The Simple Life

[EdwardKnoxII 0]

Well tonight is the debut of The Simple Life with Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie moving into an Arkansas farm and doing the farming thing. At first I wasn't going to watch but, with everything that has happened and the previews do you funny, I'm going to give it a shot or two.

 

And besides you know the show is going to do great in the ratings because of what has happened with Hilton.

 

So how about everyone else?

[Zack Malibu 0]

If I heard the ad right, it's a 2 night premiere, meaning it'll be on tomorrow before The O.C. I might take a peek then, but I'm not going out of my way to watch it.

[C Dubya 04 0]

I'm not a fan of "reality tv", but I am really looking forward to this one. Both girls seem so clueless that I don't see how the show can miss. That show with Jessica Simpson cracks me up, and I heard that Paris makes her look like a Rhodes Scholar.

[Lord of The Curry 0]

Watching a bunch of fucking morons act like fucking morons usually gets my blood up and makes me angry at humanity, so no, I'm not watching.

[EdwardKnoxII 0]

I'm not a fan of "reality tv", but I am really looking forward to this one. Both girls seem so clueless that I don't see how the show can miss. That show with Jessica Simpson cracks me up, and I heard that Paris makes her look like a Rhodes Scholar.

 

Yeah on one ad they show Paris didn't know what Wal-Mart was. She asked if they sell walls or something. Either she was joking or she really doesn't know. Lord knows she doesn't shop there.

[haVoc 0]

The Simple Life

08:30 PM - FOX

Paris Hilton must be thanking her lucky stars for Michael Jackson. Finally, we can focus on what's really important -- her new Bunim-Murray ("The Real World") reality show with best friend (and daughter of '80s superstar Lionel) Nicole Richie. Here's the premise: Wealthy socialites give up their party-hardy lifestyle in Los Angeles to move in with a hard-working family in an Arkansas farming community. Ah, the proverbial "other half." In the first episode, airing tonight, the girls go on a shopping spree to Wal-Mart, where they discover the amazing world of "generic products." Another episode airs at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday.

 

bLeH

 

I haven't decided if I'm going to record this or the new Tracy Morgan show yet. Working nights suck.

[Kinetic 0]

I didn't realize that her horse-faced friend is the daughter of former Commodore and mastermind behind such classics as "Dancing On The Ceiling" and "Say You, Say Me," Lionel Richie. This puts a whole new spin on the series and makes me all the more eager to see impossibly wealthy young gadabouts shove their hands in cow vaginas.

[dubq 0]

So how about everyone else?

Hmm, how about.. no?

[haVoc 0]

Nicole Richie is a fuck up too. She spent time in rehab recently for being busted with heroin.

[dubq 0]

Only in America.. or possibly England.. could idiots like these two get their own 'reality' series.

[Kinetic 0]

That they're fuck-ups is debatable. All Paris Hilton did was have a video of herself having sex leaked onto the Internet, which could conceivably happen to any one of us were it not for the fact that a) no one would care, and b) many of the people here do not frequently engage in sexual relations. And I don't consider getting caught with drugs to be fucking up, so much as really bad luck. That they're idiots is most likely beyond dispute, however.

[haVoc 0]

She didn't caught with weed or acid. I'm not Mr. Innocent myself, but I never would mess with heroin.

[Mole 0]

I'll watch it, they might be dumber than Jessica Simpson.

[EdwardKnoxII 0]

http://tv.zap2it.com/tveditorial/tve_main/...1|,00.html

 

Paris Hilton Tries to Lead 'The Simple Life'

 

By Jay Bobbin

 

How simple can life be for trendy young socialites suddenly faced with milking cows and cleaning chicken coops?

Model, hotel heiress and gossip-column staple Paris Hilton and one of her best friends, Nicole Richie -- daughter of veteran singer Lionel Richie -- have an answer that will become evident when the unscripted series "The Simple Life" premieres Tuesday, Dec. 2, on Fox (after being delayed from last summer).

 

Produced by the makers of MTV's "The Real World," the show takes the early-twentysomethings from the glitz of the Los Angeles club scene to the down-home atmosphere of an Arkansas farm, where they spend just over a month with a family of seven in a one-bathroom house. The adjustment hardly is easy, but Hilton and Richie are determined to stick it out, no matter how much dirt they accumulate under their well-manicured nails.

 

"Maybe 50 different reality shows approached Nicky, my younger sister, and me," Hilton says in explaining her "Simple Life" involvement. "I turned all of them down because I wasn't really interested. I just thought doing another one in L.A. would be like a copy of all the others. Then, Bunim-Murray [the production company behind 'The Simple Life'] came to me with this idea. At first, I was scared, then I started to like it. I thought it would be fun to show another side of myself."

 

Initially, Hilton was slated to lead "The Simple Life" with Nicky, another paparazzi favorite -- especially when she's out on the town with her sibling. What might have sounded like a good idea to Nicky became something else as production on the series neared, according to Paris: "She didn't want to live on a farm, and I couldn't think of anyone else I'd rather do this with than Nicole. She's really funny and fun to be around." Hilton entered "The Simple Life" without having reality-show burnout, since she claims, "I never watch TV, so I've never seen any of those series. Nicole likes them, though."

