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Grant Arnow back on TV... on Fire Me...Please
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06/26/05 10:44 PM EST
posted by JER email web |
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From 1997 - 2000 I was in an acapella group at Miami University known as Almost Five (five members, but one was really short -- weren't we clever...). One member of the group, Grant Arnow, was famous for two things: 1) taking his balls out at inappropriate times and 2) winning the MTV Spring Break Karaoke Contest, broadcast nationally 100s of times on MTV in the spring of 1999. The Karaoke Contest was American Idol before such a thing led to fame and fortune (and instead of Simon, it was judged by the not-yet-famous Kid Rock).
Anyway, Almost Five was all ready for our spring concert in April '99 when, the week of the show, Grant managed to secure an interview with MTV for a VJ job. He'd always wanted to be a rock star and this seemed like a great opportunity to get into the music business. So to make a long story short, Grant ditched us, we managed a decent performance without him and the VJ gig fell through.
Despite his bad fortune, I always knew I'd seen him on TV again -- but tonight's appearance wasn't quite what I had in mind. I Tivoed a new reality show, Fire Me...Please, a few weeks ago and just got around to watching it tonight. In the premier episode, Grant is an unsuspecting barista in who deals with a new employee's wild antics. Well, his 2 TV appearances still trump my 0, though I'm hoping to change that with my own reality show this summer, Blogging...Live!
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