Van Halen hit the road on January 5th and for the second time this year they have postponed several dates. The first time was because they took on too many dates, but this time it is because Eddie Van Halen suffered complications from a surgery and will need several months to recover. The band announced the news on their site by saying, “Eddie Van Halen underwent an emergency surgery for a severe bout of Diverticulitis. No further surgeries are needed and a full recovery is expected within 4 – 6 months.” According to KSDK he went in to have surgery to deal with the Diverticulitis, but he popped some of the stitches and that caused an infection. He spent three weeks in the hospital and now he’s at home recovering for the next few months.
Their November tour in Japan is postponed until he gets better which hopefully will be soon!
Before Jim Carrey was doing a bunch of different characters on Living Color, he was doing it for The Sec and Violence Family Hour. He is just as funny now as he was when he was just 20 in that 1983 special.
Tonight is sadly the season finale of Baby Daddy on ABC Family at 8:30p, but thankfully it will be back with new episodes soon. A few weeks ago I spoke to one of my favorite funny ladies Melissa Peterman, who plays the mother of the Baby Daddy and we talked about the show. She told me, “I am so proud of what we did in 10 episodes. That is like a really short amount of time to flesh out the story. These writers are so good about feeling the chemistry of the cast and writing towards us. So I am super proud.” She then added, “I am really proud and I feel like they really set a great foundation to tell more stories.”
There was one story that was told last week and I really hope it will continue in future episodes. Greg Grunberg guest starred on the show as Bonnie’s(Peterman) ex-husband aka the baby’s grandfather. Now I know at first the mother of a 6 year old was a little hesitant about playing a grandmother, but then she realized the benefits of being a young grandmother. So I asked her how Grunberg reacted to playing a grandfather on the show, she said “I think he embraced it like I did. You know what you are going to be hottest grandma and grandpa or at least ones that can drive at night. He enjoyed it. He was a good sport and I have a little bit more of a crush on him now then I did before.” And I am sure he feels the same way, how could you not like this very funny lady.
She told me she enjoyed working with a crush, now I want to know what scenes she liked filming this season. She said, “My favorite scene is with Derek when he is shirtless. I kept breaking during that scene because it is so hard…he looks like he is chiseled out from marble. I love scenes with Taj because we have a very good chemistry and we make each other laugh a lot. Chelsea makes me laugh, they all do.” It is nice to hear that not only does the cast make us laugh, but that they make each other laugh too.
There is one critic she really wants to make laugh and that is her son. When I asked if he watches, she told me “Wiley is 6. He just discovered the reruns of Reba and he thinks they are really funny. He was little when we were making them. But this one he loves the show. Although he gets a little jealous about the baby. He says ‘Whose that baby?’ I’m like ‘That’s Ally and that’s Suzy. That’s not my baby.’ He’s like ‘why you holding that baby so much?’ He’s six and he really doesn’t want to be carried around any more but yet it’s kind of sweet to have him act like that. He thinks the show is very funny.” She then told me what about the show always make her little boy laugh, “He always laughs at the title. He and his little friend go Baby Daddy and they giggle because they think it is hilarious.” If they only knew what it meant…
And one thing I do mean is that Baby Daddy is ABC Family’s best comedy so far, so if you are not watching it you are missing out on a hilarious show with a funny cast. So why not start watching it tonight and then catch up on the other episodes on ABCFamily.com. I promise you will laugh as hard as her son when he says “Baby Daddy”!
Jamie Kennedy is the co-host of The CW’s action-packed Musical Chairs game show and I spoke with him the other day about Oh Sit!
My first question to him, was he a Musical Chairs champ when he was kid. He told me, “I was much more of a pin the tail on a donkey type of guy.” So was he good at that? “I lost. I lost at pinatas. I lost hide and seek. I lost all of those games which propelled me into a life of standup comedy.”
So if this wasn’t his game (or any of the others) back then, what made him think it would be now. He explained, “They came to me and said, ‘Yo, you want to host this show?’ Then they said Musical Chairs and I was like ‘What?’ And then they explained it to me and they said you can do funny and stuff…They thought it could be loud and crazy like a Japanese game show. So that is why I got involved.” Then he added, “And I love my co-host.” Well if you watch the show then you would know that Jessi Cruickshank said that she is the future ex-Mrs Jamie Kennedy, so I put on my investigative reporter hat and asked him what was going on between them? He shared with me, “You know I have a tendency to date people I sit next to and say lines to, so there is a very good chance, you know, we can make love.” He then added, “And break up.” Hmmm, I wonder who he can be talking about? Can a ghost whisper that answer to me?
Now while he didn’t tell me who that past person was, he did tell me why you should watch Oh Sit! every Wednesday at 8p on The CW. His reason is a good as he explained, “Here is what is exciting about the show, there are a lot of hot people on it. Hot guys and hot girls, but I tend to like the girls more. The show is really an excuse for a wet T-Shirt contest. It’s really cold out there if you know what I am saying. So we’ve turned the temperature way down, turn the difficulty way up and the guests are getting hotter…I just think it is going to get crazy. Watch out!” What more do you need? I mean it is hot men and women in skin tight wet onesies running around getting hurt doing an impossible course and then trying to get across some freezing cold water to sit on a chair. Did we mention skin tight, so nothing is left to the imagination like religion?
But isn’t all about the skin tight wet clothes, here is what he said is coming up in the next few episodes “More sitting, more music and more chairs.” What he also meant to add was more wipeouts and his favorite one came from non-contestant. He let me on a moment that might be coming up on a future episode, “One time our referee fell into the pool…And then he got back out while we were taping and didn’t slip at all. And that was really funny because he started to be all ‘Too cool! Too cool!’ It was completely trippy.”
So now we know why he thinks you should watch it and what can happen to the staff on the show, would he ever do that obstacle course himself? He quickly responded with “No way would I ever. That thing is hard and cold.”
So what is up next for him? He has something in common with the contestants because he told me “More sitting.” Now I couldn’t let him off the call without finding out if there is more nudity in his future like the scene he had in Finding Bliss. His answer was promising, “I have a secret fan club that has liked my nudity. I think the greatest compliment I got, was not that long ago, when a porn star said ‘Hey when the laughs stop slowing in, you ought to come on my side and do some.” If you haven’t seen Finding Bliss, you should watch it as soon as you can because he has a gigantic part in it.
But before you see how big his role is in the movie, watch him hosting Oh Sit! every Wednesday at 9p.
