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jqfarker		2005-09-23 08:58:30 PM

5 million viewers easily.

ch4r7ie		2005-09-23 08:59:03 PM

kinda depends on the method...

AmishHell		2005-09-23 08:59:11 PM

I think they would just do that to locate all the real sickos and put them on a watch list.

If it was free? I'd watch. But, by paying you are getting some sick enjoyment out of it. Definately wouldn't pay.

AmishHell		2005-09-23 09:00:26 PM

kinda depends on the method...

okay... I didn't think of that. If it was serial pedophiles and they were going to be executed creatively... possibly involving clowns with hot pokers, yeah... I'd pay.

Scoobie		2005-09-23 09:01:07 PM

Basically we're talking about subscribing to an episode of Survivor or another reality-based show? Lots.

BigIrish		2005-09-23 09:01:14 PM

I think you can charge over $200 and you'd still rake in the cash!

neofonz		2005-09-23 09:01:26 PM

Depends on the person.

Osama bin Ladin? I'd pay $1,000 to watch that.

tonkin		2005-09-23 09:01:46 PM

Okay for $20 there's have to be a hell of an undercard too - otherwise it's like 30 seconds

smuuba		2005-09-23 09:02:14 PM

I'm surprised they haven't done this yet

tonkin		2005-09-23 09:02:29 PM

there's=there'd

glenlivid		2005-09-23 09:02:46 PM

Definitely depends on the person to be executed. For instance, I might pay $20.00 to see them strap Ben Affleck in the chair, knowing it would definitely be the last time I'd be throwing money away on him.

incendi		2005-09-23 09:02:46 PM

A sickeningly large amount.

Scoobie		2005-09-23 09:02:51 PM

tonkin: otherwise it's like 30 seconds

Electrocution with a pack of Duracell batteries. Fun for the whole family.

This About That		2005-09-23 09:03:39 PM

It would only work once. Executions as performed by prisons are incredibly tedious.

GoDeep		2005-09-23 09:05:33 PM

submitter: How much hell do you think a PayPerView of a public execution at say $20 per would raise at the FCC?

There, that's better.

Action Replay Nick		2005-09-23 09:06:08 PM

Lots of people are sadists, but I don't think it would go that well. Maybe the first one, but I don't think many would tune in after that.

I mean, how successful is the Faces of Death series?

neofonz		2005-09-23 09:06:42 PM

This About That: It would only work once. Executions as performed by prisons are incredibly tedious.

Well there are things you could do to mkae it more interesting.

Take the Osama example... you could execute him by dropping him into Yankee Stadium during the 7th inning stretch. That would be fun to watch.

incendi		2005-09-23 09:08:05 PM

Action Replay Nick: I mean, how successful is the Faces of Death series?

Well, it's stayed on the shelves all these years.

dsmo		2005-09-23 09:08:25 PM

I guess it would raise quite a shiat...

Sweater Girl		2005-09-23 09:08:31 PM

Depends one who Ol' Sparky is hosting.

staplermofo		2005-09-23 09:09:10 PM

neofonz:
Take the Osama example... you could execute him by dropping him into Yankee Stadium during the 7th inning stretch. That would be fun to watch.

All the Red Sox fans would watch in hopes that he had a bomb.

ch4r7ie		2005-09-23 09:09:42 PM

no-one will watch some guy fall asleep, but an electrocution in an old chair might be good, like watching nascar except your not waiting for a crash

smackem yackem		2005-09-23 09:10:54 PM

All the flaccid penises on conservatives?

Enemy Combatant		2005-09-23 09:12:02 PM

Didn't the Romans and many other cultures do this same thing? I guess history is doomed to repeat itself.

/likes Henry Rollin's take on public execution on his cd "Think Tank."(track Worldpeace)

Mr. Fuzzypaws		2005-09-23 09:13:03 PM

I'll just wait 5 minutes for it to show up on the internet.

ceremony_1968		2005-09-23 09:14:45 PM

well...You'd need a few celebrity witnesses. The referee from Celebrity Deathmatch for instance. Let's get it on.

And you'd need a well-produced re-enactment of the crime that got 'em there. Think of the last few scenes from Dead Man Walking. Something punishment-fits-the-crime like.

Then there's the method. Who would want to blow his hard-earned dough watching some yahoo streatched out on a gurney? Now, the chair, the gas chamber, firing squad, that's worth plunking down a few bucks.

Sweater Girl		2005-09-23 09:15:30 PM

I'll just wait 5 minutes for it to show up on the internet.

:( You're right
Good to see you paws of the fuzzy

my_word_is_poontang		2005-09-23 09:15:39 PM

Mr. Fuzzypaws: I'll just wait 5 minutes for it to show up on the internet.

The gentleman has a point.

leathermidget		2005-09-23 09:17:45 PM

Good idea submitter. While we're at it, why don't we hold thee executions at a stadium and change $50 for admittence to the live show. Just like other civilized cultures.

MorrisBird		2005-09-23 09:19:25 PM

How many more executions do you think you would see if watching what the People have wrought was MANDATORY? My ancestor was burnt at the stake for heresy. According to the Book of Martyrs, his wife watched, with her 12 children and "one at the breast." We were, and remain, barbarians. How clear we make it.

Mr. Fuzzypaws		2005-09-23 09:20:14 PM

Sweater Girl: Good to see you paws of the fuzzy

Really? Cool.

Didn't think people noticed me, except for PS threads. *sniff*

:)

Bill_Wick's_Friend		2005-09-23 09:21:44 PM

Pay?

is on free TV up here!

Sweater Girl		2005-09-23 09:31:34 PM

Not only were you noticed, you were missed :)

JerseyTim		2005-09-23 09:33:56 PM

When this happens is when I move to a peaceful nation. Like Germany.

Mr. Fuzzypaws		2005-09-23 09:46:22 PM

Sweater Girl: Not only were you noticed, you were missed :)

That made my week. Thank you.

DontThrowCarsAtRocks		2005-09-23 09:53:29 PM

I don't know about pay per view but please don't mention this shiat around fox network, they don't need any more bad ideas!

Buddha04		2005-09-23 10:04:53 PM

Sounds like GREAT reality show!!!

FarkmeBlind		2005-09-23 10:04:56 PM

How much would we have to pay Stephen King to actually produce The Running Man?

/book, not crappy movie

Psychonaut		2005-09-23 10:50:54 PM

tonkin: Okay for $20 there's have to be a hell of an undercard too - otherwise it's like 30 seconds

Public Execution, also featuring Percy and the Dry Sponges.

/going to Hell
//roll on 2

mr_crash_davis		2005-09-23 11:18:54 PM

I'd pay a nickel to see submitter killed by repeated blows to the head with a Wiffle bat.

Mugato		2005-09-24 12:05:49 AM

How much would we have to pay Stephen King to actually produce The Running Man?

That's what I'm talking about. All this reality TV needs to stop beating around the bush and get to the Running Man. Broadcast it on the net from a bribable non-extradition country and you'll be able to buy and sell Rupert Murdock and Ted Turner within a month.

Gypzi		2005-09-24 12:19:01 AM

I got 50 bucks to see Tom Green go.

lacydog		2005-09-24 12:20:38 AM

It'd probably lose money, with all the lawsuits filed against it....

quadrophrenic		2005-09-24 12:21:36 AM

vote for me!

chakalakasp		2005-09-24 12:21:37 AM

About as much as I paid for submitter's mom.

Ubergrendle		2005-09-24 12:21:47 AM

Yet another brick in the wall of the decline of the American Empire...

I'm waiting for the emper.. .i mean president to ride around in a Hummer during the Superbowl and toss bread into the crowd at half-time.