Celebrity Rehab Is Back - And So Is Jeff Conaway

I just watched the "super trailer" for Celebrity Rehab 2 with Dr. Drew, which premieres Thursday on VH-1, and boy was it ever super. I don't mean to seem like I'm revelling in people's lives falling apart or anything. I think that a lot of the spirit, if not the letter, of Celebrity Rehab is to help show the horrors of addiction and get help for people who need it, and I applaud that, even if some patients are also using it as a springboard back into the limelight. But who's to say we can't enjoy it and even have a chuckle or two?

As heartbreaking and poignant as some moments are, there are also some big laughs to be had at Dr. Drew's Rehab Castle. I didn't watch all of last season, but you can bet your last eight ball I'm watching it this season, for three very ridiculous awesome reasons:

1) Gary. Fucking. Busey. Remember when he nearly molested Jennifer Garner and Laura Linney at the Oscars? Maybe that was his rock-bottom, you say? Actually, no. Gary isn't a patient. He's a "participant,"according to him. Oh, God help these drunks and junkies, Gary helping people get clean? He makes me want to double fist tequila shots just looking at him. Drew says Gary seems to be very confused about his role there. Really, Drew? If you thought Jeff Conaway was a little nuts when he came in, wait until you get a load of ol' Chicklet Teeth. He has an honest to goodness brain injury, he doesn't even need drugs to be crazy.

2) Speaking of Jeff, he's back for another round, looking even more haggard. In case you rhetorically asked if that's even possible, I assure you, it is. Watch the trailer.

3) Tawny Kittaen, the former butt rock video queen who apparently buys her coke at Drug Costco. Since I love both butt-rock and bulk shopping, I think she and I will bond.

If you want to know more about the cast, which also includes Rodney King and Nikki McKibbon, here is the "super trailer." And, as an added bonus because I love you so much, the eight-part sneak premiere is below that (sorry, but they're not commercial-free).

Ladies and gentlemen, start your Tivos! You're welcome.

Comments

[Robyn G]

Butt rock?! God, I love that. I think I'll be saying it all day. Thanks, Amber!

[sweetney]

OMG you had me at "Gary Busey".

[Kathryn]

Wait. Gary Busey is supposed to be helping these people? OH HALE NO! I think I would turn to drugs and alcohol just to escape The Busey.

[Snarky Amber]

Kathyrn,

From what I gather from the premiere, Gary thinks he's there to help addicts and Drew thinks he's there for treatment. It's sort of a farce.

[DianaCLT]

So, like Chynna Doll, Gary Busey is clueless.

[jenn]

Gary Busey wants to tell the story about the time he snorted coke off of his dog! Good times...

[BaltimoreGal]

Seriously, Busey, Conaway, and Steven Adler need to go on the road together as an act. Talk about an anti-drug campaign!

[Kathy]

It was painful to watch Jeff Conway moan, slur, and writhe his way through last season's Celeb Rehab. (I had a massive crush on him when he was Kenickie in Grease.) More haggard? Um, wow.

[margemayhem]

My god, most of those aren't even D list "celebrities"--more like N list.

But you know I'll be watching anyway!