Rik Mayall Has Died

Comedian and actor Rik Mayall died this morning. Mayall was best known for his roles in Bottom, the Young Ones and The New Statesman. He was 56. The Young Ones remains one of my favorite shows of all-time.

I Want Celebrity Hell's Kitchen

I don't know what it is about UK celebrities but they are always up for any kind of reality show no matter what. Yeah, Keira Knightley and Jude Law aren't going to do them, but who really cares about them anyway. The person that really matters, and that very few people are even going to know is that the celebrity most likely to win Celebrity Hell's Kitchen according to bookmakers is none other than Adrian Edmondson. Yes, I know many of you are scratching your heads and asking who Adrian is, and I don't blame you. You probably don't know him but he was on this great UK show which MTV imported back in the day called The Young Ones. Adrian played a punk rocker named Vyvyan.

Well he has been making his living as comic and has been on other British television shows and is the favorite to beat everyone else on the show. The second favorite is Miss Dynamite. The celebrity version of Hell's Kitchen doesn't have Gordon Ramsay as the host. It has Marco Pierre White. The show lasts two weeks, but I don't know if they stretch out the two weeks of filming into 8 weeks of shows, or if they just make everyone watch it every night like I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here.

I would love to have a celebrity version of Hell's Kitchen in the US. I want every celebrity who has ever said they cook at home for their families to come on television and show they actually do. All of these creative dishes they make and all their supposed recipes. Put them in the damn kitchen and see how many are lying.

Ab Fab Part 6

At some point you just have to admit defeat. There are just some shows that don't copy well from one country to the other. Case in point, The Young Ones. Can you imagine ever seeing that show on US television? It would suck balls. It is classicly British and works best like that. Just enjoy it for what it is and don't try and f**k with it. The Office on the other hand is something that everyone knows in every country of the world. Hell, there probably is an Indian version of The Office airing right now for all I know. It will work anywhere.

For at least the 5th time, maybe the sixth depending on how you count. I know, I know, 1, 2, 3. Whatever. Fox is going to take a shot at redoing Absolutely Fabulous. Notice I said the word redoing. It is not going to be a direct copy. It also won't work. Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley were just a pair that cannot be found again. Networks have tried it here again and again and it just won't work because no one will go edgy enough or take enough chances. Maybe, maybe FOX can do it because they do like taking some chances, but this is a show that needs to be on one of the cable networks or even like HBO or Showtime. Someplace where people can just let loose.

Everyone will take a look and what it will be will be two women who are blah and bland and with no spark and no life. What FOX should do is try and talk the two women out of retirement, set them up for about a year and see how many episodes they can crank out.