Remember what I said about not digging TV Land as much since they started losing some of their classic TV line-up and instead making with the reality shows? You should’ve heard me ranting about MTV and VH-1 abandoning their music-related programming in favor of reality shows. But I don’t do that anymore. Well, not much, anyway. I mean, what’s the point, y’know? That ship sailed years ago, and my disgust about networks whose acronyms stand for Music Television and Video-Hits 1 showing way less music-related programming than they ought to be isn’t going to change a damned thing.
Ahem. Sorry about that.
Okay, here’s a compliment to take a little of that sting away. Jeff Olde, head of programming for VH-1, made me laugh out loud with his opening line: “I just have to say that, as a teenage boy growing up in Edgewater, Colorado, I could only have dreamt that one day Sheila E’s ‘The Glamorous Life’ would be my walk up music.” Nice. From there, Olde revealed that the network would be premiering no fewer than 12 original series throughout the rest of 2008, featuring folks such as Sharon Osbourne, P. Diddy, Eddie Griffin, Dr. Drew Pinsky, Luther Campbell of 2 Live Crew fame, and music mogul Irv Gotti…and, okay, from a statistical standpoint, they’re music-oriented than not, so that seems at least vaguely promising.
Today, however, the focus was only on two of those shows, the first being “Glam God,” featuring Vivica A. Fox and her stylist, Phillip Bloch, in a competition which is described by Olde as “a fierce red carpet competition to crown the next break-out celebrity stylist, a true triple threat, a master of hair, makeup and wardrobe. Our winner will receive a $100,000 prize, and they’ll have their career launched in a major A-list celebrity weekly. And hopefully land themselves on speed dial of the Hollywood elite.”
Meh. Don’t care. But for the sake of propriety, I’ll still tell you a little bit about it…or, more specifically, I’ll let Fox and Bloch tell you about it.
Vivica A. Fox: We really, really tried to teach the kids more than anything else to be professional. You know, so many times it wasn’t about them becoming a star. It was like do you have what it takes to style an A-list celebrity? Can you take yourself out of the equation and do the job? We kept on making sure that we made sure they did the work. We had a lot of characters on the show with very vibrant personalities that you guys will all come to like and love and enjoy watching them turn into professionals. But I’m going to tell you the one thing that Phillip made sure that he stressed every week was…professionability?
Phillip Bloch: Professionalism.
Vivica A. Fox: Professionalism…thank you…and integrity.
Oh, I just can’t even do this anymore. If you like “Project Runway” and “America’s Top Model” and all that stuff, I’m sure you’ll like “Glam God,” but I’m already tired of talking about it. Before I depart from Ms. Fox altogether, however, I’ll offer up her comments about whether or not she can do anything about her former “Curb Your Enthusiasm” co-star Larry David’s style.
“No, he ain’t changing,” she replied, with a laugh. “Larry’s going to wear his Converse. He’s going to drive his hybrid, and he is going to be LD. But the only time he talked to me about fashion is when he wanted to make sure that Vivica Fox didn’t show up in my character, Loretta Black. He was very conscious about my hair and my makeup and he wanted to see the character blossom into a beautiful swan. But I sure was rough around the edges when I showed up in Beverly Hills, wasn’t I?”
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