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6. Non-Fan Jeremy Piven Is NOT Prepared

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This was unacceptable.

It perhaps says everything that The Muppets were better-prepared for a spot on WWE programming than Jeremy Piven or fellow guest host Ken Jeong. They doubled up to promote their upcoming movie 'The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard' on the 3 August 2009 edition of Raw, and it was a car wreck.

Fans were already tired of the guest host idea just a month or so in by the time Piven and Jeong hit the scene. Ken's OTT comedy style looked embarrassing in front of an audience who didn't pay to see him, then Jeremy messed things up by calling upcoming PPV SummerSlam "the summer fest".

John Cena had to step in to correct him as fans booed, and it became crystal clear that WWE hadn't prepped Piven for this role at all. Of course, he should've done some homework himself, but it was cringeworthy to realise that the company hadn't been hands-on.

Let's hope Paramount Pictures paid well.

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