Author: Deb Medsker (Page 28 of 70)

Looking to pump some life back into the 13th edition of its “Survivor” franchise, CBS has announced that the tribes will be segregated by race this go-round. For the season that begins September 14, twenty “Survivor” contestants will compete in four separate tribes that consist exclusively of white, black, Latino and Asian members, respectively.

“Survivor” producer Mark Burnett insists the new setup is simply an attempt to respond to viewer complaints about the lack of ethnic diversity on the show (as only two of the program’s twelve winners have been minority contestants), and not merely a cheap gimmick to raise the level of inter-tribe conflict and pander to racial stereotypes.

No word, then, on why the four tribes are reportedly named the Imperialist Bastards, the Gangsta Thugs, the Lazy Immigrants, and the Lousy Drivers. Coincidence, probably.

It was only a matter of time. After dominating the syndicated airwaves for the past decade, “Seinfeld” has been reinvented as a musical. Sort of.

A dinner theatre in Winnipeg, Canada has developed “The Gerry Steinfeld Show,” a musical comedy featuring comedian Gerry Steinfeld and his friends Elaine Venice, George Cadenza and Cosmo Krainer. Hmmmm…

VH-1’s Best Week Ever has posted a link to the Winnipeg Sun’s review of the show, along with some suggested song lyrics. Theirs are pretty lame, though; we’re sure you can do better. For example, they left out the following classic ditties:

“Sister, Can You Spare a Square?”
“What Can You Do When There’s No Soup for You?”
And the tender ballad, “I Get All Loopy When You Call Me Shmoopy”

So, let’s hear it: What songs would you write for the “Seinfeld” musical?