REALITY TV CIRCUS

When your acting career is going down the crapper, it’s time to find your way to reality TV shows. That’s what “Dangerous” Danny Bonaduce has done, creating his own wacko series where he injected himself (don’t try this at home!) with ‘roids and then became The Incredible Hulk, wreaking destruction all over his family, until he had none.

It’s somewhat ironic that Bonaduce found his way to Hulk Hogan’s new show, since Hogan has had about the same amount of luck as Danny when it comes to parading your family around on a reality TV show and keeping it intact. But Danny is a Hulkamaniac and so are most of the other contestants, which means they will do just about anything to please the Hulkster. Welcome to Hulk Hogan’s Celebrity Championship Wrestling!

Bonaduce did have a nice run on the show until yesterday, until Hogan had enough of him being late to work and not working hard enough on his craft, which is mostly an act, except as the Hulkster himself points out, can get you seriosuly injured if you aren’t paying attention. Bonaduce wasn’t…and as a result had been fighting a bad back most of the series.

Bonaduce wasn’t the only one hurting, however. Several “stars” have gone home complaining of pain, including all of the women on the show. Dustin “Screech” Diamond was actually thought to have had a broken rib during the filming of the show and even with all his injuries is still in contention for the prize.

The premise of the show is a bunch of has-beens (Screech and Dennis Rodman included) learn something new every week try to basically pummel each other with it (fists, open hand, a cookie sheet, a chair or a table) in order to win a prize!

Included in the “all-star” cast are the two I mentioned, Butterbean, Todd “Willis from Different Strokes” Bridges (the cast mates still remaining) and the others who have already been eliminated, like Frank Stallone, Trishelle “The Real World” Panatella, Tiffany and a slew of other stars you’ve seen on other reality TV shows.

The prize the actors are gunning for is the CCW championship belt, which Screech can put above his many Emmys he won for his work in Saved By The Bell. Heh. Or his “other” work. Ha! Funny how he doesn’t mention THAT work to Hogan. If he did, Hogan would probably body-slam him off-camera and warn him to stay away from his daughter Brooke.

Actually I think Todd Bridges has an excellent shot at winning the belt, although Diamond plays the villain to a T. Bridges may just be a better actor. Whatever way this goes, it’s been an interesting look into one of the most dangerous sports on the planet.

Daisy De La Hoya (yes, relation of Oscar the boxer) is gonna go where only New York has gone in terms of reality TV dating shows…and that’s try to find somebody after being unceremoniously dumped by a famous musician on national TV. That was Bret Michaels and the show, of course, was Rock Of Love 2.

But now Daisy has her own show and from the looks of her casting site, where tens of thousands of votes have been cast, a ton of fans! It all starts this spring when Daisy Of Love premieres on VH1, the same network that gave you I Love New York.

After Rock Of Love Tour Bus winds down in early spring and Bret Michaels focuses his libido, uh, feelings on somebody else you can rest assured knowing you get to watch somebody Michaels booted.

Daisy will try to do something similar compared to Michaels, except I have a feeling it will be different in many regards. For example, look for a lot of sensitive guys like her now-famous roommate Charles.

If you look at her casting site, she has differentiated the groups of men she’d like to get to know in some interesting categories. The ones that stand out to me are what are termed “Most Wild.” It also looks like a young crowd, about 20-30 years of age, which kinda surprised me, since Michaels was about 50.

There we have Wild (duh), Rocker, Headbanger, Drummer, Heartbreaker and last but not least, Romantic. Heh. So, if you’re a single rocker, headbanger, drummer and so forth, go check it out! Or better yet, if you are in a band and you are a bit of a flirt but you have a soft side, you should go try and make her show. Go here for more information.

Remember how we told you Gary Busey was about 11 eggs short of a dozen? Well, it turns out he’s had a breakthrough. And Dr. Drew is the one who helped him out. He may be getting back to normal after all.

It all started yesterday when Busey talked to Drew during Friends & Family weekend about a conversation he had when his father was still alive. Busey’s dad told him that in spite of all of his blunders, he still found Gary to be a competent person.

Dr. Drew replied, “Gary, I see that in you.” And Busey was stunned, Drew recalled, because the Dr. had been the only person since Busey’s father to have seen that in Busey!

And after some of the things Busey has said on the program, it was about time for some normalcy! LOL Of course Busey did throw in some off-hand references to outer space and aliens, and even a few little tidbits about angels.

Is he still completely out of his mind? Maybe, but the meds are kicking in and Busey isn’t helping, um, annoying the rest of the celebrity patients. He still thinks he’s there to lend a helping hand and irritates the hell out of Jeff Conaway…but it isn’t as bad as it was before! Victory, Gary Busey!!

