All Talk 24 - Asylum Half-Hour New Reality TV Series (a cost neutral way to pay for treatment)

DR. NOSTRUM

Anyway. (big beat) American Inventor! (pause) but that, in fact, ha become.. so these reality things – you know, these things that we were thinking about – just putting insane people up, endless numbers of insane people up, on TV and having them talk about something, is now TV. It's just laughing at idiots isn't it?

HUTCHBACK

Mmm.

DR. NOSTRUM

That is entertainment.

HUTCHBACK

Laughing at idiots.

DR. NOSTRUM

That is entertainment.

HUTCHBACK

Laughing at mental midgets.

DR. NOSTRUM

Yeah, which.. I actually thought your idea of putting a camera in a mental i.. an asylum and broadcasting it, you know, broadcasting, say, 20 minutes a week would probably be quite good.

HUTCHBACK

Yeah.

DR. NOSTRUM

And you could pay for the treatment of the people from the proceeds of the programme, - do you think? And you could phone in each week to choose who got electro-shock therapy.

HUTCHBACK

Mm.

DR. NOSTRUM

That wouldn't be bad.

HUTCHBACK

You could get slightly aggressive ones together and...

DR. NOSTRUM

Fight

HUTCHBACK

...fight. Yeah. "Loony Fight."

DR. NOSTRUM

"Loony Fight." You could pitch that. It's very 'British' but, you know...