Watching this was like spending a day in Kathy Griffin's fantasy land. The reality-obsessed comedian took on 52 "famous" or infamous contestants and asked them all her burning questions. At first I was confused because they were doing the introductions and Darva "I Very Briefly Married a Millionaire" Conger was there, and I so didn't remember her from Battle, but assumed she must have been there when I was dozing. Then I realized it was just a random assortment of pseudo celebs who got together to gab, gossip and grasp vainly at two more minutes of fame. I didn't really learn too much; sadly, I know way too much about all these people already, and yes, I recognized them all. What has my life become? Anyway — I swear I sensed some flirting between Reichen and the married Richard Hatch, but maybe I was reading too much into it. And I want more than anything to fix Nikki McKibbin's hair... wasn't she a stylist at one point? If so, a
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I actually laughed at this show this week, but it was mostly at the fact that the entire cast of Battle knew touch-football judge William Katt and serenaded him with the theme song to The Greatest American Hero. It figures that these children of the '70s and '80s had fun with the classic show. Personally, I'm digging all the clips of the old-school fashions, like Scott Baio with a shaggy 'do and headband and the patented Farrah hair flip. Those classic moments are more genuine and entertaining than this current dreck. The reality folks are mostly unlikable, plus you have to deal with things like the outspoken Coral justifying her decision to have her teammate Gervase run the 100-yard dash by making the silly comment, "Considering that we have a Kenyan on our team, I guess we'll pick him." It's a pretty sad state when that is the only memorable thing in an episode, besides The Amazing's Jonathan being a total jer
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