Even if you were one of the 8.5 million people who enjoyed watching Wednesday night’s second episode of CBS’ I Get That a Lot (a first episode aired in April 2009), you cannot possibly deny that its premise flopped…badly. The problem is that the celebs who agreed to pretend they worked normal-person jobs (Gene Simmons, pictured, as psychic guru, Mario Lopez as hot dog vendor, Snoop Dogg as parking lot attendant) were so obviously…well, themselves, that it was basically an hour of civilians stating “You are Heidi Klum” and then getting told they were wrong. One woman, led to believe that the lady pretending to fill in for her dry-cleaner was not Rachael Ray, told the camera, “I could tell it was her because of the way she moves her hands. I watch her show, so I knew it was her.” YES BECAUSE IT WAS HER. I couldn’t handle too much after that. The “big reveals” were such non-events that I almost think it would be better if the celebrities who did this were less famous — at least there’d be an element of suspense as to whether the guy squeegeeing the dashboard actually was Steve from Full House (and whether people would recognize him even AFTER his identity was revealed).
To be fair, I did love the Jessica Simpson segment because none of those people cared it was her; they just wanted their freaking computers fixed and she was incompetent.
Did any of you watch this? Which celebs do you want to see performing menial labor in a future episode?
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Gene Simmons is gross
The Jessica Simpson part was funny, I think she dropped one of the computers at one point and the guy’s face when she did that was priceless!
This “premiered” last night?
Why do I have a vague memory of seeing this last year with Simpson, Lopez, Probst, Klum and LeAnn Rimes?!
It’s obvious I watch entirely too much TV, but I don’t think it’s gotten to the point where I’ve ACTUALLY seen stuff that hasn’t aired yet.
No, I saw that too – and Ice T working in a shoe store.
no, I recall seeing the Jessica Simpson one before….bizarre.
Ok, I see the article was edited to reflect this didn’t premiere last night – now I just look like a reading comprehension-challenged maroon. (It’s ok, I’m cool with it.)
Julie Chen was kinda funny. I thought that lady was going to kill her if she gave her another gummy bear. And the male customer thought she was a Ling sister.
Yeah, Julie Chen was funny. I liked how she pretended to be Chenbot and, to explain her pregnancy, she said she does everything Julie does. I also like when she put the napkins in that old man’s shirt so he had a bib and how she got people to eat pickle and ice cream.
I liked the ones with Jeff Probst and Jessica Simpson last week. This week, I only liked Julie Chen (mostly because she was funny)
I got more of a kick out of seeing Eddie Winslow from Family Matters getting his gas pumped by Paris Hilton than I did from the rest of the show. Although Snoop Dogg does no wrong in my book. But yeah, pretty boring overall.
that is actually the only part I even saw. I think for a moment it was turned into Paris trying to figure out if it was really the family matters guy haha. Well that is the most air time he’s got in probably forever
The mere idea of the show hurt my head. What has happened to GOOD TV??? There’s only a handful of shows on that are even worth watching. Great shows get canceled but craptastic shows like this keep getting air time.
This show’s news to me, but you’re probably right about it being more fun with less instantly recognizable celebs. Using character actors with huge resumes, the kind you see on TV three times a week and go “oh yeah, THAT guy! What was he in?”, would probably be good amusement for driving people crazy wondering how they recognize this person. Or someone who doesn’t work much in the biz anymore but is famous for just one or two memorable movies that everyone’s seen. I for one would get a big kick out of having my dashboard squeegeed by Corey Feldman. And no, that was not a euphemism.
It was on last week. Leeann Rimes was a waitress in Nashville. Really stupid show.