has anyone seen the ads for this? what do you think?

I live in the city it's being filmed at. Filming started Thanksgiving weekend. The show will feature Erik Estrada ("CHiPS"), Jack Osbourne ("The Osbournes"), Trish Stratus (former WWE Women's Champion), Wee Man ("Jackass"), and LaToya Jackson.

It's going to get canned 100% guaranteed. Something like this belongs on VH1 or MTV. Can't believe the folks at CBS would stoop this low.

This is on CBS? I honestly thought it was on a channel like VH1 or something. This has zero chance of succeeding.

What, was Tito busy?

The Surreal Police Academy? I'll pass... this is what Trish left the WWE for?

Anyone heard about this new reality show from CBS? Saw some clips here: http://www.cbs.com/primetime/armed_and_famous/ It looks like exactly the kind of TV I love, random primo celebs thrown together to complete police academy in Indiana. Erik Estrada is on the show, which cracks me up, doesn't he have an unfair edge from pretending to be a cop for all those years? Anyone gonna watch this?

Yes, i've heard of it. Unfortunately, I might end up watching this since Trish is going to be on it.

Sigh.

nope

Got bombarded with commercials while watching TV at the in-laws over Xmas - looks like yet another "reality" show that isn't worth anyone's attention.

It'll probably get 20 million viewers.

The whole concept pisses me off, so no...I won't be watching.

Although having them join the police academy is an semi-interesting premise, the idea of throwing together random z-list celebrities has never gotten my attention. However, I'm glad for them to be able to get a paycheck in a fickle industry.

I'd love to see what that woman can do with a club, a glock, and a taser...

I would rather watch American Idol.


No I wouldn't, but the same people that flock to that crap will flock here as well.

I watch AI, but won't watch A&F. What does one show have to do with the other?

Hmm. After watching Jackass: Number Two last night, I think seeing Wee Man in clothing might be a bit of a shock. Hopefully Jack and LaToya will accidentally blow each other away.

They both feature no-talent performers?

Both "reality" shows. I could have picked any other reality show, I suppose.

So of the tens of thousands of people that have auditioned over the years, none of them are talented?

AI isn't a reality show. Not that A&F or any reality show is "real" either.

lol on both counts. Actually, have you watched the Armed and Famous clips yet? Of all of them Jack has the best aim... and it's not just good for a celebrity, they showed his target... he's dead-on. So, it's more likely that he'd blow her away than she him....Jack behind a glock, whee.

reality show, game show, competition show, whatever.

Here's that clip of Jack Osbourne I was talking about: http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...95830254181971 Mostly they're shooting glocks but there's a small segment at the beginning of Jack behind an M4. Hope they give those to the rest of the cast too, I can't wait to see La Toya try her hand at a semi-automatic weapon.

'Officer' Estrada trades obscenities

MUNCIE, Ind. - Former "CHiPs" star Erik Estrada got into an expletive-laced shouting match with a man who called him Emilio Estevez amid the filming of a reality television series.

Estrada, who was sworn in as a reserve officer last month for CBS Corp.'s "Armed & Famous" show, was in an ambulance with Randall R. Sims, 53, when the exchange unfolded Wednesday night.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070105/...e_erik_estrada

Hell, I'd *shoot* anyone who calls *me* Emilio Estevez.

OMG that is hysterical. I hope that they him arrest someone who actually recognizes him for who he is, though. I can just imagine some drugged out crazy screaming "No! You can't arrest me! You're not real! Ponch isn't real!"

I found this shocking video clip of the show Armed and Famous: http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/01/07/sh...ed-and-famous/
I hope that they got paid through the nose for this one. I mean, isn't there a risk of heart attack that comes with a taser? I guess it can't be too risky or the police wouldn't use it. I loved La Toya's dramatic fall. I also loved WeeMan's exhibition of his ridiculously high pain tolerance, probably trained by all those years on Jackass.