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Originally Posted by Grace
Minus the kids?:eek:
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Originally Posted by Grace
Minus the kids?:eek:
Hmmmm........does it fall in the category of "senior moment"? Be prepared - it can only get worse. :eek::DQuote:
Originally Posted by RICHARD
I didn't see the opening program for the current series (I was watching the Phillies game :cool: ) but have seen some clips. I am wondering how on earth these two are going to host any kind of future program with the kids considering their hostility toward each other. :confused: Will there be subsequent programs?
They will probably finish out the series - who knows what kind of contract they have with the producers - I heard someone say that this would probably be the last season.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pam
Subsequent programs? In no particular order....
20/20.
Dr Phil.
Divorce Court.
The Dating Game
Intervention
Who's Wedding Is It?
Bridezillas
COPS.
The kids probably have figured out that Mommy and Daddy aren't seeing eye to eye.......and that is the saddest part.
How can anyone live with so many kids all in the same age range? :eek:
EFF, I had three younger brothers and that drove me nuts!
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/27/ar...7tlc.html?_r=1
I heard someone say on TV yesterday that Kate wants to be living separately by July 16th. How in the world can they film this family if they are separated? Also heard that Jon wants out of the contract with TLC. Stay tuned......
Hmmmm -maybe now we can all look forward to an Octomom Series. :rolleyes::eek:
Oh, it's probably coming. I won't be watching, though.Quote:
Originally Posted by pomtzu
Oh Lord, me either! It sounds more like a freak show to me. :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Medusa
:eek::eek: God forbid that anyone would have taken that statement seriously...:eek::eek:
Ellie, someone beat you to it with that idea. I heard a while ago that a series is under consideration. :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by pomtzu
Another t.v. train wreck - I can hardly wait. :rolleyes::eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Pam
My ex was with Amtrak Police for 20 years and I've seen many pics of real train wrecks. I'd probably think they are pretty, compared to what we might be in for if this happens. :(
Octomom was angling for a reality show before she even delivered those kids.
I have always detested the way Kate talked to and treated her husband. I can't blame him for wanting to be with someone who treated him like a human being.
:) Yes I so agree as well.. I have always thought Kate was a %#@^&*..Quote:
Originally Posted by CathyBogart
Well, It may work out for Jon after all....
If he decides to date he won't have to worry about getting anyone preggers.
Kate has his bits!:D
:p Ouchy Richard.. Be easy on Jon.. Your right = if I remember right Jon was fixed after they had the 6 babies.. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by RICHARD
She probably has them hanging from her rear view mirror. :D :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by RICHARD
:p Ouchy Ouchy that hurts.. You all are Cracking me up.. LOL :DQuote:
Originally Posted by happylabs
I was amazed to see that they pull in 25-50k per episode!
I wonder if that includes the freebies that they get- the promotional considerations, trips and services!
Dude.
Even if they make JUST 25k per episode it works out to a million bucks for the season.
Even a million can't be enough to get the kids to high school.
I would love to see the numbers on what companies, services and other stuff the family has been given.
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I would like to know what the dynamics are with the BIL and SIL that gave the interviews to the media. I can imagine that there was a little jealousy/animosity about money being generated. I barely found out what Jon did for a living and thought two things.
It's not enough money to raise a huge family-maybe if the kids were spread out a little more.
And
J's job was his 'vacation' from the family.
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Did anyone see the special where they gave the G's new home a 'green' makeover? One of the guys that did the "This Old House" program on PBS came in to overhaul the house to make it more energy efficient.
K was a real biatch during the program- Steve Thomas, the DIY guru was his dopey self and was trying to explain what he was doing for the family. She would constantly make snide remarks and put the poor dude down. Thomas can be a 'tool' at times and I am not a huge fan of his, but I wanted him to belt her across the head with a plastic pipe.
The only thing she was worried about was her dopey self and how the workers were cramping her life.
Excuse me?
She works around a camera crew and the others that are shooting the show and she has problems with people working on the outside of the house?
