From the folks who brought us Joe Millionaire, The Chamber, Who Wants to Marry a Multimillionaire, When Animals Attack, and When Stunts Go Bad comes the latest in reality entertainment (info taken from the FOX website without permission. Sue me if you want but you can't get blood from a stone...):


WHO IS SUPERIOR -- MAN OR BEAST. FIND OUT WHEN FOX AIRS THE ALL-NEW SPECIAL 'MAN VS. BEAST' WEDNESDAY, JAN. 15

By testing speed, strength or a specialized skill, MAN VS. BEAST will determine whether man is superior to beast. This all-new one-hour special pits humans against animals in a series of competitions, including a race between a champion sprinter and a giraffe, an eating competition between a 113 lbs. man and a 1000 lbs. bear, an obstacle course competition between the best of the military and a chimp. In addition, a large group of "little people" and an elephant compete to see who can pull a DC-10 farther and faster on MAN VS. BEAST Wednesday, Jan. 15 (9:00- 10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (SP-0342) (TV-PG)


I've been wondering for the past few years whether man was superior to beast, so it's good that FOX has finally found a way to settle that age-old scientific debate. But are they using the famous Scientific Method that we all learned in 4th grade?

OBSERVATION: People claim that because of civilization, technology, and the fact that they eat animals and destroy their habitats, man is superior to all other forms of life, yet man is still afraid of sharks, bears, spiders, bacteria, and radioactive supercreatures like Godzilla.

HYPOTHESIS: Man is superior to beast when "superior" is defined as "one man can beat one beast at a specialized competition based on contrived skill sets".

PROCEDURE: We will test the hypothesis by broadcasting a series of competitions between people (or midgets) and animals (or chimps) on national television. If the show is highly-rated enough to spawn a "Man vs. Beast 2" next season or possibly during May Sweeps Month, then beast is clearly superior to man.

CONCLUSION: Tune in on Wednesday at 9 (8 central) to find out whether you are smarter than the av-er-age bear.