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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,99053,00.html

Reality Show Pits Contestants Against... Ted Nugent

They were shot with paintballs, slept in a barn, constructed their own outhouse and skinned a Russian boar.

Is all of this worth $25,000 and a truck?

Evidently so for the seven people who signed up for "Surviving Nugent," (search) a two-hour reality program that airs Sunday night on VH1.

Ted Nugent (search), the outspoken rocker and outdoors enthusiast, challenges the contestants -- or "the monkeys" as he calls them -- to live off the land in his rural compound near Jackson, about 70 miles west of Detroit.

The contestants, who include a vegan, a gay man and an urban tough guy, are eliminated one by one as the Motor City Madman sees fit. The last one standing wins the loot and the vehicle.

Along for the ride are Nugent's wife, Shemane, son, Rocco, and his "blood brother," Big Jim, who drives the eliminated contestants down a dirt road in a pickup truck.

"We're showing off our self-sufficient, Neanderthal lifestyle," Nugent, 54, told The Associated Press. "If you can't derive some entertainment from that, you're weird."

"Surviving Nugent" is scheduled for one airing, but VH1 might make it an ongoing series, said Rob Weiss, head of East Coast programming and development for the channel.

Nugent's no stranger to television -- he's has appeared on "Miami Vice" (search) and "That 70's Show."

"I would like to think that if they can edit this, conveying the humor and the tension and drama we felt, it will be successful," he said. "I think I'm just goofy enough and the contestants tried hard enough, that it's gotta be entertaining."

:)

[Frohickey]

I'd be up for Surviving Nugent.

What kind of hardware do we get to bring along? :D

[BamBam]

Now THAT'S a reality show worth watching!

Ted is a stand-up guy and all around manly-man. It would be an honor to be shot by him (paintball).

[SodaPop]

I'll take him on.:)

[manwithoutahome]

Dang, here I was, trying and doing quite well not to watch these silly "reality" shows.

Now here comes Ted, and there goes my promise that I'd never be caught watching a reality show.

But, all the others are stupid, this sounds good.

M

[Sisco]

I quit watching reality shows after the first "Survivor" but I'll try to catch this one.
"Survivor" was a disappointment; when I first heard of the concept I envisioned Seal or Special Forces types dumped off at different locations with the bare minimum survival tools. Last person to say "I can't take it anymore, I give up" would be the winner.

[Mauserlady]

About the show

He’s had the “Cat Scratch Fever,” cured it with a little “Wango Tango,” then retreated to his own personal frontier haven deep in the Michigan woods. He lives off the land and hunts its big game to nourish his own family. Now, seven unsuspecting souls have accepted an invitation to enter and survive his all-terrain universe for cash and prizes.

Surviving Nugent is a two-hour reality-based event that challenges not only the intestinal fortitude of the seven contestants, but also the image of the outspoken rock legend that many people believe is the real Nugent. The magic seven include a vegan, a gay man, a New Yorker who’s not afraid to do a little kissing up, a saucy sex kitten who’s not ashamed to use all her assets to get ahead, and a Michigan native who is sure smelling sweet will bring him success.

Fifty thousand dollars and tempting prizes lay at the end of the rainbow, but before they reach that pot of gold they must get past the “Motor City Madman.” If the seven contestants pass his muster, they stay and move onto the next challenge. If they don’t, the arrow head snaps and they are sent packing.

There are no rules in Ted’s game. No rhyme or reason to his madness. Each contestant must simply survive Ted Nugent.

The contestants are:

* Tila – A model
* Darren – A DJ
* Jack – A talent manager
* Sarah – A campaign coordinator
* Kara – A Jersey Girl
* Joe – A student
* Adam - A student

Show times:

Sun 10.5
11:00 AM

Sun 10.5
9:00 PM

Sun 10.5
11:00 PM

Mon 10.6
1:00 PM

Tue 10.7
11:00 AM

Tue 10.7
10:00 PM

Fri 10.10
2:00 PM

Fri 10.10
11:00 PM

http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/surviving_nugent/series.jhtml

Watch the video clips, they are hysterical...

[MarineTech]

The contestants are:

* Tila – A model
* Darren – A DJ
* Jack – A talent manager
* Sarah – A campaign coordinator
* Kara – A Jersey Girl
* Joe – A student
* Adam - A student



I think they posted these wrong. It should read like this.

* Tila – bait
* Darren – chum
* Jack – missing
* Sarah – missing
* Kara – crippled
* Joe – missing
* Adam - exploded

:what: :D

[BamBam]

Ted's 13 year old son, Rocco Winchester Nugent, likes rap and wants to be a pro basketball player.
Where did Uncle Ted go wrong?

The show looks great, though!

[blades67]

Yet another reason why I don't have cable.:rolleyes:

[Tommy.Gun]

May I brag....

I worked the piliot for this show. I spent three days at Teds house. And his 1200 acars. I call his back yard which is on a lake the brass beach. You guys get that I'm sure.

