# Can you name a "Real Housewife"? (A poll) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 20, 2012, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-a-real-housewife-a-poll/619451 "2012-04-20T21:21:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-a-real-housewife-a-poll/619451/21 "2012-04-20T23:51:43Z")
Do “Kelsey Grammar’s wife” and “that women who sells ‘Skinny Girl’ products” count? ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2012, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-a-real-housewife-a-poll/619451/22 "2012-04-21T00:09:58Z")
I have no idea what cities they featuring but if they had one for Memphis (Shelby County) I would SO watch it. ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2012, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-a-real-housewife-a-poll/619451/23 "2012-04-21T00:26:53Z")
I chose “Other” because I’ve never watched the shows and have no franchise in my state that I know of (Real Housewives of the Twin Cities? :D), but I have heard of Kelsey Grammer’s ex-wife’s involvement in one in CA. ---
**Author:** ![Kimmy\_Gibbler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Kimmy\_Gibbler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimmy_Gibbler)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2012, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-a-real-housewife-a-poll/619451/24 "2012-04-21T00:36:40Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > Trying to gauge popularity as well as settle an argument. On another board, a fan of the Real Housewives franchise is skeptical that someone who lives in one of the franchise cities wouldn’t be familiar with the show and the “stars”. My opinion is that the franchise isn’t that popular and that unless you’re a celebrity watcher, the franchise isn’t on your radar at all. Off the top of my head… RHONY: Countess LuAnn, Ramona, _formerly_ Jill Zarin and Bethenny Frankel RHOBH: Camille Grammer, Kyle Richards, Kim Richards, Taylor Armstrong, Lisa Vanderpump, Adrienne Maloof, Brandi Glanville, Weird Dana. RHONJ: Teresa Guidice, Melissa Gorga, Caroline Manzo, Kathy the cousin (?) RHOA: NeNe Leakes, Kim Zolciak, Phaedra Parks, Kandi Burriss, Cynthia something or other, She by She-broke, Marlo the felon ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2012, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-a-real-housewife-a-poll/619451/25 "2012-04-21T00:54:22Z")
I saw an episode once when the franchise started, so I knew the basic concept, but I couldn’t name any of the woman or the cities. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2012, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-a-real-housewife-a-poll/619451/26 "2012-04-21T00:57:56Z")
Melissa. Is there a Melissa? Haven’t read the thread. There’s always a Melissa. ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2012, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-a-real-housewife-a-poll/619451/27 "2012-04-21T01:57:01Z")
Other: I can name some of the settings and a couple of the housewives, because they were on a different reality show that I watch, Celebrity Apprentice, but I’ve never watched Real Housewives. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2012, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-a-real-housewife-a-poll/619451/28 "2012-04-21T01:59:49Z")
That’s right up there with European football scores and what Newt is thinking as a concern of mine. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2012, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-a-real-housewife-a-poll/619451/29 "2012-04-21T02:29:33Z")
I live in DC and remember the Salahis crashing the White House and I remember reading an article in the Washington Post about the series which noted that most (all?) of the real housewives for the DC show actually lived in the suburbs. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2012, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-a-real-housewife-a-poll/619451/30 "2012-04-21T03:43:31Z")
I watch 'em all, motherfuckers. I can’t actually name all of the women, though. Sometimes I get my rude skinny blondes mixed up, or they all turn in to one rude skinny blonde blob. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2012, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-a-real-housewife-a-poll/619451/31 "2012-04-21T03:53:05Z")
Picked “other” - don’t live in one of the cities (I think- Chicago), and I can’t name any housewives but can name a city or two. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2012, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-a-real-housewife-a-poll/619451/32 "2012-04-21T05:16:56Z")
I never watched any of the shows but I can name one of the housewifes: Jeana Tomasino who was a Playboy Playmate back when I was a teenage lad. She was also one of the women in ZZ Top’s “[Legs](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKhiPgCKiN8)” video (she’s the one in the white dress and black hat). ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2012, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-a-real-housewife-a-poll/619451/33 "2012-04-21T05:18:38Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > Picked “other” - don’t live in one of the cities (I think- Chicago), and I can’t name any housewives but can name a city or two. Same here. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2012, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-a-real-housewife-a-poll/619451/34 "2012-04-21T06:14:19Z")
I was ready to say, yeah, I know Eva Longoria! Then I looked it up. That’s _Desperate Housewives_. Whoops. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2012, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-a-real-housewife-a-poll/619451/35 "2012-04-21T10:17:26Z")
I put down four but I do sort of know where they are. I live in NJ but I have no idea where in the state that version takes place. While reading this thread I realized I did know about Kim Richards but forgot while voting. I’ve seen commercials and some clips but never watched the show. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2012, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-a-real-housewife-a-poll/619451/36 "2012-04-21T17:57:14Z")
I voted “Other”, because I could name a couple of the cities, having seen enough commercials over the years, but I have never seen any of the shows and couldn’t name any of the ‘characters’. ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2012, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-a-real-housewife-a-poll/619451/37 "2012-04-21T20:09:43Z")
I saw Teresa on Celebrity Apprentice and then on a commercial and put those two together. And I saw a talk show for a couple minutes that was featuring some of the housewives. But I have no idea what the show is about, what cities they’re in or anything else about it. I’m torn between googling to see what the show is about and continuing to be blissfully happy not knowing. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2012, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-a-real-housewife-a-poll/619451/38 "2012-04-21T20:15:37Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I was ready to say, yeah, I know Eva Longoria! Then I looked it up. That’s _Desperate Housewives_. Whoops. Heh. Yeah, my first thought too. I was going to go with Bree. Evil women are hot. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2012, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-a-real-housewife-a-poll/619451/39 "2012-04-21T20:32:44Z")
I’ve seen ads for the shows but I know nothing about them and I don’t feel like I’m missing out on anything. ---
**Author:** ![Arabella\_Flynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8491ac/32.png) [@Arabella\_Flynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arabella_Flynn)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2012, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-a-real-housewife-a-poll/619451/40 "2012-04-21T21:11:56Z")
I’m aware that there are shows called “Real Housewives of…” I think one of the locales is Beverly Hills? And there’s one in New York or New Jersey or something? I base that guess largely on people making cracks comparing some of the women to Victoria Gotti. I’ve never seen any of the shows, and if it were the only thing I could get on TV I’d go through even more books than I do now. I’ve also not seen any of the housewives in question on any other program, to the best of my knowledge. I would not recognize any of them if I plowed right into them on the street. I think that one of them is or was someone named Heidi Montag, of whom I am only aware because I read things like [Go Fug Yourself](http://gofugyourself.com). I’ve heard that she’s had a lot of plastic surgery that she now publicly regrets. I don’t know what she looked like before. There’s another one whose name escapes me who alleged that her husband abused her and then wrote a book about it, and now he’s dead and people are double-checking the timeline of everything she wrote and going “she couldn’t have been beaten then, look she’s on camera the day after and not a hair out of place”. I think. That’s been on Gawker, which is a pit of rabid voles, but a sociologically interesting one. I’m somewhat less aware of them than I am of, say, the Kardashians, who themselves are only known to me because one of them called her brother-in-law a douchelord on TV once, and it was widely agreed that she was right. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-a-real-housewife-a-poll/619451.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-a-real-housewife-a-poll/619451.md?page=3)