Tuesday, September 02, 2008

Casting Call

If producers allowed me to cast reality shows, this is what I would do.


Kevin Craft on The Hills
Move over Doug Reinhardt, alleged minor league baseball player, because Kevin’s coming in. Craft, the QB at UCLA would make the perfect pretend dinner date for Lauren Conrad. Can you imagine the glances, the smiles, the lack of words these two could exchange for minutes on end. Since Craft goes to school in LA, he could easily shoot scenes in between football games, practices and classes.
(Photos: Harry How/Getty Images; Clark Samuels/StarTracks)

2007 Florida State Football Team on Busted
It seems like just nine months ago we were laughing at the over 20 students suspended by the school for academic violations. And while this new MTV reality show is more like campus popo on tape, I figure it’s hard to top the shear numbers of people involved in this incident. Better luck next time University of Miami football team!
(Photo: Gerry Broome/AP)


Bristol Palin on Engaged and Underage
So fine, she’s not really an athlete but her alleged baby’s daddy is a hockey player…on their high school team. And can we just stop and discuss how crazy this whole situation is. While I feel bad for the girl, what do you expect from a state that has so little daylight in the winter?
(Photo: Stephen Savoia/AP)


Tom Brady on Project Runway
Eat your heart out Sean Avery. Not so fast Roger Federer. Your connections with Anna Wintour won't do any good here. The best Runway pairing would have to be with the fashionista QB. Michael Korrs would giggle the whole time and Nina Garcia would constantly be tossing her hair back. Not to mention the contestants who may find it hard to control themselves in front of the oh some handsome Brady. This episode would be way better than that challenge when they had to design fashions for the WWE Divas. (Which is really hard to top.)
(Photo: James Devaney/Wire Image)


Hank Steinbrenner on Tabatha’s Salon Takeover
I don’t know if you’ve been watching this new show on Bravo starring former Shear Genius contestant Tabatha Coffey as she whips salon owners and their employees into shape, but goodness knows I have. She’s a no holds bar type of lady that is not afraid to bluntly say what’s on her mind and enjoys cursing like a sailor. So imagine Coffey locked in a room with Hank Steinbrenner discussing what should be done to improve the Yankees. Brian Cashman could lament on how difficult it has been dealing with Hank and how Hank just doesn’t understand the time needed to develop young talented arms in her one on one with the staff. Too bad Tabatha only deals with hair and not baseball teams, because this would be a must watch for me.
(Photos: Getty Images)


David Wright and Ryan Braun on The Amazing Race
So I’ll preface with saying, I have absolutely no idea if these guys are buddies but they would fall perfectly into the stereotypical young jock team that tends to show up on The Amazing Race. They’d probably build an alliance with a pretty young female pair and then throw them under the bus when they became too annoying and more likely when they became useless. They’d use their charm and good looks to get them from country to country and their physical abilities to leave the others in the dust. Because doesn’t it always seem that the youngins walk away with the prize? And so maybe I chose these two players because I’d love to know what prophetic statements would come out of their mouths and maybe I chose them because neither is that bad to look at for a 12 week run.


Tony Romo on Nashville Star
Just go on YouTube and you’ll find tons of videos of Romo rocking out like he’s Bret Michaels or something. So wouldn’t it be great, if he ended up on a singing competition? Since his gal pal Jessica Simpson has decided to go all country on us, it would only make sense that he would compete on a country music show like this. And if the pair want to compete as a duo, well then there’s always CMT’s Can You Duet.
(Photo: Getty Images)


Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards on Celebrity Boxing
Years ago, Nascar drivers used to take their aggression out by punching each other on the backstretch. But it seems now a days these drivers are all worried about sponsorship dollars and have stopped beating each other senseless with their fists and started using their cars as weapons. Lame. It’s not like you’re personally going to fix your messed up race car, Carl. So that’s why I think drivers should demonstrate their anger on live TV. And I think Kyle and Carl should star on the pilot seeing that they have started to develop quite a feud.
(Photo: Carolyn Kaster/AP)


Pacman Jones on I Love Money
Admittedly a very big guilty pleasure, I Love Money pits cast members of Flavor of Love, Rock of Love and I Love New York in a Real World/Road Rules challenge type show. Pacman would be perfect; first of all there are a bunch of former strippers/amateur porn stars on the show so he’d feel at home. And as an added bonus, Jones comes with his own nickname so he doesn’t have to resort to be called “Entertainer,” “12 Pack,” “Toastee,” "Pumkin," or “Midget Mack.” -- And for those who don't watch this show, yes, those are real character names.
(Photo: John Raoux/AP)

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