Unreality TV
What's the only thing worse than watching a bunch of whiny 20-something-year-olds sharing a house together? Watching a bunch of whiny ex-celebrities sharing a house together. Yet this is the premise of the new WB program "The Surreal Life." I saw the last 10 minutes of it last night while waiting for "Charmed" to start. Oh.My.G_d. What were they thinking?
I have no idea why WB calls these people B-list celebs. Even a B-list celeb wouldn't be caught dead on this dog of a show. The cast list:
Corey Feldman (could he have been more obnoxious?)
Vince Neil (I don't even know who he is, but by definition he was the man I didn't recognize)
Emmanuel Lewis (he was pretty quiet, probably wondering why he agreed to it)
M.C. Hammer (he was pretending to be the wise old man of the group)
Brande Roderick (who?)
Gabrielle Carteris (she looked faintly disgusted with everyone else)
Jerri Manthey (she was loud, but I had never heard of her before)
These are people who don't even have careers anymore, so they do not qualify for even the C-list, let alone the B-list. The supposed big drama of the show - Will Corey marry his girlfriend on the last episode or not. Yawn. The real big drama, IMO, is how the others are going to stop themselves from killing him. All I know is I won't be tuning in to find out.
Comments
Isn't Vince Neill a heavy metal rocker from long ago? Like from Motle Crue or something?
I'm stupid. I really don't know.
Posted by: d fresh | January 13, 2003 05:28 PM
You're not stupid. You're right. It turns out that Vince Neill was in Motley Crue. This explains why I never heard of him. Sheena Lesley is a punk rocker. I never liked heavy metal.
Posted by: Lesley | January 13, 2003 06:24 PM
ah hah! spank me and call me Slappy! We're goin' to the races momma!
Posted by: d fresh | January 13, 2003 07:31 PM
Yes, Vince Neil is from Motley Crue... I actually kind of liked him in his somewhat mellowed and chunkier old age.
And Brande Roderick was Playmate of the Year. Woo! Not that I've ever seen a Playboy magazine of course.
Posted by: andy | January 14, 2003 12:23 AM
Jerri Manthey was one of the contestants on the first "Survivor" show (how soon we forget!). I don't know who the other women are. I don't watch the program but the morning radio show I listen to always does a critique the following day. So far, the consensus seems to be that Corey Feldman thinks this will revive his career and he is waaaaay wrong. Vince seems to regret he agreed to be there. All in all, a major thumbs down.
Posted by: Tricia | January 14, 2003 02:59 AM
Turns out this may have been good for Vince Neil. He just appeared on a new episode of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy on the Bravo network. The madeover guy was the DJ for a concert Neil held in NY which seemed mighty well-attended.
Posted by: Kat | February 20, 2004 09:04 PM