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When I read about the upcoming season of Fox's reality show "Solitary," I was amazed people would put themselves through the stress of living in solitary confinement, choking on ball gags, hearing screaming babies and being woken every 19 minutes by alarms, just for reality show fame and $50k. Then I realized this show already ran for a full season on the little-known Fox Reality Channel. Not only did nine people go through this torture, they did it on a network where they couldn't even get as famous as a Blind Date contestant. Watching the following nine minutes (the winner spent twelve days in the torture room) drove me crazy:

Mother Jones interviewed winner Phu Pham, who got less money and fame than someone who stood next to Howie Mandel for an hour picking suitcases.