I always believed Nicole Kidman’s greatest acting role was appearing in public as the devoted wife of Tom Cruise. Mind you, I though her fawning over him was excessive at times as their bitter divorce later proved.
My town just got a Jared jewelry store. It is, unsurprisingly, next door to the David's Bridal. I would prefer that any potential gift-givers visiting that shopping center for me veer slightly to the left and obtain an iPhone or a Target gift card.
And yes, the commercials are totally designed to guilt-trip men. I was trying to communicate to my boyfriend that while I wouldn't mind jewelry for Christmas, by that I don't mean any item of jewelry that comes with a (TM) after the name or is sold by a chain store. So I sent him a link to my Etsy favorites instead. I am totally hoping that he bought me either the wacky owl pendant or the necklace with smiling silver teacups.
I remember my dad watching The Real World circa 1997 and saying it was the future of television. We used to watch so much of that crap together: The Apprentice, like 4 seasons of Survivor, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, The Amazing Race (which is actually the best of the bunch, for sure).
Thanks Cheesus we have moved on to Lost and Mad Men.
Wow, I watched a lot of reality TV between 2000-2002 that I had completely blocked out of my head. These photos just returned me to a very innocent place in my life, a time when The Real World was watchable (and even a little real) and Survivor was destination TV and "reality" was not yet synonymous with "trainwreck." (Cue O-Town.)
@LoSpaz: I liked The Real World! The last one I remember watching was Seattle, which was also featured in 10 Thing I Hate About You. I'm not even old and I'm old!
@LoSpaz: Along those lines, I always thought that The Real World got gyped as being the first major reality show, since it had been on a few years before the Survivor phenom.
@Scarlet A: I agree - The Real World was viewed as an experiment or something - a weird science project! on that cable channel that plays music videos! - until Survivor came along. Puck from the San Francisco season was totally the first reality villain, yet Richard Hatch always gets the credit for that.
@Island of Misfit Toys: They have it on VH1 Classic. I spent the better part of this morning wearing moccasin slippers and watching Prince Pop-Up Videos.
I have managed to avoid knowing what exactly The Hills and attendant spinoffs actually is. This has taken a great deal of effort that might be better directed towards, say, improving my handwriting, or brushing up on my Italian. Nevertheless, it's been worth it.
@la.donna.pietra: Thanks to sites like Jezebel, I know bizarre amounts about some reality tv, but since I actually don't own a tv, I'm painfully unaware of other pop cultural phenomena. It's an interesting experience.
@alouette: If it wasn't for Jezebel, I would have no idea who Jon Gosselin was. The only down side of this situation would be total confusion in the checkout aisle while perusing tabloids.
@iquenique: Yeah, I've gotten that too. "I thought you hated reality tv? You don't even have a tv!" "oh, I just read about them on the internet. Creepily."
Come on, O-Town deserves a little bit more credit than just "Liquid Dreams"! They also had the surprisingly sexual "We Fit Together," and the mega epic ballad "All or Nothing" which is genuinely amazing and which the Backstreet Boys later ripped off in "Drowning."
@JohanPaladin: Fun fact. I was recently at a bar with a bunch of friends when "All or Nothing" came on, and we realized, to our surprise, that every single one of us knew the song in its entirety. I didn't even know I knew that song until it started! Isn't it amazing how things like song lyrics can burrow into your subconscious and stay there for years?
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And yes, the commercials are totally designed to guilt-trip men. I was trying to communicate to my boyfriend that while I wouldn't mind jewelry for Christmas, by that I don't mean any item of jewelry that comes with a (TM) after the name or is sold by a chain store. So I sent him a link to my Etsy favorites instead. I am totally hoping that he bought me either the wacky owl pendant or the necklace with smiling silver teacups.
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Orlando?
Omaha?
Ontario?
Or is it supposed to be Orgasm Town?
I honestly have no idea.
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