The Ogden Pruett Challenge

Chapter 8
Hollywood News

Chapter Description: The new wonder drug Miniscuel is inspiring a lot of new movie and TV projects!

One project that seems stalled, unfortunately, is the proposed adaptation of TARZAN AND THE ANT MEN. Popular actor Miguelo Foresco starred in the previous two recent TARZAN films but has "serious reservations" about this one, saying "That loincloth may not be very big, but what it does cover is important!"

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Filming has started on the new Reality Series ITTY BITTY BACHELOR, in which a beautiful woman will have to choose between twelve tiny bare bottomed suitors, all regressed to kid-size. "They'll have only their personalities to win her over," states producer Mark Levante. "Then when she makes her decision, there will be the unveiling when the drug wears off and she meets him for the first time at full size."

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Meanwhile, the Wei Network is airing CHERUB LOVE CONNECTION, where a mix of regressed men and women try to find love with one another at a tropical resort. The twist here is while they'll all be pint-sized preadolescents on the island, in real life, they will vary from college kids to seniors. Can the contestants guess the others' true ages and find love? 

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The Sports Network will continue their popular PIPSQUEAK FOOTBALL series, in which shrunken professional teams compete "on a level playing field" with Pee-Wee teams. The New England Rapiers are still trying to live down last season's humiliating loss to the Bradford Middle School Tigers.

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Returning for its second season is LITTLE TOUGH GUYS, in which wrestlers, mixed martial artists and cage fighters shrink down and compete against one another in both athletic and endurance contests as they struggle to withstand public humiliation in embarrassing challenges such as being displayed on a platform in a public street on a bear skin rug or having to parade through a store at tiny size wearing only a baby bonnet. Last season's winner Griffin Tyler Samuels will be providing color commentary.

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On the sitcom front, we have the premiere of DOCTOR PEANUT, starring Jerry Deneuve as a pediatrician who shrinks to better relate to his young patients. In this week's episode, he finds himself nose to nose with a young patient he'd also prescribed Miniscuel to curb his bullying.

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And from Alla-Balla Studios, we have a revival of their classic Seventies Saturday Morning kids show JACK AND BILL AND THE BEANSTALK, with original stars Jack Willoughby and Monroe Zane reunited as two brothers who climb a magic beanstalk and find themselves trapped in the castle of a ferocious family of giants! "We were so thrilled the guys were willing to reprise their roles," Producer Yallis Alla said in a recent interview, "and the Miniscuel lets them pick up right where they left off! And we don't have to build giant sets or props anymore, though getting close-ups can be a challenge!"

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And new on the Friday Night Family Block: BABY DADDY! Can an overprotective pint-sized papa keep an eye on his newly dating thirteen year old daughter?  Following the new hit show GRAMPS AND GRAHAM, where twelve year old's Graham's newest best friend and bad influence is his own rejuvenated Grandpa! This week, the two boys sneak into the girls locker room and end up getting father-son spankings!

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But the big news is the revival of THE BABY BURLESKS! Best known for launching the career of Shirley Temple in the 1930's, the original BURLESKS featured pre-school aged kids parodying film genres while wearing oversized diapers.  The revival, set to air Saturday Nights at Ten, will feature even tinier age-regressed actors with even skimpier costumes! See their versions of DIE-PER HARD, TINYTANIC, and INDIANA JONES AND THE CARDBOARD BOX OF DOOM! 

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