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Vh1 Goes To The Has-Been Well Once Again For Upcoming 'Heartthrobs' Show

There is no point fighting it anymore. Vh1 will continue to produce shows featuring has-been stars from our youth and, like moths to the TV screen, we'll watch them cry, urinate on themselves and make out in hot tubs until the end of time. Their newest idea will feature (shocker!) Vh1 reality vet Scott Baio mentoring eight “male teen idols” of the 80s in an effort to jump-start a comeback. Since the sad little group has yet to be revealed, we went ahead and picked two former crushworthy picks we’d most like to see week after week, and the two who might force us to cancel our cable package altogether:

Squeal-Worthy:
Kirk Cameron: Yes, he's some kind of born-again family man whose intense dedication to JC scares us more than a little, but with former womanizer Scott at the helm, we think he could convert back to ladies' man after seeing a stripper for the first time in ten (fifteen? twenty?) years.
Fred Savage: We will never, ever get over our crush on Kevin from The Wonder Years. We don't care what he's turned into, but those dimples will always make us weak in the knees.

Do Not Want:
George Michael: While it might be interesting to mix in an openly gay star into the mix of what's sure to be a heterofest, the last thing anyone needs is to see is George and Scott Baio in a painful re-enactment of the former's bathroom misadventures.
Ricky Schroeder: Kid is doing just fine. With guest spots on 24 and Scrubs under his belt, we don't think he's as desperate as the rest. Plus he already came back on NYPD Blue and had his chance. Aside from all that, he never quite made our heart "throb" in the first place.

SCOTT BAIO TO EXEC PRODUCE VH1 REALITY SERIES FEATURING FORMER MALE TEEN IDOLS

5:30 PM on Thu May 8 2008
By Molly Friedman
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BullfightsOnAcid at 05:53 PM on 05/08/08
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What about Jason Bateman teaching Ricky Schroeder how to properly evolve into an adult star. You know by making movies like Teen Wolf 2 and Unnecessary Roughness.
Wendy_Kroy at 06:05 PM on 05/08/08
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Fred Savage seems to have a decent little career as a director - he's done a bunch of TV episodes, and one shit Cuba Gooding movie (yes, I know that last phrase is redundant).

In his place, how 'bout Richard Grieco? I remember having really, really heartfelt conversations during junior high school assemblies about who on 21 Jump Street was hotter - Grieco or Johnny Depp.
EuroDad at 06:10 PM on 05/08/08
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am i the only one who questions Baio's validity as a mentor? i mean, being on a reality show does not equal "comeback" in my book
CourageousCoward at 06:58 PM on 05/08/08
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This may be the best hope yet for New Kids On the Block.
TheStarterWife at 07:20 PM on 05/08/08
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All I know is that couldn't help looking into what Corin Nemec was up to these days...

... and he just made a film with David Faustino.

Amen.
SanFranBetsu at 08:33 PM on 05/08/08
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@EuroDad: Thinly veiled attempt to make his own comeback 'charles-in-charge' style.
padraigin at 10:42 PM on 05/08/08
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Fred Savage is also the voice of Oswald the Octopus on the eponymous animated children's series, which also features the voice of David Lander, aka Squiggy, so I feel like his place in the big time is fully intact and he doesn't need any of our shit.

Plus, I have little kids so I'm already fully sick of his ass.
sundaeg1rl at 01:47 AM on 05/09/08
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You all forgot Fred's finest movie moment:

+ Watch video
pilarj at 05:25 AM on 05/09/08
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for the love of god- please someone find chris makepeace. make an old lady happy.

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CourageousCoward at 09:13 AM on 05/09/08
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I didn't think Fred Savage was ever considered a "heartthrob."

Where's Joey "whoa" Lawrence on this list?!
Leviticus_71 at 12:19 PM on 05/09/08
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Any votes for our favorite Bad News Bear Tanner?
Lala11_7 at 12:37 PM on 05/09/08
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@TheStarterWife: Oh my God...I thought you were so full of it!!!

But it's true...IT'S TRUE!!!
TryThisAtHome at 01:27 PM on 05/09/08
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@Lala11_7: and@TheStarterWife: yes, but look at this :-( [www.oursites.org]
SanFranBetsu at 02:47 PM on 05/09/08
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@TryThisAtHome: Why did you make me do that. Now I'm afraid Xenu will find me and make me one of his minions!
Bon Jour, Pee Wee at 03:50 PM on 05/09/08
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Scott Baio is old, and skeevy.
Nunaurbiz at 06:05 PM on 05/09/08
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Anyone remember Tony DeFranco?
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Flash in the pan lead singer of the DeFrancos? ("Heartbeat It's a Love Beat") I saw him in a "where are they now" kinda show and OMFG he grew up GOOOOOOOD.
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I'm hoping they get him on the show. Some eye candy compared to how some other former heartthrobs turned out would be NICE!
TryThisAtHome at 06:26 PM on 05/09/08
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@SanFranBetsu: Xenu does not know all. He does not know about Unex. :-) Sorry. I just had to share my sorrow.
CrankYank at 07:00 PM on 05/09/08
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@EuroDad: Agreed. Since the only feasible answer Baio can provide to these poor schmucks is "get a reality show", this is television's answer to the pyramid scheme.
RonMwangaguhunga at 01:10 PM on 05/10/08
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Looks like Michael Hirschorn left the U.S.S. VH1 just before the iceberg surfaced.