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Title: Louie Anderson on ABC celebrity diving show 'Splash'
Post by: Matt Ottinger on January 26, 2013, 12:41:51 PM

Start working on your jokes now.


 


http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/01/25/abc-diving-show-your-celebrity-stars-are/


 


In a world where actual show business stars don\'t do this sort of thing anymore, the producers have gathered a kinda interesting bunch, including Chelsea Handler\'s diminutive sidekick Chuy, Detroit Lions bad boy Ndamukong Suh, and beauty queen Katherine Webb, to make sure Brent Musburger tunes in.


Title: Louie Anderson on ABC celebrity diving show 'Splash'
Post by: clemon79 on January 26, 2013, 01:23:10 PM
including Chelsea Handler\'s diminutive sidekick Chuy,
This kills me, because to me Chelsea Handler is already so \"D\"-list that it makes Kathy Griffin look like Jennifer Lawrence. Which means Chuy Bravo, by definition, is *at least* \"E\".

/heh, \"E\"
//I see what I did there
Title: Louie Anderson on ABC celebrity diving show 'Splash'
Post by: TimK2003 on January 26, 2013, 01:32:18 PM

Celebrity Bowling -- GOOD


Celebrity Diving -- BAD


 


Wouldn\'t be so bad of a concept if they would add the following to fill the rest of the hour: 


 


* 3-6 other events,


* 10-15 other celebrities equally divided amongst the 3 4 TV networks into teams...and,


* A Howard Cosell hologram as commentator.


Title: Louie Anderson on ABC celebrity diving show 'Splash'
Post by: jjman920 on January 26, 2013, 01:55:17 PM

Can we get to the more interesting deviations of Dancing with the Stars already? Ice? Boring. Diving? Has potential, but sounds stupid.


 


Where\'s Celebrity Knife Throwing? Celebrity Fire Breathing? Can a brother get Celebrity Curling?


 


In any case, where in the world has Louie Anderson been? My goodness, I thought he just lived at home and hosted Family Feud in between two couches using the blinds behind him as the big board. At least that\'s what I do when I\'m not hosting the Price is Right in the garage, opening and closing the door and offering the same car in every game as I use a backscratcher as the microphone. I haven\'t seen him in ages. I might have to tune in just for that treat.


Title: Louie Anderson on ABC celebrity diving show 'Splash'
Post by: Fedya on January 26, 2013, 02:00:16 PM
Could somebody explaine to me how this is different from the diving show Fox did a few weeks back?
Title: Louie Anderson on ABC celebrity diving show 'Splash'
Post by: Kevin Prather on January 26, 2013, 02:14:42 PM

This kills me, because to me Chelsea Handler is already so \"D\"-list that it makes Kathy Griffin look like Jennifer Lawrence.
If she looked like Jennifer Lawrence, I\'d hit that back up to the \"A+\"-list.


Well, beg your pardon. Looked and sounded.
Title: Louie Anderson on ABC celebrity diving show 'Splash'
Post by: TLEberle on January 26, 2013, 02:18:54 PM
This has showed up in the \"game show\" section on TheBox.bz for a few weeks. Doesn\'t it usually take a year or two for something to cross the ocean instead of just months?
Title: Louie Anderson on ABC celebrity diving show 'Splash'
Post by: Matt Ottinger on January 26, 2013, 02:33:47 PM
Could somebody explaine to me how this is different from the diving show Fox did a few weeks back?

 


Nope.

Title: Louie Anderson on ABC celebrity diving show 'Splash'
Post by: TimK2003 on January 26, 2013, 02:36:57 PM
Could somebody explaine to me how this is different from the diving show Fox did a few weeks back?

Sure.


 


The Fox version was an original program of crap, while the ABC version is a copycat program of crap.

Title: Louie Anderson on ABC celebrity diving show 'Splash'
Post by: NickintheATL on January 26, 2013, 04:34:52 PM

I feel for the crew personnel who have to be near the pool when Louie dives in.  Oh dear...


