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Viewers
of everyday celebrity boxing matches say they are 'no longer violent enough'.
In
a survey carried out for NBC, viewers have said they want to see celebrity's doing
something 'more violent still', possibly involving 'household appliances'. Based
on this research, the network has commissioned a series of 10 programs for the
summer season where celebrities compete in the before now little acknowledged
sport of Frying Pan Boxing. Celebrities
will compete in a ring armed only with frying pans with the intention of smacking
them down squarely on top of their opponent's head. Each
bout will be of 5 rounds, 2 minutes each round. Each of the fight programs will
follow a celebrity's progress through a tough training regime. Celebrity
boxers whose careers have seen better days, will learn how to defend themselves
from being attacked with ordinary everyday household appliances. Boxers
on the show will be made to wear safety head guards to prevent injury and celebrity
rules prevents any blow other than the straight down 'plonk' on the celebrity
head. (In the unlicensed, underground frying pan boxing circuit, vicious blows
are permitted with the pan being sliced from side to side, and sometimes heated
up during the break between rounds with frying oil added - this will not be allowed
in this series of the prime time show.) But
already NBC admits it may have bitten off more that it can chew as health food
experts are already complaining that using frying pans gives younger viewers the
wrong idea about healthy eating. "They
should be encouraged to eat fresh fruit and vegetables wherever possible,"
said an expert. It
is rumoured that ABC is developing a celebrity fight show based on the use of
fruit and vegetables as offensive weapons.
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