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Thats not the case for one sport being considered for the London Games pole dancing. Certainly, all of the hundreds of thousands of people who have lobbied online for the demonstration sport cant all be tramp-stamped strippers and lonely Iowa businessmen; a few thousand voters must be NBC executives dreaming of through-the-roof ratings. Endorsements might be a problem; you have to wonder about the Happy Meal toy. But you can bet theyll be a fist fight to be a judge.
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Of course, Im no authority on pole dancing outside of late-night Cinemax movies. Gentlemens clubs are not where I hang out, despite massive Dallas billboard offers of $4.99 steak lunches. However, in my pre-church-going days back in the evil 70s, I traveled to Florida to visit a friend and we, a couple of wild untamed stallions (we told ourselves after trudging home alone regularly), ventured to an establishment that remains the best-named strip club in the history of America: Carmichaels Academy of Cultured Anatomy.

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Brangelina and their brood continue to consume Italian ice cream in Venice, for it is a time-honored tradition that all American families vacationing in Italy must gorge themselves silly on gelato. Luckily, the superior genome of the collective Jolie-Pitts means nobody will get fat. [DailyMail]
All you need to know is the headline: “Jessica Simpson Weighs in on Fat Jokes.” [P6]
The investigation into the near-stun-gunning of Blanket Jackson continues, and it’s all miserly Katherine Jackson’s fault. Last year Jermaine Jackson’s ex-wife Alejandra accused Jackson matriarch Katherine of trying to pay child support with gift cards to Ralph’s supermarket. Nary twelve months later, Jermaine spawn Jaafar would make like his granny and purchase a “credit card” from Ralph’s ( loophole!) which he would use to buy a stun gun online. Further: 13-year-old Jaafar has a brother named Jermajesty, and is super adorable. Case closed. [TMZ] [TMZ] [TMZ]
Rihanna’s baseball boyfriend Matt Kemp threw her a surprise party for her 22nd birthday, featuring a heavily tattooed 4-ft. stripper and dirty dancing. [DailyMail]

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… Marriage Ref’: Right show, wrong time, too long
The most-hyped product of the Winter games, “The Marriage Ref” (10 p.m., NBC, TV-14) debuts in its regular spot after a post-Olympics sneak peak last Sunday.
I had rather low expectations for “Ref,” a show where celebrities offer quips and observations about the private peculiarities of perfect strangers. It’s funnier than I anticipated.
On Sunday’s helping, producer/creator Jerry Seinfeld joined actor Alec Baldwin, morning host Kelly Ripa and “Ref” host Tom Papa to evaluate grievances between a husband who wanted to live with a stuffed dead dog and a wife who did not. The trio of experts also evaluated a marital tiff over the introduction of a stripper pole into the master bedroom.
The odd squabbles made for some quick one-liners and amusing patter between the talent. But “Ref” eventually boils down to a combination of “Husbands Do the Darndest Things” and “The Newlywed Game.”

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TALENT LEVEL: 1/10 (You have to exist as a sentient being to have talent)
CHANCES OF WINNING: 1/10 (He’s not disliked as much as Gosselin, but he’s not exactly carrying a Justin Bieber-like legion around in his wake).
COMPETITOR #4: CHAD OCHOCINCO
Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chad Ochocinco used to be known as Chad Johnson, but changed his name to echo his jersey number (85) in Spanish. An indicator of the man’s intellect: He got the translation wrong. That said, Chad Ochenta y Cinco would be a heck of a mouthful in a Twitter feed.
TALENT LEVEL: Seises Fuera de Diez (Dude has twinkletoes, for sure. That said, he’s as likely to show up with strippers and a pickup truck full of mashed potatoes as fast as perfect a waltz.)

