Contrary to popular believe, most poker players have more going on in their lives besides online poker, live poker, gossip about poker pros, and writing angry letters to Sports Illustrated regarding Lacey Jones not being part of the latest swimsuit issue. A lot of us do occasionally watch television that doesn’t have a PokerStars or FullTilt logo slapped on it. With this in mind, we add this reality television roundup to our lifestyle section.
First of all, most of us remember Cindy Margolis from the days when she was playing Texas Hold’em and had her own online poker site. Well she is now giving away her playmate body on reality television. Seducing Cindy started last week, and those who wanted to stay in the competition to be Ms. Margolis’s one and only had to give Cindy a fresh sample of sperm…and not in the fun way.
On American Idol a bunch of people sang, some of them cried, and Simon Cowell spent most of the time treating the contestants like something his cat coughed up. Ellen DeGeneres did make her debut as a judge though and pretty much knocked it out of the park. Also, last year’s new judge, K ara Dioguardi, did cause a minor stir while discussing who will be sitting in Simon’s seat next year. While there has been some buzz around Howard Stern taking over, she said he simply wasn’t qualified. This may be honesty on her part, or a long term plan that involves making Howard and Kara look like they hate each other (much like Simon and Paula).
Oh VH1 we saw the return of Celebrity Fit Club. The notable celebrities involved were aging heavy metal star, Sebastian Bach, former Baywatch babe, Nicole Eggert, and the guy who knocked up Britney Spears, Kevin Federline. My overall impression of this show was that A) Sebastian Bach seems to be hanging out in the VH1 green room, and waiting like a media savvy vulture for them to turn the cameras on. B) Nicole Eggert looks just as good with more curves as she did in her hard body, Baywatch, days. C) Kevin seemed to gain every pound that Britney lost. This coincides with the unified theory of fat dispersal. There is a static amount of fat in the universe and nobody actually “loses” weight…they just send it packing to find another host. Britney eschewed all her baby weight, as well as the pounds she packed on during her crazy phase. It looks as if it all landed on K-Fed. Good luck with that Mr. Federline.
So that is the important moments of this week’s reality television. Those who could not tear themselves away from the live poker tables are now up to date. Next week we can add “Tool Academy” to the mix. There are a ton of poker players and poker pros who could qualify for that show.
