''Tommy Lee Goes to College'' is an

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show that began broadcasting on Tuesday, August 16, 2005 and on VH1 on Friday, August 19, 2005. It features Mötley Crüe drummer

Tommy Lee Thomas Lee Bass (born October 3, 1962) is an American musician and founding member of the heavy metal band Mötley Crüe. As well as being the band's long-term drummer, Lee founded rap metal band Methods of Mayhem and has pursued solo musical ...

attending the

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and attempting to fit in. It was co-produced by Lee, totaling six episodes. Tommy Lee goes to college UNL

Background

The show features Lee, who is a high-school dropout, facing collegiate challenges like finding a roommate, trying out for athletic teams and marching band, trying to join a fraternity, and studying chemistry. Lee starts a fraternity called "House of Lee", with its own residential house, and its newly recruited members breaking into the art museum at night to vandalize and install their own artwork. The show is considered a "reality show", but much of the plot is scripted. Contrary to what is shown, there were casting calls for parts in the show. It was also later revealed that the "dorm room" in which Lee stayed was in an off-campus site made to look like a college dorm room. A disclaimer at the end of the show revealed that while Lee attended classes, he did not enroll at the University of Nebraska and that certain situations were staged or edited for comedic effect. The administration of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln decided to host the reality show to market the university for recruiting and public relations purposes.

Soundtrack

The theme song for "Tommy Lee Goes to College" is the song " Good Times", which was the second single from Lee's second solo album '' Tommyland: The Ride'', which was released a week before the series premiered. The album is the soundtrack to the series and to Lee's book ''Tommyland'', which was also released in 2005.2011

Cast

* Matt Ellis as Tommy's Roommate. Matt never attended the campus casting call. He was cast after producers met him working at a local pub. He was a senior at the University during the time of filming and graduated later that same semester. * Natalie Riedmann as Tommy's Tutor

External links

University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Tommy Lee Comes to UNL website
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References

{{Mötley Crüe 2000s American reality television series 2005 American television series debuts 2005 American television series endings NBC original programming Television series by Universal Television University of Nebraska System Television shows set in Nebraska Mötley Crüe