The Tony Danza School Extravaganza

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By Nads | | 3:45 am | 3 Comments
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Tony Danza’s new A&E series, Teach: Tony Danza is coming soon, and they’ve just release the trailer…

Here’s the 411 on the new series: Tony went to Northeast High School in Philadelphia to teach 10th grade English for the 2009-2010 school year, and A&E was there to document it.

Now my question is, what came first…the show, or the teaching? Would Tony have actually followed through with the teaching gig if the reality leg of his experiment wasn’t attached?

The tag line for the show is, “It’s not a role, it’s reality.” Well, if it were reality, then he’d actually stick around to teach, wouldn’t he? Does anyone know if he’s actually doing that? Because if he’s not, it’s a kind of a role, isn’t it? I’m sure he’s spinning it as a “social experiment,” but whatevs.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not trying to bash the new series, because it actually does look compelling. I mean, they’ve got all the right components to make a great reality show: the kids, the teaching, the fish-out-of-water story, Tony Danza’s neck wrinkles–amazing, right?

Here’s the trailer:

I hope he throws in some amazing Tony Micelli wisdom with his students! Because a manny driving a blue-serial-rapist van in Philly, giving advice, and teaching 10th graders…kind of funny.

tony's van

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Although comedy is her profession, Nadine has accomplished a lot in her young age. She is a national champion black belt, a world-class soccer player, and an avid snowboarder. She started playing soccer at the age of 4, and continued playing through college where she majored in Biology, but quickly realized her destiny was to tell jokes, not to wear a lab coat. So she decided to be funny while finishing her Bachelors Degree in biology and continued on to get her M.B.A. Nadine’s comedy style is much like her athleticism, fearless. She’s made her way up the comedy ladder very quickly, and has become a club favorite at many of the country’s top comedy clubs, including the Improv chain. Performing in the Boston Comedy Festival and being noted as the “one of the youngest and brightest up and comers” and traveling to the Middle East to entertain the troops are just a few of her notable accomplishments. These days Nadine splits time between the stage, a radio studio, her computer blogging, and a television studio. Nadine’s TV, Radio, Writing credits include: national commercials, talking head roles on E! Entertainment, Showtime’s Hot Tamales Live, The Skinny: Fat Free News, The Sunny Side of The Truth: Real World Hollywood, TVgasm, Zazreport, Daddy’s Girls, Jerseylicious, celebrity interviews on Mania TV, a weekly half-hour television show that syndicates to colleges across the country for National Lampoon and a nightly radio show on XM Satellite Radio.

3 Comments

  1. 1
    kesthemess
    Posted August 26, 2010 at 12:37 pm

    Is it wrong that I love Tony Danza and that winning smile of his. I will watch and probably cry.

  2. 2
    tvaholic
    Posted August 27, 2010 at 7:08 am

    He does rock the salt & pepper hair.

  3. 3
    Thurston
    Posted October 16, 2010 at 10:14 pm

    I watched the show and the asst principal is a bad human being. No wonder our schools are so messed up with people like this

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