Scraping the bottom of the barrel with ‘I’m a Celebrity… Get Me out of Here!’
Besides the change in temperature, crappy television also signals the beginning of the summer season where writers save their wit for the fall and actually “go to there” – there being vacation. While the smart people play the suits stray away and we end up with the American revival of I’m a Celebrity… Get Me out of Here! The show lacks celebrity and emphasizes “get me out of here” with an obscure selection cast members for the show. The casting director seems to think the formula to get people to watch this show is GE holdings (Viacom i.e. MTV, VH1, etc.) + a Blagojevich = ratings, which is certainly not the case. Other ridiculous cast members include Stephen Baldwin (the bane of American television,) Janice Dickinson, Sanjaya Malakar, John Salley, Lou Diamond Phillips, wrestler Torrie Wilson, comic duo Frangela and Heidi and Spencer Pratt who can now coordinate an attack against basic television viewers in DTV.
I’m a Celebrity… Get Me out of Here! makes me wish I never bought a converter box.
The logic behind the random revival of a terrible UK import is to raise money for a specific charity that a celebrity is representing. The longer a celebrity stays, the more money would be allocated for their charity. Bringing us pointless commentary of this 18 day journey is former MTV VJ Damien Fahey, who seems a bit rusty around a teleprompter. But when he is next to head-bobbing co-host Myleene Klass, he seems like a pro.
The most unexpected contestant on this show has to be Lou Diamond Phillips. Why would a respected actor be putting himself next to people like the Pratts, Dickenson, and Patti Blagojevich? Aside from the biggest WTF moment of the day, the show did contain slight amusements in different forms: Salley dawning a red bandanna and looking like Aunt Jemima, Blagojevich talking about politics and scandal in Illinois, and Dickenson getting doused with jungle slime that had a striking resemblance to jizz. I would “jungle slime” in my pants if NBC would just cancel this show.
As if it matters to these fame whores, here’s a list of all our celebrities’ chosen charities that the “I’m A Celebrity” charity fund will support:
Angela Shelton – Covenant House of California
Frances Callier – Feeding America
Heidi Montag – Feed the Children
Janice Dickinson – Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation
John Salley – Cedars Sinai Medical Center (i.e., Cedars Sinai Sports Spectacular)
Lou Diamond Phillips – Art Has Heart
Patti Blagojevich – Children’s Cancer Center
Sanjaya Malakar – Shriners Hospital for Children TBC
Stephen Baldwin – Love 146
Spencer Pratt – American Red Cross
Torrie Wilson – Disabled American Veterans Charitable Service Trust
