Posts by Caitlin Mangum
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Grantland Reality TV Fantasy League: Special WTF News Edition
We have been too focused on who is getting slammered, or having ocean coitus, or threatening cannibalism, or shooting lasers out of their eyeballs, to dedicate an entire column to reality TV news. Well, that is about to change.
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Welcome, John Rocker: A Brief History of Professional Athletes on ‘Survivor’
With the help of his girlfriend (and perhaps a little artificial enhancement), the retired pitcher will try to beat out 17 others for the title of “Sole Survivor.” Good luck, Johnny. Smart money is not on Rocker walking out of Nicaragua $1 million richer, as athletes do not have the greatest track record on this show. In an effort to evaluate Rocker’s prospects as a contestant, let’s take a look at how other professional athletes have fared.
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‘Naked and Afraid’: Dangerous, Addicting, and Still the King of Nude TV
When the show premiered, critics were quick to judge the true danger that the contestants face, but there is no denying that these people are exposed to the full gamut of the elements.
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The ‘I Wanna Marry “Harry”’ Premiere: Who Wants to Look Like a Dummy Fighting Over Fake Royalty?
Sure, it’s deceitful. Sure, the women come off at times as gullible, unscrupulous patsies. And sure, I have my reservations about what this program says about the moral compass of this great nation I call home. But hey, it’s pretty damn entertaining, and sometimes entertaining is all I need.
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We Went There: A ‘Bachelor’ Casting Cattle Call in a Maryland Casino
As Grantland’s Official Bachelor Historian, it is my duty to submerge myself in the sea of sequins and chemical imbalance known as reality-TV dating. As much as I know about the franchise, the one gaping hole in my knowledge is the casting process.
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Grantland Reality Fantasy League: The Dangers of a Girlfriend-Back-Home Sneak Attack
Full disclosure, I planned on skipping the GRTFL this week because I was occupied, but when you have a week with a murder-for-hire plot on Real World and the Glenn Close–ian bunny-boiling of Brandon on The Bachelorette, it was clear this was not the week to leave GRTFLers without a breakdown. So, I enlisted the […]
