Ten Alternate Names for the New Sarah Palin Reality Show, from Boing Boing readers

I asked people who follow me on Twitter to come up with more interesting titles for the forthcoming Sarah Palin television show on TLC than the rather bland "Sarah Palin's Alaska." Following are ten the submissions which caused me to spew the largest spews of coffee on my monitor due to involuntary LOL.

• MYTHMAKERS (@DavidHains )

• NATURE'S DEATH PANELS (@dunagan23)

• PALINTOLOGY (@iheartmuseums )

• WHALIN' WITH PALIN (@hmobius)

• THE BEWILDERNESS (@james_atomic)

• TRAILIN' PALIN (@invisiblea)

• WIFE ON EARTH (@fcw)

• NORTHERN OVEREXPOSURE (@JIMWICh)

• THE BEVERLY SNOWBILLIES (@drhypercube)

and..

• Untitled nature show narrated by David Attenborough, in which the entire family is eaten alive by pack of starving cheetahs. (@dr_ultimately)

Read more about the deal at the New York Times. And The Awl has what I believe to be the one must-read post about the whole affair: "Sarah Palin's 'Planet Earth' and the End Times."

[Image: "Representing the Pro-Death Party. Hi!," a Photoshop creation published on Flickr under a Creative Commons license by Irene Roxanne]

Boing Boing editor/partner and tech culture journalist Xeni Jardin hosts and produces Boing Boing's in-flight TV channel on Virgin America airlines (#10 on the dial), and writes about living with breast cancer. Diagnosed in 2011. @xeni on Twitter. email: xeni@boingboing.net.

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Either “Beyond the Palin”
or “Palin drome”
anymouse

Sarah Palin’s Alternate Reality Show
Outtacontext

Good on johnwasik. I’d make a small change: Palin drone or Palin droll. ;-)
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kridje

Educating Sarah
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Anonymous

Snow Machines and Beauty Queens
anymouse

Wolves vs. The Killa from Wasilla
Ubernostrom

Being an Alaskan, I am totally and wholly ashamed and what a banal, money grubbing attention whore our former governor has become. She is an absolute disgrace, and gives Alaskans everywhere a bad name.
- stuiethegod
  
  I feel ya there, I grew up in Ak, but have moved out of state for college. I really miss back when stupid people though we all lived in igloos with the polar bears, now all that anyone asks me about is Palin. I tell ‘em “She’s from the Valley; that’s god’s country,” and leave it at that.
Felton

Bridge to the Next Commercial.
unit1421

white trash avalanche bait + 8?
General Specific

I so wish they’d called it The Bewilderness. Nice one, @james_atomic!
Moondoggie

The Smother Your Brothers Comedy Hour.

‘Nnyahhhh……you started it!”
BookGuy

Interestingly, the run of the show will be slightly longer than the time she actually spent as governor.
Sean Eric FAgan

And there you go. I find this so offensive that they’ve ensured I give up the only show on their family of channels I watched — Mythbusters.
hadlock

Nobody else read this as “Ten Names for the New Sarah Palin Alternate Reality Show”… Nobody?
Anonymous

Moose$hit!
Sarah’s Vanishing Wilderness
Altered State Of Palin
She’s Addicted To Fame
Polar Bear Apocalypse
Chillin’ & Drillin’ with Sarah Palin
The Blame Game
Tony Moore

judging from the rest of the channel’s lineup, TLC now stands for This Lady’s Crazy.
Anonymous

How about: The Palinpark Boys

Sarah and Bubbles could get arrested for stealing shopping carts…
Anonymous

i just reckon it should be “Sarah Palin’s Alasska.”
Faustus

Beauty and the Geek…

Sorry, this one has nothing to do with Sarah Palin, I made a mistake.
laughingtiger

“The Moose Whisperer”

“Governorship Down”

