Latest Reality TV Show Craze? Kidney-Donating Game Show! *IT’S A HOAX!*

UPDATE 6/1/07: Turns out that this entire story, from the “donor” to the “contestants” and the logo of the show is all a HOAX! More info here. 

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands – Here in the land of marijuana cafes and red light districts, the latest fad in reality TV is taking shape – the “Big Donor Show” centers around a terminally ill woman who will choose one of three contestants to receive one of her kidneys after she dies.

TV executives said that this new reality show will highlight the country’s shortage of organ donors.

But critics have called the show unethical and tasteless.

Several members of the Dutch parliament have said it’s a bad idea, and one plans to ask the government to block Friday’s premiere broadcast.

Even the European Union has weighed in, saying the show is in “rather bad taste.”

Still, television executives said the show points to a reality that is “even more” tasteless — that many people waiting for kidney transplants die before receiving them.

JOKESTARTERS:

• Apparently Dutch TV executives are going to pair this show up with their other new hit “Who Wants To Be An Amputee?”
• No word yet on who will host it, but we’re betting on David Crosby (or insert other famous organ donor druggie here).

SOURCE:

• KIROTV.com