Author Topic: Snoop calls shots on his show. (Read 260 times)

mrtonguetwista · « **on:** July 03, 2003, 08:09:28 PM »

NEW YORK -- There are plenty of the bleeped words, censored images and blue humor that one has come to expect from Snoop Dogg in his new MTV comedy series, Doggy Fizzle Televizzle.

Yet the gangsta rapper-turned-media maven doesn't think anyone will get too offended by his half-hour series.

"It's not distasteful, it's all in good taste," Snoop says. "It's not as many bleeps as in The Osbournes."

The cable network first approached the 31-year-old with the idea of a show about two years ago, impressed by the rapper's popularity and longevity.

Snoop made his debut more than a decade ago on hitssuch as"Nothin' But a G Thang" with Dr. Dre, and is still a mainstay on the network, with hitssuch asthe current "Beautiful." He has also been in several movies, including Training Day, The Wash, Baby Boy and Bones. He has made guest appearances on TV comedies and even helped popularize new words like "F'shizzle," which in rap-Latin means "for sure."

But the rapper had to be convinced at first.

"I wasn't never really tripping on doing no TV show," he says. "I didn't think I was ready for TV, because TV puts parameters and limits on you, you can't really do what you want to do, or say what you wanna say. . . . I don't like to be told what to do and what not to do."

Snoop said he eventually became convinced when he was granted complete control of the show, which airs Sundays at 10 p.m.

"I think on this TV show, I give myself roles that you wouldn't expect me to have, because I know what I can do and I know how far I will reach out to do those types of roles," he says. "It just gives me a chance to show them how diverse I am."