Barely Famous: The Warren Brothers   -  About the Episode

Hometown heroes or hometown zeroes? The self-proclaimed "Rodney Dangerfields of Country Rock" return to their old stomping ground in Tampa, Fla., and the town is whipped into a fevered yawn. When Brad, Brett and Marty are invited to the world famous Innisbrook Golf Resort by Tampa Bay Buccaneer Mike Alstott, they learn they've been booked as famous celebrities in a charity golf tournament. Since the boys are only "barely" famous and don't know the first thing about golf, they naturally accept the invitation. Boarding the bus to Tampa, Brett refuses to admit he can't play golf, and to prove his point, makes an outrageous bet with Brad and Marty. If he can drive a golf ball 200 yards, Marty has to play the entire tournament in a ridiculous Curly Howard golf outfit. They pull the bus into a local driving range, Brett whacks the ball -- and Marty ends up looking like a demented Henry VIII. Back on the road, the boys are enthusiastic about visiting their hometown, seeing their family and friends and riding into Tampa in a blaze of glory -- the Hometown Heroes. As they enter the city limits, their sister calls with some unexpected news ... NOBODY in Tampa wants to see them. It turns out, in the Baptist community where they were raised, the rascals of CMT's Barely Famous are regarded as sinners, so nobody wants to associate with them on camera. Realizing nobody wants to see them, the boys do the only logical thing ... they go anyway. They stop by their high school, tour the old neighborhood, visit their boyhood home -- and even rope their mom into appearing on camera against her will. After a nostalgic day of wearing out their welcome, the boys make their way to Innisbrook to play the celebrity tournament -- where they play five Caddyshack-worthy holes of golf before running out of balls and quitting. Arriving home in Nashville, the boys meet up with good friends Johnny and Donnie Van Zant (Lynyrd Skynyrd, 38 Special) and listen to the final mix of the song Brad and Brett wrote for the new Van Zant album. After a week of being shunned and unappreciated, the boys enjoy a rare moment of glory ... until next week when anonymity gives them yet another wedgie as they continue to pursue fame and fortune.