Minicap: Toddlers & Tiaras

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   kay reid
   Posted August 8, 2012 at 9:14 pm

   I just don’t even know what I watched… XD

   Can’t wait for the full recap DC and omg those judges were total bitches! I kept thinking “how are these women qualified to judge anything anyways” seeing as they were so bloody judgmental. Ugh this show. XD

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   sagittariuskim
   Posted August 8, 2012 at 9:15 pm

   Saraland is close to where I’m from, I don’t know if I should be excited or embarrassed.

   You have to give Honey Boo Boo’s mom a little bit of credit for being somewhat self aware.

   Why is there always some cranky judge who’s overly fixated on something? I thought Destiny’s hair was cute. It didn’t seem any better or worse than the other girls there.

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   Laura Gill
   Posted August 8, 2012 at 10:23 pm

   I found Alana and her family so obnoxious this time around that I couldn’t stand to tune in to her show afterward.

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   georgiababe
   Posted August 8, 2012 at 11:22 pm

   Man, Honey Boo Boo’s family is one hot mess. Is someone recapping the trainwreck that will be their show? I watched a few minutes of it tonight and I just had to bury my face in my hands…

   Also, watching them grind deer meat made me feel sick. Not because I’m squeamish, but because I was overfed deer sausage as a kid thanks to an overzealous hunter uncle and I never want to even eat it or think about it again. Ick.

   I liked the kids this time around, they weren’t brats. Well, Alana is, but I suspect that she’s one of those kids who just hams it up (or jacks it up to Jesus!) for the cameras. I don’t think that Mama June would take too kindly to some of the actual bratty behaviour we’ve seen from other children.

   Also, man alive were those judges bitchy, yikes. Although I did find it amusing that the woman who kept commenting on the bad hairstyles had some seriously bad hair herself.

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   BedHeadJen
   Posted August 9, 2012 at 2:34 am

   Less than 10 minutes into Boo-Boo’s show, my 11 year old daughter got up and said “This is ridiculous, I am not watching this” and left the room. My work is done.

   Good Luck Crabby! While wading in these waters, take time to redneckognize the flesh eating bacteria.

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   MarianMoney
   Posted August 9, 2012 at 4:06 am

   The pageant director was wider than my wide screen Tv.

   Sad to think that Alana and June were the most realistic at the pageant. If they’re the normal ones I weep for Georgia

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   Moli
   Posted August 9, 2012 at 4:21 am

   When it comes to Alana and June I just sit back and enjoy the ride. They know what makes reality tv work so they work it. Alana needs coaching badly, she just walked around during Olympic wear. I thought Destinty was freaking adorable and agree Crabby Desaray is out at 18. The judges didnt have their Wheaties on pageant day. BTW, I giggled at the June fart intro.

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   Pat Ledoux
   Posted August 9, 2012 at 6:31 am

   OMG what a night. Alana and her family, seriously folks, wake up. White trash does not win Pageants.
   They are a nice enough family, but the farts conversations grossed me out. June also grew another chin since we last saw her!
   This pageant was obviously a lead in for Honey Boo Boo. Good Lord, Kate Gosselin must be so pissed that she got dumped by TLC for this CRAP.

   The Pageant itself was meh, I’ve seen better. I did feel sorry for Desare (sp.?) She seems like a nice kid. I have to go back and watch it again as I had to keep getting up with dry heaves due to Hone B and her redneck family.
   May TLC see the error of their ways soon.

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   Pageant-grandma
   Posted August 9, 2012 at 6:46 am

   Oh, t&t– how I love you! I kinda wanted to bitchslap Alana this time ’round, or her mother, though. They were just obnoxious, and not always in a funny way. Even if they use the terms themselves, calling a gay person “fruity” or “a poodle” can certainly be offensive, and some of that money june saves by eating roadkill needs to be funneled into some English tutoring for poor Alana. Also, NO ONE puts a flipper in an infant’s mouth for pageants. That’s about as believable as the Botox hoax. It doesn’t happen, no matter how crazy you are.

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    crockpot
    Posted August 9, 2012 at 7:31 am

    So glad that I don’t live anywhere near Georgia. Alana & June & family are so gross & offensive that I have a hard time even watching them on t&t much less their wreck of a show. The ugliness that will be Alana in 10 years. Dirty, farting, smart-mouthed young adult. Great.

