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02.23.03
1:41pm
Fine. I am also a Celebrity. |
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Surprise!
I have another show to complain about this week. This time, it's
ABC's "I'm
a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!" There are
so many things to hate about this show, I don't know where to
begin.
First
of all, I am so sick of reality shows, and I never watch them. Well, "Joe
Millionaire" is an exception. It's like watching a car
crash with a really, really dumb car.
I
have only seen about 12 minutes of IACGMOOH, but I feel that
is more than enough time to hate it, and I'll tell you why. |
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Here
are the "celebrities" you can watch each week
on IACGMOOH. If your career has diminished to the point that
you
have to appear
on a crappy reality show on a crappy network, can you still call
yourself a celebrity? And it's not just IACGMOOH. Look at that
other celebrity reality show (unfortunately, there are
two), "The
Surreal Life" with MC Hammer, Emmanuel Lewis, and
Corey Feldman. Corey Feldman for god's sake! The man
is a living punchline! It says so on his business card!
Anyway,
back to IACGMOOH. Let's
get to know these celebrities, shall we? I hope you said yes, otherwise
I have wasted my afternoon. |
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The
show is hosted by a guy named John Lehr, who is supposedly an improv
comic. His credits include the Christina Applegate juggernaut
"Jesse," some pilot called "Electronic Highway," and something
called "News Weasels." Yeah. Good luck with that, John.
Next
we have Maria Conchita Alonso, whom I'm sure everyone recognizes
as Amber Mendez, from "The
Running Man." I could spend more time looking up her acting credits,
but I don't really think that's necessary. |
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The
fact that Tyson Beckford is one of the stars on IACGMOOH kind
of surprised me. Could it be that his star has faded out so quickly
that he needed to appear on this show? Surely not, I thought,
then I learned that Mr. Beckford's credits include the films
"Zoolander"
and "Biker
Boyz." I think I am going to send him a couple bucks.
What
can be said about Downtown Julie Brown that hasn't been said before?
This is the woman who coined the phrase "wubba wubba wubba," because
she must be some kind of idiot. Look at her picture. Go ahead,
look at it. You tell me she's not completely nuts. |
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These
next two really tick me off. Bruce Jenner? Who the hell is Bruce
Jenner? Ok, ok, I know he's a decathalon champion from the 1976
Olympics, but what the hell is he doing here? I guess they needed
to fill their Bruce Quota and Bruce Vilanch was busy. (I can
honestly say that I would watch this show if Bruce Vilanch was
somehow
involved.)
Question:
Did you know who Cris Judd was before his brief marriage to Jennifer
Lopez? NO YOU DID NOT! Why is Cris Judd considered a celebrity?
Because he once shared a bed with J.Lo? If that's the case, how
come Ben Affleck isn't considered a major star? |
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Robin
Leach is the ONLY celebrity on this show who makes sense to me.
This is the juxtaposition that I'm sure the show's producers
were looking for when they conceived this ghastly monstrosity.
Here
is a guy who is associated with "champaigne wishes and caviar
dreams," a phrase he is credited with, stuck in the middle of
some forest
or jungle or wherever the hell this show takes place. I really
don't care. However, to you, Sir Leach, I say "Bravo!" Of the
12 minutes of HIACGMOOH that I watched, Mr. Leach spent the entire
time gathering rainwater.
The
next guy is someone named "Stuttering John." I have no idea who this
guy is, and the fact that he's associated with Howard Stern makes
me not care at all, so, moving along... |
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For
the longest time, I thought the lady with the high-pitched voice
in the Glad trash bags commercial was Melissa Rivers. Turns out
it's not. Anyway, this is the daughter of Joan Rivers, who, as
we all know, was replaced by a cyborg in 1987. (This was revealed
when her faceplate fell off at the Grammys, revealing all the gears
and whatnot inside. Surprisingly, people were okay with it.) I
have a real problem with people becoming stars because of who their
parents are. You don't see me in the banking industry just because
my mom is. Damn freeloaders!
Nikki
Schieler Ziering was discovered while working as a dental hygienist.
(A nude dental office, I assume.) She has since graced the covers
of "Playboy," "FHM," and "Muscle & Fitness." I have absolutely
no problem with her, whatsoever.
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The
bio on ABC's official IACGMOOH website for Alana Stewart begins
"One of Alana's best known projects was as co-host of The
George and
Alana Show, with ex-husband George
Hamilton. Although she had never hosted a live talk show before..."
The rest is even more boring.
She's
also been married to Rod Stewart, so she'll probably do pretty well
in the jungle since she's used to having creepy things crawling on
her. |
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All
this
nonsense brings me back to my original problem with this show.
If the title of the show you're on starts with the words "I'm
a Celebrity," then that should tip you off to the fact that you've
made some bad financial
decisions, and it would do you some good to watch more E!
True Hollywood Stories. |
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So
what can ABC do to make IACGMOOH a better show? Easy, get some
real stars. People that the general public would like to watch,
like Brad Pitt, or if he's not available, at least a weird Brad
Pitt action figure. |
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And
who would be better suited to this kind of show than MacGyver
himself? Surely Richard Dean Anderson has nothing better to do. You
know what they say, "Idle hands are the devil's workshop. And
Richard Dean Anderson is waiting for your call." Pair
him up with Vin Diesel's scale replica, Verne
Troyer, for a surefire hit.
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Finally,
why not also turn IACGMOOH into a "Celebrity Reunion" show
of sorts? Get Tony Shalhoub and Steven Weber in on the whole
thing.
(Keep
Tim Daly out of it, though, that guy is a spotlight hog.) I
would suggest David Schramm, the guy who played Roy Biggins on Wings,
but you know as well as I do how much they hated Roy on the show,
I have a feeling a lot of that carried over into real life.
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