# Celebrity Mole...end of the world? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 25, 2002, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-mole-end-of-the-world/144791 "2002-12-25T00:10:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![EraserRazr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e274bd/32.png) [@EraserRazr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EraserRazr)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-mole-end-of-the-world/144791/1 "2002-12-25T00:10:39Z")
I think this might be the fifth horseman of the apocalypse(he doesn’t hang with the original four). They’ve ruined the best reality show on TV. Instead of making another mole show, they brought in cheap celebrities instead! And Anderson Cooper isn’t back either. It’s Ahmad Rashad! Anyone else pissed? ---
**Author:** ![David\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@David\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_B)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-mole-end-of-the-world/144791/2 "2002-12-25T03:34:00Z")
And there was also a report that a fire struck the studio containing the _Celebrity Mole_ tapes – they said they are trying to salvage enough to put together the show! ---
**Author:** ![annieclaus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5a626/32.png) [@annieclaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/annieclaus)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-mole-end-of-the-world/144791/3 "2002-12-25T04:13:19Z")
I’ve seen the promos. . . and I don’t think I recognized a single “celebrity.” How famous could they be? ---
**Author:** ![Toby-T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@Toby-T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toby-T)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-mole-end-of-the-world/144791/4 "2002-12-25T17:50:34Z")
Why in the world woyld they have not brought Anderson Cooper back? He did a great job as host! It makes no sense at all! ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-mole-end-of-the-world/144791/5 "2002-12-25T18:02:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Toby-T \* > \*\*Why in the world woyld they have not brought Anderson Cooper back? He did a great job as host! It makes no sense at all! \*\* He works for CNN now. He assumed that when Mole 2 got pulled until the summer, there wouldn’t be a Mole 3. ---
**Author:** ![David\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@David\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_B)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-mole-end-of-the-world/144791/6 "2002-12-25T18:49:45Z")
annieclaus said: > [@](#): > > I’ve seen the promos. . . and I don’t think I recognized a single “celebrity.” How famous could they be? If they were really famous, they wouldn’t need to go on a show like this. It’s pretty much the same with all “celebrity” reality TV shows – you only get the b-list at best, likely c-list or d-list. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-mole-end-of-the-world/144791/7 "2002-12-25T21:57:00Z")
Well, the cast includes > [@](#): > > Michael Boatman (Carter on Spin City), Corbin Bernsen (Arnie on LA Law), Kim Coles (from Living Single), Erik von Detten (from Dinotopia), Baldwin brother Stephen Baldwin, comedian Kathy Griffin, and supermodel Frederique. So four people with long-running sitcoms (Kathy Griffin was on Suddenly Susan), one person from a recent/current series, a Baldwin and a “supermodel.” I’ve never heard of the supermodel but I’ve heard of everyone else or at least their work. So not exactly scraping the bottom of the barrel (and note: a Kato-free zone!). and definitely a step up from, say, Celebrity Boxing in wattage.