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Posted Aug 27th 2008 2:03PM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, OpEd, Super Skank Wednesday, Celebreality
Welcome to
Super Skank Wednesday. This is where I celebrate the awesomely skanky people on the following shows:
I Love Money,
Charm School,
New York Goes to Hollywood, and
The Surreal Life. Basically, I'll discuss the skankalicious shows that make
VH1 the network it is today.
This Wednesday let's do another picture book fairy tale. I'm learning a lot from
I Love Money. How about you? After the jump, I have a piece I call "12 Pack's Destruction, A Tale of Hubris." I'm not a betting woman, but I don't think anyone on
ILM knows what the term "hubris" means.
Continue reading Super Skank Wednesday: 12 Pack's Destruction, A Tale of Hubris
Posted Aug 20th 2008 12:03PM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, OpEd, Super Skank Wednesday, Celebreality
Welcome to
Super Skank Wednesday. This is where I celebrate the awesomely skanky people on the following shows:
I Love Money,
Charm School,
New York Goes to Hollywood, and
The Surreal Life. Basically, I'll discuss the skankalicious shows that make
VH1 the network it is today.
Today we'll talk about Rodeo who got eliminated from
I Love Money this past Sunday. The name. The guns. The bandanas she customized with a Bedazzler. The barbeque sauce.
I'm sad she got kicked off. She certainly could have used that money for some psychiatric evaluations. Let's talk about her demise after the jump. I'm doing another picture book.
Continue reading Super Skank Wednesday: The Demise of Rodeo
Posted Jul 30th 2008 12:23PM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, OpEd, Episode Reviews, Super Skank Wednesday, Celebreality
Welcome to
Super Skank Wednesday. This is where I celebrate the awesomely skanky people on the following shows:
I Love Money,
Charm School,
New York Goes to Hollywood, and
The Surreal Life. Basically, I'll discuss the skankalicious shows that make
VH1 the network it is today.
After Sunday night's episode, I am reminded of the classic line from Steinbeck's novel, "The best laid plans of mice and men are often effed up by blondes with huge fake boobs and nasal voices." Or something like that. Or maybe it was from the Robert Burns' poem. But enough of this talk about low brow things like famous novels or poems. Let's get to
I Love Money.
Continue reading Super Skank Wednesday: 12 Pack's master plan, a quaint children's tale
Posted Jul 2nd 2008 5:42PM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, OpEd, Celebrities, Casting, Super Skank Wednesday, Celebreality
Welcome to
Super Skank Wednesday. This is where I celebrate the awesomely skanky people on the following shows:
I Love Money,
Charm School,
New York Goes to Hollywood, and
The Surreal Life. Basically, I'll discuss the skankalicious shows that make
VH1 the network it is today.
There's been a lull in trashtastic programming lately. I'm stuck watching
So You Think You Can Dance (some of the those Latin ballroom costumes are a little slutty) and
Secret Diary of a Call Girl (scripted skankiness). I long for VH1 to start their summer of skanktacity. We got a little taste last night with the
I Love Money casting special. Check out my review after the jump.
Continue reading Super Skank Wednesday: The I Love Money casting special
Posted May 9th 2008 4:19PM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Programming, OpEd, Celebrities, Casting
Earlier this week I reported that
VH1 was adding to its already awesomely skanky line-up. (I told you that was Megan Hausermann with the question mark on her face!) Throughout the week, the network has been announcing the cast of
I Love Money, a competition show that will take all-stars from your favorite VH1 shows and let them compete for cold hard cash. The show premieres in July so that means this summer ... just. got. better.
After the jump, I've got the cast and some predictions. You can check out
VH1.com for full galleries of the cast members.
Continue reading VH1 announces cast of summer show
Posted Nov 6th 2006 9:03AM by Annie Wu
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Cable, Programming, OpEd, Celebrities, VH1
Recently, I posted about an upcoming
Flavor of Love spin-off, entitled
The Flavorette (actually, I've been hearing that it may be called
I Love New York, so now I'm confused). Well, I come bearing tidings of doom and the decline of civilization as we know it.
VH1's making a show about a bunch of
Flavor of Love ladies attending etiquette school. Oh, yes.
Now don't rinse the taste of vomit from your mouth just yet, because... get this... The ever-classy commedienne Mo'Nique will be hosting it.
Rinse now.
Continue reading VH1 milks the Flavor of Love cow dry
Posted Jul 12th 2006 7:28PM by Annie Wu
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Cable, Talent, OpEd, Celebrities, VH1
The first
Flavor of Love was the epitome of trashy TV. Not only is Flav a tremendously annoying person (sir, what happened to your "Fear of a Black Planet" days?), but all of the female contestants looked like they just stepped off the set of
Maury or
Jerry Springer. I found myself becoming more and more disgusted every week, and yet... I kept tuning in. Yeah, you're good, VH1. You're real good.
I guess enough innocent souls were, like I, sucked into that filthy world of cat fights and cheap weaves because
Flavor of Love 2 is ready to start on August 6th. And, no matter how hard I fight it, I know I'll be tuning in. Sigh. See all of Season Two's "lucky" ladies
here.
Oh, that reminds me: A few weeks ago, I saw Pumpkin on
Family Feud (her family's answers sucked) and then on MTV's dating show
Next (she didn't win). She has exquisite taste in television.
Posted Mar 13th 2006 10:42AM by Annie Wu
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Cable, OpEd
Wow.
Flavor of Love is, quite possibly, the
tackiest reality show I have ever seen (please note that this is coming from someone that considers
The Surreal
Life a guilty pleasure). After one episode, I was completely disgusted by the behavior of these women and of the
star himself, Flavor Flav. I learned that Mr. Flav is a horrible judge of character and that scantily-clad women will
do absolutely anything for a moment of fame and glory. However, I found that I was unable to pull myself away from the
television... even as I had my remote control held out, pointing directly at the TV, my finger already resting on the
Off button and my face twisted in disgust. What a train wreck... a gloriously vicious train wreck.
Continue reading Flavor of Love: Finale
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