I was trying to do some school work last night, but the television landed on The Surreal Life. I didn’t want to watch, really, I didn’t, but they make these shows so that you’re just a little curious about these celebrities. The “celebrities” for the evening included Ron Jeremy, Trishelle from The Real World Las Vegas, Tammy Faye, some girl from Baywatch, Rob Van(illa Ice) Winkle, Erik Estrada, Gary Coleman, aluminum, copper, iron, and many others.
I actually spent time away from my writing to ponder the irony of Vanilla Ice, who was trying desparately to escape his past (he is a much different person now), giving Gary Coleman a hard time by trying to convince the diminutive former California gubernatorial candidate to say, “What you talking about, Willis?” to Todd Bridges who happened to show up.
I did eventually return to my studies after forcing myself to at the least put the television in mute mode. I could have just turned it off, but if I did, I wouldn’t be able to glance up occasionally just to check to see if any more ridiculous former celebreties had entered the picture.
At least now I know I never have to watch it again, nor will I want to.
Wait…wasn’t Gary Coleman on the first one, also? Or was that the kid from Webster?
Well I think in this episode Gary Coleman was just a “special guest celebrity,” whatever that means. He was reprising his role as himself… which I guess is something we all do every day.