Rowdy's Week in Review

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Anticipation over the big trip is rising.  Mrs. T is on the phone right now with her mom making some final preparations on that side of the pond.  This weekend we're taking the Acolyte out to get his duds for the wedding.  And next Friday we're heading over to Houston to get his passport.  Otherwise we're about as prepared as we can be.

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I tried to convince my parents to go see Borat once it's out.  The folks never know how to take my movie recommendations.  When Mom was down here last month we watched The Motorcycle Diaries, which she liked except for the language.  Then I had her watch Waiting. That actually took physical force to get her to sit through, but I told her it was payback for introducing me to that world to begin with back in high school.

"Rowdy, I think you're old enough now to find work and finance your own fun and games."

"Yeah, but I'm 16.  Who would...."

"I saw that Burger King is hiring."

I know I probably shouldn't have subjected a preacher's wife to that film.  But I thought it might help her understand the permanent emotional scars she caused.  Still, I don't think it was as bad as my Evil Little Brother singing unedited Army cadences at Christmas dinner.  The folks convinced him to enlist at 17. 

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CBK asked that I recap Flavor of Love 2 now that the season is over.  I hate to admit it, but I was actually hesitating.  Ever since my posts before and after last season's finale, I've received a number of crazy hits... including one from some crack-head who thought I was Hoopz posting about "my" win!  He asked if I'd be in Atlanta any time and if so if we could hook up.  EEEWW!

But what kind of blogger would I be if I let something like that dissuade me from posting about the greatest television event of the decade?  Not a very good one.  So this one goes out to my man CBK who's doing his job making sure that I'm keepin' it real which'al....

At the start of this season, I was scared.  The contenders ranked much higher on the Skank-o-Meter than the previous bunch.

But by the end of the first show I had my favorite....

Toastee!  She earned her nickname after getting drunk the first night.  Unfortunately, she was booted out of the house prematurely after Flav learned from Nibblz that Toastee had made porn. Mrs. T and I were both sad to see her go, but got a laugh when we discovered she wore the same red stripper dress on the show that she'd worn in her Leg Scissors video.

Anyway, after Toastee was gone I couldn't find anyone else to root for.  The producers realized the series was going to rot then and there if something big didn't happen, so they pulled the age-old από μηχανής θεός ....

Flav brought back New York, last season's runner-up and recipient of Pumkin's infamous loogie...

Home viewers may not have had anyone left to cheer for, but now we had someone to rally against.  (Democrats know what I'm talking about.)

At any rate, on the eve of the final elimination I told Mrs. T that I was afraid VH1 was going to cave into the ratings.  I told her my greatest fear was that Flav would select New York and they'd create a spin-off show called I Love New York or some such.  Afterall, Flavor of Love itself is a spin-off of Strange Love, and Strange Love was a spin-off of The Surreal Life 3.  Turns out I wasn't the only one thinking this.  On their final date, New York's opponent, Deelishis asked Flav pointedly whether he was going to make his decision based on what would make good TV.

In case you missed it, here's how the final elimination went down....

So how are they doing now?  We'll just have to wait for the reunion show airing a week from Sunday.

But there's more....

My suspicions about VH1's producers were confirmed once news broke the next day that New York is getting her own show. 

YEAAH BOYEEE!

Comments

[Evil Little Brother]

Just keep'n it real with da bitches. FLAVA FLAVE!!!

[CBK]

Haha, what a classic example of wonderfully shitty pop culture! Thanks for the recap and vids!

I almost, ALMOST, feel bad for New York. But not quite.

[Hyperher]

This is why I don't have TV anymore! I would be so glued to the program. I felt so bad for Dave Coulier on Surreal Life 3. I suppose I can get my fix on Netflix.