 


And for that matter, the eyes of the viewers of him in a........................ I\'ll stop right there.


Title: Louie Anderson on ABC celebrity diving show 'Splash'
Post by: chris319 on January 26, 2013, 06:12:34 PM

... Speedo.


 


Could somebody explaine to me how this is different from the diving show Fox did a few weeks back?

 


This version has 4\'3\" Chuy Bravo. That\'s 10 rating points right there.


 


Two more celebrity divers will be announced later.

 


Well hell, if one of them isn\'t Chaz Bono, I see no point in even turning on the TV that evening. That would be another 10 rating points.


 


It might be worth watching if Orson Welles were still around and they stationed a camera at Cal Tech to watch the ensuing seismic activity. Or they could book Jamie Kennedy. That would make the show, um, unpredictable, save for the fact that some people would be hoping he drowned.


Title: Louie Anderson on ABC celebrity diving show 'Splash'
Post by: Brig Bother on January 26, 2013, 08:00:25 PM
[quote name=\"jjman920\" post=\"303344\" timestamp=\"1359226517\"]
 
Where\'s Celebrity Knife Throwing? Celebrity Fire Breathing? Can a brother get Celebrity Curling?
 [/quote]

The correct answer is: the Dutch have just commissioned Celebrity Ski Jumping. They are apparently having trouble getting celebs for it.

In theory the difference between Celebrity Splash and Stars in Danger is that CS is designed as a weekly show whilst SiD is meant as a one-off (it\'s an annual spin-off of Stefan Raab\'s chat show in Germany). There is currently a big format dispute between the two format owners, how you copyright diving is beyond me.
Title: Louie Anderson on ABC celebrity diving show 'Splash'
Post by: TLEberle on January 26, 2013, 08:24:54 PM
I liked how Push the Button would take one family member from each team offsite and have them do some sort of performance, whether it was penalty kicks or one lap around a thoroughbred track, or juggling cigar boxes, or, yes, the high dive. If it was the same wacky task each week that segment would have been way less fun.
Title: Louie Anderson on ABC celebrity diving show 'Splash'
Post by: Fedya on January 26, 2013, 08:40:46 PM
And for that matter, the eyes of the viewers of him in a........................ I\'ll stop right there.

You might want to get a copy of the John Wayne movie Island in the Sky. Andy Devine, who by this time was probably pushing 300 pounds, plays one of the pilots who has to try to find Wayne\'s crew. At the time the emergency is called in, Devine is with his (grand)children at the local swimming pool. We even get to see a shot of Devine in his swim trunks doing a cannonball into the pool. It\'s wonderfully disturbing.
Title: Louie Anderson on ABC celebrity diving show 'Splash'
Post by: BillCullen1 on January 27, 2013, 12:48:24 PM
I feel for the crew personnel who have to be near the pool when Louie dives in.  Oh dear...

 


And for that matter, the eyes of the viewers of him in a........................ I\'ll stop right there.


 


That last statement alone makes me want to avoid it. So Louie gets to host another show. Mayber he\'ll act like he wants to be there this time.

Title: Louie Anderson on ABC celebrity diving show 'Splash'
Post by: TimK2003 on January 27, 2013, 01:00:16 PM
I feel for the crew personnel who have to be near the pool when Louie dives in.  Oh dear...

 


And for that matter, the eyes of the viewers of him in a........................ I\'ll stop right there.



 


That last statement alone makes me want to avoid it. So Louie gets to host another show. Mayber he\'ll act like he wants to be there this time.


Louie will be making a flop or two on the show, but not as host, based on the original link.

Title: Louie Anderson on ABC celebrity diving show 'Splash'
Post by: trustno1 on January 27, 2013, 07:55:54 PM

Does anyone know who\'s hosting it?


Title: Louie Anderson on ABC celebrity diving show 'Splash'
Post by: BillCullen1 on January 27, 2013, 09:37:02 PM
Does anyone know who\'s hosting it?