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    Pat Ledoux
    Posted August 9, 2012 at 7:36 am

    Oh I forgot to mention, I think the Pageant Director and June were separated at birth.
    Crockpot, I so agree, and people wonder why our world is going in the toilet? Because of people like the Kartrashians, Alana and her family, etc.

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    StageMom
    Posted August 9, 2012 at 7:41 am

    I thought the highlight of this show was the preview for Abby and Brittany.

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    talk it then
    Posted August 9, 2012 at 7:42 am

    DISCUSTING… There is a word!! What a hot mess!! But,, I have to say I laughed my ass off at some of it. The other two families competing that were shown, were obviously “newbies” as they call them. The hair and makeup for the Destiny and the other girl was ridicoulous!! That hair was a damn mess!! I have to say though, Alana does clean up when she is in full glitz mode. All I can do is shake my head at the rest of it.

    June and her family… OH MY!! crazy, funny, hilarious and down right nasty!! Eating road kill, are you freakin kidding me? This poor family comes from the swap!! BUT I will have to give it to June, at least she has enough sense that she did not let those kids go swimming in that flesh eating water!! I will give her that much!

    I know one family who was just eat up and sick about all this….. Sparklebaby and her uneducated daughter. How did you like the show Mickie??? I bet you were cussing the whole time, sipping on a cold one while Eden was sipping on red bull. You idiots.. T&T does not want you,, so give it up sweetheart.. those days are over. HA!.. I love it when a plan comes together!!

    Cant wait for the full recap.. and for next weeks show!!

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    J-Nut
    Posted August 9, 2012 at 8:02 am

    @Pat Ledoux: “Kate Gosselin must be so pissed that she got dumped by TLC for this CRAP.” LOL! So true. As must ‘Shparkle Baybee” Mickie Wood.

    @StageMom: “I thought the highlight of this show was the preview for Abby and Brittany.” Me, too. This show is rapidly going down the tubes.

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    alice
    Posted August 9, 2012 at 8:08 am

    honey boo boo child…………she’s fart her way to the bank…shes funny but rude and smelly and gross but yet cute..the mom has been on extreme couponing twice..the fact that the older girls dont mind wiggling their bellies too…i have show her show..its on my dvdr..rednecks are american way of life so break out the cold bud and bag of chips and beef jerky and sit down for a moment to rest those puppies and watch honey boo boo child get rich!!!!

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    Pat Ledoux
    Posted August 9, 2012 at 8:49 am

    Sorry Alice, don’t think this train wreck will last past a few episodes. People who get off on fart jokes and you can’t even understand them when they speak will not be with us too long.

    They are fun to laugh at however!
    Abby & Brittany, now there’s a reality show, not just crap . Did anyone see Push Girls, they are awesome.

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    Crabbyfan
    Posted August 9, 2012 at 9:24 am

    Oh how far television has fallen. Just think, the controversy 50 years ago was I love Lucy wearing pedal pushers on national television as a woman!

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    ellemenop
    Posted August 9, 2012 at 9:50 am

    soooo happy honey boo boo was back. i need to get me a county fair airbrushed t-shirt saying “a dolla make me holla,” too.

    can’t wait for the full!!!

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    Detinha
    Posted August 9, 2012 at 9:51 am

    Need to move out of GA ASAP!!

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    ZipLock
    Posted August 9, 2012 at 9:55 am

    I’m sorry DC, but I have to call for a vote here on the worst name. I mean, Destiny is a dumb name for a kid (or anyone but a stripper), but at least it’s spelled right. What in the hell does Deseray spell/

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    ellemenop
    Posted August 9, 2012 at 9:56 am

    btw, if “sugar bear” and jabba are both the parents of all four thompson kids, that means that if june is 32 and her oldest is 17, then june was 15 and “sugar bear” was 23 when the first one was born … ewwwww. wtf? i wonder if they’re cousins, too.

    oh, well. still love honey boo boo.

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    sagittariuskim
    Posted August 9, 2012 at 10:01 am

    Am I the only one who thought the subtitles were unnecessary at times for Alana’s family. And their show was no worse than Jersey Shore or My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding.

