But it’s the launch of a Jonathan line of hair care products that is really obsessing the man who would take on Videl Sassoon. A redeye flight to Baltimore showcased a race to pump out product, with millions of dollars, nervously anal executives, and sterile lab surroundings contrasting oddly with Antin’s power-glam West Coast persona.
The end of the episode saw a zonked out and teary eyed Antin slumped over his therapist’s couch, talking about how what he really wants is a family one day.
Question: has a reality show camera ever entered the therapist’s office before?
On Blow Out, you just never know where the adventure’s going to take you.
* The first time I ever walked down Rodeo Drive, in the heart of Beverly Hills, I felt physically assaulted by how different, how bizarre the vibe was. It was funny. So funny, in fact, that I began to giggle a la Eddie Murphy as Axel Foley in Beverly Hills Cop.
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Article comments
1 - Mark Saleski
dude, you are SO right.
i had never even heard of this show. last night i turned bravo on, thinking that "blow out" was the movie "blow up". wrong, but oh-so-right.
it's sort of like monster garage or maybe orange county chopper...but with hairstylists!
oh, and the the queer eye/red sox that followed was great (maybe ya have to be a sox fan for that one)
2 - Eric Berlin
Thanks Mark.
I'm not a car guy, so I can't make the comparison to Monster Garage (though from what I've seen, the personality of the dudes on that show turn me off).
Then again, I didn't consider myself a "hair guy" either!
Then again, I dig Pimp My Ride on MTV... so who the hell knows?
3 - Pilar Sinnot
I am sick of him already and it's only episode one. I can cut my own hair as well as Mr. Beverly Hills 2005. Funny enough he used to cut my hair for free 14 years ago when he first moved to HOLLYWOOD. His roommate at the time, Josh, found me and my b.f. at the Century City Mall and hence we met Jonathan Antin(a nobody)and so real, down to earth, and kick-ass-cool. Now , OH DEAR- ego-fucking maniac. How sad.
4 - Eric Berlin
You're into ep 1 of repeats, Pilar -- the season ended a week ago.
Antin's got an ego, no doubt about it. But I dig his passion and ambition and find it rather inspiring, actually.
You sure you're not just a weency-bit jealous of a guy you knew as a "nobody" who is now rich as hell and on TV?