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Remember Joel Comm's "The Next Internet Millionaire"? Of course you do. It's hosted by an Internet entrepreneur who promises a $1 million prize and vague hints of a venture "partnership" to whomever can prove he has the chops to be ... well, you get the picture. Who could forget the cheesy charm of his casting call?Comm has now found his twelve contestants and released the first episode. It's a comical cast: a giant, a soccer mom, and Internet hipsters. They're lovable and laughable. Charles Trippy is annoyed by the words vlog and blog. "They're stupid and should be stricken from the record." We concur, Charles. Laura Martin proudly professes that she's "very single." There's even a Republican! For California, that counts as diversity. Click through for the clip and a plot summary.

Comm's business model seems to be product placement: ScanAlert's "Hacker Safe" certification for websites is promoted with an immunity-granting "Hacker Safe" shirt and other casual mentions. The first challenge takes place in the "Commplex." First, contestants sit through a Mark Joyner lecture on Simpleology ("Is that a real word?"), then they develop pitches that put their new knowledge into practice. Losers must sit in a "sandbox."