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eMpTV takes a bite outa reality tv
I caught the first episode of eMpTV's new reality show, The Osborns. That's right, it's Ozzy's family in your own living room every Tuesday at 10:30 PM.

Holy sheep shoes! I thought I had seen some messed up families! Mrs. Ozzy is describing how there teenage son does quite get along with the other kids at school and the whole time they are showing the lad in a load bearing field vest, camo helmet, running around stabbing this and that with a Rambo knife. The pink haired daughter is fighting with said wierdo son through out the whole show, there's 50 dogs and cats running around, and there's Ozzy wondering around the whole house in his sweatpants, in the middle of it all like a daughtering old man who lost his marbles about 20 years ago b!tchin' about how he can't figure out the remote control. Then again, they sound pretty normal to me. They just have a nicer house.

My favorite moment from the whole thing was when Ozzy told his son, "I love you all dearly. I love you all more than life itself but your all fukking mad."

Funny stuff!
nigal
11:24:53 PM
3/05/02

I loved Sabbath and Ozzy growing up and still do. That show tonight was great. It had me in stitches. Seeing Ozzy walking around the house with that big ol' gun and bayonet. CNN even had a blurb about the show afterward and stated that 13 more Osbourne shows are in the making.

Good Night, I love you all. Sweet Leaf!
Pantscandy
2:20:34 AM
3/06/02

Apex or nadir? I saw them building that house on "Cribs" and the kids were cracking me up - they both seemed like little adults. Little messed up adults.
Big Coop
5:04:58 AM
3/06/02

I heard there was one show where Ozzy's Daughter got a tattoo and Ozzy had a #&%!$ fit.
walkindude
5:40:38 AM
3/06/02

It sounds like they are a nice family.


Hahahahahha!

8)
its crazy mike
5:46:44 AM
3/06/02

I missed the last part of the show. Did Ozzie get the bayonet to fit on his rifle?
bacpac
6:50:01 AM
3/06/02

Reality TV, now that’s an oxy moron if I’ve ever heard one.
Must Hike
7:47:54 AM
3/06/02

What's For Dinner...Bat Or Pigeon?
Dagfreakinnabbit!!! I saw an exerp on Fox yesterday with Ozzy trying to get use to his new remote control with no luck, and I wanted to see the show ...but forgot. Oh well!
Buddur
8:38:59 AM
3/06/02

Looks like they're reairing it at 6:30 tonight.
nigal
8:50:30 AM
3/06/02

I couldn't figure out if those kids were 12 or 20. Bayonet-boy was a hoot!
gearjunkie
8:56:01 AM
3/06/02

bacpac, he was still messing with it, by the end.

what a great show!
radagast
7:33:13 PM
3/06/02

PBS Is Jumping On The Bandwagon
PBS is doing their own reality TV show, Frontier House where 3 families live like you would've 100 years ago. I'm not sure if anyone wins, if families vote out members or what, but it should be similar to watching Little House On The Prairie.
Buddur
10:44:01 PM
4/28/02

Maybe Little House with anger control issues. I saw a promo for this and saw some guy who looked like he was churning butter fling his butter-covered stick into the woods and go stomping off. Of course on Little House on the Prairie, the kids in the schoolhouse could be pretty ruthless.
mediaman
2:31:34 AM
4/29/02

This is one I'm gonna watch. It should be really interesting based on the promo that showed a guy heading to the outhouse and grabbing a handful of leaves. Let's hope it wasn't poison oak!
kleetn
11:23:00 AM
4/29/02

MTV's reality show is filming at a Sorority House in my town (Davis). I'm not sure when it will be aired but it should be pretty stupid.
pepperDog
11:30:23 AM
4/29/02

LOL @ Kleetn.

Actually, PBS had another reality show a couple of years ago called 1800s House where a family had to try and survive in a 19th century home with only the amenities that would have been available at that time. Bascially, they failed.

This show should be good. Starts tonight here!
roseymonster
11:53:20 AM
4/29/02

oh yeah! i was thinking i'd already seen a reality show on PBS about a family trying to live as though it were 100+ years ago...must have been 1800s House. that was good! i really felt for the woman who couldn't stand not to wash her hair with shampoo...
lyra
12:25:49 PM
4/29/02

My wife and kids would kill and eat me if I signed them up for something like that.
bitpusher
12:50:48 PM
4/29/02

I wanted to sign up for that really bad.

I'd love to do it.
humanpackmule
6:10:36 PM
4/29/02

I watched some of this tonight. I have my doubts that the Clune family would be able to survive in "1950 house" much less "1883 house".

The Glenns are awfully high and mighty considering that they didn't have to build a cabin. I sorta agreed with their viewpoint, until the father refused to help the Clune family's girls with their cow in the middle of a freak June blizzard, when they had nothing but blankets to wear. That's just plain cold. I mean, this is playacting, not real frontier life.

