And just think of all the witty banter we'll hear as the celebrities try to bluff, rattle, and fake out -- the dealer. Exciting stuff. Why, just look at this cast list:

Jason Alexander, Billy Baldwin, Richard Belzer, Dean Cain, Andy #####, Snoop Dogg, Shannen Doherty, Shannon Elizabeth, Willie Garson, Eddie Griffin, Melissa Joan Hart, D.L. Hughley, Jamie Kennedy, Camryn Manheim, John Melendez, Shelley Morrison, Kevin Nealon, Rodney Peete, Bijou Phillips, Chynna Phillips, Caroline Rhea, Hal Sparks, Ben Stein, Mark Steines and Marissa Jaret Winokur.

In other words, if you currently have a series, you need not apply. (By the way, where's Coolio?) On the bright side, I think we can be assured of Ben Stein's ability to count to twenty-one. Some of the others may need coaches.

Your hosts? Matt Vasgersian and Alex Borstein. Now: for five points, ID their day jobs.

The style of play? Starting bank of $100,000, twenty-one hands. Min/max 1k/25k for the first ten hands, then 5k/none. The last round of bets is kept secret until the end of the hand. Oh, and there's four jokers in the card shoe. What do those jokers do? They let you steal a card from any hand currently in play. This may or may not include the dealer.

I think I can hear people falling asleep from here.

• RE: Celebrity Blackjack coming to GSN July 5th.,Fishercat, 10:10 PM, 06-21-04
• RE: Celebrity Blackjack coming to GSN July 5th.,realitybites, 11:26 AM, 06-22-04
• The first episode,realitybites, 08:54 AM, 07-06-04

It's not a celebrity event until Coolio is playing. Of course, there aren't really many notables on that list.

I think I can ID Alex Borstein's day job, she did a voice (Lois?) on Family Guy, and that is coming back soon! Can I get half the points?
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I saw the non-celeb version on GSN a few months ago, and it wasn't too bad. And the celebrity list COULD be worse; I've at least heard of half of these guys.

I'll probably check it out.

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Not too bad. The first eppie had Snoop Dogg, Shannon Elizabeth, Jason Alexander, Camryn Manheim, and some other guy. They had good banter, and everyone kept the game fairly lively. And the play wasn't too terrible either.

On the downside, I miss the casino atmosphere from last time (it looks like they filmed this one in a studio), and I miss the REAL star of the first blackjack tourney - Tiki the dealer.

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