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Title: I can do that!!
Post by: Patrick on September 11, 2008, 12:13:22 PM
so last night i found myself watching top design on bravo....  well needless to say the show is kind of a train wreck.  i never really watched it before, and somehow thought that the people on it would have some kind of talent.  (this is after watching other bravo shows like top chef and the first season of project runway.)  boy was i wrong.  anyway, so here it is.  top design, i could do that.  im not saying i would win, but finish top 3, without a doubt.

what makes you say i can do that?



(yeah i know Tom asked it first.)
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Post by: iAmBaronVonTito on September 11, 2008, 12:48:35 PM
in regards to bravo shows: the haircutting one=not impressed.


psychologists...i can do that.
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Post by: Stupornaut on September 11, 2008, 01:13:14 PM
Playing bass on "Runnin' With the Devil": I can do that!
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Post by: njkaters on September 11, 2008, 01:49:19 PM
I agree wholeheartedly with the "Top Design" thing; I knew that show would be awful but I was shocked at how it abysmal it was from the first episode. I could also do the following:

1. Host any talk radio show
2. Be the mayor of a small Alaskan town
3. Offer chiropractic advice
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Post by: Fido on September 11, 2008, 02:08:22 PM
I agree wholeheartedly with the "Top Design" thing; I knew that show would be awful but I was shocked at how it abysmal it was from the first episode. I could also do the following:

1. Host any talk radio show
2. Be the mayor of a small Alaskan town
3. Offer chiropractic advice

Totally agreed katers, except for the one about hosting any talk radio show. If I tried to do the Best Show, it might not be that funny. If I were to take the spot of say, Bill O'Reilly or Ed Schultz, politics aside, I'd kill. Or Larry King. The others on the list, no problem.

Also:
1. Interior design -- I could probably do that, but it wouldn't make for good television
2. Hosting America's funniest home videos
3. Game show host -- that would be a riot.
4. Guest hosting "Learn to Read with Wally Amos" on Channel 13, WNET
5. Being a TV weatherman
6. Reading a teleprompter

Things I know I can't do:

1. Stand-up comedy. I could do it, but I might bomb
2. Rapping
3. Guest hosting for Cesar Millan on "Dog Whisperer"



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Post by: njkaters on September 11, 2008, 02:14:47 PM
Agreed on The Best Show, Fido...When I refer to talk radio, I mean Air America, Rush Limbaugh, etc. I put The Best Show in a different stratosphere.
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Post by: njkaters on September 11, 2008, 02:16:14 PM
Fido, I would add on "being a sports anchor" to your weatherman suggestion (which was spot on). I think I could do the back half of any city's 10 o'clock news.
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Post by: yesno on September 11, 2008, 03:21:01 PM
Howard Stern used to make wild claims about what he could do all the time.  The best was when he actually got tap shoes and danced on the air, "proving" that it took no talent.
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Post by: iAmBaronVonTito on September 11, 2008, 03:48:49 PM
Agreed on The Best Show, Fido...When I refer to talk radio, I mean Air America, Rush Limbaugh, etc. I put The Best Show in a different stratosphere.

in my head i can do the Best Show.  
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Post by: Gilly on September 11, 2008, 04:16:21 PM
I could be head coach of a mediocre NFL team. I wouldn't be a good coach, but even though I've never played a down of organized football in my life I know enough from watching hundreds of coaches that don't have a mind of their own run the same plays for years. I could do that.
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Post by: yesno on September 11, 2008, 04:17:38 PM
I think I could manage a baseball team.
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Post by: Fido on September 11, 2008, 05:23:58 PM
Njkaters, I actually thought of being a sportscaster too. I bet I could do that, but I wouldn't want to talk about anything other than baseball, and occasionally NFL football, so it would bore me to tears. I bet I could be a TV reporter, like Penny Crone or Ti-Hua Chang. I don't think it would necessarily be that easy, just that I bet I could do it.
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Post by: JonFromMaplewood on September 11, 2008, 05:39:35 PM
I could run a presidential campaign.  Not because I'm smart, but because these folks have been using the same playbook for decades.
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Post by: tenspeed on September 11, 2008, 05:44:15 PM

Write for Jay Leno. 
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Post by: Gilly on September 11, 2008, 05:56:49 PM
If I was given the tools and the budget I could produce mediocre pop albums and maybe even get lucky enough to make a good one.
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Post by: Beth on September 11, 2008, 07:19:53 PM
Write for Mad TV
Make a crunk beat
Be a mediocre pop singer
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Post by: Patrick on September 11, 2008, 09:15:33 PM
the more i think about it i could:  write and episode of the simpsons. drive a race car and after a week or two win everytime.  hold my own for two breaks with Letterman.  be a "brewmaster" for a brewery.  teach high school art, oh wait...
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Post by: Emily on September 11, 2008, 11:13:42 PM
I think I could order that split 7" from chunklet, if only I knew more about it.

