This Job's a Trip!
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This Job's a Trip! is an American reality television show that aired on the Travel Channel produced by Brave St. Productions in association with Vocation Vacations. The series was written & directed by Chris Voos and aired for a single season in 2006.
Premise
Episodes of This Job's a Trip! featured one male and one female participant with nothing in common except their dream job. After brief interviews, each 'job tripper' was taken from their respective locations to somewhere far away for a shared opportunity to try out their dream job. They were given a series of progressive challenges together to see if they could survive in their ideal profession or if they were better suited for their existing day job. The theme of each episode featured a different dream job and two new participants.
In an interview with Catherine Applefeld Olson of CableFax, Patrick Younge explains the show was picked up as part of an overall strategy to help define The Travel Channel as "passion-based network."
The first episode aired on April 23, 2006.{{cite news |last=Kampert |first=Patrick |date=2006-05-14 |title=Reality TV zeroes in on dream jobs |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2006/05/14/reality-tv-zeroes-in-on-dream-jobs/ |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |id={{ProQuest|420444264}} |accessdate=2024-02-04 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240204061814/https://www.chicagotribune.com/2006/05/14/reality-tv-zeroes-in-on-dream-jobs/ |archivedate=2024-02-04 }} The season had 13 episodes. The show spent 10 hours over three days filming an episode at the Saddleback Ranch in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. In the episode, the ranch staff taught an office manager and a computer technician how to be cattle ranchers.{{cite news |last=Plean |first=Allison |date=2006-06-02 |title=Three days living the dream. Two city slickers learn how to cattle ranch for reality TV |url=https://www.steamboatpilot.com/news/three-days-living-the-dream/ |newspaper=Steamboat Pilot & Today |accessdate=2024-02-04 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240204055509/https://www.steamboatpilot.com/news/three-days-living-the-dream/ |archivedate=2024-02-04 }}
Reception
In a positive review, George Vernadakis of Multichannel News wrote, "This Job's a Trip is consistent with the network's broad 'travel entertainment' mandate, and should click with couch-potato travelers, as well as viewers who just hate their jobs."{{cite magazine |last=Vernadakis |first=George |date=2006-04-24 |title=This Job's a Trip |magazine=Multichannel News |volume=27 |issue=17 |page=51 |id={{EBSCOhost|20619637}} }}
References
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External links
- IMDB - This Job's a Trip!: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0770663/
- TVtango [Episodes]: http://www.tvtango.com/series/this_jobs_a_trip/episodes
- YouTube [Comedian Episode]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jESxpJTj_LE&list=PL2BCEB5B068417782&index=1&feature=plpp_video
- [http://www.multichannel.com/article/123144-What_s_On.php review] by Multichannel News
- [http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/this-jobs-a-trip/279778 announcement] by TV Guide
- [http://www.locatetv.com/tv/this-jobs-a-trip/2086947/episode-guide LocateTV episode guide]
- [http://www.zooraft.com/common/about/media/2006-04-20_Enterprise_River%20guide%20Job%20Tripper.php Zooraft premier Rafting Guide episode]
- http://www.firehouse.com/forums/t81241/
- http://www.emtbravo.net/index.php/topic/11173-this-jobs-a-trip-on-the-travel-channel/
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=hcUDAAAAMBAJ&dq=This+job%27s+a+trip&pg=PA38 Third Pro Cyclist episode] in Bicycling
- [http://www.nols.edu/alumni/leader/06summer/alumni_in_action.shtml article featured on NOLS - The Leader]
Category:2006 American television series debuts
Category:2006 American television series endings