LOST WRESTLING MEDIA SURFACES: 'Hulk Hogan Stage Dad' (2004)
Apr 27, 2022 14:23:24 GMT -5
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Post by chazraps on Apr 27, 2022 14:23:24 GMT -5
This is something that's been sought-after since the mid-aughts iMDB days. A year before the Hulk Hogan reality show 'Hogan Knows Best,' VH1 aired a one hour special - VH1 (inside)out: Hulk Hogan Stage Dad
It primarily focuses on Hulk trying to get his daughter's music career started. By the time 'Hogan Knows Best' started airing, it was taken out of reruns and was never included on the 'Hogan Knows Best' DVD releases.
No idea why it wasn't ever aired again, could be anything from the copyrighted music being cracked down on to the frequent inclusion of Lou Pearlman who shortly after was discovered to be at the center of a massive ponzi scheme, among other allegations. Or maybe just Hogan and Pearlman distancing themselves from each other for business reasons as by 2005 Pearlman's fingerprints and involvement were completely gone from Brooke's music.
But, "Hulk Hogan Stage Dad" is a fascinating watch for a lot of reasons. For one, VH1 was still trying to crack the code of what makes CelebReality television, so to see them try to make a TV show out of this on the fly feels a lot more candid and authentic than their output after acquiring 'The Surreal Life' and spinning-off 'Flavor of Love' where things began to seem much more staged or formulaic.
It's also interesting to see Lou Pearlman right before he gets taken down. Seeing how he operated, the hubris of a shifting music and industry beneath him as he's about to be massively disgraced. Still, seeing his actual knowledge in the field colliding with Hulk's "that's doesn't work for me brother" approach and how Pearlman convincing Hogan is something to behold.
Finally, Brooke was/is very talented and it really shows here. It puts her latter musical output in perspective too. Her heart seemed so much more into where the last momentary gasp of American pop was at the time (the Lindsay Lohan "Rumors" style that had a successful foundation in tween/teen pop) than the later hip-hop aesthetic she was kind of forced to pivot to - which was probably an even worse miscalculation than had she just pursued the pop world as 2006 was - and to this day remains - the lowest point sales-wise for the genre. Based on her approach here, had she stuck the course she probably could have had markedly better success in the indie-pop world or even the lo-fi bedroom pop realm years later.
Check it out, even if you've pretty much met your fill of Hulk content for one lifetime. There's a lot going on here that's worth a watch.
It primarily focuses on Hulk trying to get his daughter's music career started. By the time 'Hogan Knows Best' started airing, it was taken out of reruns and was never included on the 'Hogan Knows Best' DVD releases.
No idea why it wasn't ever aired again, could be anything from the copyrighted music being cracked down on to the frequent inclusion of Lou Pearlman who shortly after was discovered to be at the center of a massive ponzi scheme, among other allegations. Or maybe just Hogan and Pearlman distancing themselves from each other for business reasons as by 2005 Pearlman's fingerprints and involvement were completely gone from Brooke's music.
But, "Hulk Hogan Stage Dad" is a fascinating watch for a lot of reasons. For one, VH1 was still trying to crack the code of what makes CelebReality television, so to see them try to make a TV show out of this on the fly feels a lot more candid and authentic than their output after acquiring 'The Surreal Life' and spinning-off 'Flavor of Love' where things began to seem much more staged or formulaic.
It's also interesting to see Lou Pearlman right before he gets taken down. Seeing how he operated, the hubris of a shifting music and industry beneath him as he's about to be massively disgraced. Still, seeing his actual knowledge in the field colliding with Hulk's "that's doesn't work for me brother" approach and how Pearlman convincing Hogan is something to behold.
Finally, Brooke was/is very talented and it really shows here. It puts her latter musical output in perspective too. Her heart seemed so much more into where the last momentary gasp of American pop was at the time (the Lindsay Lohan "Rumors" style that had a successful foundation in tween/teen pop) than the later hip-hop aesthetic she was kind of forced to pivot to - which was probably an even worse miscalculation than had she just pursued the pop world as 2006 was - and to this day remains - the lowest point sales-wise for the genre. Based on her approach here, had she stuck the course she probably could have had markedly better success in the indie-pop world or even the lo-fi bedroom pop realm years later.
Check it out, even if you've pretty much met your fill of Hulk content for one lifetime. There's a lot going on here that's worth a watch.
