Life Stuck in Park? Must be the Tranny - 
by sg-dub
The trailers for this week's Surreal Life 6 episode promised excitement and conflict. Heck, after the first few shows, I was downright giddy for some crazy hijinks. Conversely, the trailers also showed a sleeping Sherman Hemsley. Sigh, when a show advertises that it puts one of it's leading cast members to sleep, imagine what it's doing to us viewers?
Yeah. "Imagine...” I suppose that's what 95% of you must do because honestly, who's actually watching this season? It's really a shame, too, because I was such a believer in the show. I absolutely loved Seasons 1, and 2, and rather enjoyed 4. I never got into 3, but it spawned Flavor of Love, so I guess it was alright. (It also had that NKOTB kid on it, Jordan, who has apparently walked off the set of the "Surreal Life All-Stars" filming now.) And it's no secret I hated 5, but I figured the show would return to its roots this go-round.
This episode was the first to attempt to do just that - the carnage after the jump.
We were first reminded of the jaw-dropping cliffhanger from last week: The gang was about to do a live news broadcast at the San Luis Obispo NBC affiliate! OH MY GOD! That was right up there with the great cliffhangers of television history - Who shot JR, who shot Agent Cooper, who shot all the funny writers on SNL and will they ever be replaced?
All the on-air personalities were totally freaking out about the prospect of live television. CC was pacing around like a junkie alcoholic in need of a fix - er, wait. That's exactly what he is... Except now he was about to do a live sportscast. Alexis Arquette was nervous as he was about to executively produce the whole shebang. Tawny was shaking with nerves, Andrea was trying to relax herself, Mrs. Brady was praying, and George Jefferson was... Sleeping?
This actually struck me as somewhat sad. This poor guy was The Man on a hit 70's sitcom and has hopefully lived a decent life off of that show alone. I doubt he even has an agent anymore so I'm guessing someone from "The Surreal Life" bumped into him down at All You Can Eat night at the Hometown Buffet and asked him to join the cast. Thus far, all he has done is eat and sleep and mumble a few lines here and there.
And now he was being asked to actually do something for the first time - a live weather report in front of a green screen. He got his craft services meal and now a nap in the control room, so I was positive he'd do fine. Just as fine as Carol Brady; Mrs. Brady appeared as though she'd done this before, as she handled the co-anchor position with all the skill and grace you'd expect from a woman who merely smiled when her wedding day was ruined by the dog chasing the cat all over the place, knocking over the cake in the process. And then going on to have a happy marriage to a gay dude and not complaining once.
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