Television has given us some of the strangest ideas
in entertainment. Here are eight of the most bizarre shows ever:
1) The most tone-deaf concept: Heil Honey I'm Home!
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| Hitler getting his ears chewed off by Eva Braun |
A British sitcom, written by Geoff
Atkinson and produced in 1990, which was cancelled after one episode.
It centers on Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun, who live next door to
a Jewish couple, Arny and Rosa Goldenstein. The plot? Hitler's inability to get along with his
neighbours (you think?) It caused controversy when broadcast and has been
called "perhaps the world's most tasteless situation comedy".
2) Love me, Love My Car: My Mother, The Car
As its title suggests, My Mother The Car dealt with a talking automobile. Jerry Van Dyke starred
as David Crabtree whose mother, Gladys, has been reincarnated as a 1928 Porter
car. Announcing the show’s cancellation in May 1966, The Chicago Tribune’s television
critic Clay Gowran called My Mother The Car
“a horror that defies description.” A total of 30 episodes were broadcast: the
last new episode aired on April 5, 1966.
3) Cook and Vomit: Close to the Bone: Surgeons and Chefs
This is pretty much what it sounds like.
Chefs, surgeons, a lot of edible anatomy, plus a dose of hard-body doctor
windsurfing footage--turns out the show's resident surgeon, Dr. Hu, knows how
to cut through both cervical fascia and sick waves. Everyone involved in this
is Canadian, and an article from Dr. Hu's medical alma mater reports that
the show actually aired on the Canadian Learning Channel in 2004. Good thing restaurants
don't provide health care.
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| Brutal humiliation of Earthlings by Alien Monkey News Anchors |
4) Alien Monkey New Anchors: Mikorte Informativo
Think our late-night comedians are harsh? This
Mexican news-satire show has hosts that dress as monkeys from another planet
and mock what’s going on with Earthlings.
5) Taking on the Russian Police: The Intercept
Who wouldn’t like to receive a brand-new car
for free? That was the concept behind this Russian game show. A guest
would come on to the show and drive off with a car. Of course, where’s the
“game” in that? So the producers added this wrinkle: After you got your car,
they would report it stolen to the police. If you avoided the cops for 35
minutes, the car was yours. The show included “losers” getting beaten by
Russian cops.
6) Celebrity Executions: Ramez Galal's Prank Show
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| Paris Hilton on the Bus to Eternity |
Ramez Galal, an Egyptian prankster who has the
rapid intensity of someone who takes his Red Bull intravenously, is the star of
the show and is accompanied by his crew of "sidekick terrorists." A
bus full of actors and one mark (usually a celebrity or group of tourists) is
hijacked by Galal and his team, who are covered in headscarves and wielding
AK47s. The marks are then dragged out of the bus, blindfolded, forced to their
knees and told they're about to be executed. Just before the trigger is pulled,
Galal reveals himself and the prank.
7) The Bachelor” knock-off, starring Mothers-in-law:
Perfect Bride
This show was what can be called the Indian version
of Splitsvilla. Like Splitsvilla the male and female contestants were made to
stay in a picturesque villa and performed brainless tasks. However, the winning
jackpot, in this case, was not a date but a wedding. And the best part, the
mothers of the prospective grooms were also to reside with the female
contestants of the show and judge them to be worthy or not of their sons. For
those who like romance served with a side of awkwardness, with tension thick
enough to slice with a knife.
8) The never-ending drug-trip from the ‘70’s: Monkey
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| Who? What? Where? How? But mostly, WHY? |
Attempting to sum up the plot is an exercise
in futility, but needs must, so here goes: An immortal
human-monkey hybrid with
magic powers who was born from an egg on a mountain top joins a Buddhist monk
who’s actually a woman on a pilgrimage to India. They are accompanied by a
water monster (Sandy) and a pig monster (Pigsy) and travel around either on a
biddable cloud or a shape-changing dragon who serves as the group’s horse. The
horse can talk, and is voiced in the English version by Andrew Sachs. From
China.