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    Pat Ledoux
    Posted August 9, 2012 at 10:02 am

    @Crabbyfan, don’t forget Lucy & Desi had to have twin beds too! Oh how I long for the days of non trash tv

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    TurtleGirl93
    Posted August 9, 2012 at 10:05 am

    Before I even weigh in (ha ha,) on HBB, can I just say OMG. What was with Deiry (Dairy? Whatever) wanting her daughter to do a back handspring on the kitchen floor? Granted I only took gymnastics for a few years and quit cheerleading after my second year, but I’m pretty sure that gym mats exist for a reason. I broke my wrist earlier this summer (sadly I wasn’t doing back handsprings, but I was on a bicycle. Well, before I fell off.) and it’s not fun. I don’t blame Deseray for not tempting fate. It’s sad when the child has more common sense than the parent.

    I’m not even sure where to begin with Honey Boo Boo. I love a good trashtrastic trainwreck of a tv show as much as anyone else, but this was just…vulgar. In a cringefully painful way.

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    Pyper
    Posted August 9, 2012 at 10:06 am

    I liked Deseray but wanted to slap her mom into next week. The poor kid doing gymnastics on a TILE floor ? WTF.. great way to crack a skull mom.

    Sugar Bear must have a lot of patience in a house full of estrogen… I wonder how many trains pass by their house everyday ? I hope there is not a derailment, that garage looked like it was 2 feet from the tracks..

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    jessicad519
    Posted August 9, 2012 at 10:37 am

    Wow!!! My 8 year old and I have been eagerly awaiting this show. Oh how it makes us feel so refined lol!

    1st thing… Has anyone noticed that June looks to be a bit jaundiced around her eyes? I can’t help but just stare at it and wonder what on Earth is wrong.

    2nd. I loved that she is totally aware of the comparison to Jabba the Hut lol. Good luck June on getting that weight off.

    3rd. Anyone notice that June is only 32 and her oldest daughter is 17? Yikes!!! Do that not have coupons for condoms?

    4th. Those judges were picky bitches!

    That is all. Now I must go read something to replenish the brain cells that were savagely murdered while watching this show.

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    Flalady
    Posted August 9, 2012 at 10:55 am

    15 and a mom! Welcome to rural Georgia! Kinda scary!

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    nelliebelle1197
    Posted August 9, 2012 at 11:25 am

    Very interesting review of Honey Boo Boo

    http://www.salon.com/2012/08/09/honey_boo_boo_lovable_racist_dysfunction/

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    keebler elf
    Posted August 9, 2012 at 11:48 am

    i don’t see the big deal about deseray’s name…its just a normal name spelled a different way

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    Moli
    Posted August 9, 2012 at 12:01 pm

    What destroy a perfectly normal name(even though it’s a stripper name) with a jacked up spelling? I’m speaking as a person with a name that does not have the traditional spelling.

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    Moli
    Posted August 9, 2012 at 12:02 pm

    Why*

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    TurtleGirl93
    Posted August 9, 2012 at 12:46 pm

    I agree with Moli. I have an ‘old-fashioned’ name to begin with, and I have the least common spelling to boot, and could never ever ever find preprinted pencils or those little license plates with my name. I still consider that to be a tragedy. And I still cringe when people bring up references to Alabama and banjos on knees.

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    timgunnssister
    Posted August 9, 2012 at 12:49 pm

    I agree that there is way more to June (no pun intended) than meets the eye. Unlike most of the rednecks I have (unfortunately) met and dealt with in my years living in Georgia, Alabama, S. Carolina and Florida, she’s not ignorant. And she IS very self aware. I’m confident she knows the show won’t last but it’s just another way to provide for her family and that seems to be her driving force.

    Yet, they still all seem to have a great deal of fun together as a family – something you don’t see too much of in these T&T families. There’s no bragging about how much they spend on pageants, no kids recklessly racing around on ATV’s as proof of family activities, no child angrily saying she doesn’t want to do pageants and no Mom essentially telling her child that she’s only good enough if she wins the top prize.

    I think June and I just might get along.

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    Flalady
    Posted August 9, 2012 at 12:49 pm

    TurtleGirl: I’ll bet your name is Susannah. If I’ve spelled it wrong, forgive me. My mom almost named me that and all I could think of was the song! It is a pretty name though!

