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New reality show wants you! (and your female best friend)

We came across an open NYC casting call on Craigslist for a new reality show looking for straight girls and their “gay best friends.”

Here’s the pitch:

Are your friends constantly calling you Will and Grace? Jack and Karen? Kathy and her best gay? A NEW GAME SHOW celebrating the fascinating, complex, and hilarious relationship between gay men and their straight girlfriends is now casting! So if you're fun, outrageous, and know a lot of pop culture and mindless trivia, then we want you as a CONTESTANT! We are looking for BFF couples of all ages, who have a great dynamic together to take part in this new game show for a major cable network. If you think that you and your BFF would be fabulous, please e-mail your names, contact info, how long you have known each other, a brief description of your relationship, and a picture of both of you together or separate to newtvgameshow@gmail.com. You must be available May 20 and 21. Hurry spaces are filling fast!

This could be a bit of a train wreck. No doubt there’s a special “twist” that they’re not telling the applicants during the casting process. You sign on thinking you’re gonna be competing against other gay boys/straight girls in fun team challenges a la Amazing Race or Fear Factor, and instead they have each of you strapped to a lie detector answering embarrassing questions like, “Do you ever wish she had a penis?" or “Do you sometimes fantasize about converting him?”

Still, if I were in the New York area and available May 20th and 21st I’d be tempted to apply.

The press release says this reality show is for a “major cable network.” That covers a lot of territory but who knows, maybe the network is Bravo and they’re secretly casting for a new season of Boy meets Boy. Wouldn’t that be fun? Anybody remember James & Andra? I loved Andra — and loved Michael McDonald’s impression of her even more. After the break the classic “Boy Meets Goy” sketch from Mad TV. Enjoy!


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  • dannydc's picture

    Enuff already!

    Shoving the tired Will and Grace down our throats for so many years, do we really need more of the same BS? Enuff already! BTW... Boy Meets Boy was a total disaster. They can't even hardly give the DVD away from that turkey!
    Dwiz's picture

    BFF curious

    "Outrageous" should hopefully sound some alarms to anyone thinking about trying out for this show. I have yet to see any reality show that doesn't turn ugly in some way. But I have to admit I am curious to see what this is all about.


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