
There is very little redeeming about
Hit Me Baby One More Time. To enjoy watching it, you either have to love 80s music or revel in the complete humiliation of people in front of a live audience. I don't really care if any of the people performing on the show do well or not. I really just want to see how fat everybody got, and how much they've let themselves and their voices go. Last week, I had Loverboy and Flock of Seagulls. Why the people from those bands haven't tried to asphyxiate themselves is beyond me. But the point is simple. A band that plays their hit well and does a good cover does nothing for me. Forget talent, I want a disaster.
When I saw the list of people who were set to perform, I started to wonder which group had a better chance of packing on the most weight. If I was at a sports book, I would have put a lot of money on a number of the contestants, and The Knack was surely one of them. So I was terribly upset when they came out and not a one of them looked obese. In fact, they all looked almost exactly the same as they did when their hit "My Sharona" came out. Were we in store for some performances that could border on the palatable? Why am I even watching? Well, because no matter how good they sound, there is bound to be something funny happening soon. I wasn't disappointed when, after about 30 seconds of playing, the lead singer from the Knack started making some really crazy faces. I think this guy moonlights as Dustin Hoffman/Martin Short love child impersonator:

After The Knack, we got to listen to Haddaway and "What is Love," which most people my age never listened to until it was made popular on Saturday Night Live with the Roxy Nightclub guys and their head bobbing. If there is anybody who I expected to be fat after a dozen years out of the limelight, it would be a black club queen who plays a lot of golf, but Haddaway once again let me down, as it looked like he might have actually lost weight since we last saw him. I am not sure where they get this crowd, as it always seems like they are half-coerced into being there. Most of the people there are too young to remember anybody performing, but must have been told if they mouth the words they get on camera. In any event, nobody
in the crowd appeared to be doing the SNL head bob during this song, which was too bad.

One thing I did like about Haddaway was this one dancer. I was surprised when I saw her because she actually had an ass to speak of, and on a white girl too! I was thinking "Damn, that must be jelly because jam don't shake like that!" She must be new to Hollywood. Poor girl will weigh 98 pounds in two weeks. And speaking of weight, why did they have that skinny girl doing the background vocals? Even with the mike, she could barely pull off any of the notes. If there was anybody I thought would have a huge black woman ex-gospel singer backing him up, it was Haddaway. Come on!
But let's get on to the next band, Tommy Tutone, known for their great hit "867-5309." I think the song (or at least the video) is a warning about the danger of soliciting sexual favors from bathroom stalls, but who knows. Once again, THE BAND IS NOT FAT. Where the hell do they get these people? If they recruited last week's participants from the In and Out, they recruited this week's contestants from Crunch or something. I sort of liked Tommy Tutone, and at least the band members looked like they were stuck in the past. Did you notice the lead guitarist? Hey jab, Billy Connolly called from 1987, he wants his hair back!

Next up was The Motels, and finally, here was somebody who gained some weight. The lead singer Martha Davis packed on some pounds, but I really couldn't get the snark going too much. It's not like she was fat, she just aged, like normal people age. A few things moved south, but she seemed to be OK with it. And she could still jam on that guitar. Good for you Martha, that Joyce DeWitt-meets-Linda Ronstadt look is really working for you.
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Yoy Vanilla, kick it one time boyyyyyyyyy.
1 of 37 | Posted by The Dogg Pound | Posted on June 10, 2005 3:58 AM
Word to ya mother!
2 of 37 | Posted by TivoAteMyBaby | Posted on June 10, 2005 5:37 AM
Uuuuhhh... vanilla's kind of hot?
Also BILLY CONNELLY! HEAD OF THE CLASS, MOTHUHFUCKAS! Why doesn't Nick at Nite get a hold of that show? Head of class and Perfect Strangers hour? They'd be rolling in it.
3 of 37 | Posted by youcantmakeitup | Posted on June 10, 2005 6:12 AM
What I enjoyed most was that knwoing smile on Ice's face where you knew he was thinking that this show puts him back on the MAP baby. His comeback will make Travoltas look like childs play!
That being said "cool as Ice' was a great flick. Yup yup.
4 of 37 | Posted by Eddiebosox | Posted on June 10, 2005 6:21 AM
Not to be a bitch but...
Los Lobos=Los Lonely Boys (or something like that)
OTher than that, Summed up my take on the show PERFECTLY!
5 of 37 | Posted by Todd | Posted on June 10, 2005 6:27 AM
The Dancers did the SNL head bob right at the end of Haddaway's first performance.
