Can’t Touch This:MCHammer Reality Show

Feb 18, 2009 by Dan Taylor    2 Comments    Posted under: Music

Apparently television audiences haven’t quite had enough of celebrity (current or past) reality shows, as A&E has recently given the green light to the J.D. Roth produced reality series “Hammertime” which will follow the life of once upon a time chart topper MC Hammer.

A&E has commissioned 11 half hour episodes, which are currently in production, and will appear on the cable network later this year.

“Hammertime” is produced for A&E by 3 Ball Productions with Roth, Todd Nelson and Stanley Burrell (aka ‘MC Hammer’) serving as executive producers.

While Roth has a decent track record, producing “Biggest Loser”, and  “Beauty and the Geek”, personally, I’m not quite ready to put stock in “Hammertime” being a runaway hit.  Granted, yes, I too had a pair of ‘hammer pants’ back in the day (right next to my pair of z cavaricci’s –who, incidentally, are also making a comeback), but we’re talking 12-15 years ago.  I’m pretty sure we’re all aware of Hammer’s previous money troubles – where was the camera then?

But then again – I could be completely wrong.  Hammer’s got a massive 84k+ followers on twitter that are sure to tune in to the series, whether just for a laugh, or out of serious interest in Hammer’s life.

I can’t wait to see this marathon back to back with Flavor of Love.

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