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* In ''[[30 Rock|Thirty Rock]]'', they hold open auditions for a new castmember of TGS, with horrible acts including several of the show's writers, a street performer dressed as a robot, and NBC anchor Brian Williams doing stand up comedy. In a twist, Jack doesn't choose the perfect candidate Liz wants, and instead picks the random guy dressed as a robot. Who actually becomes the new cast member, despite having no acting experience whatsoever and not even knowing what he was auditioning for.
* In the episode "Honey Trap" of the British sitcom ''[[The Thin Blue Line]]'', Inspector Fowler attempts to find someone who can replace Constable Habib in the upcoming trivia contest. He resorts to the perps in the detention room. Fat chance.
* Power Rangers:
* ''[[Power Rangers RPM]]'' has the Green Ranger audition, with candidates chosen by the resident [[Plucky Comic Relief]], Ziggy. Interviewees include a ventriloquist and dummy (two for the price of one), a hula hoop girl who can't hula hoop (hypnotizing), and a mime (he's in a box). {{spoiler|Ziggy himself ends up becoming the Green Ranger [[Falling Into the Cockpit|purely by accident.]]}}▼
** Bizarrely done in ''[[Power Rangers Turbo]]'' where Divatox holds a large "cattle call" of monsters in one episode trying out to work for her, all of whom are rather pathetic. Even her dimwitted henchman Elgar comments how he hates these gatherings. Eventually, Torch Tiger gets the job, not that he avoids messing up.
▲** ''[[Power Rangers RPM]]'' has the Green Ranger audition, with candidates chosen by the resident [[Plucky Comic Relief]], Ziggy. Interviewees include a ventriloquist and dummy (two for the price of one), a hula hoop girl who can't hula hoop (hypnotizing), and a mime (he's in a box). {{spoiler|Ziggy himself ends up becoming the Green Ranger [[Falling Into the Cockpit|purely by accident.]]}}
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcngcqA6zHw One scene] from ''[[Misfits]]'', where Sally the probation worker is given the task of interviewing the young offenders, all of whom take it upon themselves to be as rude, annoying, sarcastic and/or angry as possible—apart from Simon, who despite being a deeply troubled and socially inept young man with a conviction for arson, is by far the most polite.
* There was an unusual variant in one ''[[CSI]]'' episode where the protagonists were investigating the murder of a patient in a high-security mental hospital. The terrible interviewees in that case were the victim's [[Ax Crazy]] fellow patients, and needless to say little information of value was forthcoming. The programme thoughtfully flashed up extracts from the patients' medical records between each clip just so the viewers would know what symptoms to expect.
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