Bad Summer TV- Part 1
The Coreys
Summer TV is rarely good. Unfortunately, I've been able to catch a good deal of it due to this insane "morning" (all-day) sickness I've had raging for the past 10 + weeks. Yeah, I've been riding the couch hard during my baby-free evening hours. Besides all the baseball, I've also subjected myself to some really bad shows. And yes, I do keep watching them.
When I first heard the Coreys were making a comeback, I was mildly pleased. I had a slight fondness for Haim back in the day, nothing on the Simon-Le-Bon-Level or anything. I just thought he was cute.
Needless to say, I was sadly disappointed in the show. The premise is that Haim comes to live with Feldman & his wife. Haim, out of rehab & ready to get back on track, is made out to be some sort of rude superslob. Feldman, with his dullard wife, is made out to be the neat freak. It's so obviously staged, it'd be an insult to my intelligence, if I hadn't already sacrificed that by watching the damn show in the first place.
Par example: Feldman & wife are having a romantic interlude in the hot tub. In walks Haim, ready to take a dip with them. OOOOOPS! HIS BAD! How OUTRAGEOUS! Come on...
Show highlight: Haim was really bummin' when he found out that they were making the Lost Boys 2 and it wasn't starring him and Feldman. Feldman consoled him with this gem: "Dude, I totally know where you are coming from. Now you know how I feel when they didn't ask me to be in Ninja Turtles 2."
They really do seem to be really good friends, which is the only redeeming quality to the show. I just wish it was more reality, less script. On the positive side, Feldman has a really nice house. It just proves what I've always known- to be a washed-up or B-level star ain't really all that bad. Even Carrottop is laughin' all the way to the bank.
Worth watching? : Ehhh, probably not.
When I first heard the Coreys were making a comeback, I was mildly pleased. I had a slight fondness for Haim back in the day, nothing on the Simon-Le-Bon-Level or anything. I just thought he was cute.
Needless to say, I was sadly disappointed in the show. The premise is that Haim comes to live with Feldman & his wife. Haim, out of rehab & ready to get back on track, is made out to be some sort of rude superslob. Feldman, with his dullard wife, is made out to be the neat freak. It's so obviously staged, it'd be an insult to my intelligence, if I hadn't already sacrificed that by watching the damn show in the first place.
Par example: Feldman & wife are having a romantic interlude in the hot tub. In walks Haim, ready to take a dip with them. OOOOOPS! HIS BAD! How OUTRAGEOUS! Come on...
Show highlight: Haim was really bummin' when he found out that they were making the Lost Boys 2 and it wasn't starring him and Feldman. Feldman consoled him with this gem: "Dude, I totally know where you are coming from. Now you know how I feel when they didn't ask me to be in Ninja Turtles 2."
They really do seem to be really good friends, which is the only redeeming quality to the show. I just wish it was more reality, less script. On the positive side, Feldman has a really nice house. It just proves what I've always known- to be a washed-up or B-level star ain't really all that bad. Even Carrottop is laughin' all the way to the bank.
Worth watching? : Ehhh, probably not.
posted by kroushlconflict at 5:40 PM
6 Comments:
For some reason, my better half has this set up on the DVR. It's not only scripted, but it's the worst acting ever. It doesn't even really make sense. I'm guessing the two of them (3/4 of a brain combined) came up with the "odd couple" premise. Plus, weren't you on the edge of your seat when they almost didn't get the $5000 lighting rig set up in time for Feldman's "experience"? Please. I am clearly not the target audience.
For the record, I did like Hell's Kitchen for some reason. It's a master chef yelling and swearing at a bunch of novice chefs - the goal is to win a gig cooking for one of his restaurants.
On BBC America, they had a spinoff where he would go into (British) restaurants and turn them around after they'd gone afoul. That was actually pretty interesting and it's coming to Fox this Fall. It's called Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares or something like that. Check it!
p.s. - at least you have a plausible excuse for couch surfing.
I've always been tempted to watch Hell's Kitchen, but that dude reminds me too much of my boss.
I caught all of about 5 minutes of this show and it was so phoney I couldn't watch. I was really hoping for a train wreck but not this kind.
For good... no, make that great summer TV, check out MAD MEN Thursday nights on AMC.
I also loved SHAMELESS, a BBC dramedy about British white trash. Sundance Channel just finished running the first season. It's smart, vulgar, and very funny. You can pick up the first season via NETFLIX, but you may want to play the first episode with the subtitles on. The accents are very thick, and it takes a little time to get acclimated.
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