This week's episode of The City confronts some pretty serious relationship issues. All that stuff about trust hit a little close to home: Barbara Walters has been kind of distant lately. She comes home in the wee hours of the night, and she's always so vague about what she's been up to. It's getting hard to ignore the tell-tale signs: lipstick on her collar, mysterious phone numbers scrawled on cocktail napkins and the lingering smell of Axe "Dark Temptation" body spray (I use "Instinct.") Bottom line: I feel for you, Whitney and Allie.
If you love that drama, you'll love the MTV insider secret I just got my hands on, which I'm sharing on tonight's Detox: We're premiering a brand new spin-off of The City! That's right, although some of the faces have changed and all the people have been replaced with talking cakes, the high-tension drama you've known and loved is bigger and better! I also heard that one troublesome character from The City shows up later on in the season to stir up trouble! (SPOILER ALERT: Judgmental Cat may or may not eat one of the new characters -- tune into Detox to find out!)
Also remember to catch Detox tomorrow night when I'll be recapping From G's to Gents and T.I.s Road to Redemption with a little help from rapper MIMS. See ya there!
Did you know that this last episode of Detox was directed by David Lynch? It's true!* It even has a supporting cast of Dawn Richard from Making The Band 4 (hey, that show's on tonight's Detox recap!) and Miami electro-funksters LMFAO (and hey, one of their songs is featured in tonight's ABDC!).
LMFAO came by the set in their awesome pleathery goodness to share about their hard times growing up on the streets -- sounds like they could have used Fonzworth Bentley's help.... Dawn Richard was there to help me deal with some of the problems that occur with PWMTBS (Post-Watching Making the Band Syndrome), and what ensued was a labyrinth of dreams within dreams within dreams. It makes it so hard to share my experiences when I don't know whether I should be recording them in my Daily Journal or my Dream Journal (for my Dream Journal and musings on sleep visions, visit my Web site!).
Please join me for one of the most amazing and psychedelic episodes of Detox.
*It's not true.
Pack your thong and plenty of sunscreen, cuz Detox is heading to Miami! Yep, that’s right. In honor of The City’s desperate exciting change of scenery, me and the gang decided to follow Whitney Port’s crew to the land of South Beach. But not before taking a delicious photo shoot inspired by Allie’s edible sweater campaign. Seriously, what was with that male model biting her clothing constantly? That was about as sexy as a cheeseburger ... Am I right, Allie?
No guests stopped by the set tonight, mostly because we were out of town, but we’ve got HUGE things planned for later this week, including a semi-homemade visit from my favorite Food Network star. So catch up with the latest in City Detoxing and then make sure to watch allll week long. You won’t regret it!
Eff The Oscars! The only awards show I care about tonight is the Nitro Circus Awards! In DetoxLand, we created our own little awards show to celebrate the insane stunts featured on Nitro Circus each week. And all the stars attended. Brad and Angie, Will and Jada, Mickey Rourke and his pictures of his dog. What an honor to host in front of all those A-listers!
But forget Mickey. I was most star-struck by Jeremy from How's Your News? He was super cool and a blast to hang out with, especially since he saved the Nitro Awards by showing off his mad drum skillz. Fun fact: he had a tiny (nee, HUGE) crush on our beautiful producer, Sierra Lindsey.
Also on tonight's Detox, we saw the triumphant return of Meryl Street Mannequin. Funny, she only comes out to play during awards season. I think she was pissed she got shut out of the Nitro Awards ... but I told her, if she wants to win one, she has to do more than talk in a funny accent. She has to jump out of a plane whilst speaking with a funny accent. She'll learn.
All that awaits you, as does Courtney Love the Cleaning Lady, plus my very own Cantiello Cake Eating Stunt, only in tonight's MTV Detox. What are you waiting for? Take the plunge, dudes!
Eek! I'm going on Day Two now of my voice sounding like crap. Luckily, it fits thematically into a Real World: Brooklyn recap -- I'm just doing an impression of Sarah!
This week found the Real Worlders visiting Ryan's hometown -- Gettysburg, PA -- and it also found viral video sensation Debra stumbling on to Detox. (And is it just me, or is my set looking different? I can't wait til I'm off these voice meds!)
Debra was a doll, even though she was eavesdropping before she got on set. She had a shocking secret to spill, and I took it about as well as Ryan took Katelynn's description of her gender-reassignment surgery. Thanks for sharing, Debra! Say 'hi' to Jackie for me. Hope her scoliosis gets better.
