Under The Radar Celebrity in Career Purgatory
Sometimes it is hard to spot people among us in Career Purgatory because they keep popping up and putting on that happy face. This is a front put on to try and fool everyone including themselves that they are happy with their careers. The newest inductee into Career Purgatory was once a daytime talk show star, now TV infomercial huckster, are you following me still?
If you were thinking Montel Williams you are correct!
I bet for some of you who happen to have basic cable and got laid off were hoping to catch up on your fill of Montel Williams because of his crisp stories and commentary, in sharp contrast to Jerry Springer, huge blocks of TV judge shows, or America’s favorite daytime TV dancing lesbian, Ellen. So whatever happened to his show?
It turns out, as legend has it, Montel was running his mouth about the Iraq War coverage on Fox news and started writing checks his mouth couldn’t cash. Soon after beating down the media, local Fox affiliate stations banded together and refused to renew their syndication of the Montel Williams Show. This effectively killed the Montel Williams Show as no one wanted to carry it.
So everyone’s favorite medical marijuana spokesman turned to what he knows best, peddling health products to help you feel better. Products like these are currently helping Montel get a steady supply of medical marijuana:
But wait there’s more!
Yes Montel is helping your dog’s too!
Much to my disappointment it looks like Montel must have really a low because he was even endorsing the product that we all now know as the Snuggie. It was then known as the Toasty Wrap, which appears to have the same family as the Snuggie infomercials leading me to believe it is the exact same product.
To recap Montel is a pretty well spoken guy, super chill (I’m guessing that Mary Jane helps with that), but someone give the guy a damn talkshow already! That’s all he really needs. Another talk show and he exits Career Purgatory, in fact here is what I propose HBO picks up a premium Montel Williams Medical Marijuana show so we can blend all of his experience into one piece of work. The shows’s format would have to be part TV talk show, part infomercial, and part smoking pot; all of Montel’s greatest pleasures in life are reunited. Just imagine all of the celebrities that would show up on his show, they would line up around his studio lot and beat down the doors to get in.
In fact, what Montel needs to endorse is is own line of Medical Marijuana supplies, like fertilizers, rolling papers, glassware, etc.
Seriously, I beg someone out there to give this man a real TV show again. I’m guessing we can get 15 million unemployed workers out there to petition for it, it can’t be that exciting to watch Martha Stewart, Ellen, Jerry Springer and a thousand reality TV court shows all day long. I’ll gladly sign on as the executive producer for the show, I know some unemployed people who can fill in for all the needed positions. We’re pretty much ready to green light this (no pun intended).