 

Arriving in Altus, Ark. -- population: 817 -- was every bit the culture shock Hilton anticipated. "It was really hard at first, just because it was so different from my day-to-day life. After a couple of weeks, though, I adapted. I was like, 'OK, I could live here.' Everyone knew who we were and that we were coming; they'd been talking about it for months. So even though they knew we would be there, we had no idea where we were going."

 

The locale, in Hilton's view, was a place with "like, nothing. There was one market and one store. It was a really small town, but a cute one. It was like something out of a movie set. I couldn't think of it as being real, but I don't think anybody was making fun of anybody. People in the town may have worried about that, but they didn't say anything to us about it. Everybody was just so nice to us."

 

Nevertheless, the producers had given Hilton and Richie an "out" clause. "We could have left if we'd wanted to," Hilton says, "but I had said I would do this, plus I wanted to prove everyone wrong. No one thought I would last more than a day. We'd get up at 4:30 in the morning and have a different job every day. The hardest was dairy farming, because you have to milk hundreds of cows twice a day. They're kicking you, and it smells, and it's just the hardest job ever."

 

Hilton could take temporary consolation in her calls home. "We had rules that included being allowed to talk on the phone twice a week for half an hour," she reports. "I didn't really call anyone except my parents and sister, and they'd ask lots of questions. No matter how I answered, they wouldn't believe me. We lived on a porch, and when I'd tell them that, they'd go, 'Yeah. Right.' Nobody who knows me will believe this until they see it."

 

Particularly helpful to Hilton during her Altus stay were the spirited reactions of her companions. She maintains that Richie "did good" with the chores and everything else. "We had so much fun. We just laughed the entire time." (Richie didn't fare so well afterward: She is scheduled to be back in court Friday, Dec. 5, after pleading guilty to a felony heroin-possession charge last August, then being ordered into a drug-treatment program.)

 

Tinkerbell, Hilton's pet Chihuahua, also responded well to "The Simple Life." Hilton says the dog "played a lot with the other animals. She had a great time."

 

Now that her "Simple Life" stint is over and she's back in the world where tabloids monitor her every move, Hilton reflects, "It was good to get away from it all for a while. I just wanted to do something different. I wanted to see what else goes on in life, and I learned so much, including how hard people have to work for their money. If we wanted food, we'd have to go to work, and we only made $42 in eight hours. This really taught me the value of money."

 

The experience also showed Hilton that friendships can be forged in unlikely situations, then kept up. She says that since taping of "The Simple Life" ended last May, "I've talked to a couple of the friends I made there, and also to the mom and the dad we stayed with, and to one of the little brothers." As for the friends she has returned to in Los Angeles, Hilton notes, "They've been asking me constantly what it was like. I have stories to tell for the rest of my life."

[1234-5678 0]

Girls in "farmgirl" outfits are hot. Hence, I will give it a shot if I am home.

[dubq 0]

That they're fuck-ups is debatable. All Paris Hilton did was have a video of herself having sex leaked onto the Internet, which could conceivably happen to any one of us were it not for the fact that a) no one would care, and b) many of the people here do not frequently engage in sexual relations. And I don't consider getting caught with drugs to be fucking up, so much as really bad luck. That they're idiots is most likely beyond dispute, however.

That line right there gets you one of these:

 

[Guest El Satanico]

Rupert himself would have to write me a check before I'd even consider watching this garbage.

[razazteca 0]

Enough of the stupid blond rich girl reality shows!

[Mik 0]

I found it to be pretty entertaining. The previews of all the upcoming shows actually looked pretty funny. I'll be watching.

[EdwardKnoxII 0]

^^

Same here

[TSA09 0]

I thought it was entertaining. These two give Jessica a run for her money on the stupid meter. I honestly want to know how long it took them to get out of the damn airport.

[Mole 0]

I had to get some food, so I missed it.

 

But by the powers of the VCR I recorded it, so I will see what happened later on.

[HollywoodSpikeJenkins 0]

Wow, they are all over the guys in that town.

[1234-5678 0]

I'll just watch now to see if the son gets to hit it.

[Guest NaturalBornThriller4:20]

Eh, I've already seen the REAL Paris Hilton Reality Television Show ::Wink, wink::

 

I had to go to my Uncle's house so I set my VCR to tape The Tracy Morgan Show. I'll keep the repeat of The Simple Life tomorrow.

[Gert T 0]

The best line on the AOL News page:

 

"What Do We See in Paris Hilton"

 

Throwing a hanging curveball AOL, I may check it out tomorrow.

[Guest SweetNSexyDiva]

Eh, I've already seen the REAL Paris Hilton Reality Television Show ::Wink, wink::

 

I had to go to my Uncle's house so I set my VCR to tape The Tracy Morgan Show. I'll keep the repeat of The Simple Life tomorrow.

Eh, the video was nothing special. Better off renting a VIVID video.

[Nighthawk 0]

The sex video was great because of the glowing eyes. I won't watch this show though.

[treble 0]

I'd say this 'simple life' is probably more complicated than these girls' real lives. How hard is it to be a spoiled brat?

[OldSchoolWrestling 0]

I thought it was funny. As long as you don't take it too seriously it could be fine. Its only half an hour.

 

I'll keep the repeat of The Simple Life tomorrow.

Oh and NaturalBornThriller, Wednesday's episode isn't a repeat. Its a new episode.