Inspired by
Thelma and Louise
From the producers of
COPS and
WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE
"WHO WANTS TO BE A WELFARE RECIPIENT?"
with your host Mr. Sharkey
Of Course we
want to have an original strategy so we start with a few EASY
questions to help our contestants Loosen Up!
Mr. Sharkey
Daughters
Boyfriend
Your
oldest daughter wants her boyfriend to move in. Do you
A) Have another key made for him
B) Let the
ungrateful bitch move out to live in his '82 plymouth
C)
Have Uncle Vinnie take care of the pervert
D) Become a prostitute
Which of the
following may be purchased with food stamps?
A) Cigarettes
B) Toilet Paper
C) 12 pack of Budweiser
D) 2lb block of Velveeta
Your Ex Husband
Your
ex-husband makes $9,000/mo, refusing to pay child support. Do you
A) Have the D.A.'s
Office garnish his wages.
B) Make annoying calls to his Boss
C) Have your Uncle Vinnie break his knee caps
D) Become a prostitute
Your Mother
Broke and
living with your mother. Should you
A) Apply for
AFDC using another address
B) Live out of your car using a P.O. Box
C) Refill your prescription for Prozac
D) Become a Prostitute
You have a better chance winning the state lottery than
qualifying for Food Stamps?
TRUE
or FALSE
You and your
3 children, one of whom is handicapped, have been evicted from
your $850,000 home. Should you
A) Pawn your
jewelry
B) Move in with your parents
C) Apply for Disability
D) Become a prostitute
GAIN program is an acronym for a State funded weightloss program
TRUE or
FALSE
Unlike "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" OUR
PRODUCERS WATCH THE CLOCK and all questions MUST BE answered in less than 10
minutes or your out the door.
Executve Producer
Schools and
educators across the country encourage their students to watch
Who Wants To Be A Welfare Recepient. Here's an example of a Math
question
Eating on AFDC
AFDC allows
$800/mo and $200/mo for food stamps for a family of four. Your
rent is $700/mo. Do you
A) Eat small
portions of food every other day
B) Leave the
children home alone and take a second job
C) Call Uncle Vinnie for a loan
D) Become a prostitute
Mr. Sharkey,
Host
FOOD STAMPS
redeemable at Baskin Robbins 31 flavors
TRUE or FALSE
LIFELINE
Attempting television program strategy which is original the
producers of Who Wants To Be A Welfare Recepient allows you 3 LIFELINES:
1) Phone
a friend using 1-800-Collect or Uncle Vinnie's Calling Cards
2) 50/50
3) Ask the
audience comprised of Our Lady Of Perpetual Help Shelter For
Homeless in Queens/Astoria
Of
course as the game progresses the questions DO get harder.
The
producers of Who
Wants To Be A Welfare Recipient feel a responsibility to educate our
viewers as well as inform them about the Welfare system.
Your Oldest Son
CONFRONTING LAW ENFORCEMENT
Your oldest son is arrested for possession. Do you
A) Call Uncle
Vinnie to knock some sense into him
B) Take him for counseling
C) Send him to live with your ex-husband
D) Become a prostitute
Credit Bureau
RESTORING
CREDIT
When
applying for a bank loan or credit card should you
A) Tell the
credit company you are on welfare
B) Lie and check the box marked $50,000/year
C) Call Uncle Vinnie for a loan
D) Become a prostitute
Supervisor Sal Minella from Burger King
EMPLOYMENT
You are
offered a job at Burger King through the GAIN program which pays
less than AFDC. Do you
A) Take the job and hope the kids like hamburgers
B) Take the job and steal money from the register
C) Refuse the job and get cut off from AFDC
D) Join a militia group and blow up the D.A.'s office
HEALTH
BENEFITS
On AFDC with 2 children at home with the flu, diarrhea, vomiting,
and high fever from too many burgers. You are scheduled to report
to the GAIN office to seek employment do you
A) Call the
GAIN office and hope they understand and don't cut your benefits
B) Leave the
children home alone and keep appointment
C) Bring the
children with you to the GAIN office so they can spread the flu
to everyone, (bring plenty of 7up)
D) Become a prostitute
PICKING UP
THE PIECES
You are on welfare/food stamps and you fall in love. Do you
A) Give up your one bedroom apartment and AFDC benefits
B) Ask your new love to move in with you
C) Report your ex-husband to the IRS
D) Send all three children to live with your ex-husband
Uncle Vinnie
TAKING CARE OF
BUSINESS
Your ex-husband
recently purchased a new Mercedes SL. Do you
A) Inform the D.A.'s office (even though they never return your
phone calls and insist they have a million cases and only two
case workers)
B) Call Uncle Vinnie
C) Make harassing phone calls to the new girlfriends workplace
D) Abandon your children at his new girlfriends workplace
INHERITANCE Mama Nonna
Your Mama Nonna, Vinnie's mother has passed on and left you $150,000.
Do you
A) Inform
the IRS
B) Pay off Uncle Vinnie's restitution
C) Blow it at the track
D) Give up Prostitution
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