And that blonde dancer you were talking about, J-Unit? Her skirt slowly rode up throughout the song until her entire ass was hanging out. When the music stopped, she moved behind Haddaway and pulled it back down. Mrs. Papercuts! zeroed in on it right away. I'm glad she pointed it out to me.
6 of 37 | Posted by Papercuts! | Posted on June 10, 2005 6:32 AM
Papercuts!,
Oh, I caught right away, I just didn't know how much ass-obsession talk people would take in one post.
7 of 37 | Posted by J-Unit | Posted on June 10, 2005 6:35 AM
Yo stop collaberatin' and listen: The dancers were head boppin' a la SNL during the last part of "What is Love."
8 of 37 | Posted by camrock | Posted on June 10, 2005 6:46 AM
I thought everyone looked pretty good last night. I need double chins and love handles to keep me interested. The show is so tiger-beatish. I don't understand one word the host says because while he's talking at the camera to tell us what's coming up, I only see that torn pocket of a mouth moving. He is being totally drowned out by the screaming crowd and lame music. Even while the bands are performing, there is a perpetual roar from the crowd. I dont remember going to a concert and having the crowd be louder than the band DURING THE SONG. It just bugs the shit out of me...
9 of 37 | Posted by Trixie | Posted on June 10, 2005 6:49 AM
J-Unit, that was an ass that asked, nay, DESERVED to be obsessed over, my friend. Even Mrs. Papercuts! was doing it.
10 of 37 | Posted by Papercuts! | Posted on June 10, 2005 6:49 AM
The Knack got hosed. I saw them on a DirecTV special last year so I wasn't surprised that they were still in fighting trim.
It's amazing how so much of that old-school skinny-tie band stuff holds up...Get Cheap Trick on there to throw down on "Surrender."
11 of 37 | Posted by Mike | Posted on June 10, 2005 7:14 AM
The British host=Vernon Kay. I don't know what the American producers have done to him, but he doesn't sound like that when he's presenting in the U.K he's usually alright. I think the producers made him take speech therapy to tone down his accent because the American audience wouldn't be able to understand him. But because he has to concentrate on that so much it makes him a really really crap host believe me he is different and it's hilarious and embarrasing to watch this. Vanilla Ice is a chump, he did a reality TV show last year here called The Farm where you-guessed it chumps go down to the a farm and learn how to.....well, farm, he came across as an American Idiot. Unlike Ron Jeremy who was on it this year and came across quite well.
12 of 37 | Posted by ZZZZ | Posted on June 10, 2005 7:58 AM
Trixie-
Tiger beatish. That made me laugh.
13 of 37 | Posted by Eddiebosox | Posted on June 10, 2005 8:20 AM
After the "Ice-Man's" dismal showing on VH1's "Remaking" I was actually quite shocked by his performance last night. It was hip hop right down to the towel around his neck and the old school trademark Vanilla Ice dance moves. He's got to give up this straight-edge/hardcore schtick and return to his poseur roots. I'd buy that album...well, nah, I probably wouldn't...
14 of 37 | Posted by ChristianV | Posted on June 10, 2005 8:27 AM
i was stoned (again) last night.. and i thought vanilla ice was good. i didn't recognize the song 'survivor' but i liked his lyrics.. wow.. i think i just heard the seventh seal breaking..
15 of 37 | Posted by mariana | Posted on June 10, 2005 8:31 AM
What it's like...havin' a Roni...
16 of 37 | Posted by boo | Posted on June 10, 2005 8:48 AM
yo guys, where's the recap of the MTV movie awards? I guess it's not worth liveblogging though, since it was prerecorded...
17 of 37 | Posted by i kid | Posted on June 10, 2005 8:54 AM
I noticed that booty right away ... there should be a picture, you just don't expect to see that much ass all in one place at one time on network TV.
As soon as this show came on, I felt like I was watching a 3rd rate cable channel. I can't believe this is on in prime time.
18 of 37 | Posted by dumbanddumber | Posted on June 10, 2005 9:14 AM
even the host noticed the ass hangin out on Haddaway's dancer. I loved how he described the performance as 'cheeky.'
19 of 37 | Posted by The Player | Posted on June 10, 2005 9:25 AM
So I've watched that Vaniller Ice (or is it Vanilla Rice?) clip four or five times, and can't decide--does he INTENTIONALLY hit himself in the face several seconds into the "dance," or is that an accident? Either way, that clip rules.
