Everybody Is Watching These Kids
At the risk of having our founding editor’s man credentials revoked, we figured today was as good a day as any to reveal that he’s hopelessly addicted to Jon And Kate Plus 8, TLC’s pint-sized reality TV drama about a Pennsylvania couple and their 8 kids (twins and sextuplets).
In case you’ve never watched the show, you’re in a rapidly-shrinking minority.
Seriously … Jon took four of the kids to a Philadelphia Phillies’ game in a recent episode and we’re pretty sure they were more famous than any of the ballplayers.
Even our fantasy dud … err, stud … Shane Victorino knew who they were.
Anyway, the show comes on Monday nights on TLC, and we just gotta say … it’s as addictive as crack, which we should know.
Jon, Kate, Cara, Mady, Alexis, Aaden, Collin, Leah, Hannah and Joel are an amazing family, even if their lives do consist of people hooking them up with exotic vacations, trips to the fun places and all manner of related freebies in exchange for a little exposure on the show.
Oh well. That’s the way the biz works. And they can pull it off because like we said … addictive as crack.
Especially when the mini-marathons come on.
Also, you just can’t help but listen to their theme song without wanting to pretty much start randomly hugging everybody in sight …
Comments
By John Vierdsen on January 6th, 2009 at 4:18 am
This show is bizarre (and not in a good way). Somebody should say, “Hey, never heard of birth control?” It is quite easy to have an absurd number of children when you have a TV network funding the entire thing. Sounds a bit like free market welfare.
By El Guapo on January 6th, 2009 at 7:56 am
I’m waiting for the spinoff, John Minus Nine.
By FWFIV on January 6th, 2009 at 10:38 am
John-
Pay attention before you comment, these aren’t freaks who had eight kids at different times. They had twins, then while trying for one more, got SIX at one time. They are making the best of the situation.
By Todd on January 6th, 2009 at 12:42 pm
Anybody else think Kate’s a bitch and a control freck? What’s with that multi-colored hair she’s sporting right now? Oh. I really don’t watch it that much. Please do not rescind my man credentials.
By dj on January 6th, 2009 at 3:21 pm
no..no, you want bizarre? watch “Operation Repo”. Yeah…stupid addictive reality tv!!! What next, a reality tv show on political blogging?
By fits_gals on January 6th, 2009 at 4:13 pm
You want bad reality TV, just turn the tube to Mama’s Boys on Monday nights. Next episode is going to be a doozy. Next week American Idols starts up, thankfully that will save us from watching the other shiat we have on DVR.
By Joseph Reynolds on January 6th, 2009 at 4:29 pm
They knew that it was almost a guarantee that they would have a large number of children. She was on fertility drugs, for Gods sake! They knew darn well that the odds were they would have at least triplets, and highly likely they would have 4 or more….
so I question the veracity of their story.
Plus, it makes a mockery of all those families that DONT have nannies, free transportation, diapers… weekly “date nights”…and a large house..gratis..
I find it highly offensive…but I guess thats America anymore.
By Henry on January 7th, 2009 at 1:02 am
Yeah. I also love this show. Its addicting.
FWFIV- you are right. the freak show is 17 kids and counting. those people are weird freaks.
By Perezsays? on January 7th, 2009 at 8:52 pm
Haha! I agree with fits gals,
(whom im a fan of btw!!)
but mama’s boy is hilariously awful.