Brooke Allen: "Now if we could just get a TV game show, where instead of starting with a bunch of people every week and firing someone, we start with one person and they have to find a way of gainfully employing a new person each week. Since each new person will have to do the same, if it grows by a power of 2, we could end a 26 week series with 67 million people employed, rather than 25 people fired."

yes, indeed, this could be the antidote to starmania, big brother and the apprentice. but then again, the song remains the same.