VH-1 thinks so and they got Dr. Pinsky ("a real doctor!") along for the ride.

"Cameras sort of hold people accountable -- they motivate them to keep them going," Pinsky said. "I was able to do more intensive work because these people were getting paid by the week. They wanted to get paid and they wanted to be on TV."

Who doesn't these days? The above is a before-and-after of everyone's fav 80's guitarist, Eddie Van Halen.