Worlds collide

Can you say "seismic?"

The Bobby Brown interview on Monday's The Tyra Banks Show was not nearly as disappointing as it could have been. And that's saying a lot, since my hopes live in the perpetually state of up! It gave Bobby the chance to put a name on secret of his and Whitney's "success" (it's "stickability," guys, which has nothing to do with how sexually desirable one is, as the name seems to indicate, but "something that is, you know, you gotta fight, you gotta fight hard and love hard"). Maybe more importantly, it gave Tyra the chance to do her best Whitney impression (decent, but needs more phlegm). Anyway, you can watch the whole thing (in not-so-perfectly synced pieces) via Fresh, or check below for the clips reel I assembled. Since Bobby's full of shit and Tyra's not the most informed person in the world, I thought it would be helpful to intercut the questions and answers with footage from Being Bobby Brown that sometimes underlines and sometimes refutes what's being said. Oh, and don't think I let Tyra off easy for praising Bobby's tooth gap.

Hypocrite!

Also of note:

The Browns (minus Bobbi Kris and Whit, of course) attended the taping:

And, yo, he's no Gary Houston, but Landon is looking exceedingly stickable lately, braces and all.

Love hard.

Whit's absence was made up for by this awesome vintage shot:

They are so alive with pleasure.

Bobby looked tired...

...but didn't act like it. He performed a medley of "Every Little Step," "Roni" and "My Prerogative." He is the king of R&B, you know (I bet Tyra was contractually obligated to call him that -- she did it twice). He was kinda shouty, but y'know, put his all in it. Watch below:

Be still my Roger-Rabbiting heart!

But maybe the best thing about the appearance was that it ultimately amounted as a promo stop the second round of Being Bobby Brown. Yeah, I had reservations about this, considering Whitney's alleged state, but shit, going through that old footage for the reel above was so much fun. I forgot how much I missed that shit. (And floating way over my head, once again, are those pesky hopes.) No idea when the next season's going to air, or what it's going to entail, but the sliver of a preview Tyra offered is below (note that the shots of Whitney are all from last season).

Also note that this will not be "season 2" but "cycle 2." That's right, Being Bobby Brown comes in cycles. All the best shows do.

Comments

[Tipsy McStaggers]

This was the perfect marriage of dysfunction and hypocracy. Great job as always and I agree about Landon - called that months ago!

[Rich]

I admit that I'm coming late to Landon's jock. Maybe it's the braces that made everything click?

[Lisa Schmeesa]

That clips reel was genius! Thank you, thank you for making my work day tolerable. I wonder if Whitney's bathroom sink will be cleaned up for the new season of BBB?

[rod]

Alive with pleasure!!!!!

All that pic needs is a big neonorange Newport logo!

[Luv]

I love the clips reel you made Rich! Genius! That pissed me off when she mentioned the gap too.. pfft, hypocrite!

[a.]

Whose voice is that on the background when Every Little Step transitions to Roni? Ewww...not good at all. Maybe they should have turned Tyra's mic off for that part.

[Honey]

That Landon is tight to def...good look on that one..thanx for the recap Rich, Tyra unfortunately comes on while I'm working for the man.

[tia]

alls *i'm* sayin' is...landon looks an awful lot like ralph tresvant and not even a tiny bit like bobby brown. mmmhmm.

[whatwouldjanicedickinsondo]

what's the late Redd Foxx doing in Tyra's audience?!

[Desmon]

I was surprised that I actually stayed awake long enough to watch Bob-baaay on Tyra (I pulled an all-nighter for one of my finals on Monday). For a minute there, I thought Landon was wearing a grill by your favorite buttered lobster, Paul Wall (LOL)! Finally realized those were braces after I put on my glasses. Landon's mama must be gorgeous because lord knows daddy ain't the business! And yes he does resemble Ralph Tresvant more than Bob-baaay. Creepy. The clips reel was hilarious...that made me miss BBB all over again! I have to resort to watching College Hill on BET to get my H.A.M. reality show fix. OOOHHH and thank you for calling out Tyra's hypocrite ass on the gap comment. She's such a sucka! I wanted to regurgitate on my remote so bad when she made those b.s. comments. :)

[itslikecrack]

Those are my favorite songs!! Especially Roni :D

[Mara]

dead at "alive with pleasure!!" lol :P

and landon was always the goods...even with his grillz, er, braces.

[Honey]

Damn, Landon does look a lot like a young Ralph Tresvant

http://www.soulsite.de/artists/t/tresvantralph/fotos.shtml

Good call

[Tommy]

2nd round of BBB.. Hell yes!! It may be a near-trainwreck, but I'm not even going to pretend to turn away.. Thanks, this made my day!

[summer]

thanks for the recap! that was such a treat. i missed the show, and didn't even consider that i might get to see any of it.

i'm a bobby brown fan, but that performance medley was boring as hell. i forgot i was watching it and started thinking about what was for lunch.

and, ugh, tyra talks outta both sides of her mouth. "hollywood is so obsessed with like filling gaps and stuff..." no.she.didn't.

[IKnowSheDi'int]

Tyra need a healthy dose of STFU. She's got a lot of nerve talking about gaps. She needs to close the gap that is her mouth.

And Landon is Ralph Tresvant's baby. I noticed that when the Browns were on some CNN show last year.

[mariaaaaa]

"watching College Hill on BET to get my H.A.M. reality show fix"

- Hey guys, what does H.A.M. mean? I've seen it used before, but I still don't know... edumacate me!

[anon]

H.A.M.= Hot Ass Mess

[Coy]

I got this. H.A.M. = Hot Ass Mess

So P.Diddy is raising (monetarily) AL. B Sure's kid and Bobby is raising Ralph Tresvants? huh? All I know is it's obvious that Landon is not Bobby's because ALL of his other kids look just like him. Ugly is a strong gene. If Whitney's DNA couldn't shine through I can't imagine anyone else's could. All that to say that Landon is def. stickable-ble-ble.

[LaLa]

um, is that chest hair peeking out from papa brown's shirt? ewwwwww

[Coy]

Landon Brown myspace (just darksided with that myspace search)

http://www.myspace.com/landonmusic

[thewilldwildwest]

Bobby Brown is actually a nice guy, the media be playin him sometimes. Anyway Landon looks more like his mom's side of the family, they're all a little on the lighter side. He favors Bobby & Princi to a degree to me. And yeah Landon is cute but he's just like any other pretty boy and......but aside from all that though, I'll give him his props, he's a talented singer and will probably have a great career soon (he's planning to release a cd later this year)

[johann]

Man thank you for that footage. I don't care what nobody say Bobby B is thst shit. I wish people would just let him and Whitney live there lives and chill.

[Gabe]

The part about being sober for 3.5 years was particularly priceless. And of course the audience bought it. Since America suffers from chronic amnesia, if not downright apathy, your recap was a nice reminder - above all - of that painful "crack is wack [sp]" moment the Brown's live eternally in. In a word, brillant. You realize, of course, that you're doing a better job of editing than most networks. It's only a matter of time before they hire you.

[mariaaaaa]

Thanks suckas! I knew I could count on you for the H.A.M. answers to life. Y'all are beautiful (byoootifulll - sing it Bobby!)