VH-1 Does It Again

Just as VH-1 wrapped up its seasons of Celebrity Fit Club and Flavor of Love: Charm School, they didn't miss a step as they not only brought back the phenominal World Series of Pop Culture, but also debuted two new shows on Sunday night-- Scott Baio Is 45 and Single, along with Rock of Love, the latest Flavor of Love spin-off.

Scott Baio is 45 and Single focuses on 70s & 80s TV icon Scott Baio. I didn't care for him as Chachi in Happy Days, but I loved Charles In Charge. I thought him and Lembeck were great. Anyway, this show focuses on Charles' attempt to find a meaningful relationship. He gets a life coach who makes him stop seeing his girlfriend for two months. Then he has to track down old girlfriends to see why they broke up. We also get to see contrived scenes of him hanging out with the lamest posse of all-time, which consists of two goofs that he grew up with and the older brother from the Wonder Years, who I've always hated since he dated my favorite wrestling diva Missy Hyatt in the early 90's. He also serves as co-executive producer of the show. For the record, the other executive producer is Eric Bischoff, who was previously best known for running World Championship Wrestling-- into the ground. Which doesn't bode well for this series. Actually the show was kind of funny in some spots and does offer some nostalgia, such as seeing Joanie from Happy Days at an autograph signing. Next week we get to see Mike's girlfriend from Growing Pains. I don't think Pam Anderson will agree to a cameo. Regardless, I think I'm on board for the duration.


This was followed by the highly anticipated Rock of Love, basically the white version of Flavor of Love, starring Poison frontman Bret Michaels. It was everything that I expected and more. They took 25 broads straight out of an 80's rock video and put them in a house with Michaels so that he could find his "true love". Yeah, right. In a hilarious moment, the bodyguard cut five ladies right away before they even entered the house. Well, he actually only cut four because one of them wouldn't take "no" for an answer and humiliated herself by begging to come back (even offering to sleep on the floor). S he later embarrassed herself even further by being the first one drunk and hitting the stripper pole. The rest of the show was filled with drinking, picture taking, boob job comparisons, one-on-ones (where Michaels found out that most of the girls were ditzy) and such quotes as "being a slut is soooooo last year". At the elimination ceremony, instead of clocks, he gave out backstage passes. He even kept the drunk reject girl (probably because she will cause the most drama). The Flavor of Love franchise continues to roll on...