And he even admitted during a moment of clarity at the luau that wrapped up the weekend that he may still have a drug problem, which is a far cry from the way he was behaving at the beginning of his 14 day-stay in the Pasadena Recovery Center.

Brandi C. got kicked out of Rock Of Love Charm School for spitting on Destiney. But now that time has passed (approximately several months in reality, even though you saw it four days ago) Brandi C. says Lacey was totally in the wrong for setting her up!

And once again, even though she’s mad at Lacey for basically throwing her under the bus, she will stand by her woman, just like she did with Megan during I Love Money. She even said she would have been willing to have been kicked out of Charm School with Lacey in tow!

Does this girl have her own mind? I’m beginning to wonder…She is very opinionated about Heather, though, saying she really does think she is an A-list celebrity. And she did mention that it took a while for her to apologize to Destiney the morning after the spitting incident and she had to leave seven notes to persuade her to talk!

Anyway, no less an expert than Riki Rachtman, you know, the male Charm School attendant, is now saying that they shouldn’t have had Brandi C. expelled.

He even said that he, Sharon Osbourne and Daniela should have punted Lacey out on her bony ass! Watch the whole interview above, taped one day after the episode aired!!!

But he also mentioned something interesting…he said they didn’t get to see anything like the spitting incident, or any of the manipulating prior to the elimination ceremony.

He said the first time he ever saw it was on TV on Sunday evening and that they can only go by what they saw firsthand! That’s crazy, and basically tells everyone that it’s a game. Lacey is a master of manipulation and she is awfully good at playing the game, any game. What do you think of these developments?

That HBIC New York is reportedly single again, with some reports saying her fling is over with “Tailor Made,” the guy she hooked up with on I Love New York 2. Others say they’re still talking to each other…it’s just that their careers are going different directions.

So that brings up the $1 million (er…$100,000) question: With her last stab at reality TV “New York Goes To Hollywood” a total bust, will she go after her old flame Chance…or even Real?

Well, Chance recently told a magazine a reunion of some sort may not be out of the question. “Come on down,” he told King Magazine regarding his former squeeze. “You know where to find me.”

But the question is, will New York be coming after Chance, with whom she had a wild albeit brief fling…or will she choose Real, who is the more stable of the two, and a person with whom she had a special bond as season 1 finalist?

In other words…is New York coming to Real Chance Of Love to spoil the party and piss off the other girls (now at eight total) that are still in the house?

I think there is a good “chance” of that happening and here’s why. If New York’s career is already falling (and reports are saying just that) what better way to revive her acting career than to come on to a popular show like Real Chance Of Love?

You know there would be some drama (can you imagine her with someone like KO? Or even Rabbit?? Heh, that would be some great TV). And that sells well, especially on reality TV. So we’ll just have to see.

One thing’s for sure: Chance is not too certain about any of the remaining girls. Even Rabbit, who seemed to be his HBIC, has dabbled with dating Real. So there may be some interesting developments in the near future.

KiKi’s troublemaking ways finally got her sent home on “Real Chance Of Love,” but she almost got Milf, the blond, oversexed person who remains a mystery to the brothers, eliminated too.

If not for Real’s insistence that he really liked Milf and had a “weird” connection to her (Milf’s a former gymnast so maybe that had something to do with his decision) KiKi may have stayed! Milf went around telling the rest of the girls in the house what she did with Real and that didn’t sit well with “your man.”

Real told Milf he wasn’t pleased with her saying that, but Milf actually said she would make the choice if she stayed! What a beast!! But her manipulation of the situation worked!!! Instead KiKi, who famously dissed Lusty about her dead mother is gone. She was all broken up over going home, tears streaming off her face as she talked. Milf stayed but probably is headed home in the next two weeks.

But Rabbit also caused some controversy, consulting Real and then going on a date with him instead of Chance (even though she’s in Chance’s stable), which actually seemed to get on Chance’s nerves.

Chance had an opportunity to go on his date with Rabbit (Rabbit and Cali were part of the team that helped bling out a BMW for a contest and won) but he went on the outing with Cali. So his loss, right? Naw, after his brother picked Rabbit he seemed pretty jealous!

At the end of the night, though, Chance picked Rabbit first (and Real went with Corn Fed, the blonde from North Dakota fast becoming one of the favorites to win, in my opinion) and so there wasn’t a lot of drama.

In fact, Bubbles was so quiet (same with KO on Real’s side) that you would have sworn they weren’t even on the show! In terms of watchability, it was a good show but it didn’t have near as much drama as previous shows.

That could change, though, and I’ll explain my theory tomorrow! So stay tuned for that!! In the meantime what did you think of this week’s show?

