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Harley Brown To Be Reality TV Star?

At the infamous May 15 Idaho GOP gubernatorial debate, Harley Brown, far left, Walt Byers, center, and Gov. Butch Otter listen to a question posed by a panelist. (File photo: Idaho Public Television)

Harley Brown, the crazy-as-a-fox candidate who stunned a global television audience with his antics during May's Idaho Republican gubernatorial debate, may well become Idaho's own Honey Boo Boo. He's about to be a reality TV star--and we mean that with all the sincerity it warrants. "We politicians crave publicity like an alcoholic craves his next drink," Brown told Boise Weekly. "This is essentially giving me my own liquor store." Brown has just inked an exclusive talent agreement with Los Angeles-based Mad Jack Entertainment--producers of A&E's Intervention and MSNBC's Chained to My Ex--to star in his own reality show. But running for governor of Idaho is small potatoes. Brown has his eye on the White House/George Prentice, Boise Weekly. More here.

Question: Which reality show would you be more likely to watch -- one starring Honey Boo Boo or one with Harley Brown?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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