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VH1 To Finally Shake Off Pesky "Plot" Middleman

Oh finally. VH1 is dispensing with all that "looking for love" claptrap and having its Celebreality stars fess up to their true desire: warm, gooey cash. In their new reality series, bluntly titled I Love Money, past contestants from Flavor of Love, Rock of Love, and I Love New York will compete not for love or dignity, but solely for sweet, sweet moola. To give you a sense of how popular these shows are, Rock of Love II, the recent Bret Michaels hepatitis telethon, had 3.2 million 18-49ers tuned into its reunion episode, making it the second highest rated (for that demo) cable show of the week. I'm looking forward to when, two or three years from now, we're simply asked to watch Kim Fields stand around while quarters plunk out of her lady bits and dancers from The Thunder from Down Under scramble to collect them. [Variety] After the jump, a clip from that Rock of Love reunion elegance fest.

12:03 PM on Wed Apr 23 2008
By Richard
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KarenUhOh at 12:07 PM on 04/23/08
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Second prize is a two-week vacation with Eddie Money.
TedSez at 12:12 PM on 04/23/08
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It's still better than their original idea, "I Love Monkeys."
KarenUhOh at 12:18 PM on 04/23/08
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Mike Nesmith insisted on playing the smart monkey.
Mike_Jahn at 12:19 PM on 04/23/08
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I didn't know that the set of "Dance Fever" was still around.
vulturesquadron at 12:19 PM on 04/23/08
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Next Up: 'Where Are They Now? Talented People Edition' and 'I Love Shame'.
CaptainHangNail at 12:20 PM on 04/23/08
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It kind of makes you miss the Michael Bolton videos they used to show.
mathnet at 12:22 PM on 04/23/08
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Is there a good reason Scott Baio and Hulk Hogan are ineligible?
VirusWithShoes at 12:22 PM on 04/23/08
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I'm pitching them "Cat Staring: Live!" later on this week.
naboo at 12:31 PM on 04/23/08
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"All of the other bitches are fake and are not really here for money. Money and I made a real connection and I know money's gonna choose me. I'm so in love with money."
TheHonJudgeSmails at 12:38 PM on 04/23/08
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Only slightly off-topic, but, did anyone else notice the insane female audience member shriefking "ILOVEYOUBRETMICHAELS!" at the opening of the reunion show?

I turned it off about 3 minutes afterwards, but I just can't shake it.
Calitri at 12:39 PM on 04/23/08
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@TedSez: Actually, I thought the monkeys show had more potential, but only if it involved the primates and not the band.
NeverEnough at 01:16 PM on 04/23/08
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@naboo: I would like some face time with money.
CopyofBlueboy at 01:29 PM on 04/23/08
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@naboo: I'm going to try to cozy up to money's mama. I'm going to take money's mama to dinner and then tell money's mama all about me me me me me.
scroll_lock at 01:38 PM on 04/23/08
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My man's got looks *and* sweet moola:
vulturesquadron at 02:00 PM on 04/23/08
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@TheHonJudgeSmails: Yes. There was some kind of odd overdubbing going on there, too. Everything real is so fake, now.