On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 12:33 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 9:16 AM, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 11:39 AM, Bob in Jersey <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> How can something of this ilk not possibly end in some violent act? Or >>> at least something out of "Springer"? >>> >>> http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/01/24/cw-hater-h8/ >> >> Why would any celebrity bother participating? Unless, of course, they >> lower the bar to consider anybody who has appeared on TV to be a >> celebrity. > > Because, as Bill Maher pointed out very early in the run of > "Politically Incorrect," fame is a drug. Many celebrities will appear > wherever they can (remember "Celebrity Boxing"?) and do whatever it > takes to stay in the spotlight (lock a hooker in a closet).
I watched Celebrity Boxing as well as one or two episodes of similar series like I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! (the VH1 version). That's what I meant by lowering the bar of celebrity. It isn't simply an addiction to fame for these people; it's the only chance to get work in front of a camera these days. And some measure of notoriety may lead to more work. When I started my reply to Bob's post, I was thinking "why would Samuel Jackson, Jon Stewart, Martin Scorsese, etc., appear on this kind of show?" It was while I was composing the second sentence that I thought of the Octomom and how much more likely that she would be the "celebrity" for a show like this. Or anybody who participated in Celebrity Boxing. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