I got to spend almost an hour with Ted talking one on one with him in his livingroom, We were the only ones in his house at the time.

When we first showed up for the shoot it was six am... Jim let us in the house. The family was upstares sleeping. About an hour later Ted came down and said hello, we shoke hands and he asked if I wanted some venison sauage as he was going to cook. I declined which I regreat now, He then said dont mess up the house or he would kill me..He was joaking ofcource but he did have his 40cal Glock on his hip and two spare mags on the other..

Dam do I have stories....:D

[Carlos]

I'll be tuning in, and I can tell who the first one to go will be.

Red Jersey

[Intune]

They are SCREWED! YOWZA! Spirit of the Wild will freak them out! The sheer life force of Ted will leave them in awe. Wish I could see that first hand!

[Skunkabilly]

I'm not much good in the outdoors but I'll challenge him to dueling banjos :D

[Bowlcut]

hmmm skunk...he might wear ya out on that one ;)

but man that would be a rush. i know im a big old man....and pretty tough. but no match for Ted. Hes just a nut... in a good way. He was like born in the wrong centry....welll other than the time with women and drugs probaly fit into any century :D

[semf]

Tila Nguyen is a porn model if anyone is interested

[Dorin62]

Iam from the great state of MI let me know where I can sign up for the next one.

[seeker_two]

The contestants are:

* Tila – A model
* Darren – A DJ
* Jack – A talent manager
* Sarah – A campaign coordinator
* Kara – A Jersey Girl
* Joe – A student
* Adam - A student

Y'all realize that NONE of us have a chance of getting on this show. We're too knowledgable on this stuff. Imagine Tamara, runt, & Skunk in a paintball battle w/ Ted...he wouldn't have a chance! :evil:

But I'll watch the first episode...:D

[mattd]

I don't think they had paintball guns, looked like Ted was on a horse riding around trying to shoot them.

[BamBam]

I worked the piliot for this show. I spent three days at Teds house.
Tommy,
What was your job?
I'm sure you have some confidentiality clause in your contract but maybe after the show airs you can share more with us!

BamBam

[Dilettante]

Are YOU tough enough to survive Nugent?

no

[Tommy.Gun]

Well it's about time someone asked me something. What would you like to know? Teds a great guy, but when he has a camera in front of him he shows off and try's to shock people. The time I spent talking with him was a great experience!!

I was a engineer for the shoot, we turned his garage into a TV control room..

Ask away.......wanna see pix...

Oh wait...a story..

we were taping spots for VH1, Ted was giving his no drugs and fast food speech. At one point he stopped and looked over his lake. There was a big flock of geese flying bye. And they were loud. He said listen to that, that is the sprit of the wild as he gazed into the sky. Isn't that beautiful! Then he just kept looking at them...then about seven geese were coming right over us. In a quite voice he said watch your ears, before I knew what happened he grabbed his Glock out from under his cote and fired two shots at the birds... I was right next to him and never saw the gun come out. Dam he was fast. After that my ears hurt... I laughed and went back to the house.....after that I heard more gun shots so I went back , his asistent told me he was playing beat the Glock..

[Mike Irwin]

I may actually watch my first reality TV show with this one...

[mattd]

I've never heard his fast food speech but on call of the wild on one of the outdoor channels he acts a little more normal.

Yea I wanna see pictures, I feel like we are going to get you in trouble though.

http://www.tvguide.com/listings/search/SearchResults.asp search for nugent if you want to find the other shows he is on.

[stevelyn]

He's had the 'Cat Scratch Fever' and cured it with a little 'Wango Tango'...

I coulda swore it was cured with a little 'Wang Dang Sweet Poon Tang'. :D :evil: :D

At last a reality show that IS reality.:cool:

[publius]

"We're showing off our self-sufficient, Neanderthal lifestyle," Nugent, 54, told The Associated Press. "If you can't derive some entertainment from that, you're weird."


LMAO@DeadlyTedly. Another funny one:

I love vegetarians! They're all I eat! :neener:

[cool45auto]

Watching it now, its pretty good!:D

[Dave R]

I watched the first half-hour. Didn't much like it. I think it'll hurt Ted's ability to serve as an effective spokesman for RKBA. He seemed too weird and too obnoxious.

OTOH, when I had to stop, he had just made a few intelligent observations. Maybe it'll get less obnoxious and more pointed as it goes on.

[papercut]

Not bad. Silly, but not nearly as silly as "High School Popularity Contest" (a.k.a., "Survivor").

Later on in the show, Nuge mellows a little and the vict^H^H^H^Hcontestants start to have a little more fun, even if it is kinda dirty and stressful.

[Mike Irwin]

Could you imagine a group of us being on that show?

He'd come after us with the paintball gun and find himself dangling from a net in a tree, or in a tiger pit in the ground!

[mattd]

Pretty good show but this was only the pilot, is there going to be more?

[jrhead75]

Looks like I'm gonna have to catch my very first reality TV.