 


Oh, Louie\'s a guest, not the host. That\'s probably a good thing.

Title: Louie Anderson on ABC celebrity diving show 'Splash'
Post by: weaklink75 on January 28, 2013, 04:23:15 PM

He\'s already had to be pulled from the water once..


 


http://www.tmz.com/2013/01/28/louie-anderson-celebrity-diving-splash-accident-saved-ndamukong-suh/


 


I\'m wondering if he makes it to the premiere (March 19th)- the medics and legal have to be watching him carefully..

Title: Louie Anderson on ABC celebrity diving show 'Splash'
Post by: Flerbert419 on January 28, 2013, 06:11:16 PM

You really can\'t make this stuff up if you tried.


Title: Louie Anderson on ABC celebrity diving show 'Splash'
Post by: jjman920 on January 28, 2013, 07:59:19 PM

Well...I\'m officially sold.


Title: Louie Anderson on ABC celebrity diving show 'Splash'
Post by: chris319 on January 28, 2013, 10:18:36 PM

He can\'t sink. He\'s Buoy Anderson.


Title: Louie Anderson on ABC celebrity diving show 'Splash'
Post by: Matt Ottinger on February 15, 2013, 02:29:00 PM

Here you go.


Title: Louie Anderson on ABC celebrity diving show 'Splash'
Post by: Fedya on February 15, 2013, 03:12:25 PM
Wow.
Title: Louie Anderson on ABC celebrity diving show 'Splash'
Post by: jalman on February 15, 2013, 09:09:13 PM

Bravery.


Title: Louie Anderson on ABC celebrity diving show 'Splash'
Post by: PYLdude on February 15, 2013, 10:25:30 PM

Oh Lord.


 


Are you sure Louie wasn\'t the Michelin man in an earlier life? Very similar body styles.


 


/mine isn\'t much better


Title: Louie Anderson on ABC celebrity diving show 'Splash'
Post by: TimK2003 on February 15, 2013, 11:15:58 PM

I hope ABC rolls a \"Due to the graphic nature of the show, viewer discretion is advised\" message before his \"appearance\",


Title: Louie Anderson on ABC celebrity diving show 'Splash'
Post by: clemon79 on February 16, 2013, 01:10:07 AM
Precisely this. He without sin, folks.
While I\'m three or four stone above my \"target preferred weight,\" you won\'t find my vanilla pallor\'d corpus bursting out of a Euro-pouch for the world to see because I don\'t take selfies nor do I sign up for reality shows that would put me in such a position.

/If you DO find that picture, please be a comrade and let me know.
//I just nuked a bunch of season passes; this is not making me want to fire it up for Splash!
Title: Louie Anderson on ABC celebrity diving show 'Splash'
Post by: JMFabiano on February 16, 2013, 10:47:39 AM

Reminds me of the \"summertime\" FF commercial with him dancing around in swimming trunks.  Can\'t find it online though.


Title: Louie Anderson on ABC celebrity diving show 'Splash'
Post by: J.R. on February 16, 2013, 03:23:07 PM

Always was fun whenever Louie got his groove on in the Famiy Feud PC game:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6cRJxu_Xp8


Title: Louie Anderson on ABC celebrity diving show 'Splash'
Post by: Matt Ottinger on February 18, 2013, 11:06:07 PM
Here you go.

 


OK, sorry about that last one.


 


Here you go.

Title: Louie Anderson on ABC celebrity diving show 'Splash'
Post by: J.R. on February 18, 2013, 11:11:26 PM
Here you go.

Approves


Title: Louie Anderson on ABC celebrity diving show 'Splash'
Post by: clemon79 on February 18, 2013, 11:20:59 PM

I shall let the good Doctor speak for me.


Title: Louie Anderson on ABC celebrity diving show 'Splash'
Post by: NickS on February 19, 2013, 04:18:15 PM
Here you go.

Approves


 


Triple both those guys\' points, Mr. Karn.


