The comedian and his Columbus 81 Prods. are teaming with longtime “Oprah Winfrey Show” exec producer Ellen Rakieten to create “The Marriage Ref,” a nonfiction series that will feature opinionated celebrities, comedians and sports stars offering commentary and advice to real-life couples enduring “classic marital disputes.”
Marriage is a very touchy subject for most people, especially if they’re already in turmoil. I’m not really sure how they plan to make a reality-based comedy out of this concept, but I don’t like what I’m hearing so far. Most opinionated celebrities, comedians and sports stars don’t quite have their act together when it comes to marriage anyways, so it’d be interesting to see who turns up in this fiasco. I also hate the idea that celebrities and sports star are somehow better than the average joe when it comes to just about ANYTHING. Just because you had a music career 15 years ago or your acting career didn’t quite go the way you thought, doesn’t mean you know the first thing about jack-squat. This has cancelled written all over it, but having the guy who created the most-successful TV show “about nothing” in the driver’s seat, you can’t count them out just yet.
