Rock The Cradle Is A-Comin’

April 8th, 2008

For some reason North America has developed an unhealthy fascination with celebrity offspring, culminating with day-to-day updates of Suri, Shiloh, Maddox, Lourdes and Rumer. Are daily exploits of Britney, Paris, Lohan and Miley not enough?!! Waaaait a second… Miley IS a celebrity offspring!! *world implodes*

Anyway, I gotta say that when I heard the concept of this new show Rock The Cradle, I was all, “psssshhhhh, whateva.” And then, “however, I will totally watch this.” And also, that magazine cover with a photoshopped duo of Suri and Shiloh is supa-dupa cute. So I guess I’m a hypocrite and a bad person and can’t complain about kids being all the rage. Humph.

So back to Rock The Cradle – it’s this singing competition type show (you know the drill), but the candidates vying for superstardom are kids of the already (once) rich and (once) famous. To wit:

The kid: Landon Brown
The parent: Bobby Brown
I hope: That being in this competition is Landon’s prerogative.

The kid: Lucy Walsh.
The parent: Joe Walsh (The Eagles)
I hope: That we don’t have to hear “Hotel California” more than twice. (I know, I know, it’s a good song but let’s not overdo it, k?)

The kid: A’Keiba Burrell
The parent: MC Hammer (!)
I hope: That A’Keiba comes equipped with Hammer Pants.

The kid: Lara Johnston
The parent: Tom Johnston (Doobie Brothers)
I hope: …I don’t know any Doobie jokes. Besides the obvious, using the word “doobie”. I won’t go there.

The kid: Chloe Rose Lattanzi
The parent: Olivia Newton-John
I hope: That things don’t get too physical in this competition… actually, I do.

The kid: Crosby Loggins
The parent: Kenny Loggins
I hope: That there are many references to Footloose.

The kid: Jesse Money
The parent: Eddie Money
I hope: That she’s not in it for the money… he’s already got that.

The kid: Jesse Snider
The parent: Dee Snider
I hope: That Jesse’s Dad didn’t pass along any style tips.

The kid: Lil B. Sure!
The parent: Al B. Sure!
I hope: That Lil B. is sure he wants to do this. GROAN.

AAAANYWAY, enough with the Dad jokes. If you’re interested in this sort of thing, you can tune in on Sunday, April 20th at 6pm. And as we are wont to do these days, expect blog recaps!

Posted on Tuesday, April 8th, 2008 at 4:18 pm by Wendy and is filed under We <3 TV.