Contender For Worst Reality Show

[lame54]

11.12.10 - 1:30 PM
We Are Doomed: Awful People Doing Stupid Things for Dreadful Reasons
by Abby Zimet

Bridalplasty, a surreal new reality show, features 12 brides-to-be competing for the plastic surgery of their warped dreams. The winner gets a fancy wedding preceded by all the other plastic surgeries she wanted. At the altar, "Viewers will witness (the groom's) emotional and possibly shocked reaction as he lifts her veil to see her for the first time." The tagline: "The only show where the winner gets cut." Trainwreck city. Oh, America.

"Anyone emotionally unstable enough to desire that much plastic surgery really needs Botox for the soul. They should be giving out therapy instead of nose jobs." - BettyConfidential.com editor Sarah Polonsky.

[flvegan]

1. When will they do one where the groom gets altered for her sake?

C'mon. Little lipo, a fake chin cleft, a bit of testosterone tampering for muscle, penile lengthening surgery, hair removal for the body and hair replacement for the head. She walks down the aisle to her refurbished man...maybe in a Chippendales getup.

I'm not surprised, though. This is the same demographic that likely loves the other shitty reality shows and movies.

[oldtime dfl_er]

2. Jon Stewart may have been wrong...

these ARE the End Days...

[TexasObserver]

3. Have you seen "Gene Simmons' Family Tools"?

He's actually the least annoying person on the show. His son has some talent, but the remainder of the show is appalling. His baby mama was in Playboy when Hefner was still a young man and through the miracle of plastic surgery has a perma-grin like a Batman villain. As if she and her money grubbing ways aren't bad enough, she has an even more annoying sister, whose job seems to be mooching off Simmons.

I've caught the show a few times because it comes on right before a show I like to watch. I'll be reading and doing things online and catch some of his show. KISS made a few decent party tunes, but that's it. What Simmons has done based upon that thin veneer of talent is pretty amazing. He is clearly a marketing genius.

[Le Taz Hot]

8. KISS has always been regarded as a joke.

At least by those of use with musical taste. :hide:

[drbtg1]

12. Actually, I liked the kids on that show.

When I've watched it, the kids seemed fairly responsible, mature, and funny. A nice change of pace from the usual gang of idiot offspring on TV.

[TexasObserver]

14. As I said, the son has some talent and a personality.

The daughter seems entitled, like her mother, but as kids of famous dads go, she's ok.

[no_hypocrisy]

4. I used to think Bridezilla was the nadir, the gold standard for the worst.

[Historic NY]

5. Oh..I though it was Momma Grizzley's stroke fest.

[KharmaTrain]

6. And People Will Eat This Shit Up...

The marvel of "reality" teevee, no need for those pesky union writers or big money "librul" actors. Just set up a camera around freaky people or a strange situation or both and you've got a hit teevee show.

It should be said that teevee is cyclical. In the 50s it was Westerns, SitComs in the 70s and game shows in the 90s. This, too, shall run its course. Just consider this the 21st Century equivelent of the Roman circus.

[trof]

7. "Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public."

H. L. Mencken

[terrya]

9. "Growing Up Gotti" was horrible.

I watched that show once. That was unrelievably horrible. Horrible excuses for human beings.

[lame54]

10. .

[ThatsMyBarack]

11. I thought this thread was about....

Sarah Palin's upcoming reality show...But THIS takes the cake!

[ChoppinBroccoli]

13. I Never Thought There Was A Trainwreck Reality Show I Wouldn't Watch

And then I saw "Jersey Shore."

But I would gladly watch a 38-hour "Jersey Shore" marathon with a big smile on my face if it meant I never had to see Sarah Failin clusterfuckin' through the woods.

[sixmile]

15. "Flavor of Love" and it's bastard offspring

'I Love New York' and 'Real and Chance'

Triumphs in stupidity.

[Alexander]

16. I caught an episode of "Charm School" at a friend's house. Worst thing ever.

I generally don't even watch TV any more - anything decent can be found online.

[lame54]

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