Monday, February 18, 2008

Reality TV is Taking Over My Life



Wow, where to begin? Flavor of Love 3 has burst onto the scene with an unbelievable first episode. Rock of Love 2 has remained calm and collected on its quest for the best reality show on television. MTV has been releasing new X Effects, and they are charging ahead with the Real World/Road Rules Challenge Gauntlet III.
It's enough to give me a chubby just writing about it.

Let's start with the big guy: Flavor Flav and the third installment of his groundbreaking show, Flavor of Love. Flav has been upfront in making sure we know that he's never going to go through this again. Thus, I expect this season is going to have all the crazy and flashy Flav attitude that we have come to expect from my baby boy Flav. In a flurry of excitement VH1 let us take a little peek at what's going to happen this season and I just about fell over with exhiliration. I'm waiting on the edge of my seat, quivering with longing and anticipation.

Negatives so far? Well, let's face it guys, we really blew it with the internet girls. How could we do that to him man? Peachy most definitely wasn't a Flavor of Love girl, and where did she get that crown? Did she bring it with her? Just one of the many mysteries floating listlessly in Flav's world. But why? Because we're on Flav's time, not ours. Wowwwwwwwww. Predictions? I bet he keeps Prancer to the end, and Shy's going to be quite the hooligan!

(As a side note; will Shy get her own show? She's going after one, that's for sure. Good luck baby girl.)

But, as sweat drips down the side of my face, and my eyes nearly jump out at the TV, Rock of Love 2's new episode begins. Brett Michaels, Daisy, Kristy Joe, Destiny... fighting, loving, living. Brett has so many emotional connections I don't even know where in tarnation to look next. This week was especially frightening when the whole world watched as Brett nearly got rid of Daisy but shocked the foundations of my life by keeping all the girls.

But at least Kristy Joe is real, or is she? Der, of course she is we're all on her side. But Daisy is just so adorable that she could win too. You know what, I'd be happy if either won, but if Inna wins I'll eat my hat!

In any case, VH1 has been making a strong push for television supremacy. MTV has, with all due respect, been floundering around like a trout lately. Historically it has been that when the latest Real World drops off, MTV drops off the radar for a few months while it collects itself. The Gauntlet III though, has been pulling its weight and carrying MTV on its back. Evan, Coral, and C.T. all on one team? Now that's television. It's only a matter of time before the Veteran squad bursts into a million star bits. Can Frank hold the Rookies together long enough to let it happen? I can't even brush my teeth I'm so giddy with anticipation.

But, what has come out of nowhere as the sleeper of late is the new round of X Effects. Everytime I turn on the TV, I just want to see smiling faces ruin people's lives over and over. A show set up to ruin people's lives! How much better can you get? Split, ruin, resolution. That's the way it works honeybun.

Overall, this week in television has been a rollercoaster of love. Everyone's trying to find it, but nobody can. But somewhere, deep in there, there's a glimmer of hope. That little sparkle in my eye that keeps me watching day in and day out, inundating my mind with such force, that, maybe, just maybe, I will explode into the atmosphere.

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