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October 06, 2004
Reality TV comes to town...Finally!
The university's budget shortfall must be worse than I've heard, so bad in fact that they can't afford advertising.
The university wouldn't profit financially from the reality show, Fitzgibbon said, but UNL would get its name out to potential students.
"They don't really know what we're about," Fitzgibbon said of out-of-state students.
"The more we can tell that story and get that story to people that don't really know about us, the chances are they'll understand what's special about Nebraska, and maybe they'll decide to come here."
I've been hoping for a Real World: Lincoln, or a Survivor: Loup County for some time now, but it looks like we're getting Tommy Lee Goes to College, instead.
Rolling Stone reported the 42-year-old signed on to star in a reality series for NBC, in which cameras will follow Lee as he enrolls in college and experiences campus life.
And UNL spokesman David Fitzgibbon confirmed Monday that NBC soon will film a reality show on campus, though university officials wouldn't confirm its premise or talent because of a confidentiality agreement with producers.
Since the newspaper report, I've heard on the radio that he'll be rooming with two bumpkins and going to undergrad classes. Too bad he can't sit next to me in Crim Pro. He knows more than a bit about that subject.
Fortunately, even Tommy can't give the state capitol building a run for the money as the biggest phallic object in town.
Posted by Half-Cocked at October 6, 2004 10:33 AM