Who needs New Line to generate hype? LOTR madness is invading the weirdest corners of life already, and what could be weirder than ‘Reality TV’?<\/p>\n
Mighty Orc Hunter saw this on NZ TV2’s “The Money Game”:<\/p>\n
Three innocent entrepreneurs were let loose on Monday morning from the top of Coronet Peak skifield (not a million miles from some LOTR locations, but that’s merely coincidental) with just the clothes they were wearing and $5000 each. They were to meet at the top of the Skytower (Auckland, 1000 miles away)on Wednesday night and the person with the most money would win.<\/p>\n
One guy ended up with about $3900 after making $30 on the sharemarket, trying to do a hole-in-one challenge, and selling a _lot_ of flowers.<\/p>\n
The other guy seemed a little touched in the head and had the ability to spend his money like it was water. His plan was basically to put a sound effects CD together with things like a baby crying, a train going past a level crossing (horn and all), then trying to sell it to music labels. “I’m sorry – we prefer music.”<\/p>\n
The young lady’s big plan was to put together an auction in Wellington with no stuff to start with. Somehow she got hold of a copy of LotR signed by six of the cast members. I have no idea where she got it from because I was watching a different channel at a crucial moment. (AAAAAAAAAAAARGH!) She got $7400 ish.<\/p>\n
Oh, yeah. The 2nd guy I mentioned came out at $18,000 after selling two or three thousand CDs to the Warehouse – look for it in their mailer. It’s the CD with artifical grass on the front cover.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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