I apologize. I know I can be really stupid. I’ve done amazingly dumb things, from throwing up on fellow passengers on an airplane to modeling an Uncle Sam costume in front of a thousand people. But now I think I’ve gone and done something really stupid. I’m really into Pussycat Dolls: The Next Doll, on the CW.
In my defense, last week was a terrible TV week, with only a few original shows. It was almost a throwback to last summer, where nothing was on, and so I tried to watch shows like Eureka, Treasure Hunters and whatever that show was that followed 12 people from nothingness to richer nothingness as they won the lottery, cheated on their spouses and discovered how to be tough business people. So because not much was on, and I was recording nothing during that time slot, I deemed The Pussycat Dolls: The Next Doll as temporarily being worth 6% of my DVR storage capacity.
Last week I watched as 18 girls shook their moneymakers, got the flu, puked in bushes, trash bags, toilets and dance floors and still performed in hopes of being the next Pussycat Doll. The girls were terrible. Some were incredibly hot, but could not sing. Others could sing, but had two left feet. Some could sing and dance but were, to put it politely, ugly (but not as ugly as Jaslene from America’s Next Top Model). In any case, Robin Antin, the creator and “inspiration” for the Pussycat Dolls, was able to narrow the field to our finalists that moved into a Los Angeles loft and were now in “Pussycat Doll Bootcamp.” Seriously.
I will never find the next rising star. I watched all of the girls, and to my surprise, Ron Fair, Chairman of Geffen Records, and I disagreed on every girl. Sisely, the punk rocker, “didn’t quite fit in.” I thought she did quite well, considering she comes from a punk rock band. Melissa S. seemed like a “solo artist,” and we all know that you can’t spell team without Pussycat Dolls. I thought Melissa S. was fantastic, especially after what she did last week, even when she had the flu. In fact, I think Melissa S. should be in the finals, not the bottom two, as she was this week. Brittany said “sexy” but not “classy sexy,” which ultimately led to her being voted off the island by Lil Kim, Robin and Ron Fair.
Later Brit, but if it were up to me, you would’ve stayed.
If you get a chance, watch something else. Screw you Mark McGrath. I actually like your dumb show.
By the way, if you’re following this whole “online video fad,” the CW has their shows available for viewing online. They don’t promote it like other networks, probably because they’re ascared, but they’re available. Just check out http://video.cwtv.com/.