Seriously, TCAP, get your shit together.

by Hate You Probably on June 30, 2011

So Chris Hansen’s recent video is creating quite the controversy. It got me thinking about Chris and how much I absolutely adore his program, To Catch A Predator (TCAP for those of us in the know).  If you know me even a little, you know that I am a humanitarian and I aim to improve the overall condition of humanity one selfless act at a time. So I think TCAP needs a makeover, especially in light of Chris’ recent infidelity that was CAUGHT ON CAMERA. Please allow me to offer a few suggestions to the directors and producers of TCAP. Ahem.

 

Let me start off by saying that To Catch A Predator is by far one of the most informative and entertaining programs on television. I understand that at its heart, it is a show devoted to publicly identifying perverts who want to have sex with kids. There is nothing funny about that. But you have to admit, the rest of the entire show from the sting operation to the Chris Hansen interview to the arrest is fucking hilarious. But I think it can be even more funny.

 

This is my first time doing this. I was just gonna come over here and be her friend.

1. When they narrate the chats between the pervs and the decoys and flash the actual transcript on the screen, I think the voice-overs should actually read the chats with the spelling errors in them, instead of reading them as they were intended to be understood. Allow me to provide an example:

Perv: Hey baby gril, Imma come over tonite and like you form head to toe. Don’t worry, I bring coundoms.

Decoy: lol ok.

Now what typically happens on TCAP is the voice-over guy would read that chat like this:

“Hey baby girl, I’m going to come over tonight and lick you from head to toe. Don’t worry I’ll bring condoms.”

I say enough of this. Read it exactly how that moron typed the text. It’d be way more hilarious.

It's beyond me why a 13 year old girl would not want to be all up on this...

2. Another thing is that TCAP really doesn’t have much in terms of music. There is no theme song, no dramatic chords during the segments, no nothing. I propose we change this immediately. We don’t need much but how about we play the Benny Hill theme song when the pervs make their way outside to the police? C’mon you know that is comic GOLD.

3. I think at the end of the show there should be a bloopers reel in addition to unseen footage of Chris Hansen matter-of-factly reading the chat transcripts to the pervs as they sit down and drink their glass of lemonade provided to them by the decoy…because that is my favorite part. When Chris is all “Did you say that you were going to take your beeeeeeeeeep and beeeeeeeeeeping beeep her in her beeeeeeeep while she beeeeeeeeped and beeeeeeeeeeped on your beeep?”

Honestly, I think these are three really great suggestions to make a great television program even greater. I am available for production consultation anytime, Chris. I live in Palm Beach, right around the corner from the broad you decided to ruin your marriage and your family for. Call me.

{ 20 comments… read them below or add one }

Suniverse June 30, 2011 at 6:20 pm

See? This is why you are brilliant. I am dying. Truly.

LOVE YOU.

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Kris (letmepeeinpeace) June 30, 2011 at 6:22 pm

I freakin’ *love* Chris Hansen. That show is so much better than it’s smarmy competitor “What Would You Do?”
I personally don’t get how Chris Hansen hasn’t gotten punched in the face yet. Or why they don’t just open a national chain of seedy van dealerships, they’ll come rolling in in droves…
Missed your posts! Keep ‘em coming! :)

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Meghan June 30, 2011 at 7:07 pm

These are all brilliant ideas and if the TCAP producers don’t use them I will kill everyone. Ratings will soar!

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magnolia June 30, 2011 at 11:21 pm

the lawyer in me HATES “to catch a predator.” i think it’s entrapment. it’s ridiculous.

but it’s hilarious. completely hilarious in every way.

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Hez June 30, 2011 at 11:47 pm

Dying. You just managed to sum up my thoughts about TCAP perfectly, and then some. I can just picture them walking out to the Benny Hill theme song, crying into their cheesy fucking porn-staches.

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Lori Dyan July 1, 2011 at 12:01 am

The Serb loves this f’ing show. I hate it because he gets all riled up, starts swearing in Serbian and then broods for days about ways to catch local pervs. He’d probably love your f’ing show, too.

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Sara @ Periwinkle Papillon July 1, 2011 at 4:13 am

I can’t watch this show because it makes me so uncomfortable. I’d much rather think these a**holes don’t exist. But they do.
If they did adopt your suggestions, I’d TOTALLY watch. Because then at least I cuoldd pretend it was really entertainment.
You are effing brilliant by the way!

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Megan (Best of Fates) July 1, 2011 at 1:35 pm

I’ve never seen TCAP and now I refuse to until they incorporate your amazing suggestions.

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Mrs. Jen B July 1, 2011 at 4:45 pm

I agree with Megan – never seen it and refuse to do so now, because anything I see will not live up to what you’ve proposed.

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HeathRobots July 7, 2011 at 3:15 pm

Now I will hear the Benny Hill music in my head when the perverts are being taken down outside and also on any chase scene on COPS. You manage to make awesome things 10x more awesome. That is why I love you.

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Kristy @PampersandPinot July 14, 2011 at 9:46 pm

I freaking love your blog. The WORLD needs to listen to you! Not just TCAP. I finally got with the program and joined twitter – am following you!

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Schadenfreude Warehouse August 5, 2011 at 1:30 pm

1) Any kind Dateline is usually going to be found in my dvr queue. TCAP tops them all.
2) As a teacher I agree completely that all pervs need to be exposed for their sexual and grammatical transgressions.
3) A refreshing glass of lemonade to cleanse the palate and aid discussion whilst comparing what one CLAIMS he was doing with what he was REALLY doing sounds wonderful.

Why aren’t you working for NBC? Or National Lampoon?

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Angie Uncovered August 5, 2011 at 3:49 pm

I FREAKIN LOVE TCAP!

My favorite will always be the one with the guy who wanted to involve the girl’s cat. Live with that shame the rest of your life for that crappy glass of iced tea and a brownie!

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RPM August 5, 2011 at 4:59 pm

Please, please let the read the chat transcripts with the errors and add in the Benny Hill music. I will DVR that sh*t! This is awesome.

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Tazer August 5, 2011 at 5:25 pm

See, I’d watch that shit every night if your additions were made. Brilliant.

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Devon Jones August 5, 2011 at 7:24 pm

Pedophile running with Benny Hill them playing in the background, you say? Done!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zam3QMlwjWs

The footage is from Australia’s “A Current Affair”. Enjoy!

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karen somethingorother August 9, 2011 at 2:36 am

I was actually sad when this post ended. I wanted it to go on forever, because it was just so freaking funny. And coincidentally, I was just talking about that show not too long ago! Hooray!

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Lisa August 12, 2011 at 9:34 pm

This was one of the funniest things I’ve ever read.

I found your blog through some other funny blog I read and just wanted to say, YOU FUNNY! …and you owe me a new, non-wine soaked, keyboard.

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This One Time at Art Camp September 6, 2012 at 4:52 pm

*SNORTING LAUGH* You’re brain is made of gold. Truly!

XOXO

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This One Time at Art Camp September 6, 2012 at 4:54 pm

AAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!! I meant to say *YOUR* brain – someone distracted me at work while I was typing that comment and I hit send so they wouldn’t see what I was typing! Forgive me???

XOXO

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