Let’s get ready to RUMBLE!!!!
Some of my favorite memories as a kid was finding any way I could to watch MTV’s late night programming, which always included the hilarious show Celebrity Deathmatch. If you haven’t seen it before, it was centered around clay figures of all kinds of cultural icons getting into an MMA-style cage and fighting to their gory demise. The pairings themselves were what made the show so great, and included classic match-ups such as Hillary Clinton vs. Monica Lewinsky, the Olsen Twins vs. the Osborn Twins, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson vs. Chris Rock, and, my personal favorite, Eddie Vedder vs Scott Stapp.
And now, Ice Cube is producing a reboot! In a recent statement, Chris McCarthy (President of MTV) said: “We’re excited to grow our partnership with Ice Cube and Cube Vision to reimagine this fan favorite. Deathmatch was the meme before memes, remains a hot topic on social media and will be a smart, funny way to tackle the over-the-top rhetoric of today’s pop culture where it belongs – in the wrestling ring.”
I’m excited to see what the match-ups are gonna be! Oh, and the claymation gore, lots of claymation gore… Which reminds me, the clip below is pretty gory, so be warned…
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