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    ellemenop
    Posted August 9, 2012 at 1:10 pm

    i really like june’s family. they are by no means the type of people i ever even expect i would meet or grew up around, and they have their many faults on the social scale, sure, but they seem like genuinely good people. they know who they are, and if they”re okay with who they are, then more power to them, in my opinion. june and “sugar bear” (have they ever said his real name?) seem to really love their kids and the entire family seems to enjoy being together, which is not so common in my upbringing experience (my sister had her birthday party taken away for a c on a math test once, and my parents never hugged us. i still feel terribly awkward with my family — and i think this is more the norm with the people i grew up with), and i actually envy how close and comfortable they all seem to be with each other. so i’ll never even be remotely tempted to go belly-flop into a pit of mud (ew!) or bob for raw pigs’ feet (EXTRA ewwwww!!!), but whatever … if they’re okay with that and they have fun and are happy, yay for them!

    not that that doesn’t make watching them extremely funny, but i do appreciate that they are who they are.

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    sagittariuskim
    Posted August 9, 2012 at 1:39 pm

    I’m trying to imagine what the car that hit the deer looked like afterwards. You have hit a deer pretty hard to kill it. Everyone I know who’s hit a deer have said that the deer walked afterwards. So that person must have totaled their car if they hit a deer hard enough to kill it.

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    ellemenop
    Posted August 9, 2012 at 1:44 pm

    @sagittariuskim — a lot of the time they do get wrecked, but i’ve personally been in a car where the deer hit us running from the driver’s side, slid onto the hood, and bounced off the passenger side and was dead, probably impacted its head or neck wrong when it bounced off the hood. the hood was dented, but the car was definitely driveable and otherwise fine.

    but, yeah, most likely the car didn’t look too pretty.

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    Clair
    Posted August 9, 2012 at 2:16 pm

    Did it bother anyone else when backhandspring mom talked her daughter into the blue dress then exclaimed, “Yay, I won!!!!!!”

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    Moli
    Posted August 9, 2012 at 2:30 pm

    Ellemenop I wish I had the nerve to jump in a mudpit…it looked fun. You hit the nail on the head, these people love and appreciate each other too much to snark to harshly. And June being self aware is honestly an added bonus. BTW, Im married to a Bear (the childhood story behind the name is hilarious).

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    snowshoecat
    Posted August 9, 2012 at 3:10 pm

    I hit a deer a few years ago. It was in mid-flight before I even saw it bounce out of the woods. It hit the hood and somersaulted into the woods on the other side. I gave it a ten.

    Fortunately the car was drivable. Badly shaken, I called hubbycat to tell him what had happened, and he asked me if I brought it home.

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    Ms Cool
    Posted August 9, 2012 at 3:20 pm

    @Clair – there were many things that bothered me about backhandspring mom and that was one of them.

    I had my mouth agape every time Alana was on but I still like June and I laughed a lot. I think June needs glasses, though. She seemed to squint a lot.

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    Pageant-grandma
    Posted August 9, 2012 at 3:51 pm

    My big gripe with June’s family (and I didn’t watch hchbb, just t&t), is the appalling lack of manners Alana has, and the impression I had that June, who does clearly love her daughter, and from whom I get the distinct impression that any truly bratty behaviour would stand a snowball’s chance in hell of lasting more than a minute, were the cameras not rolling), seems to be okay with it. There’s being “a redneck”, and there’s allowing your child to fart in someone’s face, refer to a gay relative as “fruity”, etc.

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    joye
    Posted August 9, 2012 at 3:58 pm

    For those who watched all of the Honey Boo Boo show….raise your hand if you were rooting for the Nice Etiquette Lady to haul off and whomp Pumpkin a-side the head. There’s no problem with being a red-neck, but there’s no excuse for being just plain rude (and proud of it.)

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    Moli
    Posted August 9, 2012 at 4:33 pm

    @joye, *raises hand* she annoyed me so much during the etiquette class. Pissed me off even more when the instructor told her that farting was rude(or whatever term she used) so she turns around and lets out the burp. You could tell she was doing it on purpose and had she not been acting that way Alana WOULD have taken more from the class.

