I am all giddy....

I looooove reality TV.  I loved Real World when in came out in 92.  Now its 2004 and I can't wait till the next season starts.  I like Joe Schmo and Survivor.  I liked Survivor so much that a few years back that when I was traveling on business I asked my client if I could follow him home with his partner just so I could see the Final Episode of Survivor (Tina won that year - I so thought Cody had it in the bag).  Granted, I had to watch it between the commercials of Will and Grace.  But - hey, he let me watch it!

My hunny-bunny calls it Stupid TV.  So I gently remind him of the other TV located in a different room.

Now is it reality?  No.  I don't even know exactly why they call it that.  It's not like any reality I know.  And then - somewhere in the show they have a part where they are going to try to hurt and humiliate them.  Like the show....can't remember the name...it was on Bravo.  It was a gay guy looking for love - the catch, some of the suitors were straight. He cried.  It made for good TV.

The newest one out is WifeSwap (or something like that).  The first 10 minutes grab your attention.  You have a black lady with 3 kids and a hubby.  The both have a job in the medical field.  They live day to day and she rules that home with an iron fist and humor to boot.

The second wife is a waspy blonde.  Married to a Japanese guy.  They are loaded.  I do not know what he does for a living but he put the word bling in bling bling.  She lives with her Nana and two kids.  They show her eating a really nice dinner in that first 10 minutes at home ( these little things are important to note).  Then they are whisked away to live the life of the other.

Well - everyone is really nice at first.  The waspy blonde is embarrasing - "I want to meet everyone on this earth - I want to make the color of a rainbow with the people I come across.  Hey kids - your white mama is home!"

Well the black lady is amazed and gracious.  She went right into her role.  She made breakfast.  She cleaned up after.  She offered to make lunch for the daughter when she returned. She played games with the son.

The white lady - bitched and whined and complained.  She rolled her eyes.  She yawned and was bossy and demanding.  Her shared family made their own breakfast (SHE DOESNT COOK) - ran to the store for her (SHE DIDNT DO INSTANT COFFEE)  and one of the sons sat at a fuse box and kept flipping a blown fuse at least 40 times so she could dry her hair.  Why she didnt change outlets is beyond me.  The thing that killed me about her is she would not shutup about the shared daughters weight. 

So whats the catch? They get 50k.  The shared mother has to decide how the other is going to spend the money.  The black family has about 30k in debt - she wants a used corvette and a louis v purse.  I have no clue what the white lady wants or needs.  It seems she needs nothing just looking at her lifestyle - but who knows.

My opinion - the white lady who has been harping on this 13 year old about her weight is going to do something about it.  Not that the 13 year old asked for her help - she seems uncomfortable and on the verge of tears everytime white lady says something about it. But - they showed scenes from next weeks show where the real moms are reading the letters and the 13 year old is crying. 

Thats my bet for the week.  I will throw my trusty pillow at the screen if this happens and then I will curse the families for putting their kids thru this.  Some people - I tell ya.  Amazing.

If you watched it - whats your views?  What do you think is gonna happen?