What professionals who work for the most notoriously downmarket tabloid talk show would allow themselves to be videotaped for a "docu soap" that exposes how they do their dirty work?
What former celebrity with any sense of worth would return for a second go-round on The Surreal Life?
Thank our lucky stars, lots of them, as VH1, the network that was originally created to appeal to people who liked Phil Collins and Sting instead of Twisted Sister, promises to shower us with more television gold in 2007.
The golden shower begins January 2nd, when you can log into VH1's VSPOT broadband site and subject yourself to a sneak preview of I Love New York, the latest spin-off from the Flavor Flave franchise, in which twenty men will compete for the affections of the two-time Flavor loser. VH1 promises that "cameras will follow these men as they try to win New York over with their physique, dating skills and bank accounts..." And there's word that the Flave himself will make an appearance.
The show debuts January 8th. A day earlier, VH1 finally premieres The Surreal Life: Fame Games, a ten-episode, Robin Leach-hosted, all-no-star elimination edition in which past houseguests compete in Las Vegas for $100,000-- which the winner will surely blow after running off to the nearest casino and throwing up on the carpet.
Or peeing on it. VH1 says the competitors include Tracy Bingham (Season 2), C.C. DeVille (Season 6), Chyna Doll (Season 4), Vanilla Ice (Season 2), Ron Jeremy (Season 2), Jordan Knight (Season 3), Emmanuel Lewis (Season 1), Andrea Lowell (Season 6), Brigitte Nielsen (Season 3), Pepa (Season 5) and Verne Troyer, aka Mini Me, the pathetic drunken little person who urinated on the floor in Season 4, and was added to the All Stars after Jordan Knight walked off the show (back in March-- this one's been on the shelf awhile).
And if that doesn't sound enough like a reject list from The Jerry Springer Show, VH1 is about to splash us one with one more. For months now, they've had cameras backstage, taping a reality series they're calling The Springer Hustle (probably a nod to his very entertaining stint on Dancing with the Stars). Our pals at The New York Post report that the series "will detail where the transvestites, incestuous cousins and other curiosities come from, and how they're booked and prepared for their brief moment of tabloid TV stardom." Jerry is only part of this show, which focuses more on the producers who bring us the talk show gold. Look for a March debut.
It looks like '07 is shaping into a golden year for television--at least in some respects-- and not any less healthy than a diet of Phil Collins and Sting videos.
Comments (4)
Surreal Life: Fame Games - Sadly, there's no Ryan Starr. Gladly, there's no Caprice, Trishelle, and Janice.
The Springer Hustle - Hadn't absorbed what the show will be like.
I Love New York - My answer to Omarosa. She sucks full time.
With that said, I might only end up watching Jerry.
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Posted on December 14, 2006 4:17 PM
Surreal Life: Fame Games - Sadly, there's no Ryan Starr. Gladly, there's no Caprice, Trishelle, and Janice.
The Springer Hustle - Hadn't absorbed what the show will be like.
I Love New York - My answer to Omarosa. She sucks full time.
With that said, I might only end up watching Jerry.
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Posted on December 14, 2006 4:19 PM
Surreal Life: Fame Games - Sadly, there's no Ryan Starr. Gladly, there's no Caprice, Trishelle, and Janice.
The Springer Hustle - Hadn't absorbed what the show will be like.
I Love New York - My answer to Omarosa. She sucks full time.
With that said, I might only end up watching Jerry.
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Posted on December 14, 2006 4:19 PM
Sorry for the triple post. The process went a little slow.
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Posted on December 14, 2006 4:26 PM