Rod Blagojevich, reality TV star on NBC

OK, here's the pitch for a new reality TV show:

We take someone sort-of famous like, say, Joe the Wurzelbacher and we -- no, wait, better yet, impeached Illinois Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich -- and we dump him in some awful place like a Central American jungle and watch him scramble stupidly to get out doing exactly the things that we'd do except we're on the couch and can laugh at him in comfort with no one seeing the hypocrisy.

Kinda like Paris Hilton in an Iowa town, only with a mind.

Every week someone new: Harry Reid selling blond hair dye door-to-door in Japan, Joy Behar going through vow-of-silence training in a Nepalese monastery, Jackie Mason presiding over six-party talks with puzzled North Koreans, Rahm Emanuel in %&*$# vulgarity therapy, Billy Mays giving a sermon, Katie Couric doing a serious political interview, Rep. Ron Paul at a Las Vegas craps table with someone else's money. You get the idea.

We could call it: "Do You Have Any Idea Who I Am?"

We were all set to use this stunning idea to escape the stifling life of luxury of a politics blogger when word arrived this evening from Jimmy Orr over on that creative Vote Blog that not only has Blago asked a federal judge for permission to leave the country briefly, but NBC confirms Blago will star in one episode of just such a show in Costa Rica come June. Jimmy's got the details.

And for a brief video report on B-Rod's legal plea Tuesday, scroll down slightly.

-- Andrew Malcolm

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Photo: Associated Press

Comments

[Jill]

That is, officially, the best thing I've read all day. Oh wait, unless there's a story about how Blagojevich jumps into a polar bear den. That would make me happy too.

[SAM]

What in hell else is new.

[Dianna]

Blagojevich is such a clown. He has all the attributes of an annoying salesman, just blithely pulling lies out of his ear all day long. He has such contempt for people, as is demonstrated by his belief everyone buys his baloney.

[Mike S]

Please God save us from this insanity. Do you really think we need ANOTHER reality show - and with Rod "hair helmet" Blagojevich?!? Please go away!