Not a bad show, all in all. Nothing special, but not bad.What always amazes me is how a wind-up plasticized Barbie doll is placed beside a couple fine examples of REAL womanhood! Sorry... I shouldn't call Pamela Anderson a Barbie doll. Rather, she's a PARODY of a Barbie doll. A parody of a stereotypical ideal without much natural sex appeal. Why not just computer animate a CGI character? It would look more real than Pamela Anderson! If nothing else, I am stuck by the sheer contrast of this woman who is heralded as a beauty when placed beside a couple women who are truly appealing.As for the rest of the merits of the show... it's a clear Charlie's Angels type of formula being used. The writing won no awards which is not surprising but it IS endurable. It's worth seeing the re-runs if you have absolutely nothing else to do.

This show got some of the worst reviews that I have ever read, but it is one of my guilty pleasures. Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert did a show on Sneak Previews once called Guilty Pleasures, in this show they talked about movies that they were almost embarassed to admit that they liked. VIP is one of my guilty pleasures, I like to think that I am an intelligent person, I am a college graduate and have traveled all over the world in my military career, but I really loved watching the exploits of "the beautiful and lethal Vallery Irons!!!" People, this show was tongue in cheek and it was not meant to be taken seriously don't you realize that? Pamela Anderson is not the dumb bimbo people make her out to be, that is only the part she played. She is very intelligent and in fact was one of VIPs creators. She is a loving mother of two small children and needs all our prayers right now because she is battling a fatal liver disease. Pamela you brought me a lot of joy with your wonderful show and I wanted to thank you, forget about what all those other people have said. VIP was sort of like I Spy or The Man From Uncle. It took us into a world of glamour and excitement and it threw a lot of humor in along the way! Just relax and have a good time. I admit, Val was a ditz, but her heart was always in the right place.

Don't confuse this lighthearted comedy-action series with lightheaded. It never pretends to be anything but a fun distraction. It's got fun people, cute lines, and the plot is clearly intended only to move the characters into a few situations to play around. Yes, it is unlikely; the standard assumptions about bodyguard services are being played upon here. The show is built on caricature and unlikelihood: a curvy beauty concerned with little more than fashion leads a former top Russian agent with a dark past, a weapons-and-explosives expert mob princess, a research and computer expert with a cute naivete, and two guys with style to fight and be extra-masculine among all the curvy women. The characters have perfect hair, custom outfits, fame and money. The settings are saturated colors, big money, celebrities, and expensive toys. Lots of fun stuff so many of us dream about. Sure it's ludicrous and mostly nonsense. Fun nonsense, even silliness, is part of the point. It's not that the characters are thin, they are deliberately light. Their interactions are playful, friendly jibes rather than character assassination. They aren't founded in ego but in exaggeration, and they succeed at each challenge because of ability, effort, and proper social responsibility. It's not that these people can't act -- this style simply doesn't let them show negative or complex emotions. More importantly, the show doesn't degenerate into simple sex gags, innuendo, and adult horseplay at every turn, even though everyone there is acompletely appealing adult. That's not accidental; it would be too easy to let these situations degenerate into prurient coitus interruptus action and almost-saw-you-naked jokes. Typically, plot background is given in simple research dialog, carefully explained by the cute computer expert as the others plan and grimace at the foolishness of clients or the inhumane threats of criminals and spies. The beautiful antihero distracts herself with unusually playful costume changes every few scenes, as she observes the plans and efforts of her colleagues and often confounds both. It's a simple formula, but it's the playful approach and cuteness of the accidents and dialog that make this style work. It's not a tongue-in-cheek approach to action like a Schwarzenegger movie or Die Hard. This is a sassy 'sometimes any of us can do well in spite of how others define us'. Anderson portrays not a dumb blonde, but a hopeful and playful participant making a little from every opportunity. Her character makes the observations and witticisms that seem silly and wise at the same time, and wins the day through some fortuitous quirk or accident. It's not badly made, either. It's got it's own lighting style, some unusual wipe techniques, and the editing focuses on movement. It's dialog is timed just long enough to get character reaction, rarely overlapping each other or rushing the script. Each episode features musical background from a single new album, usually something uncommon and stylish rather than mainstream. (However, I really liked the episode featuring Lit, partly because they so clearly enjoyed fitting the show around a few video-style performances, but mostly because Lit plays such fun, straight-forward rock.) So why isn't it much more popular? That's pretty easy -- not everyone wants to spend time with such a simple story. Such a light formula, simple characterizations, and unlikely plot events requires the user to lower his expectations and just enjoy a show for the fun of it. "VIP" accomplishes that without the lowbrow humor and ridicule that often ruin sitcoms, without mood-thickening personal philosophies, and without the drama and tragedy that expand your understanding of personal motivations and philosophies. "VIP" knows how to be simply fun. This is entertainment.

One of the worst shows in television history, combining talentless acting, 2-dimensional characters, wooden dialog, and moronic plots into something so incredibly bad that many reviewers think that the whole thing is a campy joke and should be enjoyed as a comedy. However, that point of view may actually be a symptom of the brain damage that watching this truly awful "show" can cause.