 


/Hell hath frozen over if I just used Karn in a positive light

Title: Louie Anderson on ABC celebrity diving show 'Splash'
Post by: byrd62 on February 19, 2013, 05:17:04 PM
Celebrity Bowling -- GOOD

Celebrity Diving -- BAD


 


Wouldn\'t be so bad of a concept if they would add the following to fill the rest of the hour: 


 


* 3-6 other events,


* 10-15 other celebrities equally divided amongst the 3 4 TV networks into teams...and,


* A Howard Cosell hologram as commentator.


 


Did somebody say Celebrity Bowling?  Sure enough, a sort-of remake of that old show is in the works over at AMC.


 


Celebrity Bowling -- GOOD

Celebrity Diving -- BAD


 


Wouldn\'t be so bad of a concept if they would add the following to fill the rest of the hour: 


 


* 3-6 other events,


* 10-15 other celebrities equally divided amongst the 3 4 TV networks into teams...and,


* A Howard Cosell hologram as commentator.


Did somebody say Celebrity Bowling?  Sure enough, a sort-of remake, based on a YouTube concept, could make its way onto AMC\'s schedule.


http://www.deadline.com/2013/02/amc-signs-deal-with-nerdist-industries-will-develop-all-star-celebrity-bowling-for-tv/


Here\'s some YouTube of a sample episode:


 


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mz479KngUys

Title: Louie Anderson on ABC celebrity diving show 'Splash'
Post by: BillCullen1 on February 25, 2013, 12:11:51 AM

We have a debut date. A promo on the Oscars said March 19 will be the premiere of this extravaganza.


Title: Louie Anderson on ABC celebrity diving show 'Splash'
Post by: BillCullen1 on March 20, 2013, 06:47:00 AM

I actually taped and watched the premiere episode of this. I found out two facts:


 


1 The hosts are Joey Lawrence and Clarissa Thompson


2 Louie Anderson weighs 417 pounds


 


So there you go

Title: Louie Anderson on ABC celebrity diving show 'Splash'
Post by: Jimmy Owen on March 20, 2013, 06:59:01 AM

Wasn\'t as bad as I thought it would be.  It might catch on.


Title: Louie Anderson on ABC celebrity diving show 'Splash'
Post by: WilliamPorygon on March 20, 2013, 08:22:20 PM

It\'s not a show I would\'ve bothered to turn on myself, but I caught a little of it when my mom had it on last night.  I lost interest as soon as they pulled the old \"waste an eternity doing nothing and then cut to commercial a second before something finally happens\" schtick.


Title: Louie Anderson on ABC celebrity diving show 'Splash'
Post by: Fedya on March 20, 2013, 09:45:10 PM
When they got back from commercial, did they repeat the last 15 seconds or so of what they showed before the commercial?
Title: Louie Anderson on ABC celebrity diving show 'Splash'
Post by: parliboy on March 21, 2013, 09:39:42 AM
I actually taped and watched the premiere episode of this. I found out two facts:

 


1 The hosts are Joey Lawrence and Clarissa Thompson


2 Louie Anderson weighs 417 pounds


 


So there you go


 


The funny thing is, having subjected myself to this, these are the two most exciting facts of the show.

Title: Louie Anderson on ABC celebrity diving show 'Splash'
Post by: MikeK on March 21, 2013, 10:50:45 AM
2 Louie Anderson weighs 417 pounds
417 lbs. and he\'s still alive a few days before he turns 60?
Title: Louie Anderson on ABC celebrity diving show 'Splash'
Post by: PYLdude on March 21, 2013, 02:04:51 PM

Louie Anderson is 59? Damn. Goes to show how much I pay attention.


Title: Louie Anderson on ABC celebrity diving show 'Splash'
Post by: JMFabiano on March 23, 2013, 10:32:13 AM

I hear he injured a rib doing the show.  (which would make 2 injuries so far that I know of)


Title: Louie Anderson on ABC celebrity diving show 'Splash'
Post by: Thunder on March 23, 2013, 01:13:26 PM

Medical experts are still searching for it.