Sun 12 Nov 2006
J and I, I’d estimate, watch an average amount of television. While we aren’t into any particular shows (because, I don’t know, maybe neither of us has the attention span for that) we do like to turn the TV on and just gawk at all the possibilities from time to time. Celebrity news, old movies, dramas…despite not having any particular current favorites, we can and will sit down and watch an episode of “Law and Order SVU” at any time, day or night. Whenever it is on, and luckily, it seems to be on an awful lot.
There are a couple of shows that I like because they never fail to make me incredibly happy. I’m talking majorly happy, happy-that-I-live-on-this-incredible-planet happy.
“The Girls Next Door” on E! is one of these. If you haven’t seen this show, it chronicles the lives of Holly, Bridget and Kendra, three of Hugh Hefner’s live-in girlfriends at the Playboy Mansion. They do things like celebrate one another’s birthdays, travel to Europe and skinny dip, all while proclaiming their love of Hef, the man who made them what they are today.
And, I know, you could say something along the lines of, “That show is trash,” but hear me out. First of all, I realize it isn’t the most moral show or whatever, and that some feminists might say Hugh’s need to be constantly surrounded by attractive, young girls, never practicing any form of monogamy is no good for society, blah blah blah, but if you really watch, the show is not only clever (often poking fun at the girls’ rather ignorant/obvious/naive banter directed at the camera) but sort of heartwarming. On a rerun I caught the other day, Holly gave Hef an anniversary card (they were celebrating five years of, I don’t know what you’d call it - being together “sort of”?) and she started crying right there at the dinner table. Because she loves him so much. And she didn’t care that he has other girls in the house, girls he regularly goes to bed with and all. Holly was just happy that she has such a great life with the man she loves. So if Holly can find that kind of happiness in the world, with pajama-wearing, 110-year-old Hugh Hefner, I’m pretty sure this world is a great place. It’s a simple equation.
November 13th, 2006 at 12:56 pm
Moral TV is overrated! lol
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November 16th, 2006 at 11:50 am
I remember the first time I saw this show. My first reaction was that it was a trashy, sexist show, but I have grown to like it, along with The Simple Life. My mom gets mad at my sister and I, saying we shouldn’t bother watching that kind of crap, but oh well, teenagers are supposed to rebel, right? =^.,.^=
November 24th, 2006 at 11:10 pm
I, too, have started watching this show with the same initial OMG you have GOT to be kidding me(I mean –really–what 21 year old really wants to sleep with an 80 year old???)and Holly has been sleeping with Hef since she was 21….but , hey, she is the number one girlfriend since she sleeps in his room and that is considered her room as well…as least until he wants to sleep with either of the other girls….ewwwwww.But I digress….I have grown to like it just because it is so morally wrong. Today -on the show- Bridget’s parents came for a visit and she did her strip tease for them that she is/was/has doing/did for Hef’s 80th……now that is sick. Who wants to strip to pasties and a g string in front of your mom and dad??? It is like a train wreck I just can’t look away from.