TV: Old Yellers

Inspired by MTV’s smash hit “Boiling Points,” “Old Yellers” is a hidden-camera game show that tests how long random bystanders can endure the company of Rep. Randy Neugebauer, R-Texas, and Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., before completely giving up on the Republican Party.

We follow these two angry curmudgeons across the country as they shout “baby killer!” and “you lie!” at unsuspecting contestants who must continue to have faith in the GOP for at least five minutes. Winners receive a Valium and a $25 gift certificate to Kohl’s.

Throughout the show, you’ll get to witness Joe and Randy heckle nuns and auto mechanics, Taco Bell patrons and children in wheelchairs. No one is safe from their unprovoked accusations.

And don’t forget to have your cell phones ready because at the end of every episode, you get to choose where they’ll go next. Want the duo to crash little Tommy Feigenbaum’s bar mitzvah? How about an abortion clinic run by a Swedish bumper car salesman? All you have to do is text your vote.

On tonight’s season premiere, Joe and Randy will be set loose in Cranky Pines nursing home, where they will unleash their insults on our adorably senile grandparents. Will the residents retaliate by throwing their catheters, or will Joe and Randy fit right in? Find out tonight at 8:30 p.m.

E-mail: joskraus@umail.iu.edu