Please!:rolleyes::mad:
I saw that one and agree with you, although toward the end I think she struck up a rapport with Steve. As I recall the episode ended with them hugging each other "goodbye." I was thinking that he was probably glad he was going home to HIS wife.....that is, if he is even married. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by RICHARD
I just read on abcnews.com today that the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry is checking to see if they may have violated some child labor laws. The story did not elaborate much on it though.
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/...7709371&page=1
I just heard that on the Philly news too. You know what's so strange here - none of this would have come to light and nobody would have said or done anything if the parents hadn't called attention to themselves. Now why, all of a sudden, are people starting to worry about the kids? Why wasn't anyone concerned before??? - they've been on t.v. for how many years now??? It's not like it was hidden or any big secret.
Just more bureaucratic b.s.!
Oh yea...Bureaucractic BS to he max!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by pomtzu
Never watched it, wont watch it, just dont care.
Apparently the family got in the act, in-laws, I believe, saying that the kids were being damaged in some way. Really? Where were you all along? Trying to get your 15 minutes of fame, are ya?Quote:
Originally Posted by pomtzu
I heard the funniest thing last night.
A talking head came out and made this statement.
"The kids don't/won't see a dime of the money."
Like what are you going to do? Give each of them 10 bucks for the ice cream man? Take them to a toy store and tell them to go nuts?
In a strange way, that woman has to be goofy obsessive about bringing up the kids. But, she has done it at the expense of her marriage. She tries to bend the world to fit her definition of where she wants her kids to grow up, but it's a false hope. She tries too hard to control every situation her kids get into and becomes the insufferable biatch when the world becomes unyielding. The kids are becoming individuals and there is the real test.
My mom had a wonderful saying that translated to something like this- "Your children will do the same for you."
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At the moment the family has all of the Hunky Dory/Leave it to Beaver perks that the series, fame and money allow them to have. What happens when the money dries up? I would love to have a crystal ball to see 10 years into the future.
I agree Richard. I think it is going to be disastrous when the money ends and I do feel sorry for the kids but not for Kate.
Same for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by blue
I got into watching it since I have nothing better to do at the moment. All I have to say is I don't envy them when all those kids are all teenagers!
Oh yea. They may not make it out alive! 6 hormonal teenagers at once!?! :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by caseysmom
Now it's being called "Jon & Kate Plus 8 - and the State." I just heard on the news that the state of PA is now investigating to see if there has been a violation of the child labor laws.
And the saga continues. Ho-hum
:) Yup & by the time we get thru hearing all about this it will be called Jon & Kate Plus 8 & the State pluss Hate..Quote:
Originally Posted by pomtzu
From the Detroit Free Press -
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'Jon & Kate Plus 8' = a waste of time
BY MITCH ALBOM
FREE PRESS COLUMNIST
"Are you keeping up with this Jon and Kate thing?" my colleague asked.
No, I said.
"Everyone's talking about it. It's huge!"
Huge is not the same as important.
"But it's a reality show!"
Particularly true with reality shows.
"You gotta watch! It's unbelievable!"
No. Sadly. It's very believable. Reality TV has now done what we once feared robots would do. It has created its own world, with its own rules, and now is infecting the very society that created it.
Take Jon and Kate Gosselin, a Pennsylvania couple who tried fertility treatments, had twins, tried again, and had sextuplets. They soon become the center of a TV reality show that followed their harried lives. The show, "Jon & Kate Plus 8," is now in its fifth season and is bigger than ever.
"Huge!" as my colleague says.
However, it is huge because the couple is fighting, the husband is suspected of having an affair, the wife is suspected of wanting to have one, and -- gasp! -- who knows? Maybe they'll split up! There's so much tension! Not surprisingly, they are all over the gossip magazine covers.
"This is certainly not what I envisioned I was signing up for," Kate recently lamented during a public appearance in Muskegon. "It amazes me there is an industry that follows you around and writes stories about you."
Exploiting the children
Now, forget for a moment, the sheer audacity of a woman whose family gets paid, reportedly, $75,000 an episode to let cameras follow them around all day, to act surprised that gossip magazines follow her around as well.
