The alternate name for this post is "Sex, Lies, and John & Kate"
An open letter to anyone who really wants to put their family on TV,
Haven't we learned by now that this is a bad idea? Let's start at the nearly beginning. Let's start with PBS' "An American Family." This idea of a show involved cutting 300 hours of videotape into twelve shows. The last episode coped with the son coming out of the closet (something the audience would "know" before the folks) and Mom asking Dad for a divorce and leaving the house. While the Loud's (is there a better TV family name?) didn't divorce until 2002, can we all agree that the stress of life and video gets to human beings?
Hummmm, let's see the track record of real-life couples on TV.
Nick and Jessica--Nope
Danny and Gretchen--Sorry
Travis and Shanna--Swing and a miss
Well, that's it for the top of my head. So dear TV couple, I beg you not to get a life. You have a life. May you have a wonderful, glorious, blessed life. But please don't put your normal life on TV. The moment you do, it is no longer your life, and that would be a shame.
Just ask Kate's bodyguard. No, not for purient details, just ask him why Kate needs a bodyguard.
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