[Bowlcut]

Wasnt a horrible show. i do hate any of these shows by nature tho. but seeing Nuge break people down to their lowest form was great tho. Interesting premice but dont think it will last. cause unless you put a vegan animal rightist on every show it just wont be as dynamic :D. It is interesting that all the people are city dwellers. no one with real survival abilities. I mean come on i dont think any of them had seen a 2x4 in their life....

[jsalcedo]

Saw the one tonight where he had the remaining three contestants shoot a glock at bowling pins and steel plates.


They all claimed to love it.

[Norton]

I thought it was a pretty good show, and I hate reality shows. My observation was how little it effort it took on Ted's part to completely strip away the veneer of civility that all of those people carried with them.

They all strutted onto the ranch thinking they were "the stuff" and within in a couple of hours Ted had demonstrated that none of that matters when the chips are down.

Interesting that Tila made it that far....not bad for a B grade porn star wannabe. "Model" my foot:rolleyes:

[Dilettante]

Hey
somebody claimed here a while ago that Nugent's shooting wasn't any good. What's the truth?

[greyhound]

The look on their faces when told they had to sleep in a barn were priceless.

As a little kid we used to beg to sleep down in the barns!

[Sisco]

Do some farm chores, skin a hog, archery practice, play some paint ball, sleep in a barn.
Nothin' I haven't done before.
The biggest problem I'd have is putting up with a bunch of whiny back-stabbers and resisting the temptation to punch one of 'em out.

[4v50 Gary]

... or feed them to the hogs.;)

[feedthehogs]

Like any show it was setup to portray a certain image. City folks in the country. No surprise there.

Nothing they did was that tough. Trying sitting in a stand for 6 hours at below zero temps.

While Ted is a vocal supporter of second amendment rights, his ego gets in the way to be an effective spokesperson.

If he had any brains he would turn it down a bit. But he is still trying to live as a teenager and unfortunatly gets the publicity to do so.

After the Osbornes, the shock value of every other word being bleeped out is real old. The normal world doesn't talk like that.

Turned it off after the first hour, :eek: yawn, getting sleepy just thinking about it again.

[Kharn]

I'd love to be on the next Surviving Nugent, but I doubt he'd let me be on there since I'm not a city boy (I dress like one for work, maybe I could fake'em into believing I am, considering I'm a college student). :(

Kharn

[MarineTech]

Could you imagine a group of us being on that show?

He'd come after us with the paintball gun and find himself dangling from a net in a tree, or in a tiger pit in the ground!

I was thinking of something close. My first thought when he told them to run was to charge him and either spook the horse into throwing him, or yank him off the horse.

Of course, you'd probably never see somebody like most of us on that show. I'm sure that they screen the contestants pretty thoroughly to make sure they get sheep.

[spacemanspiff]

well i think i could survive the nuge....and you can be damn sure i wouldnt be all breaking down and crying about 'they dont respect me, waaa waaa waaa'......
so who finally won? i went to the gun show before i caught the end of it.

saw some reeeaaaallllyyy nice chilean and argentian mausers, made me salivate uncontrollably.

[Carlos Cabeza]

The show would suck if he had contestants that could actually DO all of the challenges such as the likes of myself.................:rolleyes: :D man, I'm startin' to sound like Ted....................:scrutiny:

Trying sitting in a stand for 6 hours at below zero temps.
There's a test !

[Guyon]

If the Nuge's kid had egged my head while I was asleep, he would have been marched inside to his mom. Shermane seems like she wouldn't put up with bad manners from her son. In fact, she seemed the only reasonable human being on the whole show.

Ted is just a showboat. He's not going to change.

[Pheonix]

I is on again now, started about 13 minutes ago. I am sitting on the couch just giggeling:D

[Langenator]

Marinetech-

My first thought when he gave them 30 seconds to run was "Why aren't any of them headed for the woodline?" followed by "If it was me I'd be looking for things to throw at Ted. Maybe I'd get lucky and make him drop the gun." The only way to win when playing cat and mouse is to not be the mouse.

And if that wisenheimer Rocco egged me like that, he'd be going head first into the swamp.

[Kharn]

In my opinion, the only sane one on there was Tila (?), the "model". But Ted did get some nice jabs in at the vegan girl, especially when he shot her in the butt with a paintball gun. :evil:

Kharn

[MarineTech]

"Why aren't any of them headed for the woodline?" followed by "If it was me I'd be looking for things to throw at Ted. Maybe I'd get lucky and make him drop the gun."

I was thinking that at first, but he had a tac-sling on the paintball gun. Even if he did drop it. he could just reel it back in like the old cavalry troops did with lanyards. Guess he thought that one out.

[Frohickey]

Okay... one Nuge with a paintball gun... how many contestants are there?

Don't need that many, just one to take the paintball gun away from the Nuge, and the others to keep and hold him down. After that, you can hogtie him, and walk the horse (with tied Nuge) back to the house and help Shermane make lunch. :D