Maybe I’m a Little Pathetic

Celebreality. We all love it. Boxy Brown summed it up pretty well in her Hot Box two weeks ago. With the summer line-up of new shows set to start airing over the next couple of weeks, we decided to check in on what the world of celebreality might have in store for us this year.

USA Today had a great article yesterday about what washed-up B-listers were attempting to resurrect their ‘careers’ via reality TV. Scott Baio will be starring in “Scott Baio is 45 … and Single”. What a shocker- after Chachi blew through his Happy Days cash he doesn’t have the actresses and playmates chasing him around? “I didn’t want to do a reality show. The concepts were always meaningless, and the people seemed pathetic,” Baio says. “Maybe I’m a little pathetic. But this isn’t Scott Baio getting a colonoscopy. It’s about a guy trying to get his life together, trying to figure out why he’s never been married and what his problem is.” Welcome to your life, Scott. The show is described as ‘part Broken Flowers, part High Fidelity is a raw look at the back story of one of Hollywood’s most prolific serial daters. A therapist and past lovers ranging from former Playboy playmates to actresses Erin Moran and Nicole Eggert join in Baio’s made-for-TV journey of self-discovery.’ That’s right. Baio’s not doing this for some paltry sum of money that will go straight to a crack dealer or a mobile home payment. He’s doing this because he felt the only way to really figure out exactly who he is and what led him to still be single at the ripe age of 45 is to appear on a nationally syndicated reality television show. Atta boy, Scotty.

Others hopping on the ‘remember me? You used to think I was cool and now this is the best thing my agent could get for me at this point’ bandwagon include Bret Michaels of Poison, Paula Abdul, Bill Shatner, and Kathy Griffin. The only one of these shows we’re looking forward to is “The Two Coreys”, starring Haim and Feldman. These are two guys who stop by the Promises center just to make friends on the weekend. It’s been a rough ride for both of them, as their coke habits make Lohan look like Mother Theresa. At least Corey Haim still has his fashion sense (the double polo with the popped collar and rolled sleeves look is obviously still in). This show will feature Corey Haim moving in with Mr. Feldman and his wife (yes, Corey Feldman has a wife) in some sort of a 3’s Company wannabe reality show. Sounds like a complete nighthorse to us.

Anywho, we just wanted to give the Brahsome community heads up on these fine, fine programs so you could get your DVR set. Enjoy.