# Eek: Bristol Palin to star in reality series **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 9, 2011, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eek-bristol-palin-to-star-in-reality-series/581333 "2011-05-09T21:40:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eek-bristol-palin-to-star-in-reality-series/581333/1 "2011-05-09T21:40:50Z")
[Story here](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110509/ap_en_ot/us_tv_bristol_palin). The story notes she earned hundreds of thousands of dollars as a spokeswoman against teen pregnancy. I expect she will later earn hundreds of thousands of dollars as a spokeswoman against being on reality shows. The story is apparently about he moving from Alaska to Los Angeles to become a bigger media whore. I thought about putting this in CS, but by no stretch can the show be considered part of “the Arts”, and I seriously doubt that cafe society will be all abuzz about this. ---
**Author:** ![Sarabellum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarabellum/32/3492_2.png) [@Sarabellum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarabellum)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2011, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eek-bristol-palin-to-star-in-reality-series/581333/2 "2011-05-10T01:00:16Z")
Interesting that it implies she still lives in Alaska - she bought a nice house for herself in Phoenix or Scottsdale I think, less than a year ago. And I guess she decided to spend a little of the money she got from Dancing With the Stars on her new chin implant (at least, I _think_ that’s what she did.) At any rate she does look a little prettier and more television-ready. ---
**Author:** ![velvetjones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f9b8f/32.png) [@velvetjones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velvetjones)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2011, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eek-bristol-palin-to-star-in-reality-series/581333/3 "2011-05-10T01:39:15Z")
Please, oh please, oh pretty please with sugar on top…can the Palin family’s 15 minutes be over soon, please. I’m beggin here Suck to live in a country filled with people who will watch this shit. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2011, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eek-bristol-palin-to-star-in-reality-series/581333/4 "2011-05-10T02:50:49Z")
The only Palin I’d watch on a reality show is the one with Down’s Syndrome\*. \*I was going to say “the retarded one” but not only would that be un-PC but it would also be confusing as you still wouldn’t know which one I meant. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2011, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eek-bristol-palin-to-star-in-reality-series/581333/5 "2011-05-10T12:17:42Z")
Moved MPSIMS --\> Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2011, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eek-bristol-palin-to-star-in-reality-series/581333/6 "2011-05-10T12:26:48Z")
I think it’s terrible how the media keeps relentlessly hounding Sarah Palin’s family by offering them television shows. ---
**Author:** ![JuliaSqueezer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/82dd89/32.png) [@JuliaSqueezer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JuliaSqueezer)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2011, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eek-bristol-palin-to-star-in-reality-series/581333/7 "2011-05-10T14:38:24Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > I think it’s terrible how the media keeps relentlessly hounding Sarah Palin’s family by offering them television shows. Yeah. Leave those poor, unfortunate folks alone. Haven’t they been through enough? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2011, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eek-bristol-palin-to-star-in-reality-series/581333/8 "2011-05-10T15:46:28Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > The only Palin I’d watch on a reality show… …is Michael. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2011, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eek-bristol-palin-to-star-in-reality-series/581333/9 "2011-05-10T16:06:00Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > The story is apparently about he moving from Alaska to Los Angeles to become a bigger media whore. 🙂 Well, it’s on the Biography Chanel, so I don’t know how much viewship that gets. Unfortunately, Warhol was off by about a factor of 100. He didn’t take cable into account. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2011, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eek-bristol-palin-to-star-in-reality-series/581333/10 "2011-05-10T16:21:20Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > …is Michael. Yeah, I realized after I posted that there was an entertaining Palin and should have specified “in that Palin family”. ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2011, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eek-bristol-palin-to-star-in-reality-series/581333/11 "2011-05-10T18:19:28Z")
I heard it was going to be called _"Stupid Sh_t My Mom Keeps Saying"…\* ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2011, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eek-bristol-palin-to-star-in-reality-series/581333/12 "2011-05-11T05:46:54Z")