Reality TV Circus is getting too big for its britches! Just kidding. But really, we are. Thank you for your patronage and your support! Man, the month’s almost halfway over and we’ve had almost 10,000 page views!!

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Brandi C. was booted out of Rock Of Love Charm School last night, leaving us with six uh, ladies (their preferred name) in the house. I think my wife summed up the evening best when she said, “NOOOOOOOOOOOO!”

She also called the TV a few choice words. What did the TV ever do to her to deserve that? LOL Anyway, I don’t think my wife was the only person who thought they kicked out the wrong person. Lacey basically started the whole thing, but the bitch stays. If you didn’t know (or were unable to watch) Brandi C. got booted because she spit on Destiney.

To me the whole shocking point wasn’t that Brandi C. spat; it was the volume of spit that landed on Destiney’s face that had me at a loss for words. It looked like a half-glass. I think I’ll end my thought there. You can run with that however you wish.

That kind of stunt will give someone an STD! (Half-joking.) And as Sharon Osbourne, the charm school marm reminded Brandi C. at the elimination ceremony, spit does carry bacteria. Brandi C. should have known this, since she’s in the business where getting an STD test prior to every performance is REQUIRED BY LAW.

Apparently she left the memo at home, which is usually what people do when they’re under the influence, which Brandi C. most certainly was. She was so messed up after she went out on her crazy dates she didn’t even know she had spat on Destiney until the next morning.

She even apologized to Destiney, but Sharon found no sympathy for the porn star. And it’s a shame too, since I thought Lacey was headed home for sure. And the spitting incident completely overshadowed the fact the girls had to dress down and date three hunks. We’ll break down the dating debacle later this week during Turkey Break! 

The year of the twins continues. Meet the Ikki twins, namely Rikki and Vikki. They’re replacing Tila Tequila, who had a good run of fake dating guys and girls and reading from scripts. Now it’s somebody else’s turn!

As for the twins, one likes huge guys and is a bit of a gold digger while the other likes men with feelings and doesn’t like fighting. Opposites, eh? Sounds like Real and Chance with breasts, if you ask me! Watch the preview here!

It’s been an interesting year in reality TV world. First, Hef brought in twins to the Playboy Mansion, then brothers Real and Chance have scored the hit reality TV show of the year.

Now we have MTV’s entry into the unofficial competition: the Ikki twins, two former Hooters girls/Playboy spokesmodels who all but came in and booted out Tila Tequila, that MySpace/reality TV skank who raised more than a few eyebrows with the very first “bi” dating show.

Tila’s show even spawned that retarded reality TV show from that Italian guy Dominic and that ridiculous set where it looked like every episode was a date at the old Pizza Hut.

With the new Ikki twins, it’s still gonna be a “bi” reality dating show and they claim to be bisexual but I’m not buying it at all. One TV report says they may not be bi after all, and the whole deal may be a hoax.

One decent clue as to their sexuality (which is actually garnering wagers on some betting Websites) is that their drink of choice is Miller Lite. What feminine girl drinks something like Miller Lite?

I will say this much: Rikki seems to be the more macho of the two, preferring Jager shots and hard bodies. Vikki is more feminine, digging Cosmopolitans. Something doesn’t seem right here. Is it possible that only one of the girls is bisexual? Vikki sure does talk about guys a lot in her interviews.

Every reality TV series has a moment in which time is suspended and through which all manner of thinking stops, simultaneously, for that one big climax. Well, we’ve had it now, thanks to some comments Heather made about Brandi C.!

Heather apparently had some breathing issues and felt ill (maybe should have kept the comments to herself, but whatever!) and the whole thing kinda started from there. Lacey started in on Heather saying “This is coming to you,“ and sure enough we have war! It’s Lacey and Brandi C. versus the rest of the house (four other girls, to be precise).

In Brandi C.’s case (she is a porn star by trade, seriously) we are not talking about a specific climax, but rather a series of events that led to her spitting on Destiny and creating that moment in time.

To sum it up nicely, there was a big altercation between Brandi C., Lacey and the rest of the girls left in the house. There are now undoubtedly two camps in the house, one with Brandi C. and Lacey and one with the other women, namely Heather, Brandi M., Destiny and Kristy Jo.

A fight between two versus four is hardly fair, but in this case when the two were talking about are a porn star and Lacey, I wouldn’t bet against them! Either way though, the spitting incident heard around the (reality TV) world will at least make for interesting conversation at the water coolers this week.

And yes, I will have my eyes peeled to see if this spitting incident gets Brandi C. sent home, since it really hasn’t looked like she’s been in the game since her friend (and mortal enemy to most) Megan left weeks ago.