Judges Don't Need To Be Impartial...Just Famous

As I was taking in some of the Winter Olympics this weekend I couldn't help but feel that TV was missing something. All of this good natured competition in the name of country and consumerism is all well and good but can we really learn anything from it? If only there were a venue for really smart people, like celebrities, to impart their wisdom on the rest of us simple folk.


With that as a given, I was pleased to see commercial for a new television show called The Marriage Ref. It looks veeeerry promising. Apparently Jerry Seinfeld's latest foray into network television calls on noted relationship experts Alec Baldwin, Jerry Seinfeld, Matthew Jessica Parker and, fingers crossed, even Madonna to tell couples from middle America what's wrong with our relationships and hopefully their politics.  And while it may seem as though these millionaires are unfairly ridiculing the 15-minutes-of-fame junkies, remember that they do let them eat cake after the taping.

Thank goodness people like Ireland's Father and Sara Jessica's Bearderick have the courage to step to the fore and lecture- er, teach us the finer points and basic practices of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. I can't wait for the Olympics to be over with so that we can start enjoying The Marriage Ref, a television show that teaches while it entertains.


I will reserve total judgement until after I get to see the first full episode but with NBC behind it, it has GOT to be a winner. As much as it pains me to say it, something tells me we will definitely learn something that none of us ever wanted to admit from this show...that Larry David was solely responsible for the success of Seinfeld.