“Crabatar”
- laughingtiger
  
  Oh wait… Did I say “Crabatar”? Silly me. I mean’t to say “Crabatard”. >.<
Anonymous

I’m not a Palin fan, but are we really surprised by this? This doesn’t seem to be TLC’s first reality show, just the one with the most politically divisive host(?). I really don’t think adding Palin makes the whole concept any stupider.
dimmer

Pete Milligan titled book 5 of “Bad Company” “The Bewilderness” — in which our tough leader dude (Kano) has pretty much lost it, and when the locals kill his (imaginary?) fairy companion, well, it’s just a shit fest

It’s a great title though, and using it for Sarah is so appros.
bombertherigpig

DoJuneau Sarah? (Do You Know Sarah) for you slower folks.
forgeweld

Death to Moose and Squirrel!
Antinous / Moderator

In before, “You liberals are supposed to be tolerant.”
Daemon

Can the personal assistant be Anne Coulter? I know far too many people who’d pay to see that.

Far, far too many.
Anonymous

I got one..

Palin In the A$$
Anonymous

The Dukes of Wasilla
Anonymous

“Married with Children”
oh, wait – that’s been used…
how ’bout “Caribou Barbie’s Big Adventure” ?
- Anonymous
  
  Love the barbie one!
CCSurfer

And before, “You moderators are supposed to be impartial and balanced.”
- JonStewartMill
  
  Wait, Sarah Palin is getting a reality show?! Man, it’s gonna be more painful to watch than the Anna Nicole Smith trainwreck. I’m relieved though; after this even the lunatic fringe won’t consider her fit to be President. Well, most of them won’t.
  - Felton
    
    Wait, Sarah Palin is getting a reality show?!
    
    Well, probably more of a disconnected-from-reality show.
  - Antinous / Moderator
    
    Man, it’s gonna be more painful to watch than the Anna Nicole Smith trainwreck.
    
    If they give Ms. Palin a lesbian personal assistant who’s in love with her, the show might be a hit.
- Antinous / Moderator
  
  That’s funny.
  - CCSurfer
    
    Thanks. I try. You know, for the kids…
- highlyverbal
  
  I only think moderators need to be impartial and balanced WHEN MODERATING. When contributing, they can author whatever content they choose.
  - CCSurfer
    
    I agree, but perhaps, when contributing, their moniker should not advertise them as being a “Moderator.”
    
    The title carries a responsibility very different than that of a typical ‘blog respondent.
    - Anonymous
      
      Isn’t it better for the system to be upfront about what powers they have, even when they’re not using them?
    - Anonymous
      
      I think people who are moderators are there to get spam and rude stuff off.. not sanitise their comments to suit SOME individuals..
      I also thought the comment from someone about Liberals should be tolerant silly…Tolerant does not mean sanitised either… In my weird (from Australia) view I find Sarah P entertaining. I wouldn’t vote for her, but she IS entertaining. Let her enjoy the money noterioty and the jokes. She seems like she is not easily offended. And if it makes money AND gets Alaska more tourist.. Good job!
  - CCSurfer
    
    I agree, but perhaps, when contributing, their moniker should not advertise them as being a “Moderator.”
    
    The title carries a responsibility very different than that of a typical ‘blog respondent.
    - highlyverbal
      
      No the title does have value even when they are acting as mere contributors. Have you really thought this through carefully?
      
      The reason you need some tag for the official staff is because trolls will be making handles like “corry” and “antinnous” and trying to spoof the system.
Anonymous

“Are You Smarter than an Alaskan Governor?”
Notary Sojac

Naah, by all means, add more. I think Palin would enjoy a few of these.

