So I had absolutely no intention of watching this train wreck. But nothing else was on, I watched the first few minutes while eating supper, and now I'm hooked.I have to agree with Spencer Pratt of The Hills when he was complaining about the low caliber of celebrities. This is definitely Z-list celebrities for the most part. And ironically, Spencer and his wife are part of the reason, even though they are great for the show. Without them constantly quitting and throwing temper tantrums, there probably wouldn't have been anything to broadcast for the first hour.
I was originally against the show for another reason. I thought it was completely moronic that the producers were constantly trying to get disgraced and impeached Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich on the show. Why help him? Luckily, they weren't allowed to get him. But instead, they cast his wife. What?! And now I understand why they wanted one of them on the show. At one point in the first episode, the show focused on Patti (his wife) talking about what a wonderful person her husband is and all the great things he's done. This went on for about five minutes. It's obvious now that the producers are friends with Rod and wanted to paint him as an awesome person on national TV. As nice as Patti seems, she needs to be off the show for this reason.
Overall, when you get down to it, this is pretty much what Big Brother would be like if it was in the jungle and they threw in a celebrity or two (Stephen Baldwin & Lou Diamond Phillips easily being the biggest two).
I'm rooting for Frangela (comedians Frances and Angela) as their commentary is hysterical, Stephen Baldwin because he was on a great TV show in the 80's (The Young Riders), and Torrie Wilson, because she seems awesome. Maybe Sanjaya too, because he seems to be going all out to win this while some of the others are just coasting through it.
I guess that means I'll be watching this for the next four weeks. And the ratings for the first episode were surprisingly good, so it'll almost definitely remain on-air until the end (which isn't always the case with reality shows anymore).
I was originally against the show for another reason. I thought it was completely moronic that the producers were constantly trying to get disgraced and impeached Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich on the show. Why help him? Luckily, they weren't allowed to get him. But instead, they cast his wife. What?! And now I understand why they wanted one of them on the show. At one point in the first episode, the show focused on Patti (his wife) talking about what a wonderful person her husband is and all the great things he's done. This went on for about five minutes. It's obvious now that the producers are friends with Rod and wanted to paint him as an awesome person on national TV. As nice as Patti seems, she needs to be off the show for this reason.
Overall, when you get down to it, this is pretty much what Big Brother would be like if it was in the jungle and they threw in a celebrity or two (Stephen Baldwin & Lou Diamond Phillips easily being the biggest two).I'm rooting for Frangela (comedians Frances and Angela) as their commentary is hysterical, Stephen Baldwin because he was on a great TV show in the 80's (The Young Riders), and Torrie Wilson, because she seems awesome. Maybe Sanjaya too, because he seems to be going all out to win this while some of the others are just coasting through it.
I guess that means I'll be watching this for the next four weeks. And the ratings for the first episode were surprisingly good, so it'll almost definitely remain on-air until the end (which isn't always the case with reality shows anymore).
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