Just How Desperate Are You For More Laguna Beach?

Miscellaneous TV

By admin | Thursday, December 29, 2005 | 1:29 pm | 16 Comments

rollergirls.jpgIt has been nearly a month since season 2 of Laguna Beach departed primetime cable on it’s way to becoming quite the darling DVD boxed set. Speaking of which, you would think that anybody in with half of a brain in that marketing department would give B-side an advanced copy so he can properly deem it worthy to the masses, and maybe along the way allowing us another reader DVD giveaway. (Still time for you to get ER or Gilmore Girls!). To be honest, I never understood the hype of the show, and fearing that I don’t have the intellectual chops to hang with all of those deep discussions, mainly stayed out of the fray. The success of Laguna Beach has spawned many other projects, from The Hills which promises to show us how LC goes from the beach to Los Angeles, and just recently two devoted readers, SB and MC, mentioned that E!’s Kristen Veitch says that Laguna Beach Kristin is going to pull a Marissa Cooper and go gay for pay(and publicity) on a future episode of Veronica Mars. Yay Viacom incest!

Still, if you can’t wait for any of that, A&E is going to be bringing a new series from the creators of Laguna Beach starting next week. The series is called Rollergirls and promises to help us “step inside the fast-paced, dangerous world of roller derby”. Nobody is saying that this show will be any good, but after being fed approximately 1 million commercials for the show over the course of a few 24 marathons, I feel I have to say something about it or my soul will never be at peace. I sure as hell don’t want Venis Envy or Punky Bruiser coming after me. Roller derby is decidedly “sports entertainment”, that shadowy grey area between pure competition, athletic spectacle, and scripted action. If you liked the format of Laguna Beach and how it presented stories to the viewer, you may find that Rollergirls cures your Laguna fix. If you’re interested, find out when Rollergirls is on in your area.

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16 Comments

  1. 1
    B-Side
    Posted December 29, 2005 at 1:49 pm

    I think J-Unit has been bought out by A&E.

  2. 2
    J-Unit
    Posted December 29, 2005 at 2:04 pm

    “The following recap takes place between A and E….”

  3. 3
    stacyrocks
    Posted December 29, 2005 at 2:13 pm

    Wow, a RollerGirls mention on TVGasm!! I thought that show would go unnoticed. I guess it’s hard to miss it if you ever happen to just browse through A&E… During the Christmas weekend, I watched an episode of 48 Hours on A&E with my boyfriend and the first time I saw the commercial for RollerGirls came on, I was like “From the producers of Laguna Beach!?!?!?!?!” If you can’t tell from the ‘!?’, I just freaked out because I love the show (and the recaps :) ). But within a 30min period, A&E managed to fit the RollerGirls previews 6 or 7 times and it just turned me off the show. I’ll wait for The Hills and maybe season 3 of LB.

  4. 4
    British
    Posted December 29, 2005 at 4:56 pm

    I’ve been going to the rollergirls events in the twin cities for a year now. Great fun. 4 teams duke it out. There’s a league in just about every metropolitan area, and I suggest checking it out. Great sports without the “sports” like antics in football/baseball, and a much lower price.

  5. 5
    B-Side
    Posted December 29, 2005 at 6:26 pm

    My A&E discovery (albeit, three months too late) was Criss Angel. That show is hilarious.

  6. 6
    nancydrew77
    Posted December 29, 2005 at 8:50 pm

    It reminds me of GLOW. We used to watch it on Saturday nights and the ladies used to do little like rap songs inbetween the fights. And now that reminds me of Gem and the Holograms vs. the Misfits and all that cartoon-y rocking out.

  7. 7
    La_Land
    Posted December 29, 2005 at 8:57 pm

    GLOW! I’d forgotten all about them. I will watch the first epi of Roller Girls to check it out. What can I say? I am intrigued by any woman that calls herself Punky Bruiser. Very Cleva!

  8. 8
    Tara
    Posted December 29, 2005 at 10:10 pm

    NOT THAT DESPERATE!!!!

    B-Side – Where’s the Gauntlet recap?

  9. 9
    B-Side
    Posted December 29, 2005 at 10:34 pm

    Sorry Tara. I’ve been away from MTV all week. Haven’t even seen it yet.

  10. 10
    Tara
    Posted December 30, 2005 at 1:54 am

    Oh, you’ve GOTTA see Danny make a fool of himself over and over again! What a wussy you-know-what!!!

  11. 11
    Lauren
    Posted December 30, 2005 at 11:28 am

    Sorry, but no amount of rollerskating can take the place of Laguna Beach!

    A & E sucks…”Growing up Gotti”- WTF???!!?!?!?!?

    I’m just settling for my season 1 DVD for now.

  12. 12
    Kim M.
    Posted December 30, 2005 at 9:19 pm

    I actually tried out for a local team not too long ago. Unfortunetly, my weight kept me from securing a roster spot. Happy new year everyone!

  13. 13
    British
    Posted December 30, 2005 at 10:37 pm

    Kim M: funny you should mention that. from what I have seen of other rollergirls(ie not in minnesota), there seems to be no weight restriction.

  14. 14
    Kim M.
    Posted December 31, 2005 at 4:00 pm

    You don’t get it British. I was and still am wayyy over weight.

  15. 15
    whitney
    Posted January 2, 2006 at 11:40 am

    wow..what a coincidence, i was trying to fill the void LB left by googling ‘cedric channels’ from LB and provided a link to him at the rollergirls premiere, wow i was hoping he had something to do with the show i guess not

  16. 16
    f u
    Posted January 2, 2006 at 1:59 pm

    whitney : STFU

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