What is "reality check"

n. 1 a check or review to make sure something is consistent, reasonable, etc. 2 (context idiomatic English) a wake-up call, reminder

Reality Check was a 1995 television show about Jack Craft, a man who is stuck in a computer mainframe. The two Bonner kids (Samantha and Nicholas) try to get Jack Craft out of the mainframe. Another character on this show is Isis. The computer was activated on September 17, 1995.

The show was broadcast under syndication with each episode running for 15 minutes including commercials. It was produced in association with S & S Productions and ran for fourteen episodes before ending.

Reality Check is a "youth-based, adult mentored" statewide youth program operated by the New York State Department of Health in Albany, New York. Founded in 2001, the goal of the program is to educate "teens about the manipulative marketing practices used by the tobacco industry to get teens to smoke." Thousands of youth across New York have participated in Reality Check activities, which operate in partnership with more than a dozen youth organizations across the state.

Reality Check has been involved in combating depictions of smoking in movies, point of purchase advertisements, and tobacco advertising found in the school setting. They have also participated in global campaigns against tobacco usage, particularly in Africa. They are also active across New York, frequently protesting at school board meetings and taking on the movie industry to end smoking in movies marketed to young people. Their work against movie studios and Hollywood has drawn attention as for them as the "largest group to confront Hollywood" on tobacco usage in children's movies.

The program receives funding primarily from the state Department of Health. According to Cornell University, "Reality Check is NOT against smokers. It is about getting people to understand how tobacco companies manipulate people into smoking and getting hooked."

As of July 31, 2009, the number of Reality Check grants that the New York State Department of Health has been decreased from 46 to 10. As a result of this Monroe, Livingston, Steuben, Chemung, Schuyker, Tompkins, Yates, Seneca, Wayne, Ontario, Cortland, Chenango, Otsego, Delaware, Greene, Ulster, Sullivan, Orange, Rockland, Suffolk, Dutchess, Columbia, Rensselaer, and Washington County are left with no funding for any type of program similar to Reality Checks. Many other counties have exponential decreases in their funding.

Reality Check is the seventh studio album by American rapper Juvenile. The album was released on March 7, 2006, by UTP Records and Atlantic Records. The album features guest appearances from Paul Wall, Mike Jones, Fat Joe and Ludacris, among others.

Reality Check was supported by three single " Rodeo", "Get Ya Hustle On" and "Way I Be Leanin'". The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 174,000 copies its first week. The album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

Reality Check may refer to:

• Reality Check (comics), an English language manga series
• Reality Check (program), an anti-tobacco movement led by teenagers and operated by the New York State Department of Health
• Reality check, a technique used in lucid dreaming to determine whether one is actually dreaming
• Reality Check, the signature move of wrestler The Miz

Reality Check is the second studio album by American rapper Seagram, released 1994 on Rap-A-Lot Records and Priority Records. The album was produced entirely by Jeff Gray, Seagram and Troy White. It peaked at number 53 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and at number 31 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers.

Reality Check is the debut studio album by French synthpop band The Teenagers. It was released on 18 March 2008 by Merok Records and XL Recordings.

Reality Check is the debut album of Punjabi singer, Jassi Sidhu, released in 2003. It's his first album after he left his band, B21, in 2002. The album saw the departure of B21 sound and thus, paving the path for an exciting new sound by Jassi Sidhu. The album also opened the doors of success for Jassi in India, where, earlier, he was an unknown face. Reality Check was a commercial hit, both in U.K. and India.

Reality Check was an Alternative Rock band that formed in the mid-1990s with the support of Michael Tait of dc Talk. Originally consisting of three members, Chris Blaney, Nathan Barlowe, and Rod Shuler, the band grew to eight members before disbanding in 1998. Two members of Reality Check, Nathan Barlowe and Jonny MacIntosh, went on to help form Luna Halo.

Reality Check ( Chinese: 心路GPS) is a Hong Kong television drama serial created by Lee Yim-fong and produced by TVB. It first premiered on Jade in Hong Kong on 18 February 2013, airing to 20 episodes with two episodes back-to-back.

The serial centers on the relationships between Summer ( Ruco Chan) and his two mothers - his foster mother, Tsui ( Louise Lee) and his estranged birth mother, Han ( Rebecca Chan).

Reality Check! (full title: Super Information Hijinks: Reality Check!) is a comedic science fiction original English-language manga series written by Rikki Simons and drawn by Tavisha Wolfgarth-Simons, together known as Studio Tavicat; unlike conventional manga, Reality Check!'s art is full-color, painted by Rikki Simons (although it appears black-and-white in print). Set in a near-future world of 2012, the story centers on Collin Meeks, a young cat owner who discovers his cat, Catreece, has been regularly entering the world of online virtual reality gaming and the general "Virtual Internet System" (VIS). The story covers the online and offline activities and interactions of the Colin and his friends (including Catreece), who all utilize form of virtual-reality (VR) headgear called a "True Virtual Reality (TVR) Helmet" to experience the futuristic internet and gaming environs.

It was originally available online in full color (the pages painted by Rikki Simons) but was also released as comic book in two volumes. The first in 1995, consisting of two black and white issues published by Tavicat Comics, and the second from 1996 to 1998, consisting of 12 full color issues published by Sirius Entertainment. The Tavicat issues were reprinted in color in the first 2 issues of the SIRIUS run. TOKYOPOP picked up the title in 2003 and reprinted the SIRIUS run in a black and white digest-sized format consisting of two volumes.

The Reality Check is a weekly, 45 minute podcast hosted by members of The Ottawa Skeptics.

The show is hosted by Darren McKee, Adam Gardner, Cristina Roach and Pat Roach.

The show was initially created and headed by Jonathan Abrams, the founder of The Ottawa Skeptics

until he left the show at episode 198.

Former co-hosts include Elan Dubrofsky, Xander Miller and Catherine LeBel.

The show explores "Scientific controversies and curiosities" and the topics of discussion are varied and include the Moon landing hoax, Big Foot, Feng Shui and the treatment of hiccups. In keeping with the satirical nature of the show, the opening theme music is often a parody of a well-known melody and performed by the co-host Pat Roach and his wife, Cristina. By November 2012, the podcast was receiving between 4000 and 5000 weekly downloads and has reached the 1 million total download milestone.

Reality Check is an Australian television panel discussion program focusing on reality television which debuted on ABC1 on 13 August 2014. The program is hosted by Tom Ballard with a panel of three guests who are industry experts, behind the scenes producers, judges or former contestants to reflect on their experiences. It is produced by Cordell Jigsaw Zapruder, who also produced panel show The Gruen Transfer, which dissected the advertising industry.