> [@Sarabellum1976](#): > > Interesting that it implies she still lives in Alaska - she bought a nice house for herself in Phoenix or Scottsdale I think, less than a year ago. > > And I guess she decided to spend a little of the money she got from Dancing With the Stars on her new chin implant (at least, I _think_ that’s what she did.) At any rate she does look a little prettier and more television-ready. [Apparently she had corrective surgery on her jaw](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110511/ap_en_ot/us_people_bristol_palin). Even so, she couldn’t help passing judgement on people who undergo voluntary plastic surgery. ---
**Author:** ![bengangmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2011, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eek-bristol-palin-to-star-in-reality-series/581333/13 "2011-05-11T09:12:19Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > I think it’s terrible how the media keeps relentlessly hounding Sarah Palin’s family by offering them television shows. I feel like there’s a joke in there somewhere about how it’s terrible the American public is determined to keep pulling down their intellect and their short attention span but it’s too hard to think of and…ooohh shiney ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2011, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eek-bristol-palin-to-star-in-reality-series/581333/14 "2011-05-11T13:29:13Z")
> [@bengangmo](#): > > I feel like there’s a joke in there somewhere about how it’s terrible the American public is determined to keep pulling down their intellect and their short attention span but it’s too hard to think of and…ooohh shiney Yeah, there’s nothing left to do now, but wait for “Ow, My Balls!” to premiere. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2011, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eek-bristol-palin-to-star-in-reality-series/581333/15 "2011-05-11T13:33:57Z")
In the meantime, we’ll have _Impaled_, _Michael Jackson’s Autops_y, and _Police Chase Videos_ to keep us interested. ---
**Author:** ![SeldomSeen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@SeldomSeen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeldomSeen)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2011, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eek-bristol-palin-to-star-in-reality-series/581333/16 "2011-05-11T18:04:06Z")
Wouldn’t bother to turn on the TV to watch it. But I am looking foreward to Levi Johnston’s forthcoming book. \*“Deer in the Headlights: My Life in Sarah Palin’s Crosshairs,” \* The book may not be any good, but he’s got a GREAT title there! SS ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2011, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eek-bristol-palin-to-star-in-reality-series/581333/17 "2011-05-11T19:18:23Z")
Is it true that Bristol is legally changing her last name to Kardashian? ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2011, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eek-bristol-palin-to-star-in-reality-series/581333/18 "2011-05-11T21:08:28Z")
Even scarier is the cover for Levi Johnston’s book: > **[Levi Johnston's Book Cover Is Basically Perfect](https://www.gawker.com/5800919/levi-johnstons-book-cover-is-basically-perfect)** > > Former Alaskan youth hockey player Levi Johnson, who knocked up Bristol Palin three years ago, was famous for two more years after that, and now is not very famous, has a hot new book comin' out. Deer in the Headlights: My Life in Sarah Palin's... ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2011, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eek-bristol-palin-to-star-in-reality-series/581333/19 "2011-06-18T19:07:25Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > [Story here](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110509/ap_en_ot/us_tv_bristol_palin). The story notes she earned hundreds of thousands of dollars as a spokeswoman against teen pregnancy… Apparently now, sweet, naive, taken-advantage-of Bristol Palin wants the world to know that the very first time she ever got drunk was the same night that she had sex for the very first time as well, which of course also naturally resulted in her getting pregnant… I am assuming that her family is looking into a lawsuit against the Mike’s Hard Lemonaide people as we speak. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eek-bristol-palin-to-star-in-reality-series/581333/20 "2011-06-19T00:20:39Z")
> [@Sarabellum1976](#): > > Interesting that it implies she still lives in Alaska - she bought a nice house for herself in Phoenix or Scottsdale I think, less than a year ago. [It’s up for rent.](http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gj9vBVBLT9JLNvX3Vrmy_Rlm-h_w?docId=52adf4a8eed2453d8618c3818d2855f8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eek-bristol-palin-to-star-in-reality-series/581333.md?page=2)