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.