What did she think? They were making home movies? The fact that she, her husband and pretty much anyone else on a reality show quickly morphs from "normal" looking people to better-coiffed, better-dressed, better-made-up people tells you they are all for being followed around. It is, in fact, their job to be followed around.
They could always quit, you know.
But they don't. And so I can't really engage in conversation over whether Kate or Jon is the wronged party. Or which is a worse parent. Or whether I feel sorry for all those kids, who sometimes use the words "p-people" to describe paparazzi. (Personally, I would have those children removed from the home; five years in front of TV cameras is, to me, reckless endangerment.)
But I can't give the subject real time, because it's not a real subject. These are not real problems. Signing up for a TV show, then complaining that the cameras are ruining your life is not a real issue. It's like dressing up as Cinderella and then complaining that everyone wants you to try on slippers.
The world of faux reality
Take the case of Susan Boyle, the dowdy volunteer church worker who wowed the judges during auditions of "Britain's Got Talent." She has grown so famous that recent reports had her cursing at photographers who wouldn't leave her alone.
Or Adam Lambert, the eye-shadowed "American Idol" favorite who was upset in the final round and now has his sexuality questioned as the reason he lost.
I may empathize with these people, but I don't feel sorry for them. No one put a gun to their heads. Once you turn your life over to the cameras, you move into a Bizzaro World of attention. You are -- whether you realize it or not -- getting what you wanted.
The same can't be said of laid-off autoworkers, young widowed mothers, abandoned children or unable-to-find-a-job graduates. They live in the real world. And you'll excuse me if that reality renders the reality TV world pathetic.
So color me clueless. But count me out. A penny for your thoughts has turned to dollars for your privacy, but you couldn't give me a million bucks to make my daily life a conversation about publicity vampires like Jon and Kate. They may draw attention like a train wreck. But unlike the train, they brought it upon themselves.
Contact MITCH ALBOM: 313-223-4581 or [email protected]. Catch "The Mitch Albom Show" 5-7 p.m. weekdays on WJR-AM (760).
I've watched it a few times. Personally, I don't support big family reality shows. If you couldn't afford them before a multi-million dollar tv series, you shouldn't have them. I think the children should be seperated into foster homes and the parents neutered. That's just me though.
That wouldn't really solve anything by separating the children and placing them into foster homes. That would just traumatize the kids which they really do not deserve. They didn't ask to be put on television before millions of people. I think they should just go back to the simple life. They must have some money socked away in the bank to live on. If not, they have been very foolish.Quote:
Originally Posted by IRescue452
Jon & Kate also have a little-known rich relative who helps them out. They won't starve any time soon.
:o I could have swore that just this morning on the news they said Kate is already going out with another man.. You know I wonder how the Doctors feel now that did all of that loose flabb surgery on Kate's tummy now.. Yup about a year ago a man & wife doctor team did Kate's flabby tummy (from having 6 babies) surgury for FREE..
Most of the stuff, vacations, clothes and ? they get is free.Quote:
Originally Posted by lvpets2002
The trip they took to DizzyWorld - was more than likely comped by DL themselves.
They did drive but, they had accomdations for 12, a giant suite, admission to the park and the hats, shirts.....
Dizzy is a GIANT media machine.
If you saw that episode you will see that they went the extra step to shop the brand to the viewers. Any other huge family would have been told, down to the penny, how much they would have to pay for the same 'tour' of the park.
My brother went to DL here in Cah lee fuh nee Ah and admission is 69 dollars per person for adults. He ate at a buffet style BBQ eatery and the tab was 217 dollars for 7 people!:eek:
http://gocalifornia.about.com/cs/dis...distickets.htm
There is no way to see the whole park in one day, let alone the CA Adventure addition, and even then they sock you for admission to that area.
For the 8 kids and four adults the cost would be 742 dollars just to get in.
I remember going on discount nights for about 25 bucks a ticket.
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The kids are the ones to suffer because you know that when the cameras go away, so will the perks-and those poor kids won't know why.
TLC used to be a good channel. These "reality" series gag me.
I can watch the first few, then it's over for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by smokey the elder
I saw a couple of the "18 and counting" then wanted to get neutered.;):D