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Boston Rob Unveils His New Reality Show

Author: Steven L.
Date: Jun 20, 2007 11:33

Boston Rob has officially announced his new reality show for premiere in
Spring 2008.

The show is called "Tontine," after the classic annuity scheme of the
same name.

"Tontine" will involve 15 contestants, each of which is given "a special
key" that unlocks a portion of the $10 million grand prize. Over the
course of 100 days, the cast will be put through a series of mental and
physical challenges with the possession of the keys constantly up for
grabs. The series will conclude when only one contestant remains with
all 15 keys in his or her possession, allowing them to unlock the $10
million prize.

Casting for "Tontine" will begin Saturday, June 30 in Dallas and
continue throughout the summer with stops in Nashville, New York,
Boston, St. Louis, Minneapolis, San Diego and Los Angeles. The casting
calls will be lead by Mariano and Tad Frank, a casting director whose
previous credits include Survivor, The Amazing Race and The Bachelor.

There's no word yet on who is funding this venture, but Rob wouldn't
have officially announced it if he wasn't confident of funding.

http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/rob-mariano-announces-new-10-million-tontine-reality...

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Re: Boston Rob Unveils His New Reality Show

Author: Obveeus
Date: Jun 20, 2007 11:39

"Steven L." earthlinkNOSPAM.net> wrote:

> The show is called "Tontine," after the classic annuity scheme of the same
> name.

M*A*S*H is my favorite TV show of all time.

> There's no word yet on who is funding this venture, but Rob wouldn't have
> officially announced it if he wasn't confident of funding.

Shouldn't that sentence have a winking smiley face after it?

> Finally, a reality show that's designed by reality show players
> themselves. They can bring a different perspective.

Do you honestly think Rob designed this game? He is just a 'face'.

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Re: Boston Rob Unveils His New Reality Show

Author: Steven L.
Date: Jun 22, 2007 19:05

Jr. wrote:

> A "tontine" is a pledge usually among several people in which the surviving
> member of the tontine gets whatever the group decrees they should get.
> An episode of M*A*S*H had Col. Potter as the survivor and was given a bottle
> of about 60 year old brandy to toast the rest of the dead guys in the
> tontine.
>
> The only way this show will be interesting is if the winner of the tontine
> gets to shoot Rob and Amber and put US out of our misery.

It doesn't appear that Amber is involved in this. Maybe she's pregnant.

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Steven D. Litvintchouk
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Re: Boston Rob Unveils His New Reality Show

Author: number6
Date: Jun 22, 2007 19:09

On Jun 22, 9:05 pm, "Steven L." earthlinkNOSPAM.net> wrote:

> Jr. wrote:

>> A "tontine" is a pledge usually among several people in which the surviving
>> member of the tontine gets whatever the group decrees they should get.
>> An episode of M*A*S*H had Col. Potter as the survivor and was given a bottle
>> of about 60 year old brandy to toast the rest of the dead guys in the
>> tontine.

>> The only way this show will be interesting is if the winner of the tontine
>> gets to shoot Rob and Amber and put US out of our misery.

>
> It doesn't appear that Amber is involved in this. Maybe she's pregnant.
>

Steven you devil you ...

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Re: Boston Rob Unveils His New Reality Show

Author: Rich Piehl
Date: Jun 22, 2007 19:55

Steven L. wrote:

> Jr. wrote:

>> A "tontine" is a pledge usually among several people in which the
>> surviving member of the tontine gets whatever the group decrees they
>> should get.
>> An episode of M*A*S*H had Col. Potter as the survivor and was given a
>> bottle of about 60 year old brandy to toast the rest of the dead guys
>> in the tontine.
>>
>> The only way this show will be interesting is if the winner of the
>> tontine gets to shoot Rob and Amber and put US out of our misery.

>
> It doesn't appear that Amber is involved in this. Maybe she's pregnant.
>
>

Some in the NG would argue that, if true, it would be the spawn of
Satan. ;-P

Take care,
Rich

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Re: Boston Rob Unveils His New Reality Show

Author: The Horny Goat
Date: Jun 23, 2007 18:26

On Fri, 22 Jun 2007 21:55:33 -0500, Rich Piehl
NOSPAMcharter.net> wrote:

>>> The only way this show will be interesting is if the winner of the
>>> tontine gets to shoot Rob and Amber and put US out of our misery.

>>
>> It doesn't appear that Amber is involved in this. Maybe she's pregnant.

>
>Some in the NG would argue that, if true, it would be the spawn of
>Satan. ;-P

That's an unusual way to spell M-A-R-K- -B-U-R-N-E-T-T!

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