Tommy Lee Goes to College--Ep. 3

Tommy Lee is not nearly as interesting with his pants on. That’s simply the way it is, it’s not a criticism, it’s not hating, dude just ain’t as interesting when he’s only disrobed from the waist up. I mean, I like the idea, crazy rock star goes to a Midwestern college, plays on the drum line, struggles mightily in class, etc.

The fact of the matter though is simply that Tommy Lee Goes to College is a decent show. Seeing people flip out when Tommy Lee showed up in class or wherever is somewhat entertaining, as was the search for a roommate. Yeah, it would be cool to have had your dorm room pimped out with a plasma TV and comfy chairs, but the crappy “rock” version of Extreme Home Suckover was more than a little overblown. It was hilarious to see how hot his chemistry tutor was. My wife suggested, potentially correctly in my mind, that they might have chosen the University of Nebraska simply in order to get this woman. Especially since there don’t appear to be any other connections between the former Mr. Pam Anderson and the Huskers. I find it especially interesting that NBC is listing Ms. Natalie as the second star of the program.

Tommy still sucks on the drumline. Since he apparently played at least one football game it’s likely that he will get somewhat better. It’s kind of hard to tell however, if it’s the ex Motley Crue-r or the Huskers drum corps who comes off worse at the opening of this episode. Not only do they sound like the band equivalent of South Park xenophobes (“They took our jobs!”), but apparently only one of them cared enough to get him up to par.

He took the field for his final tryout and he pulled it off, like the trooper we always knew he would be. Much to the delight of the crowd, and Hot Tutor Natalie, Tommy and the band were en-pointe and nothing captures the celebratory attitude of marching band success like “Kickstart My Heart.”