The Chelsea Handler Show
The Chelsea Handler Show | |
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Genre | Sketch comedy |
Presented by | Chelsea Handler |
Composer | Steve Mayer |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 12 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producers | Jay Blumenfield Tony Marsh Mark Schulman Brent Zacky |
Producers | Chelsea Handler Tom Brunelle Chris Franjola LeeAnn Jennings Johnny Milord Jeff Anderson Munkres David K. Pleger Dustin Rubin Brad Wollack |
Running time | 22–24 minutes |
Production company | 3 Arts Entertainment |
Original release | |
Network | E! |
Release | April 21 September 8, 2006 | –
The Chelsea Handler Show is an American
Production
The mini-series was green lighted by E! in early 2006 and premiered on April 21, 2006. The cable channel ordered eight episodes of the half-hour project that features Handler, a Tonight Show correspondent and star of Oxygen's Girls Behaving Badly, in taped spoofs, film shorts and field remote pieces, all framed by stand-up segments of her performing before a studio audience.[1] Jay Blumenfield, Tony Marsh, and Mark Schulman served as the show's executive producers.[2]
Episodes
The show originally ordered eight episodes which aired from April 21 to June 9 and was given an additional four episodes starting August 11 to create a 12-episode season. The show finished its run on September 8, 2006.
No. | Title | Original air date | |
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1 | "Pilot" | April 21, 2006 | |
Chelsea goes off to find a "gay best friend," and takes a look at a couple's night of an intimate encounter, both of whom have different observations of what happened. | |||
2 | "Episode 2" | April 28, 2006 | |
Chelsea sets out to look for a new assistant, quizzes the elderly bowling league on pop culture, and brings "Extreme Makeover" to the homeless. | |||
3 | "Episode 3" | May 5, 2006 | |
Chelsea teaches a class in one-night-stand etiquette and competes in a World's Worst Driver competition. Also, former supermodel Janice Dickinson guest stars. | |||
4 | "Episode 4" | May 12, 2006 | |
Chelsea talks about pet adoption. She gets dating advice from seniors. Also, the president of her fan club guest stars. | |||
5 | "Episode 5" | May 19, 2006 | |
Chelsea acts as a date chaperone. She takes a lie detector with her to work. Also, an Internet clip of someone getting kicked in a delicate area. | |||
6 | "Episode 6" | May 26, 2006 | |
Chelsea has a round table dinner with some A-list celebrity look-a-likes and then interviews Gary Coleman while getting a massage. | |||
7 | "Episode 7" | June 2, 2006 | |
Chelsea decides to take a pole dancing class, finding out that it's not as easy as it looks. Then she gets a cooking lesson from Mary-Anne of Gilligan's Island. Also, Chelsea gets a taste of strip poker, something she will soon regret. | |||
8 | "Episode 8" | August 11, 2006 | |
Chelsea stops by a Hollywood vocal coach to lay down some tracks, which turns into a disaster. She then imagines what some of our most popular TV shows would look like if they aired in foreign countries. Chelsea also goes in for a plastic surgery consultation. | |||
9 | "Episode 9" | August 18, 2006 | |
Chelsea crashes a traditional Mexican dinner party -- but her wild ways may get her deported, she also prepares for the possibility of a celebrity scandal. Plus, Chelsea helps two women out on blind dates by giving them each a play-by-play. | |||
10 | "Episode 10" | August 25, 2006 | |
Chelsea returns to the retirement home for another pop culture quiz, gets rid of some pent-up anger during a Krav Maga class, and holds auditions for her own house-band. | |||
11 | "Episode 11" | September 1, 2006 | |
Chelsea teachers her own one-night-stand etiquette class, and competes as the world's worst driver. Jane Dickinson guest stars. | |||
12 | "Episode 12" | September 8, 2006 | |
Chelsea considers pet adoption, then considers dating advice from the elderly. Finally, she discovers that finding a fan-club president isn't as easy as she thought. |
Reception
Erika Gonzalez of Rocky Mountain News praised Handler's performance, stating, "some of her best bits come from her awkward interview segments. She revealed a bit too much during a massage session with Gary Coleman and passed out while interviewing Mad TV's Michael McDonald."[3] Sun Sentinel comedy columnist Jeff Rusnak called the show "wickedly uninhibited", writing, "Better suited for HBO than basic cable, last week's episode included Handler baring a breast in one skit and later running over a stuffed dog and a baby doll during a driving competition with an octogenarian and a blind man."[4]
Successors and spin-offs
Chelsea Handler began hosting the late-night comedy show, Chelsea Lately on July 16, 2007, also on E!.
References
- ^ Young, Jessica (2006-05-05). "From the 'disaster zone' Chelsea Handler's outrageous humor - has real-life roots". Daily Herald. Archived from the original on 2024-03-22. Retrieved 2024-03-22.
- ProQuest 2471845252.
- ^ Gonzalez, Erika (2006-09-22). "Handler grows from obnoxious to funny - Self-deprecation filled with yuks works for stand-up". Rocky Mountain News. Archived from the original on 2024-03-22. Retrieved 2024-03-22.
- ^ Rusnak, Jeff (2006-09-01). "Can You Handle Handler?". Sun Sentinel. Archived from the original on 2024-03-22. Retrieved 2024-03-22.
External links
- The Chelsea Handler Show at IMDb