For all those who stood in line for HOURS at a Deal Or No Deal audition at some point, NBC has delivered the ultimate slap in the face. In an earlier article,The Case Of The Arkansas Entrepreneur, I recapped the appearance on the show of a Brooks Leach, hyped by the show as the “Arkansas Entrepreneur”. As I said in that piece, Leach probably thinks that’s french for “horny”, as Leach left the show with under a hundred dollars again.
If it’s true that the camera adds ten pounds, this show must have a lot of cameras is all I can say. At least Leach was a little more restrained this time, but the result was about the same. The second time around, his best offer was only $29,000, as opposed to the $218,000 he turned down the first time. This time he goes home with a whopping $35 I think it was, definitely below $100.
In a local newspaper article last fall, Leach claimed the shows producers have talked to him about building an NBC show around him, comparing him to the late Chris Farley. Their girth is about the only thing they have in common. Farley was obese, but he did have talent, something the cornpone philosopher Leach doesn’t seem to know much about. What kind of show could you build around him anyway, The Biggest Loser? The NBC weight loss show would be much more appropriate for this guy.
It seems very unfair for the guy to get a second chance, especially in light of the fact that Leach didn’t even audition himself, and thousands of other would be contestants have yet to get a first chance. Many of us may not harbor any illusions of taking over the hit NBC show, but I doubt that very many of us could be any more irritating than Brooks Leach has been in his dual appearances. As far as being successful, Leach has set the bar so low, 99% of the public couldn’t help but do better.
I suppose irritating must be what the shows’ Producers are looking for, as they seem to display a growing tendency to choose a parade of Howie Mandel wannabes, bad dancers, and other assorted misfits who resemble the guest stars of another NBC show, My Name Is Earl. Now that Leach has crapped out yet again, do the producers take a chance on a “Three-Time Loser” or does Ethan Suplee (Randy Hickey) need a new stand-in?
