E! has banked on The Soup in its various incarnations for 17 years now, which is highly disturbing when you think that Greg Kinnear was the first host, back when he was a fresh-faced blond kid and before the wrinkles and the bad Ghost Town career choices. Of course, the show really took off after the late 90s boom in reality television, when the rise in unscripted options allowed producers to pick clips of stupid human tricks with impunity.
In its current form, host Joel McDreamyHale delights audiences by giving a nightly recap of all today's worst blunders made on TV. Most of these shows don't need to be watched to understand how ridiculous they are: A 10-second play-by-play fro McHale is quite enough. And then, before the Ritalin has time to wear off it's on to the next clip.
But with the closure of a deal between Comcast and the E! sibling network Versus, a new Soup is on its way, and it tastes a little bit like jockstraps:
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Over the weekend, Keith Olbermann did not name Brooke Hogan one of his worst persons in the world, but he did pop up on E!'s Talk Soup to guest host a segment and give host Joel McHale a breather. There, he did make fun of the physical appearance of the reality star, who is a 20 years old. CONTINUED »
