- 1/3
 - >Production assistant for Fluff-TV.
 - >You work on the worst show on the network: "Babies."
 - >Just hours of video...birthing, nursing, playing, hugging.
 - >It's mind numbing work.
 - >Not as easy as it looks either.
 - >There's a strict policy; "Babies" never shows an unhappy fluffy pony.
 - >It upsets your nitwit audience, fluffy & human.
 - >If a fluffy takes a tumble and hurts his nose, the footage is scrapped.
 - >A foal cries because it can't find momma's teat? Scrapped.
 - >Bad poopies? Scrapped.
 - >Anything bad happens...the footage is scrapped.
 - >Gotta start all over again.
 - >So you can't just set up a camera and chill out.
 - >First step is choosing candidates for the show.
 - >Strays from the shelter work best.
 - >Ferals are too headstrong, independent.
 - >Pet fluffies tend to be too spoilt.
 - >You want fluffies that know how miserable life can be.
 - >You can always threaten them with a return to the shelter.
 - 2/3
 - >Conditioning is next.
 - >Start with several dozen mommas & foals.
 - >You're not planning on using all of them.
 - >About 75% are "example fluffies."
 - >Put them in a well lit pen, similar to the TV studio.
 - >Let the fluffies play.
 - >If any fight...execute them immediately.
 - >Yep, you heard it right.
 - >Doesn't matter who started it.
 - >If two fluffies get into even the smallest fight you cut their heads off.
 - >Make sure all the other fluffies see.
 - >For such dumb animals they learn quick.
 - >Bad fluffies that fight get the worst owwies.
 - >Crank up the intensity.
 - >Any fluffy that cries gets killed next.
 - >All it takes is one mother watching her beloved foal get beheaded.
 - >"Whhaaa! Why huwt babee? Nuu!"
 - "Bad fluffies that cry lose their head."
 - >You better believe the mommas pay close attention to their foals now.
 - >They don't let foals do anything that could possibly get them hurt...not even a bump on the nose.
 - >Mommas keep their babies nursing as long as possible.
 - >They can't cry about being hungry that way.
 - >Fluffy mares live in constant terror of seeing their foals executed.
 - >Conditioning proceeds as planned.
 - 3/3
 - >It's been narrowed down to 6 fluffy families.
 - >These fluffies have been selected and conditioned to be perfect for "Babies."
 - >Now to get them used to the soundstage.
 - >Acclimate them to the noises, bright lights and strange people.
 - >Be super-nice to them for a change.
 - >This is the only place they get fed.
 - >Treats, huggies, tickling.
 - >You want them to consider this a happy place.
 - >Fluffies are overjoyed to go to the studio soundstage.
 - >Because their lives are miserable away from the studio.
 - >You keep them in cramped, wet, rusty cages.
 - >Loud scary music plays.
 - >It stinks...litterboxes are rarely cleaned out.
 - >The hungry fluffies cry for food...they get none.
 - >Weaned foals are kept away from their mommas.
 - >No physical abuse, but every effort is made to make them miserable.
 - >That way they're happy when it's time to go film an episode.
 - >It's a perfect system.
 - >"Babies" delivers episodes on schedule and under budget.
 - >On screen, the fluffy ponies are perfectly 100% happy.
 - >The grand illusion of television.
 - >It's all about balance.
 - >You still hate your job.
 

