Scott Baio is 45...and Single
My best friend, an active and unrepentant TV addict, called me last night after the premiere of VH1's latest reality TV show, Scott Baio is 45...and Single.
The surprise:
"It's amazing. I'm actually emotionally invested in whether Scott Baio can get over his tremendous commitment issues. He visited Erin Moran, who played Joanie on Joanie Loves Chachi. Apparently he lost his virginity to her. She was screwing with him, telling him he had a little penis. Next week he's visiting two women who were on Charles in Charge. One of them tells him that his cheating on her so much was the reason she got her first AIDS test."
Her analysis of the show's appeal:
"One of the things that makes it so good is, I think, the fact that he seems really sincere about wanting to get his life together. And the production quality is really good. It's well put together. It's not like you're watching Scott Baio going through the drive-through for a half an hour."
Final verdict:
"This is going to be the best washed-up celebrity reality TV show of the summer. Maybe all year."
High praise indeed.
I'm a little young to remember Baio as a heartthrob, but I'm told he was quite the Tiger Beat centerfold.
Anybody out there willing to admit to a childhood crush?
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I do not appreciate being called a "TV addict," considering I watch fewer hours of television than your average American. Perhaps "Tv connoisseur" would be more appropriate.
Posted on July 16, 2007 2:13 PM
I saw it last night. The guy seems like a unconfident jerk. There has got to be better ideas for television that child stars of eras gone by who have mental issues.
Posted on July 16, 2007 4:36 PM
Hey! I thought I was your Bff. Just kidding.
I,ll now reveal my age. Chachi first fell in love with Jonnie on "Happy Days", he was the younger cousin of Fonzie. Which I'm sure we'll all agree, was the coolest guy EVER!!!!!!
Posted on July 16, 2007 10:35 PM
I've yet to see the show -- but I do find it strange that a guy whose fame extended really from "Happy Days" to "Charles in Charge" but then more or less stopped dead is still getting laid based on this.
Is he just naturally charming or is television fame like nuclear power?
Posted on July 17, 2007 9:12 AM