20 of 37 | Posted by Dave J. | Posted on June 10, 2005 9:55 AM
what's all this about ass? This demands video!
21 of 37 | Posted by flush it all away | Posted on June 10, 2005 10:01 AM
Speaking of trainwrecks check out this hilarious pic of one of the olsens the one on the right is hotter. http://www.thesuperficial.com/image.php?path=/archives/et10.jpg
22 of 37 | Posted by GNARKILL | Posted on June 10, 2005 10:10 AM
DH doesn't read this site, but even he commented that the butt shot was going to be front and center here (you might get a new convert if you do). Tommy Tutone needs to worry more about fixing his teeth than strumming his guitar. His version of "Small Things" was so bad that even trying to channel the video with Blink 182 running around naked couldn't fix it.
23 of 37 | Posted by laska | Posted on June 10, 2005 10:13 AM
Somewhere Tom Cruise is kicking himself that he didn't copyright his Oprah spot. He could be making a killing off of Vanilla Ice.
24 of 37 | Posted by laska | Posted on June 10, 2005 10:17 AM
It's pretty amazing how, all these years later, I can hear the opening of Ice Ice Baby and immediately remember the words. I could really use those memory neurons for other things, but no, there will always be synapses in my brain dedicated to remembering all-important lyrics like "Will it ever stop? Yo, I don't know. Turn out the lights, and I glow" and "Take heed, cause I'm a lyrically poet. Miami's on the scene just in case you didn't know it." WHY??????
25 of 37 | Posted by Ashes | Posted on June 10, 2005 12:14 PM
word to yo' mutha, Ashes.
26 of 37 | Posted by kelley | Posted on June 10, 2005 1:10 PM
sing it with me: ice ice baby, ice ice baby.
With the host saying Vaniller Ice, I had flashbacks to "Uchenner and Joyce".
27 of 37 | Posted by tv freak | Posted on June 10, 2005 3:37 PM
I actually saw Vanilla Ice in concert 2 or 3 years ago, and he was really good. Added an edge to his cheesy rap.
28 of 37 | Posted by Derek | Posted on June 10, 2005 7:44 PM
I loved Vanilla Ice doing Ice Ice Baby. I loved it even more when the dancer did the splits while jumping over Vanilla, and knocked off Vanilla's hat with his crotch.
Did anyone else find it disturbing that George Bush listens to My Sharona while riding his bike?
29 of 37 | Posted by missR | Posted on June 10, 2005 11:11 PM
What I found disturbing was the British host. He kept reminding me of that little girl on the Wonder Years. Winnie Cooper. That shall be his name from now on. Winnie Cooper.
30 of 37 | Posted by cvreejeb | Posted on June 11, 2005 2:58 PM
During Vanilla Ice's unholy "dancing", some guy crosses the stage behind him and gives him a look of disbelief and horror. It's awesome.
31 of 37 | Posted by stess | Posted on June 12, 2005 12:34 PM
The public demands Haadway dancer pics!
32 of 37 | Posted by British | Posted on June 13, 2005 1:54 PM
For my wife:
VIP. Vanilla Ice Rules!!!!!!
33 of 37 | Posted by Clarence Davis | Posted on June 14, 2005 6:07 PM
What Vaniller is trying to do is "stepping" which is a style of dance that he's co-opting from Black fraternities. It kind of starts with that high kneed hop and then goes into more elaborate moves. The "hand hitting face" is part of it. He just doesn't do it that well.
I definitely found it interesting that he came out so pop since if you've seen Surreal Life or Remaking VI you know that he's publicly tried to distance himself from that time with a vengeance.
34 of 37 | Posted by elevate | Posted on June 15, 2005 9:23 PM
Hi all! Can anyone tell me what song from another artist did Vanilla Ice choose? I missed the freakin'show.... Thanks!
35 of 37 | Posted by E | Posted on June 16, 2005 6:58 PM
having said all the above, may I suggest that we all get real lives, go back to reading good books, watching CNN, extropolating on the fate of our country's future and forgetting what these hackneyed wannabes had for lunch?
I, and you too, need to "get a real life."
36 of 37 | Posted by roger fulton | Posted on June 20, 2005 10:56 PM
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************VANILLA ICE**************************
August 2nd, go pick up
-----PLATINUM UNDERGROUND-------
Ice's new album. also go to WWW.VANILLAICE.COM for daily news, pictures and info!!
37 of 37 | Posted by ICE QUEEN | Posted on June 27, 2005 1:17 PM