The other family, the father and son, seem to have a good balance going.
bitpusher
10:14:28 PM
4/29/02

I've never laughed so hard then I did last night. That show was the funniest I have seen in a long time. Those Cali folks sure know how to whine don't they. Its beeen a while since I have actually enjoyed a evening in front of the 'boobtube'. Long live PBS.
Briar Rabbit
9:05:36 AM
4/30/02

Totally missed it.
My whole city was blacked out due to a fire at the powerplant.

bummer.
humanpackmule
9:12:36 AM
4/30/02

My wife told my 15 year old that I entered. He said he is running away.
Pathman
9:37:14 AM
4/30/02

Thanks to Mother England!
Seams as though our greatest TV is spin offs of Brit shows. I saw this when it done in England as someone else stated. My local station is going to air three episodes back to back. I'm so there dude! I dream of collecting the life insurance on my wife and building a cabin North Mini-soda and living close to the land! LOL!
nigal
9:42:59 AM
4/30/02

The Lauds (Louds?)
Does anyone remember, probably the first "reality" show on PBS, back in the early 70's? It was a California family (I think) named the Lauds (sp?). Their lives were chronicled for about a year; cameras all over the house, etc. I think it ended badly in a divorce! I'm a little foggy becuase I think it was on right after Monty Python.
aero
9:54:58 AM
4/30/02

I'm totally intrigued by this as I am a docent up at the local fort. I'm a baker! Anyway, I caught bits and pieces of last night's show. It was competing with the Kings. The one whinning woman is definitely the loose canon of the bunch. I can tell she's gonna have a breakdown before the end.
roseymonster
10:58:27 AM
4/30/02

That was real common in the Pioneer days. The husband was always out hunting and fixing stuff and the wife was trapped in a sod hut with screaming kids!
aero
11:03:49 AM
4/30/02

And the wind! The wind drove them mad. Esp. where they are filming this, I'll bet they had wind every damn day.

I'm excited though, I'm skipping class tonight so I can make sure and catch it.
newgirl
11:15:00 AM
4/30/02

All I can say is, "Let The #&%!$ing Commence!" LOL
Tilt
11:22:41 AM
4/30/02

That does raise an interesting point, aero. They showed that they had plenty of usable sod right there. I wonder why they all went for log cabins, rather than soddies? Modern prejudice, perhaps?
bitpusher
11:25:35 AM
4/30/02

(and I'll ride on th BACK of the wagon so I can Jump the hell off! LOLOL)
Tilt
11:25:39 AM
4/30/02

For those that already caught the first episode, was the scenery nice? The area of MT that hey filmed in is beautiful.
newgirl
11:36:25 AM
4/30/02

Yes it was newgirl, my wife even asked where it was.

She might have been interested in visiting, until they showed the freak June blizzard....
bitpusher
11:39:12 AM
4/30/02

Sex
Did ya all caught the discussion of sex? That was way weird. The one couple with the guy that had had his ducts clipped was trying to advise the other on birth control. So would any of you guys put those pig guts on your pecker to get a little action? I wouldn’t want that in me, there are other ways to get a little satisfaction. I don’t remember this subject ever being discussed in the 1800 House show. The single guy will be on his honeymoon during this thing. I hope they cut them slack on this issue. If I were going, I’d have one of those long lasting implants put in before the trip.
mtn gal
11:42:41 AM
4/30/02

Yep, the freak June, . . . July, and August blizzards can be a real problem. LOL!

What is the deal w/ pig guts? Awful!
newgirl
11:49:08 AM
4/30/02

Pig gut = frontier condom
mtn gal
11:50:58 AM
4/30/02

Eeeew! I'm really stoked to watch this now.
newgirl
12:04:29 PM
4/30/02

I don't think I'd use one of those. The lambskin ones smell bad enough, and they've been cured.

The French used to make them out of silk. They were reusable, but of course, not 100%. Neither are latex condoms, but they do work better.

Another common practice was withdrawal. Again, not 100%, but better than nothing.

Of course, the most common contraceptive method for frontier families was a day's worth of backbreaking labor: washing, cooking, farming, building, repairing, milking, whatever.
bitpusher
12:06:53 PM
4/30/02

Shoot, no way I'd let any man stick pig guts in me!

"If you don't want butter, take the paddle outta the churn!" Fronteer Birth Control advice.
Sassafras
12:09:37 PM
4/30/02

Wifey would have to get her dep-shot before leaving and then after that wore off we'd just revert back to oral sex,

"Screw you bastard!"

"Screw you too!"
nigal
12:09:41 PM
4/30/02

But whatcha supposed to do with all that cream, Sass?
bitpusher
12:11:16 PM
4/30/02

Yeah, I was wondering about dep as well Nigal. I think the filming was done over a 5 month period though, so after the first 3 months, you'd have to figure something out. Going 2 months w/out wouldn't be such a gigantic deal.
newgirl
12:12:39 PM
4/30/02

A NOB?








Non-battery
Operated
Boyfriend
nigal
12:17:15 PM
4/30/02

Noogie, now don't go cutting class!

DON'T CUT CLASS

DON'T CUT CLASS
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DON'T CUT CLASS
DON'T CUT CLASS
DON'T CUT CLASS
DON'T CUT CLASS
DON'T CUT CLASS
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Limpy
12:18:02 PM
4/30/02

Better get good at whittleing
humanpackmule
12:20:15 PM
4/30/02

We are only supposed to show up to get our final grade. I'll just write the prof. an e-mail. If he won't give it to me, I'll just wait for grades to be officially released. I know I got an A anyway, 'cause I am so damn dedicated!! Yes! I'm ace! (Sorry, just giving myself a little pat on the 'ol back. HeHeHe!)
newgirl
12:21:34 PM
4/30/02

ooooh....splinters...yuck....
bitpusher
12:22:00 PM
4/30/02

Whittleing! This thread is getting pretty creative.
newgirl
12:22:54 PM
4/30/02

I suppose you could smooth it using a piece of cloth and some fine sand to act as sandpaper.
humanpackmule
12:27:33 PM
4/30/02

Okay, okay, I think we have gone over the edge now! LOL!
newgirl
12:29:27 PM
4/30/02

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