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    Dear Crabby
    Posted August 9, 2012 at 5:20 pm

    @joye – I saw both episodes today and I am with you on smacking Pumpkin…that girl is going to be so much trouble (or perhaps she already is)…I wonder if she even has a clue how much of a redneck and a classless ass she is by her behavior. She was so gross…can you imagine her at prom? Hope she brings that napkin to wipe her face, if you know what I mean.

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    Ms Cool
    Posted August 9, 2012 at 5:26 pm

    Didn’t see the Honey Boo Boo show yet – I don’t know if I can sit through it.

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    crockpot
    Posted August 9, 2012 at 5:35 pm

    @DC …. no clue. The napkin is a class wipe. So she will not use it. Spit to the side works too. Yes I get it.

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    ANTM Fan
    Posted August 9, 2012 at 5:42 pm

    Meh. This whole episode felt like a commercial for the Honey Boo Boo show. Alana’s and June’s antics seemed over-scripted/purposely over-the-top.

    Am I correct that Alana is 6? If so, Mom REALLY needs to lay off the aggressive coaching from the sidelines. Sure, maybe she needs a few subtle cues, but I suspect the pageant judges are not going to be impressed with a six-year-old who can’t remember the basic elements of her routine.

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    Brneyedgrrl
    Posted August 9, 2012 at 7:44 pm

    Ok, I know this is a T&T minicap, but I’m commenting on Here Comes HBB. Can’t help it. I went in with the idea that this was going to be a train wreck, and on the surface it was. The family is mainly overweight, has bad grammar, poor nutrition, and seems like a pack of redneck hillbillies. But the kids respect the parents for the most part (the girls didn’t go swimming when June insisted that there was flesh-eating bacteria in the water), the parents seem loving (Sugar Bear going out and getting Alana a teacup pig to make her feel better for losing at the pageant), and the whole family appears to enjoy hanging out together and spending time with one another. When the older sister was having her ultrasound, I was charmed (CHARMED!!) by how excited HBB seemed to be getting a little niece. The family looks as if they genuinely love and care about each other and the kids are typical kids. Looking forward to some more sassiness and laughter.

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    Stephanie
    Posted August 9, 2012 at 8:41 pm

    Why hasn’t anyone commented on the oldest daughter being pregnnt at just 17? The whole family acted like it was no big deal… obviously the whole situation is setting a horrible example for all the other girls.

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    SuburBint
    Posted August 9, 2012 at 8:48 pm

    @ Stephanie — See comment #21. I’m thinking it is no big deal for this family, sad though that is.

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    sagittariuskim
    Posted August 9, 2012 at 8:58 pm

    @Stephanie During show June said she wasn’t happy about it at first, because she knew how hard it was because she had 2 kids by that age. They said the daughter was in 3rd trimester so I guess they have already come to terms with the situation. It’s not like they just found out. And with shows like 16 pregnant and Teen Moms seeing pregnant teenagers isn’t shocking anymore. This girl isn’t the first and unfortunately she isn’t the last.

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    Smoochie
    Posted August 9, 2012 at 8:59 pm

    @stephanie My guess as to why the family acted like it was no big deal, is most likely because the example had already been set by Jubba the Hut. She herself said she had 2 children by the time she was 17 (first one at age 15). I know this sounds horrible, but I won’t be surprised if in a few years the other two teenage daughters get themselves knocked up. Not that we will know, because this family are going to fade out from existence after their season is over. The novelty is already wearing off – even after the first episode.

    My thoughts on HCHBB, I was a little disappointed, as mentioned the family was clearly “hamming” it up for the camera, they do know what gets the attention. I was hoping for it to be a little more natural, and less staged. And poor Alana has packed on some weight. She is a very beautiful little girl (despite her genetics), and she looks the part when she is glitzed up (I haven’t seen her most recent T&T episode, but last time she did), but the extra weight isn’t doing her any favours. I hope for her health they nab it in the butt, before it comes a serious problem.

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    snowshoecat
    Posted August 10, 2012 at 7:24 am

    Ah Smooch @ 53, sad to say that nature and nurture combine to cause weight problems. The whole family seem to be on the hefty side, and diet plays not a small part. It’s easier to mega-coupon cheesydoodles than fresh veggies, although I don’t know whether or not they have a garden. In that climate it would be such a cost-effective way to feed the family without adding poundage.

    Those “energy drinks” Alana pounds don’t help. Pun intended.

