Rock Of Love Redux

Thanks to Time Warner On Demand, I've been able to catch up on Rock Of Love, featuring Bret Michaels (one of the few remaining hair metal celebrities to not get their own reality show - I think this leaves only Stephen Pearcy of Ratt, who I assume would be holding out for some sort of reality show involving time traveling back to the late 80's where people remember anything by his band other than "Round and Round").

My favorite part so far: the scene where Bret takes three girls to Jim Henson studios to watch Bret record an "actual track" with Dave Was, who, even as old producers go, looks creepy (imagine Rick Rubin with dreads). Each of the three, thanks to the magic of the autotuner, is allowed by Bret to sing on the track. My favorite quote was from the one who, after singing and expressing how amazing the experience was, exclaimed "it's almost like we were in tune together!"

I think Bret has more headbands than Pete Wentz has hoodies. The best fashion moment, however, is the gigantic spotted cowhide (or possibly dalmation fur) robe he wears during the second elimination round. He looks like a walking Gateway logo.

Claire covered the phone sex challenge marvelously, but I have to mention that all I could think of the whole time was that old episode of Loveline where the phone sex operator called in because she wanted to know how to get guys to stay on the line longer, and Adam told her to start just mentioning the Holocaust to "slow them down," and she didn't even know what the Holocaust was. Anyway....

What a shock that he keeps all the girls that have rivalries with each other.

I now have "Round and Round" stuck in my head (which is entirely my own fault), and I can't wait to see the Scott Baio reality show.

Oh, one last thing for now: does anyone else think that Bret looks kind of exactly like this guy?