'No Shame,' when it comes to cash, prizes
By Derek Paiva
Advertiser Entertainment Writer
A list of the Top Three stunts I'd like to see on "No Shame," in descending order.
• 10 p.m. Sundays, starting June 8 • KFVE
3) Somebody eating a dead centipede similar to the bambucha one I found in my condo elevator last night.
'No Shame'
2) A twentysomething male singing a Paul Anka medley that must include "You're Having My Baby" and "One Man Woman/One Woman Man" in front of a wall-to-wall Pipeline Cafè audience.
1) Anyone I know standing front stage and stating emphatically, " 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding' freakin' rawhked!"
But that's just me.
What would you do for $5,000 in cash and the title of "Hawai'i's Craziest Person"?
The producers of an upcoming locally produced weekly series called "No Shame" are looking for people with unusual talents to compete for the title in front of a live Pipeline Caf audience and Sunday night KFVE viewers.
"We're looking for people with special hidden talents," said Ryan Chang, co-creator of the Island Fire Productions summer series. "If you wanna tank a bottle of shoyu or eat a whole tube of wasabi ... anything you think people out there will think is crazy, let us know."
The half-hour contests will be taped in front of a live Pipeline Caf audience for 12 weeks starting May 28, for weekly Sunday broadcasts starting June 8. Judges will select a winner each week for 10 weeks; winners will move on to a semifinal round, where they'll have a chance of advancing to the final round. Prizes will be awarded to weekly winners, as well as the overall winner.
"No Shame" producers will not be involved in stunt selection.
"The contestants will have to get creative on their own," said Chang. But obviously, contestants possessing more stunts and, better yet, more outrageous stunts will have a clear advantage with the judges and audience. "We don't want people at home watching to say, 'Gee, I coulda done that!' "
Got a suitably whacked-out idea or two? E-mail your name, contact information and "talent" to "No Shame" producers at noshametv@yahoo.com.
And keep your ideas clean, folks. Nudity and foul language were still verboten on network TV the last time we checked.