She does seem to relish her enemies every bit as much as she does her supporters….
randomcat

“The Bewilderness,” got a hearty laugh out of me.
Eric Ragle

My suggestion for the new show:

“Show freedom new Alaska, Ta-Da!”
schmod

Don’t you think she looks tired?
- ian71
  
  @9. Schmod, you’re my hero.
  
  and “THE BEWILDERNESS” is -too- funny.
arikol

some pretty good ideas there. Good thing that I wasn’t drinking my tea when I read that last one!
Teller

And that show is called The Immoderators!
Anonymous

I thought SuperNews had a win with their bit, “Parasailin’ with Sarah Palin”
Roy Trumbull

Today’s religion is tomorrow’s mythology.
- No Imagination
  
  Roy, Roy, Roy – you got it backwards! Today’s mythology is tomorrow’s religion.
  
  I like pretty much ALL of the comments, even the misguided chides.
Tell it Not in Gath

Why not call it PMS?

The Palin McCain Syndrome
BritSwedeGuy

Nice picture, but…
You forgot that the towers of the Kremlin should be visible on the horizon.
Felton

How ’bout “Alas!ka”.
slgalt

Blasta from Alaska!

Or You Betcha Life!
Anonymous

I like “The Real Housewives of Alaska” or since it’s Discovery, “Nostradumbass”
Rikki Simons

The Unlearning Channel.
zish

“William Ayers: The untold stories.”
Anonymous

Alaska: under the drill
just as well we get some images of Alaska before Palin starts drilling. it’s never going to look the same if she gets her way.
Felton

Call of the Reviled?
x23

i heard it is only going to last half a season.
Anonymous

Half-Baked Alaska?
Jamie

Love the Schmod comment. Do you ride in a blue box? The Bewilderness is a great title.
Anonymous

Pallin’ Around with Palin.
Anonymous

Oh! This is one of our favorite Palin names here in Nome.
“The Quitta from Wasilla”. How about that? Not much draw the crowd action huh??
IronEdithKidd

“Armageddon Barbie in Raptureland”
highlyverbal

Bible Spice
Avram / Moderator

“The Bewliderness” is inspired.
Yamara

Where’s Trig?
valdis

@Daemon: No, the lesbian personal assistant can’t be Anne Coulter. Although many allegations about Coulter’s sexuality have been made, I haven’t heard ‘lesbian’ mentioned yet.

However, one *could* hope that they got both Coulter and Michelle Malkin on the show as sycophants. Maybe the right-wing crazy hatred talk would reach a critical mass and they’ll meet the same end as Grunthos the Flatulent.
7yler

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And just look at that, the supreme court just rulled that corporations have no limits on their political expression. So her whole campaign could be funded by the show. It’s insane. I can’t even finish the thought how horrendous this is. The Discover Channel is underwriting her Presidential campaign.
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Outtacontext

Palin’s new show on TLC 2 be called “What Not To Say” where she will spin her yarns & then be judged by hosts Stacy London & Clinton Kelly.
Antinous / Moderator

Mathbusters
dm10003

“You can’t spell HARRASS without SARAH. And leave the last S off for CRAZY.”
Uncle Geo

McPain and Ailin’
Antinous / Moderator

Nobody here is making any claims that I’m impartial and balanced. The voices in my head keep saying that I’m unbalanced now that you mention it. And I’m not partial to any political party or movement, so I revile them all with relish.
- efergus3
  
  I trust ANY Gov as far as I can spit a whale.
- Notary Sojac
  
  Antinous: No one who runs or moderates a blog has -any- responsibility to “be impartial”, and to me that is unequivocally a Good Thing.
  
  I find news reporting to be more valuable when it comes from someone who doesn’t pretend to objectivity, and I do think I learn much more about an issue by toggling back and forth between the Nation and the Weekly Standard than I would by reading the New York Times.
  
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  I’d be delighted to be proved wrong by having them pointed out to me.
Anonymous

wow amazed no “Russia outside you window” jokes
Anonymous

“Sarah Palin’s guide to Stuff to Hunt and Shoot in Alaska”
TheVoBRX

Change “The Beverly Snowbillies” to “The Beverly Chillbillies” for increased giggle factor!
- Felton
  
  Good one!