Archive for January, 2006

This new “Celeb-reality” gameshow on VH-1 is Hosted by former singing sensation and recovering addict, Whitney Houston.

Whitney Houston hosts this fast-paced, edgy trivia game which pits addicted celebrities against common junkie contestants for a chance to get rehabilitated at one of the leading clinics in the country. The game consists of three rounds with increasing point totals, and the winner at the end of round three receives six months of drug rehabilitation.

The game opens with a 5 minute black and white, grainy footage of the trials and problems each contestant has faced while battling their addictions. Whitney Houston then introduces each contestant, and chats about possible film projects for the celebrity. She asks each how long they have been an addict and gets to hear stories about the craziest thing each of them did while stoned or high. During the competition, when a competitor gets a question wrong, Houston will often tease the contestant by asking, What, have you been smoking?, or Are you on Crack?!

Trivia categories will include movie or entertainment trivia, drug trivia, states and capitals, and potluck or general trivia.

Between each round, the contestants are offered the opportunity to redeem a portion of their score for various quantities of heroin, marijuana or crack cocaine.

Excitement ensues in season one with numerable celebrity walk-ons and testimonials from former addicts, along with a surprise arrest of the Hostess for failure to follow guidelines set out by her parole officer.

Americans can’t get their fill of tasteless reality-based game shows! Coming soon, to FOX, will be a gameshow from the producers of Joe Millionaire and Fear Factor!

O.J. Simpson makes his return to television as the controversial host of Who Wants to Date Your Stalker?

This show opens with videotaped expressions of love by folks infatuated with men, women, celebrities, or singers, along with statements of what they would do if they could have a date with the object of their affection. Video footage of the victims are provided by undercover detectives or by the stalkers themselves. The stalkers then perform various stunts, such as eating all of their own hair in a milkshake, severing small fingers or ears, or piercing body parts with hot pins. When the stunt is successfully completed, the stalkers get the opportunity to make their pleas for a date with their victims.

The victims in these cases are tricked into flying to the city of the studio under various pretenses, such as a job interview, contest prize, or audition for a film or TV show. The victims are then brought out onto stage before a live audience where their stalkers beg them for a date and show their victims the excruciating pain they would put themselves through to earn such a date.

If the victims say no, then O.J. attempts to persuade the victims to comply by luring them into the date with offers of cash, prizes, and even armed security guards if desired. The stalking victims can even request additional proofs of affection from the stalker by spinning the huge prove-it wheel that contain various and nefarious and often humiliating stunts that the stalker must perform upon request.

An exciting moment to look for is when O.J. tells one despondent loser stalker, You know what you have to do now, right? and then winks and slashes at his neck as if he were holding a knife. Just joking folks, send your letters to FOX, ha, ha.