bambino64's Blog

For the past few years, my wife and I enjoyed watching VH-1's "Celebrity Fit Club" together.  For those of you not familiar with the show, they take eight celebrities and put them through a "fit camp" of sorts.  Some of the celebrities they've had on in the past include Gary Busey, Willie Ames, Jeff Conaway, Tiffany, Maureen McCormick and a slew of others.  The shows have had their antics, but it was always neat to watch how these folks lost pounds and get into better shape during their 100 day experience.  This year, however, they had Dustin Diamond (Screech) who totally (IMHO) ruined the show.  He was spiteful, didn't follow the plan (even resorting to other methods of weight loss to "show up" the show's fitness panel) and had very hateful things to say about his fellow contestants.  What bothers me the most is that the producers of the show not only let this go on, but played it up as the season progressed!  I like the show enough to have watched it to the completion of this season, but honestly, if there is something else like Dustin Diamond next season, we are definitely tuning out and watching something else.  The show was good enough without playing up the Dustin angle and his antics just really took away from the show for us.  It became a show about him (which is what he wanted) and less a show about healthy weight loss.  In my opion, they should have booted him early on -- and especially after admitting he was not going to follow the plan and instead, eat what he wanted and then take fat-burner pills!  This was a blatant foul and I really feel bad for the other team.  They probably would have lost any way, but still you could see how discouraged they were. The producers did it for the ratings and attention I'm sure, but I think they've killed the show in the process.