AUTHOR: Dave Sypniewski DATE: Monday, July 11, 2005 ----- BODY: Boy, was there some great crap on TV last night, or what? Nothing like following up the Sunday paper with a few hours of "channel surfing". I usually do a thing called "channel skating." That's where you don't even take the time to pause...you just keep on rolling along. Last night was special however, because after my usual "Dateline NBC", I was able to watch that new show on FOX called "The Princes of Malibu." Let me tell ya, this show is BAD! Steer clear of it! I like the fact that they're not even TRYING to make it look real...I guess that was too much work. I sure hope the show is meant to be a satire of reality shows. Then it might have a chance. See the photo of the dog in the left corner? You would have seen a dog like this if you caught the new season of "The Surreal Life" on VH1. The cast includes Amerosa from the Donald Trump show along with supermodels and the guy who played Surge in the art gallery in "Beverly Hills Cop" and the big man, Jose Canseco who looks so big and pumped, he might burst if you poked him with a pin. Even after reading his rap sheet of jail time for domestic abuse, steroids, and other stuff, the ladies were still hanging all over this guy. He looked the part of a pro wrestler when walking through the door: sunglasses, nice tan, hair slicked back, and toothpick in the mouth. I don't know if the women were more interested in him or the hearing the stories of how he used to bash his wife's head into the wall! Speaking of 'rasslin, after that show I watched the Hulkster brother!!! This premiere centered around his 16 year old daughter going out with a 23 year old guy for a date. Hulkster put this guy on trial right away and ripped him a new a**hole. He also followed their every move with a GPS and numerous phone calls. As I said before, if Hogan is worried about 23 year old guys hitting on his daughter, he shouldn't let her go out of the house looking 23 herself! Case closed. Finally, I ended the night with another show dealing with people losing weight. Gary Busey, Victoria Jackson, Jackee', Willie Aimes, and Jani Lane from Warrant are some of the oddballs on here who split into two groups. At the end of the run, the have a weigh-off and the winning team gets a prize. This show was better than I expected and I think the best of all of them. Well, I'd say it's a tie with "The Surreal Life" Gary Busey is as kooky as ever and makes this one a winner and the only one which may actually be "reality" because you can't work any magic when it comes to losing weight. Don't think I'm jumping on the bandwagon of TV crap like these...I have to watch at least one or two, or else I may as well become Amish! THAT'S the way I see things today! -------- Squealing Pig WORLDWIDE!: The Surrealism of Reality...and other crapola!

Squealing Pig WORLDWIDE!

Monday, July 11, 2005

The Surrealism of Reality...and other crapola!

Boy, was there some great crap on TV last night, or what? Nothing like following up the Sunday paper with a few hours of "channel surfing". I usually do a thing called "channel skating." That's where you don't even take the time to pause...you just keep on rolling along. Last night was special however, because after my usual "Dateline NBC", I was able to watch that new show on FOX called "The Princes of Malibu." Let me tell ya, this show is BAD! Steer clear of it! I like the fact that they're not even TRYING to make it look real...I guess that was too much work. I sure hope the show is meant to be a satire of reality shows. Then it might have a chance. See the photo of the dog in the left corner? You would have seen a dog like this if you caught the new season of "The Surreal Life" on VH1. The cast includes Amerosa from the Donald Trump show along with supermodels and the guy who played Surge in the art gallery in "Beverly Hills Cop" and the big man, Jose Canseco who looks so big and pumped, he might burst if you poked him with a pin. Even after reading his rap sheet of jail time for domestic abuse, steroids, and other stuff, the ladies were still hanging all over this guy. He looked the part of a pro wrestler when walking through the door: sunglasses, nice tan, hair slicked back, and toothpick in the mouth. I don't know if the women were more interested in him or the hearing the stories of how he used to bash his wife's head into the wall! Speaking of 'rasslin, after that show I watched the Hulkster brother!!! This premiere centered around his 16 year old daughter going out with a 23 year old guy for a date. Hulkster put this guy on trial right away and ripped him a new a**hole. He also followed their every move with a GPS and numerous phone calls. As I said before, if Hogan is worried about 23 year old guys hitting on his daughter, he shouldn't let her go out of the house looking 23 herself! Case closed. Finally, I ended the night with another show dealing with people losing weight. Gary Busey, Victoria Jackson, Jackee', Willie Aimes, and Jani Lane from Warrant are some of the oddballs on here who split into two groups. At the end of the run, the have a weigh-off and the winning team gets a prize. This show was better than I expected and I think the best of all of them. Well, I'd say it's a tie with "The Surreal Life" Gary Busey is as kooky as ever and makes this one a winner and the only one which may actually be "reality" because you can't work any magic when it comes to losing weight. Don't think I'm jumping on the bandwagon of TV crap like these...I have to watch at least one or two, or else I may as well become Amish! THAT'S the way I see things today!

posted by Dave Sypniewski at Monday, July 11, 2005

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