TV: The Real Good Life

spendaholic

If you have ITV2, I think it's on again on Thursday.

needmoney

I saw this last night and thought the younsters were looking good but is it just a novelty to them, can't remember his name but I liked him. Looks like in future episodes she's not too happy though I'll enjoy watchin this if I remember, I don't watch other reality programmes though. I wonder who will eventually come out on top.

Austin_Allegro

One of the lads was quite appealling and he mucked in and helped, but the other kids/teenagers were annoying.

The pony tailed bloke with the cockney accent I found irritating purely due to snobbery, but at least he was enthusiastic.

And the blonde lady...Veronica? Hubba hubba! I believe she's what in vulgar American terminology is a !!!!!! - (Mother I'd Like to ...er...Fondle)

lipidicman

Austin_Allegro wrote:

And the blonde lady...Veronica? Hubba hubba! I believe she's what in vulgar American terminology is a !!!!!! - (Mother I'd Like to ...er...Fondle)

Have you been left unsupervised on the Internet? Be careful out there!

Chipps

spendaholic wrote:

If you have ITV2, I think it's on again on Thursday.

Just seen it......
Wonder why any of them volunteered!!!

I felt very sorry for Neils wife - especially when his idea of ploughing up the garden was to go round & round on motorbikes.. and his manners in Wales ...
Oh, well, at least it made me realise what nice people my children are :j
I really don't like these so-called "reality" tv shows, but can't help wondering if any of the families will survive?

ps. Why do no "reality" shows have any reality in them

Austin_Allegro

I also had to laugh at the daughter who kept calling her dad a 'murderer' because he was going to slaughter a pig. :rolleyes:

Loadsabob

Austin_Allegro wrote:

I also had to laugh at the daughter who kept calling her dad a 'murderer' because he was going to slaughter a pig. :rolleyes:

Yes, the meat-eating daughter! Boy, she has a lot to learn!!

The thing that most made my blood boil is that I would LOVE to have my rent paid for a year to enable me to have a go full time at self-sufficiency. But as my boyfriend and I would probably just get on with it without too much drama, we wouldn't make good TV! I'm really hoping that poor woman finds herself a new life out of all this and can tell her husband where to take his motorbike...horrible man!

Chipps

Most of those kids were farily obnoxious weren't they! Apart from one boy. It made me wonder whether the parents had discussed the whole thing with them before starting out.
A bit of a contrast from the 2 young children I had to visit yesterday, they keep chickens & were telling me about their cockerels... the one they already ate, & the projected fate of the current one!!!!

Loadsabob

Chipps wrote:

Most of those kids were farily obnoxious weren't they! Apart from one boy. It made me wonder whether the parents had discussed the whole thing with them before starting out.
A bit of a contrast from the 2 young children I had to visit yesterday, they keep chickens & were telling me about their cockerels... the one they already ate, & the projected fate of the current one!!!!

That sounds much healthier - a good understanding of the situation.

I know, in the families where the children weren't interested, and hadn't wanted to do the experiment anyway, it does make me wonder somewhat about the parents...it's hard enough, without having to battle your offspring on a daily basis!

Ooh, I'm getting flashbacks to that final supermarket trip where one of the teenage girls was putting as many chocolate pudding pots as she could carry, into the trolley....ick!

spendaholic

Loadsabob wrote:

I would LOVE to have my rent paid for a year to enable me to have a go full time at self-sufficiency. But as my boyfriend and I would probably just get on with it without too much drama, we wouldn't make good TV! I'm really hoping that poor woman finds herself a new life out of all this and can tell her husband where to take his motorbike...horrible man!

Well yes, I think most of us Old Stylers would - even the newbies. But I also think you've hit the nail on the head - they want drama - and I'm not at all convinced that Neil had any intention of doing it. I'm sure he's the plant.