We watched the first episode - honestly, we thought a lot worse of the network than the family.
Go-Go juice? What idiot is willing to give her kid a mixture of Mountain Dew and Red Bull? I can’t imagine a parent wanting to deal with a kid hyped up on that much caffeine. Is she a glutton for punishment or something?
Jesus, my mother didn’t let have regular pop all that often when I was little because of the sugar high. (Usually only when I was at my grandma’s, or at parties or whatever)
I could see some of my in-laws doing it. Last big family gathering we had, one of the cousins started a fire at 10:30 at night so her kids (6-10yo) could roast marshmallows for s’mores. While they were waiting on the fire, her husband gave them a buttload of other candy. And when I went to bed at 11:30, she was dishing up ice cream for the six year old because apparently the two Charleston Chews and two s’mores he’d had in the past hour simply weren’t enough to hold him. I was apparently the only one who thought this was a completely crazy-pants event.
I’m not above watching people make twats of themselves on reality TV. If it wasn’t for me watching “What Not to Wear” I would never have seen the commercial. Still, holy fuck, just the 30 second ads make me want to commit mayhem. That fat, ugly little loudmouthed redneck and her nasty kin are the poster children for Planned Parenthood.
No, I take that back. Her family is unpalatable but seem like they’re probably perfectly fine people who just happen to live a different lifestyle than I. It’s Ms. Boo Boo herself that invokes my ire. Then I feel guilty for wishing death upon a child.
Honey Boo Boo Child Vs. Honey Badger.
Two critters enter; one critter leaves.
What makes me uncomfortable are the bits I’m sure she’s been coached to say like “a dolla’ makes me holla.” There are occasional snippets of what seems to be her own genuine little kid personality when Alana seems sweet.
Honey Boo Boo Child is the spiritual guide of the modern age and I won’t hear a word against her!
The relationship between Sugar Bear and Mama intrigues me the most. She seems particularly uncomfortable with overt displays of affection and Sugar Bear’s bumbling attempts at wooing just seem sweet.
I’ve watched a few episodes. The family weirds me out… but Honey Boo Boo is a genuinely funny child.
It seemed like a loving family, honestly. I mean, not a perfect one - anybody in the toddler beauty pageant scene has got some pretty freaking major issues, and of course one of the kids is a knocked up teenager. But they seem genuinely warm towards one another, which is a lot more than I can say for some people.
That’s it! I saw a couple episodes of this show, and there was something about it that I liked, but I couldn’t put my finger on it. A lot of people refer to it as a junk show, i.e. if you like Jersey Shore you’ll like this, but I hate Jersey Shore to the point where if I’m at a friend’s house and it’s on the TV, I will walk into the next room until it’s over.
But a lot of trashy TV is full of backstabbing and lies and fakery and sickening bullshit that this show does not have. It’s a reality show featuring a family who may not always make the best decisions, but is always loving and supportive towards one another, and that’s nice to see.
“ketchup and butter sketti” :eek:
Yeah. I had blocked that from my mind. Though, some TV cook - Rachel Ray maybe? I heard it third hand - says that if you have to used jarred sauce for your pasta adding a tablespoon of butter to the pot helps. Who am I to judge?
I think their family is more real than any of the “real housewives.”
Watching this show, it’s mandatory.
Aka, margarine.
I just saw that episode and gagged. It makes me want to fly in with a big container of my mom’s spaghetti sauce and show them what REAL “sketti” tastes like. 
(But my mother always used to yell at me and my friend when we were kids and would throw ramen at the wall to see if it was done. Dammit)
She’s a really cute little girl. I liked seeing her and Sugar Bear going to the arcade. That was sweet.
Doesn’t mean it doesn’t give me secondhand embarassment, though. They seem nice, but you still want to cringe. Especially when the older chick peed herself and didn’t want to bother changing her jeans.
:eek: Seriously? WTF!
But how’d you know?
What is with Mama’s near constant sneezing?
Why can’t I just not watch??? I’m considering naming this disorder and then applying for grant money to research it. There is nothing gained from watching and yet I do so compulsively - even staying up later than is wise. Although, had I not watched the entire season I would have missed some great vocabulary; beautimous, etiquettely, and rebelcheous.
I’m only aware of this show from the clips shown on The Soup. (And actually there are a bunch of reality shows I only know of from The Soup.) I get the distinct impression that the show only exists so that the viewer can look superior to them.
While their diet and manners leave much to be desired, I genuinely like them.
What shocked me was that the family received only $105,000 for the season. Now I’m wondering what the Duggers get.
As for the show, I thought it would be something Celtling and I would giggle at together. Like the way we do when one of us bleches in private. Truly though, I was horrified. This Mother who hasn’t enough money to feed her family goes to an aution and buys two cases of fake fruit punch?!? Whaaa?!? Why on earth would you waste money on that crap?!? No way will that show be on in our house agan.
It’s hard to watch. But I totally get the “can’t look away” attraction some people feel toward it.
My friend and I turned it into a drinking game based on vignettes the cast probably isn’t aware of. The opener that begins with a tight shot of the town welcome sign, then pans across a neat, quiet neighborhood only to zoom in on an elderly obese Chihuahua licking it’s balls at the end of a sunny driveway? Drink. An uncomfortably long pause on Momma’s strangely unexpressive face? Drink. The sneezes? Drink. The bucolic farm scene interrupted by Honey Boo Boo’s faceplant? DRINK!
We call these moments editing gold, and imagine the producers laughing themselves silly when they discover these nuggets among miles of mundane footage.