Also, I recently found out that DJ's who play their iPods in lieu of records refer to themselves as "MP3J's".
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Post by: Shaggy 2 Grote on September 11, 2008, 11:27:32 PM
Update my Zune.
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Post by: Regular Joe on September 12, 2008, 02:56:54 AM
Be the host of any show on E!, except for The Soup, and get better ratings. I could probably also be a multi-grammy winning country artist, because if you can do that twangy voice, the rest is so simple. In that same vein, I could also be B.B. King, given a week of guitar lessons. I think I could probably be a judge, too.
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Post by: Susannah on September 13, 2008, 02:13:44 PM

Also, I recently found out that DJ's who play their iPods in lieu of records refer to themselves as "MP3J's".

That was what I thought I could do last year!  I still think I can.

Last night I went to a performance of "Agamemnon" (the first part of Aeschylus's Oresteia cycle) at the Getty Villa, starring Tyne Daly as Clytemnestra and Delroy Lindo as Agaememnon.

Theatrical casting director: I could do that.  Just wait for my production of "Antigone," starring Miley Cyrus as Antigone and Luis Guzman as Creon.


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Post by: cutout on September 13, 2008, 02:47:36 PM
I could do almost anything a Wayans brother could do.
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Post by: yesno on September 13, 2008, 03:22:04 PM
I could do almost anything a Wayans brother could do.

You could not make a movie as hilarious as Major Payne.
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Post by: Martin on September 13, 2008, 04:22:13 PM
I could outspin most DJs I encounter at clubs. I still kick myself for not pursuing the DJ thing more actively.
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Post by: Julie on September 13, 2008, 04:31:58 PM
I could be an artist.

(http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e218/eymanjr/Collages/happyhousesmall.jpg)

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Post by: Emily on September 13, 2008, 06:38:14 PM

Also, I recently found out that DJ's who play their iPods in lieu of records refer to themselves as "MP3J's".

That was what I thought I could do last year!  I still think I can.


I remember, that's why I posted it :-)
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Post by: Richard on September 13, 2008, 07:58:03 PM
Reply to this post.
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Post by: Fido on September 13, 2008, 08:12:54 PM
I could definitely be a rodeo clown. I think I would like that job a lot.
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Post by: Shaggy 2 Grote on September 14, 2008, 12:29:24 AM
I could not be a rodeo clown.

Susannah, I think Luis Guzman would be the best Creon ever.  But I'm not so sure about Miley Cyrus as Antigone.  I think maybe an Olsen twin?  Or a Wayans brother?

I would also like to see Cheech Marin's King Lear.
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Post by: <<<<< on September 14, 2008, 12:38:39 AM
I really think I could be a prophet of some sorts.

Edit: scratch that.  Too lazy.
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Post by: Julie on September 14, 2008, 01:31:30 PM
I could definitely be a rodeo clown. I think I would like that job a lot.

I can hook you up.
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Post by: Fido on September 14, 2008, 08:09:38 PM
I could definitely be a rodeo clown. I think I would like that job a lot.

I can hook you up.

Really? I'd like to hear more. I'm not seriously thinking of doing this for a living, I'd just like to learn more about it.
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Post by: Julie on September 15, 2008, 09:57:50 AM
I could definitely be a rodeo clown. I think I would like that job a lot.

I can hook you up.

Really? I'd like to hear more. I'm not seriously thinking of doing this for a living, I'd just like to learn more about it.

Does it have to be true? I noticed that all you have to do to be a rodeo clown is get the bulls to chase you before whoever was trying to ride the bull gets gored. So, are you acrobatic and fast?
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Post by: dave from knoxville on September 15, 2008, 10:00:59 AM
I could do a convincing Southern accent
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Post by: iAmBaronVonTito on September 15, 2008, 10:55:54 AM
i can throw the best (birthday) parties.