We need a reality TV show that follows deadbeat dads. @T@TalibBabb
Summary
A straphanger pitches Kareem on a reality show concept that's equal parts absurd and weirdly compelling: follow deadbeat dads around New York City to see what they're doing instead of raising their kids. The theory? They must be up to something incredibly cool, like getting a pilot's license or winning a Grammy. Probably not though. They're likely just playing video games. The pair workshops the entire premise on the spot, settling on "Real Deadbeat Dads of New York City" as the title and imagining intervention episodes where families reconnect. The kicker: they figure a deadbeat would rejoin his family for 20K. Kareem offers a 55/45 split on their "shared intellectual property." It's a Bravo show, obviously.
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So, what's your take? We need a reality TV show that follows deadbeat dads because, what else are you doing instead of taking care of your kids?
100% agree. That would be very entertaining. We need to figure that out.
Wait, what are you doing? It's such a crazy decision to not take care of your kids, bro. Like, you got to be doing something incredibly cool.
I bet they're not doing anything cool at all. Yeah, for sure. They're probably like playing video games or something.
So, it might be a boring show. No, because some of them might be getting a pilot's license.
That is probably not happening. Or winning a Grammy.
Okay, that now that is right. So, Playboy Cardi, why aren't you taking care of your kids? He's in the studio. He's cooking up.
He's in the stew. He's hanging out. He's going on helicopters probably. But here's the thing. I don't want to see the famous deadbeats.
Oh— I want to see the everyday average Joe's.
What kind of deadbeats are we talking here? Are we talking about absent fully absent fathers? I'm thinking that just not around. Like I don't even know. Like complete stranger. You know what I mean? Like your child doesn't even call you dad. They call you by your first name. They call you—yeah, they call you Mark. Unless that's Mark. I'm not picking up the phone.
What's a good name for the show? Deadbeat Daddy. Deadbeat Daddy's good. I'm thinking like real deadbeat to Upper East Side.
I think we should open up to just all New York. All New York. Okay.
I think it should just be "Real Deadbeat Dads of New York City." Okay. And we just watch what they do. I bet a lot of them hang out with Eric Adams.
It's possible. Do we follow the families as well or just the dads?
We can have the family reconnect and then, you know, we put the deadbeat in the hot seat a little bit and then the family reconnects. Little intervention. They can make it right.
They're not going to make it right. They got to make it right.
They're deadbeats. But they on TV now. We can shame them. What's going to happen is they're going to go there and they're like, "Do you want to rejoin the family?" He's going to be like, "Nah."
20K. 20K would do it.
20K would do it. A deadbeat dad would go 20K.
20K. For sure.
Let's pitch the show. Bravo. I think it's a Bravo show.
Bravo show. Yeah, cuz they already got Desperate Housewives, Desperate This, Desperate That. What's the tagline? It's like from deadbeat to daddy. Easy.
There. Oh— Deadbeat to dead.
All right. Look, I'll bring you in. I'll bring you in the ground floor. We got— I'm already in, bro. This is our shared intellectual property at this point.
Okay. 50/50. 55/45. Okay, that's fine.