Dude, brother and celebrity gladiators
February 7th, 2008, 4:10 pm · Post a Comment · posted by Carlos Arias
I have been checking out Donald Trump’s “Celebrity Apprentice” to keep track of former UFC light-heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz and former undisputed heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis. “American Gladiators” is another show I have been keeping tabs on to see what female MMA sensation Gina Carano, Laila Ali and Hulk Hogan are up to.
OK, I’ll admit it. I’m a self-proclaimed reality TV junkie and I probably would have watched those shows without the involvment of some of the fight game’s most popular figures.
Being a child of the 80s, I was a former Hulkamaniac. I said my prayers and took my vitamins and cheered on as Hulk Hogan and the 22-inch pythons ran wild on everybody in the WWF. My favorite thing about the new incarnation of “American Gladiators” is the Hulk Hogan interview.
Hulkster to 160-pound contender: “Dude, brother! Brother, dude? Dude, brother … that was unbelievable.”
Contender, who is jacked up on 20 Red Bulls, to Hulk: “Whoooh! Yeah, Hulk. I’m just happy to be here. Whoooh! I’m gonna give it my all. Whoooh!”
Hulkster: “Dude, brother!”
Crush, a.k.a. Gina Carano, has been holding it down as one of the gladiators, blasting female contenders on the “Joust” and she even got DQ’d for an illegal stomp, which would have been legal in PRIDE, in another competition. She is starting to get some more face time. Go Crush.
Laila Ali needs to throw in a few more “dudes” and “brothers” in her interviews. Why isn’t Laila one of the gladiators?
The men’s team on Celebrity Apprentice has been taking advantage of Lennox Lewis and Tito Ortiz’s star power. Lennox cuddled with a British bulldog on a commercial to promote Pedigree’s pet adoption drive, which led the men’s team to a victory.
Tito guided the men’s team to another victory as a project manager, winning $20,000 that he donated to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. But Tito missed last week’s episode, which featured Vincent Pastore, a.k.a. “Big Pussy” from the “Sopranos,” going undercover as a double agent on the women’s team.
I can’t wait until somebody feeds Piers Morgan a knuckle sandwich. Who is Piers Morgan and what is he famous for? Will Donald Trump make the first person that KOs or submits Morgan the next “Apprentice”? If so, Tito or Lennox will win this thing.
Dude, brother! Brother, dude … that’s it for me.
Keep punching,
CARLOS ARIAS/The Register
