Louie Anderson on ABC celebrity diving show 'Splash'

[Matt Ottinger]

Start working on your jokes now.

 

http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/01/25/abc-diving-show-your-celebrity-stars-are/

 

In a world where actual show business stars don\'t do this sort of thing anymore, the producers have gathered a kinda interesting bunch, including Chelsea Handler\'s diminutive sidekick Chuy, Detroit Lions bad boy Ndamukong Suh, and beauty queen Katherine Webb, to make sure Brent Musburger tunes in.

[clemon79]

including Chelsea Handler\'s diminutive sidekick Chuy,

This kills me, because to me Chelsea Handler is already so \"D\"-list that it makes Kathy Griffin look like Jennifer Lawrence. Which means Chuy Bravo, by definition, is *at least* \"E\".

/heh, \"E\"
//I see what I did there

[TimK2003]

Celebrity Bowling -- GOOD

Celebrity Diving -- BAD

 

Wouldn\'t be so bad of a concept if they would add the following to fill the rest of the hour: 

 

* 3-6 other events,

* 10-15 other celebrities equally divided amongst the 3 4 TV networks into teams...and,

* A Howard Cosell hologram as commentator.

[jjman920]

Can we get to the more interesting deviations of Dancing with the Stars already? Ice? Boring. Diving? Has potential, but sounds stupid.

 

Where\'s Celebrity Knife Throwing? Celebrity Fire Breathing? Can a brother get Celebrity Curling?

 

In any case, where in the world has Louie Anderson been? My goodness, I thought he just lived at home and hosted Family Feud in between two couches using the blinds behind him as the big board. At least that\'s what I do when I\'m not hosting the Price is Right in the garage, opening and closing the door and offering the same car in every game as I use a backscratcher as the microphone. I haven\'t seen him in ages. I might have to tune in just for that treat.

[Fedya]

Could somebody explaine to me how this is different from the diving show Fox did a few weeks back?

[Kevin Prather]

This kills me, because to me Chelsea Handler is already so \"D\"-list that it makes Kathy Griffin look like Jennifer Lawrence.

If she looked like Jennifer Lawrence, I\'d hit that back up to the \"A+\"-list.


Well, beg your pardon. Looked and sounded.

[TLEberle]

This has showed up in the \"game show\" section on TheBox.bz for a few weeks. Doesn\'t it usually take a year or two for something to cross the ocean instead of just months?

[Matt Ottinger]

Could somebody explaine to me how this is different from the diving show Fox did a few weeks back?

 

Nope.

[TimK2003]

Could somebody explaine to me how this is different from the diving show Fox did a few weeks back?

Sure.

 

The Fox version was an original program of crap, while the ABC version is a copycat program of crap.

[NickintheATL]

I feel for the crew personnel who have to be near the pool when Louie dives in.  Oh dear...

 

And for that matter, the eyes of the viewers of him in a........................ I\'ll stop right there.

[chris319]

... Speedo.

 

Could somebody explaine to me how this is different from the diving show Fox did a few weeks back?

 

This version has 4\'3\" Chuy Bravo. That\'s 10 rating points right there.

 

Two more celebrity divers will be announced later.

 

Well hell, if one of them isn\'t Chaz Bono, I see no point in even turning on the TV that evening. That would be another 10 rating points.

 

It might be worth watching if Orson Welles were still around and they stationed a camera at Cal Tech to watch the ensuing seismic activity. Or they could book Jamie Kennedy. That would make the show, um, unpredictable, save for the fact that some people would be hoping he drowned.

[Brig Bother]

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Where\'s Celebrity Knife Throwing? Celebrity Fire Breathing? Can a brother get Celebrity Curling?
 [/quote]

The correct answer is: the Dutch have just commissioned Celebrity Ski Jumping. They are apparently having trouble getting celebs for it.

In theory the difference between Celebrity Splash and Stars in Danger is that CS is designed as a weekly show whilst SiD is meant as a one-off (it\'s an annual spin-off of Stefan Raab\'s chat show in Germany). There is currently a big format dispute between the two format owners, how you copyright diving is beyond me.

[TLEberle]

I liked how Push the Button would take one family member from each team offsite and have them do some sort of performance, whether it was penalty kicks or one lap around a thoroughbred track, or juggling cigar boxes, or, yes, the high dive. If it was the same wacky task each week that segment would have been way less fun.

[Fedya]

And for that matter, the eyes of the viewers of him in a........................ I\'ll stop right there.

You might want to get a copy of the John Wayne movie Island in the Sky. Andy Devine, who by this time was probably pushing 300 pounds, plays one of the pilots who has to try to find Wayne\'s crew. At the time the emergency is called in, Devine is with his (grand)children at the local swimming pool. We even get to see a shot of Devine in his swim trunks doing a cannonball into the pool. It\'s wonderfully disturbing.

[BillCullen1]

I feel for the crew personnel who have to be near the pool when Louie dives in.  Oh dear...

 

And for that matter, the eyes of the viewers of him in a........................ I\'ll stop right there.

 

That last statement alone makes me want to avoid it. So Louie gets to host another show. Mayber he\'ll act like he wants to be there this time.