Well the Surreal Life Fame Games was back this week after a week off due to the Oscars. If there's one thing I think we can all agree on, it's that the people who watch the Surreal Life are the same people who watch the Oscars. Don't get me wrong, I appreciated getting a break from the Ron Jeremy School of Comedy, but I don't really think VH1 would have taken that much of a hit in the ratings if it had actually shown the episode of the Fame Games. Besides, as boring as the Oscars were, they probably would have gotten a lot of viewers at some point throughout the night. But who cares about the Oscars or what I think; let's get to the action.
This week the show starts off without Manny, and Pepa is explaining to us that the house is getting quieter with fewer people around. The house must also be getting more boring because after that we see footage of Rob waking up Verne. Seriously, nothing happened. Just your average wake up. Oh, did I mention they were spooning?
Ok, they weren't spooning, but thankfully after that we get to see Ron Jeremy with his shirt off. Now, I know that probably millions of people have seen this view before, but that doesn't really make me want to see it. Ever. But he and Traci are working out, and luckily we're able to get our sophomoric comedy fix when he picks up her shirt and pretends to sneeze and blow his nose on it. I heard he used that joke this past weekend at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival and that it killed. Ron Jeremy is a pioneer of comedy.
Remember when I said that the house has gotten boring? Well, I think that the story editors were really struggling for something interesting, because the next scene involved Chyna Doll. Apparently, those little yappy dogs that she brought into the house have been a little bit more of a handful than she expected they would be. Who would have thought that would be a bad idea? Certainly not me. But anyways, Chyna Doll called her manager to come pick up her dogs for her, and he did it. I don't think that this guy is getting much money any more due to Chyna Doll not really working any more, but whatever commission he's getting, he should be getting more. He's not her assistant, he's her manager; it's not his job to pick up her dogs. But, uh, then again, she's not really working any more, so maybe he's a terrible manager.
Well, extremely early in the episode we hear Robin Leach calling everyone into whatever room of the house he was in. Normally this early in the episode, we get some video message of Robin telling us what supposedly awesome trip the A-listers get to take, and then we hear the B-listers piss and moan about not being able to go with the A-listers.
Today, however, was different. Today, Robin was actually there in person in front of tables with telephones on them. Then he tells everyone that the B-list has dissipated. Everyone is once again on the A-list for the first time since week 1, and now it's every man, woman and Chyna Doll for themselves.
The challenge for today was for each member of the house to call up all of their famous friends with the goal of having that call returned, and they get 8 hours to do so. Whoever had the most calls from the most famous people would get the most points. So it's about both quality of celebrity and quantity. However, whoever had the fewest calls from the fewest famous people would be eliminated. That's right. No Back to Reality contest this week. But what of poor Inga!? Why aren't they thinking about poor Inga?!
Well, you may be wondering how they were going to verify whether the people were actually famous or not. Actually, you probably weren't wondering. But luckily, the Surreal Life Fame Games producers were thinking ahead on that one. They brought in their casting producer Kristin Prouty (she's been a casting producer for various shows) to authenticate each celebrity.
Well, Andrea Lowell isn't really famous, so she doesn't know anyone to call. All around her people are getting calls from famous people, and she looks like with each phone call she's getting more and more famous. But I thought she was in Playboy. And on Playboy TV. Can't she call any of those girls? Or Hugh Hefner? Doesn't she have some sort of direct line to Hugh Hefner since she was in Playboy?
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Comments (7)
I really don't know why I watch this crap, but I do. I was wondering why it wasn't on last week - seriously because of the Oscars? This would have actually been more enjoyable then the Oscars...
Glad you noticed their shady editing with Verne quitting. They were doing weird editing through the whole marathon phone off or whatever it was called. One minute there would be a name or two on someone's board, the next it would be full, and back. Annoying.
Kennedy drove me nuts. She said she was grading one way, and then changed it based on who yelled and cried the most. I am interested to see the entire list. That would have been a fun game to play!
I'm still waiting for the episode where 'Nilla goes crazy and breaks stuff.
1 of 7 | Posted by Mrs.Meow
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Posted on March 8, 2007 1:55 PM
Kennedy got intimidated by Vanilla Ice. What bullshit is this...Ricky Carmichael and George Jefferson would get a table at Mr. Chow's before Luda and Russell Simmons? Is she on crack. And oh yea, Andrea Lowell sucks ass. She's a phony-ass bitch and I was hoping Chynna Doll would body slam her.
2 of 7 | Posted by LaSexorcisto
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Posted on March 8, 2007 4:01 PM
I don't exactly know why I watch this show either. But if this week's episode proved anything, it's that Kennedy is still an idiot. Ricky Carmichael? Really?
3 of 7 | Posted by Jordan
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Posted on March 8, 2007 4:30 PM
I wanted Chynna Doll to break that no name Andrea Lowell in half, totally smack that crybaby bitch to death. Who the hell is she anyway?
Agreed - Vanilla Ice totally intimidated that dumb ass Kennedy. Some guy that rides a bike is that high up? Huh? Fuck you Kennedy, you suck.
KH
..hating Kennedy right now..
4 of 7 | Posted by KatiesHole
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Posted on March 9, 2007 4:16 PM
Not to jump on the bandwagon, but Kennedy does suck and completely let Rob van Whiny intimidate her.
Andrea sucks too. All she did was whine and cry, and then kiss Chyna Dolls butt when she found out she didn't have to go.
The funny thing is most of the people on this show take it so serious, almost as if their fame is on the line or something. God-forbid anyone refers to their status as D-List. Really the only one who's done anything big in the last few years is Verne.
And trust, Russell Simmons and Luda would get a table @ Chow's anyday over Ricky (?)Carmichael.
5 of 7 | Posted by cbgb
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Posted on March 9, 2007 6:29 PM
I didn't know who Andrea was before Surreal Life - and I am still shocked that she is a Playmate. She doesn't have the look that most of the playmates have. She's like the low-rent playmate.
She should be thrilled she's on any kind of TV show and stop whining.
Kennedy should have already been in that house - on the B-List side. Who made her the arbitor of fame?
6 of 7 | Posted by TinkerbellAPixie
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Posted on March 11, 2007 9:39 AM
Andrea Loserwell is nothing but trailer trash. I can't stand that two faced nasty cunt. She tells Ron J to go first because she doesn’t want him Copying her, and then that f’n cheating bitch copies him. Thankfully, she still got what she deserved.
7 of 7 | Posted by JD | Posted on March 26, 2007 7:54 AM