Reality Show May Have Crossed a Line, U.N. Says The North Korean nuclear standoff came to a surprising conclusion today as the producers of the reality show “Jackass” revealed that they had fabricated the crisis as a stunt for an upcoming episode. “We wanted to see how everybody would react if they thought North Korea was making nukes,” said a spokesman for the “Jackass” program. “We pretty much expected people to freak out, but nothing like this.” The spokesman said that the idea for the elaborate nuclear hoax first occurred to the “Jackass” producers when they learned that an intern in their production office, Gunnar Robertson, 23, did a “dead-on” imitation of North Korean leader Kim Jung-Il. “We couldn’t believe how good it was,” the “Jackass” spokesman said. “Gunnar really nailed Kim.” To make the nuclear hoax convincing, the “Jackass” producers mocked up extensive footage of U.N. monitors being removed from what appeared to be a North Korean nuclear facility but which was actually an abandoned Liquor Barn warehouse store in Garden Grove, California. A spokesman for the U.N.’s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) spoke out against the “Jackass” stunt today, saying, “While we have always enjoyed the ‘Jackass’ program in the past, we feel that they kind of crossed a line this time.” Perhaps in response to the “Jackass” controversy, Fox Broadcasting today cancelled plans for a proposed reality series entitled “Joe President.” In the proposed series, a man of unspectacular intelligence and accomplishment would attempt to trick the entire nation into believing he was President, even though he did not actually win an election. “Upon reflection, we thought this show was going a little too far,” a Fox spokesman said. |
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any country with nuclear weapons can kill MILLIONS. |
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they could never hit the US. |
there's been talk of an inbound ship in our harbors with such a weapon. Are you forgetting the USSR's suitcase devices? My argument for Iraq not being a threat is that he doesnt have the capability to reach us, and further, should he attack the US, that is, launch an offensive, he would be annihilated in no time. People seem to forget how much of a deterrant the US is to nation-states. There has been no link, in a year and a half to say he had anything to do with al Qaida, so state-sponsored terrorism on his behalf is not a sound argument either. No threat. Period. |
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