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Aug. 3rd, 2002 10:05 pmWell, the E! channel is doing the Anna Nicole show. I can appreciate that there are new celebrity-based reality shows that are going to feed off the success of The Osbournes, but the way it's marketed bothers me a bit. They call Anna Nicole Smith America's most [adjective] "girl next door". Who are they kidding? When I think "girl next door", I don't think of a stripper who seduces and marries a nearly dead oil billionaire. I don't think "tabloid news icon."
I'd like to see the Henry Rollins reality show. I suppose I only say that because the stories he tells are so interesting. It would follow him around in the off-hours between tour dates, at airports and other various places in the many strange places Rollins ends up in.
I realize right now there's a similar show on the air on Comedy Central, called "Insomniac", hosted by Dave Attell, who chronicles a night of bar-hopping, party-hopping and visits to various tourist sights, both open and closed, and to various all-night jobs. But I think the adventures of an intellectual, if sometimes low-brow, alternative icon might be a bit more interesting than those of a drunk stand-up comic. And the adventures of a drunk stand-up comic are damn interesting.
I bet if Rollins found himself at a LAN party, he might not spend the whole time mocking everyone there. Attell has, at various times, found himself at LAN parties, anime screenings in hotel rooms, and in a youth hostel full of websurfers. It all went over his head, how people could claim to be having fun without mind-altering substances. I wonder what Rollins would have thought or done in those situations. He certainly wouldn't have sought refuge in some random bar with a wall of screaming college students. He's not one of them. He's one of us.
What celebrity reality show would you like to see?
I'd like to see the Henry Rollins reality show. I suppose I only say that because the stories he tells are so interesting. It would follow him around in the off-hours between tour dates, at airports and other various places in the many strange places Rollins ends up in.
I realize right now there's a similar show on the air on Comedy Central, called "Insomniac", hosted by Dave Attell, who chronicles a night of bar-hopping, party-hopping and visits to various tourist sights, both open and closed, and to various all-night jobs. But I think the adventures of an intellectual, if sometimes low-brow, alternative icon might be a bit more interesting than those of a drunk stand-up comic. And the adventures of a drunk stand-up comic are damn interesting.
I bet if Rollins found himself at a LAN party, he might not spend the whole time mocking everyone there. Attell has, at various times, found himself at LAN parties, anime screenings in hotel rooms, and in a youth hostel full of websurfers. It all went over his head, how people could claim to be having fun without mind-altering substances. I wonder what Rollins would have thought or done in those situations. He certainly wouldn't have sought refuge in some random bar with a wall of screaming college students. He's not one of them. He's one of us.
What celebrity reality show would you like to see?