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    ellemenop
    Posted August 10, 2012 at 7:33 am

    @snowshoecat, agreed; they seem to have terrible eating habits. also, i obviously can’t be positive, but it SEEMS to me that the daughter who is pregnant is probably normal-sized when not pregnant (based on the fact that she looks like a normal-sized person who is pregnant; her limbs aren’t fat, for instance), so if that’s the case, it’s clearly not just genetics to be blamed. also, sugar bear is overweight, but not as absurdly as june and the 15-year-old.

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    ANTM Fan
    Posted August 10, 2012 at 8:48 am

    I have to admit, I was pretty stunned that Alana weighs 69 pounds. My niece–who is definitely on the shorter/smaller side, to be fair–weighs 40 pounds at six and a half. Alana is certainly taller and bigger boned, but yikes. The Cheez Doodles for breakfast and auctioned off junk food made me a little sad. Better to invest some money in better quality food and fresh fruits and veggies than sequined pageant dresses, if you ask me.

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    snowshoecat
    Posted August 10, 2012 at 8:59 am

    ANTMF @56, yup. Not only would a garden in that family’s yard provide nutritious food, but terrific exercise for everybody.

    Call it training for the mud pit.

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    Tara
    Posted August 10, 2012 at 9:06 am

    Maybe Deseray should enter natural pageants instead. Those judges would actually be IMPRESSED by something as cool as a back handspring.

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    Gilty Plezzur
    Posted August 10, 2012 at 9:48 am

    It really says something when the classiest member of one’s family is a pig. Oh, Learning Channel how far you have sunk. Yeah, Alana is an amusing kid, and yeah, the family is obviously close, but why do they deserve a TV show when there are far more inspiring people out there that could be showcased? I’m not sure what bothers me most: that TLC is exploiting a crude, uneducated batch of rubes for us to mock or that June is completely proud and satisfied with the way they are, manners and poise be damned. Dear Crabby making fun of them is funny to me, which is the main reason I watch T&T (and the Honey Boo Boo show–I doubt that I’ll waste time on it again, however), but June’s clan really is repugnant. Alana is never going to be Miss America if she isn’t taught some manners, and the others are just destined to spawn more ignoramuses without any values or social graces to clutter up our already overpopulated world. (Does anybody know who the father of Chickadee’s baby is? Sugar Bear might be both granddaddy and daddy.) Whatever money they’re getting from TLC is probably being spent on cases of Chips Ahoy.

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    Gwen
    Posted August 10, 2012 at 10:39 am

    I’ve been doing gymnastics for 12 years and I would never do a back handspring on a tile floor. I value my wrists and elbows too much.

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    Pageant-grandma
    Posted August 10, 2012 at 11:12 am

    Tara– most natural pageants do not allow gymnastics moves outside the talent event, if they offer one.

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    wcsdancer
    Posted August 10, 2012 at 11:34 am

    “i don’t see the big deal about deseray’s name…its just a normal name spelled a different way”

    @keeblerelf, parents do this (misspell names) because they think it makes them look creative and clever. It doesn’t. It makes them look illiterate. Why would a person subject their child to a lifetime of having to constantly spell her name out? It’s stupid.

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    michkabibbles
    Posted August 10, 2012 at 11:51 am

    i don’t understand why people say tlc is exploiting people like honey boo’s family. exploiting means they’re being taken advantage of, and i don’t see it that way at all. they’re going on this show, they know how they’re probably going to be portrayed and seen by the rest of the world, and especially in this case, i think they just don’t care. june seems remarkabley self aware about the whole thing. i think they just see it all as a fun way to make money.

    is it really exploitation if they’re in on it? (i’m sincerely asking-not trying to cut anyone down-i’m interested in what other people think).

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    Moli
    Posted August 10, 2012 at 1:04 pm

    @wcsdancer, I said it perfectly. I agree @michkabibbles, June knows exactly what she’s doing when she is doing it. The whole family is hamming it up for the cameras and loving every freaking moment of it.

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    keebler elf
    Posted August 10, 2012 at 2:13 pm

    @wcsdancer

    yeah i agree but i didn’t think her name was spelled all crazy compared to other kids with creative spelled names….but hey thats just me!