So check out tonight's all-new Detox for all the dirt on Katelynn's "shocking" reveal, as well as some lessons on how NOT to pole dance. Ouchie!
Team Detox was quite upset to see The Ikki Twins bid adieu to MTV's Tuesday Night lineup last week, but as Giant Suri Cruise says, when Xenu shuts a door, he opens a window. And what a window! First, we soaked up T.I.'s Road to Redemption, which we've decided is like Punk'd meets those old awesome Sally Jessy Raphael episodes where bratty kids get sent to boot camp. And then we had From G's To Gents 2, which we've decided is like From G's To Gents 1. (Think we'll be able to get a Hedsor Hall/G's to Gents cross-promotion episode where the two casts mingle with each other? Fingers crossed!)
With my voice continuing to abandon ship, we thought it might be wise to call in some reinforcement. So who better to show up than Murray Hill, the hardest working middle-aged man in showbiz! Murray was in great spirits, jazzed from Sunday's Grammy Awards. (Why wasn't he watching MTV's new Sunday night block? Boo!) More specifically, Murray was inspired by Justin Timberlake's bomb-of-a-joke regarding general stores. ("Now THAT was showbiz!" Murray joked.)
We were so happy to have Murray stop by and hope he comes back soon (especially since he brought me a kickass t-shirt, which I plan on wearing on this week's Real World Detox.)
Make sure to check out tonight's show. Every click will help cure my Rachael Ray voice.
A new night of MTV programming also means a new night of Detoxing! With Sunday's "dude" party kicking off this week, Team Detox put on bike helmets and went skydiving to commemorate the premieres of Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory, The CollegeHumor Show, Nitro Circus and How's Your News?
Our biggest challenge was talking about CollegeHumor's TV debut. We certainly didn't want to give away any of their punchlines or spoil any of their funny. So we faced a big question: how does one recap a sketch show? (Our PA, Joel Hanek, could certainly tell you. Every Friday, he delivers "MTV Retox," a thirty second recap of what happened on MTV Detox that week. Granted, it pretty much amounts to him making fun of me, but whatevs.)
Luckily we had mixtape master Asher Roth on hand, and he was thrilled to talk about his song, "I Love College (Humor)."*
*not really his song title
So grab a blob and covet Dyrdek's bulldogs as you check out our first ever Sunday Night Detox!
Today was a dream come true on the set of Detox because I got to act like I was an MTV VJ during the 90s. In honor of tonight's Whack Track Challenge on ABDC, we raided the MTV building for as much 90s crap as possible, put the tripod on "canted" mode and did as many unnecessary zooms as possible. Plus, I forgot how comfortable baggy pants were. No wonder Joey Buttafuoco still wears them in public!
Not only did I get to reenact a Pee Wee Herman PSA about smoking crack, I also got to show off all my rad 90s dance moves. (I generously left the head spins to the Beat Freaks.)
So put down your discman, turn all your clothes around and do the Urkel -- all while watching tonight's 'whacky' Detox.
Guess who stopped by during this week's taping of our Real World: Brooklyn recap? None other than current RW cast member, Chet! He was sniffing around for a hosting gig and stumbled upon our set. What an awesome guy, even if he's trying to take my job.
In all seriousness, all of us at Chez Detox were totally starstruck while Chet was around. It's one thing to have a musician stop by. It's another thing entirely when a cast member you've been covering week in and week out shows up. You can keep your JoBros and your Brangelinas. Here at Detox, we'd be more likely to scream over an Ikki sighting. The fact that Chet was game at poking a little fun at himself made it even sweeter. (He also told us that the RW cast loves our show. Hot!)
So check out tonight's Detox, and find out if Chet's a better host than I am.
The Double Shot at Love finale could only mean one thing: time to bring back my asexual twin, Tim! His schedule was free, luckily, since he recently got laid off at the dog grooming spa. (This economy sucks more than an Ikki in Vegas!) Double-bonus: He kidnapped Tim Kash's dog, Eva, and brought her to the set. What a cutie! Her twin sis, Deva, was a little dramatic, however. Long story...
We're all sad to see The Ikki Twins leave the channel. We had a blast recapping their sexcapades. And how on earth is MTV ever gonna top bisexual identical twins? Lesbian moms and daughters? Nymphomaniac amputees? The Beastiality Brothers? There's no way!
So spend a few extra minutes with Vikki and Rikki and toast to the happy times during tonight's D-Shot Detox!
