Kieran from OurPrisoner.com, Tonya Harding update and John Stossel
Kieran Vogel, who is living his life through the internet for the next six months, was on the show this morning. Here is a blurb from OurPrisoner.com:
Kieran Vogel will make Internet television history when he becomes the first person to give total control of his life to the Internet. Kieran, age 35, lives at home with his elderly parents and his 54 year old half brother. Kieran has never earned more than $10,000 a year working in pet stores while in pursuit of his lifelong dream of becoming a published writer and cartoonist. Kieran has now decided that almost anyone could do a better job in making his decisions and he is willing to prove it. OurPrisoner combines the best of prankish humor and the ultimate total life make over. For 6 months he will be voluntarily confined to a suburban home where he will live under the watchful and controlling eye of the Internet. Completely unscripted, every aspect of Kieran’s life will be streamed in real-time and unedited. His only sanctuary will be the bathroom, and if he spends too much time in there you can take away his privileges and rewards. Through an interactive media platform Kieran will live by the decisions the internet decides…
Rover spent most of the call talking about how ugly Kieran is and how much of a loser he is, both of which you probably picked up from his picture and the blurb. A woman even told him that they were soulmates but that she couldn’t be with him because he is too ugly.
Tonya Harding called in and left a message for Joe Bartosh about missing yesterday’s call. She said she is on the verge of pneumonia and that she has to speak with her doctor to see if she is fit for travel. She said she still wanted to be on the show at some point. Rover then went through a (very long) list of crazy stuff she has done, these included claiming to be stalked by professional golfers, wrecking her truck several times while intoxicated and beating up her boyfriend and throwing a hub cap at him.
John Stossel from 20/20 was on the show this morning. He has a new book out, “Why Everything You Know is Wrong”. He spoke about some of the topics from the book including why Polygamy is not bad for women and why you should be allowed to sell your own organs. He also spoke about gas prices and how relatively, they are actually lower than they were in the 80’s.
Rover then asked John about the controversial segments they have been airing on NBC such as “Catch a predator” where they “entrap” a pedophile in a hotel room and tape the whole thing. John said he was glad ABC had turned those ideas down because he didn’t think they were very challenging journalism. I’m sure he wouldn’t mind the ratings boost though.