, shut up, Richard!

The Guy Who Was Obsessed with Model Airplanes

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Dude, what do you mean your mom won’t buy any more glue? Is she on the rag?

Ahh, Todd. How many afternoons did Todd spend explaining the most minute details of his latest project? You don’t know any more than I do because fuck us running if we were listening to that noise. Todd was boring as hell. I used to just wait for my turn with the glue. Then he’d be all, “Oh, don’t drop my stupid model or whatever!” (or throw it at a building, depending on your proximity to 9/11). Our teachers all thought Todd would go far in life, but where is he now? Did he grow up to be a pilot or a professional model man or a terrorist? No, he’s still in his parents’ basement, huffing glue. I think he has a pet spider or something. Also, his parents might be dead. Something is pretty smelly upstairs.

The Guy Who Believed Every Rumor He Ever Heard

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“Oh, wake up, wake up.” Bro, if I wanted to wake up I’d still have a job.

Did you hear the school principal was embezzling money? How else could he afford that new Pontiac Sunfire? Not only did Cory believe absolutely everything anyone told him, but he also had the rare ability to repeat it verbatim with absolute confidence that it was 100% fact. God forbid if you ever had a theory, though, like why his parents didn’t want him. Then Mr. “It-All-Makes-Sense” was all, “Why? Why?”

(I almost didn’t include Cory because I didn’t believe he was as common as the others on the list. I thought he might be a little too obscure and I’d lose some of you, however after a brief break scrolling through social media I met — and blocked — most of your Corys.)

The Guy Who Always Smelled Like Milk

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“The original Matrix was polio!”

What can I tell you about this guy? I didn’t know his name, or much about him other than he smelled like milk. What a weird thing to smell like. No one was really friends with him, but I do know that you didn’t want to be too close to him on a sunny day. Also, he seemed older than the rest of us, like way too old to be in our class. The gullible rumor kid was convinced he was a Nazi war criminal in hiding. I don’t know, maybe the milk smell was the result of some kind of ungodly experimentation with calcium? I guess you’d have to read the Nuremberg nutritional report.

The Guy Who Always Had Eggs In His Pockets

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Ass. Magnet.

C’mon, you knew this guy had to be number one, right? Who else could it be? This guy was a pretty versatile chap when we were growing up. He was always ready with an ‘eggcellent’ egg-related pun complete with a visual aid that really completed the joke, he could juggle, he was voted most likely to hatch a baby bird… Cory said he got his legs broke by the Bacon Bureau, but I know better. He got his legs broke by the Milk Magistrate.

Well, there you have it. I hope you enjoyed this trip down Memory Lane, no matter how old you are or where you lived. It’s nice to take a break from focusing on all of the things that divide us to celebrate the common experiences we all share and remember the freaks that unite us as a mob of decent, normal people.

Okay thanks, bye.