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The show is one of the highlights of NBC’s hastily revamped lineup after it axed “The Jay Leno Show” in February in an embarrassing retreat from cheap-to-produce talk show fare at 10 p.m., traditionally seen as a time for expensive scripted dramas.
“The Marriage Ref,” which has stars weigh-in on the lighthearted arguments of American couples, drew a strong 14.5 million viewers but some scathing reviews.
The Star Ledger’s Alan Sepinwall called it an “ugly, unfunny, patronizing mess.” Time magazine’s James Poniewozik said it was “the most God-awful mishmash.”
Sunday’s show featured one couple arguing about stuffing their dead dog and another about whether to put a stripper pole in their bedroom. Seinfeld, who has done little TV since his old show ended in 1998, is executive producer and an occasional panelist on “The Marriage Ref”.

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TALENT LEVEL: 1/10 (You have to exist as a sentient being to have talent)
CHANCES OF WINNING: 1/10 (He’s not disliked as much as Gosselin, but he’s not exactly carrying a Justin Bieber-like legion around in his wake).
COMPETITOR #4: CHAD OCHOCINCO
Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chad Ochocinco used to be known as Chad Johnson, but changed his name to echo his jersey number (85) in Spanish. An indicator of the man’s intellect: He got the translation wrong. That said, Chad Ochenta y Cinco would be a heck of a mouthful in a Twitter feed.
TALENT LEVEL: Seises Fuera de Diez (Dude has twinkletoes, for sure. That said, he’s as likely to show up with strippers and a pickup truck full of mashed potatoes as fast as perfect a waltz.)

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At the pinnacle of the Winter Olympics closing ceremonies, NBC cut away to the premiere of Jerry Seinfeld’s The Marriage Ref, a new comedy-variety show. The premise is this: celeb refs — Seinfeld, Kelly Ripa and Alec Baldwin – arbitrate the arguments of squabbling couples. NBC calls it, “Relationship advice… with a comic twist.”
Two coupes were profiled: in the first, hubby had his beloved deceased dog stuffed, and in the second, the husband wanted to install a stripper pole in the bedroom.
Okay. We all know not to take this too seriously. The “refs” role was standup comic. The “problem couples” were rehearsed, reality TV stars. It’s fake. It’s a show making fun of stupid married people.
That’s the problem.
The Marriage Ref makes real relationships seem more contrived than anything a comedy writer could ever come up with. Marriages are in enough trouble these days without the help of television cliché, and laugh tracks.

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The show’s premise and goal exposes the quandaries and dilemmas of real-life married couples. From the interior design woes posed by the stuffed remains of a once beloved pet to the question of whether or not to install a stripper pole in the bedroom, it is clear that this show is only kidding around. The format of the show features a brief segment of the couple in question, followed by discussion from the panel. Papa then makes a final decision.

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The Marriage Ref is different. Here’s how it works. Footage of an arguing couple is played and the Marriage Ref, comedian Tom Papa, must decide who is right. Before he can do that, he discusses the problem with his panel of experts. Simple enough.
Sunday night’s episode focused around the Ridolfis from Long Island who were arguing about whether or not the husband could make a shrine for his beloved, and stuffed, dog Fonzi. She, obviously, did not want this. The panel consisting of Jerry Seinfeld, Kelly Ripa, and, yes, Alec Baldwin “debated” the issue. Not surprisingly, they decided that no, he should not make a shrine for his dead dog. Sure, the panel had a few funny things to say, but it dragged on and on. The second couple had a disagreement about whether or not to use a stripper pole. Same thing.

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After endless promotion of the series, NBC aired a half-hour episode of “The Marriage Ref’’ on Sunday after the Olympics. It was an underwhelming, contrived product that didn’t bode well for the hourlong version of the series, which takes its regular time slot in one of the most critical spots in NBC’s week, Thursday night at 10 on Channel 7. Obviously marriage is a fantastic opportunity for a button-pushing reality show, one that could pick apart relationship conflicts and offer drama and comedy. But “The Marriage Ref’’ is just a forced way to get a panel of famous people – the first guests were Alec Baldwin, Kelly Ripa, and Seinfeld – to spit out one-liners about cartoonish couples who are fighting over, say, whether to put a stripper pole in their bedroom.

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