Hunt is on for right contestant

Ah, the good old days of reality shows. All you needed was a mildly dysfunctional personality along with a few socialization issues, and the part was there for the taking.

Apparently, the bar was set too low. Reality hunting, it seems, raises it.

An e-mail from the World Hunting Assn. (WHA) has cast the net, so to speak, for applicants for a WHA hunting reality TV show. There are four items that will separate the fish from the fowl:

* A video clip, not to exceed five minutes, on why you should be on the show.

* A 1,000-word article on the future of hunting.

* A 300-word hunting tip.

* Up to 10 photos of yourself with your best game trophies.

First thought: The perfect candidate with experience before the camera, though he needs a little work on that shot: Vice President Dick Cheney.

Second thought: These requirements look a little tough. Wouldn’t it be easier to shoot Bigfoot than getting on this show?

Shoes made for walking

The memories, tributes and anecdotes keep coming about the late Bo Schembechler, and one was from former USC coach John Robinson, who once lost a recruit to Bo at a home visit, showing up and finding the Michigan coach already there.

Wrote Bill McGraw of the Detroit Free Press: “When Robinson finally got inside, Schembechler put his arm around him and told the parents that Robinson is a fine man, but he added, ‘You can’t trust a man who wears shoes like that.’

“And Robinson said all during his visit, the parents and their son kept looking at his shoes. The recruit went to Michigan.”

Trivia time

WHA holds another meaning for sports fans, at least those with distinct memories of the ‘70s.

The World Hockey Assn. lasted from 1972-79, and its championship trophy was the Avco World Trophy.

Which team was the final winner of the trophy?

‘O Canada’ rules

Toronto Star hockey columnist Damien Cox on the run of Canadian MVPs:

“MVPs of the NHL, NBA and the American League of Major League Baseball. All at once.

“Joe Thornton, Steve Nash and Justin Morneau. Somehow I don’t feel so bad about whatever depths we’ve sunk to in world soccer rankings, or why our Olympic swimming program doesn’t win so much anymore.”

Trivia answer

The Winnipeg Jets, who won three of the seven WHA championships.

As an aside, the trophy was not yet completed when the New England Whalers won the first championship in the 1972-73 season and the players had to make the ceremonial celebratory skate with their divisional championship trophy.

And finally

New Columbus Blue Jackets Coach Ken Hitchcock to reporters, on playing his first game against his former employers, the Philadelphia Flyers, Friday:

“When I was on the plane flying here, I felt like, ‘Man, I’m in the Twilight Zone.’ ”

He might well have been. His old Flyers beat his new Blue Jackets, 3-2.

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lisa.dillman@latimes.com