And as your own wedding looms closer and you start to think about your budget, you become open to virtually ANY idea if it will cut costs and eliminate the need to hire a photographer. It's also fun to imagine what it would be like to be the kind of person whose wedding E! would be interested in. And if you're not famous enough, you cast around for a gimmick that would capture the attention of TV audiences.
Long about 2009, we were sure we had come up with the perfect gimmick. One year out of college and with an expanding circle of friends from our two different graduate programs, it seemed like we were going to have a small army of people to include in our (then-hypothetical) wedding party. What better way to determine everyone's roles than a reality TV competition? We had a particular surplus of male friends, and thus the idea for "Best (man) in Show" was born.
Each round/episode would feature a different challenge designed to test the contestants' wedding party skills, with one person eliminated each week. They'd start off with something simple, like trivia questions about the bride and groom, and progress to more difficult things like making toasts and running interference against wacky relatives. The season finale would have the finalists each planning a bachelor party, with the groom making a blind judgment as to which party he liked the best. An added draw for said groom would be getting to experience multiple bachelor parties. The winner would earn the title of Best Man, with runners-up serving as groomsmen and ushers. Those eliminated in the early rounds of competition would not be invited to the wedding at all.
Why we didn't do this: For starters, we don't know any TV executives (However, if there are any TV execs reading this, wouldn't this make a great summer series?).
But the biggest reason we didn't do this is that it really would have been no contest. Ray was the clear choice and the best Best Man we could have asked for. Here's the proof:
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