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Pitching an Organ Trafficking Travelogue Show
from This Is No Way To Live · #72
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3 minAn extended bit where Ray plays a TruTV development executive and Tim pitches a reenactment travelogue series about organ trafficking in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Azerbaijan.
- 53:12Tim pitches a travelogue show about organ trafficking in third-world countries.
- 53:31The show would travel to Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Azerbaijan to document the organ trade.
- 53:42Tim proposes reenacting organ removal scenarios with actors instead of actual footage.
- 53:53The trafficking usually starts with a sex worker at a bar who drugs the mark with a Mickey.
- 54:17Victims wake up to find their organs being carved out with machetes.
- 54:29Tim would provide on-location commentary introducing each country's preferred organs to steal.
- 54:52His catchphrase for the show: casually repeated requests for specific organs, like "Give me that liver."
- 55:03The development executive admits it's actually not a horrible idea for a show.
- 55:16Networks have covered human trafficking extensively but haven't explored organ trafficking yet.
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