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by Jackie Schnoop, posted Jun 2nd 2009 10:02AM
Okay. Out of desperation to escape from rerunland, I watched I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! What I didn't realize is the time commitment expected if I dare get involved. Two hours for the premiere tonight. I can deal with that. But then, as they aired the show, they mentioned it will be on four nights a week -- Monday through Thursday evenings. Yikes! Thankfully, it's only an hour for the remaining nights and it's less than a four-week season.However, it would be nice if I had any sort of clue as to who these pseudo-celebs are. I know who Lou Diamond Phillips and Stephen Baldwin are, of course. Stephen is the lesser Baldwin doomed to be on shows which remind him he's a celebrity. Because I'm an American Idol watcher, I know Sanjaya. But who are the rest of these people, and why do they think they're all that?
I refuse to watch The Hills. What I've heard about and the little I've seen of Heidi and Spencer tends to irk me to no end. In a show which is similar to Survivor with more creature comforts, these two pampered Beverly Hills kiddies are not only out of their element, they're more irksome than Ben Wade was. When they left the show (twice), I was hoping they were gone. I'm glad the others appropriated their stuff. That hair product is probably killing the rain forest ... or wherever they are.
Patti "Stand By Your Man" Blagojevich was a pleasant surprise. Since disgraced, impeached, and otherwise legally in deep doo-doo former Illinois Governer hubby Rod wasn't allowed to make the show, she took his place. I think I'd rather watch her than him. Her hair doesn't mesmerize my attention when she's on the screen. Outside the defending her husband bit (which you would expect of a wife), she's normal. That's so much better than Spencer and Heidi right there.
The rest? I don't know -- a few comedians from VH1, a woman wrestler, a supermodel who has seen better times on the runway, a basketball player. It's a weird conglomeration of pseudo-celebs. It's like Donald Trump's The Celebrity Apprentice on a bare-bones budget, yet can pay the bill for the lesser Baldwin.
I doubt I'll catch every episode. But right now I want Sanjaya to win ... as long as he doesn't take the show one step further -- I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here, the Musical. If that happens, he should be eaten by the local monkeys.
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