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    Schadenfreude
    Posted August 10, 2012 at 2:48 pm

    Quoting Pat Ledoux: “People who get off on fart jokes and you can’t even understand them when they speak will not be with us too long.”

    Pat, I take it you’re not a South Park fan? Terrance and Philip are serially gaseous, and rarely can Kenny’s mumbles be understood because his hooded jacket is too tight. The show is in its 16th season.

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    Dear Crabby
    Posted August 10, 2012 at 2:49 pm

    At least they weren’t queefs! (That we know of!)

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    Cantbelieveiwatch
    Posted August 10, 2012 at 2:53 pm

    63 & 64 –

    Here’s the thing: Alana can’t consent to this, and her guardians – her parents – should be able to at least comprehend that none of them may wish to be remembered this way once the cameras leave. Alana is a very little child shackled to what will be a very poor legacy. For the first time since K8 G, I feel horrible for a minor child whose parents sell out to a sleazy network for money and whatever they think passes for entertainment. I don’t believe the family is being exploited, but that child – certainly!!

    *please note – I am not lecturing here; I LOVE a good (ADULT) train wreck

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    jessicad519
    Posted August 10, 2012 at 4:52 pm

    I agree totally that pumpkin needed slapped. Also as insanely unpolished as they are, June seems to be an active parent as well as Sugar Bear. I also think part of the reason they seemed so accepting of their 17 year old being pregnant is due to how far along she is. I made a mistake and had my oldest at a young age and after the initial shock has worn off you and your family afopt a new normal and have to look for a positive in the situation. I wonder if this baby will do pageants lol.

    @Gwen my aunt owns a gymnastics studio and that poor girl was right to not want to do the back handspring on tile floor. I cringed when I saw her mom pushing her to do that!

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    Pat Ledoux
    Posted August 10, 2012 at 5:35 pm

    @Schadenfreude, NOPE, not a South Park fan, sorry. Don’t watch too much tv, just T & T and Jerseylicious, don’t care much for the crap on toady. Give me Leave it it Beaver or Andy Griffith anyday!

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    Pat Ledoux
    Posted August 10, 2012 at 5:39 pm

    That”s today not toady! Though a taody day is a good day

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    Dear Crabby
    Posted August 10, 2012 at 6:16 pm

    @Pat Ledoux…we’re not NOT licking toady!

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    Pat Ledoux
    Posted August 10, 2012 at 6:33 pm

    LOL Crabby! C’mon go for it! When will we have the full recap, Toots? I cannot wait, I think it will be one of your best!

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    Gwen
    Posted August 10, 2012 at 8:31 pm

    Is someone going to be recapping Here Comes Honey Boo Boo? That would be even better than the show itself.

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    LoyalViewer
    Posted August 11, 2012 at 5:38 pm

    @ellemenop…I posted a similar comment about June’s age (and her husband’s) when the first baby was born. I think we’re really talking about redneck country here!

    I agree that Deserey’s hair wasn’t that bad. That one judge seemed to fixate, like the one from a few weeks ago who was all about the girls not looking at her enough.

    Alana made me ill. There’s nothing funny, cute, or genuine about her. Made up, she looked like a forty year old hooker.

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    Nancy Farkas
    Posted August 11, 2012 at 7:47 pm

    Well since they pretty much coupon shop and all they are probably not eating very healthy. My niece is 4 is less then Alana in weight. No child should weigh that much at that young of an age. No self respecting parent lets her kids eat chesse doodles for breakfast!

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    Pageant-grandma
    Posted August 12, 2012 at 6:08 am

    What I will say for June is that I love her attitude when it comes to Alana’s pageants and whether or not she wins. The first time we met her, she was thrilled that Alana had placed higher than the year before, even though she didn’t take home a major title– and it isn’t like this was a huge national with a tonne of great competitors. This time, while Alana seemed sad that she didn’t win a bigger title, June seemed pleased with the “gold medal” (whatever that meant).

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    Schadenfreude
    Posted August 12, 2012 at 1:56 pm

    @Pat Ledoux: Come on over and I’ll serve you your favorite beverage while we watch MeTV (formerly MyTV) together. I DVR a lot of the classics from that channel. On Father’s Day it ran four episodes of “Make Room for Daddy,” which I hadn’t seen in about 25 years.

    If it’s in black-and-white and from the ’50s or ’60s, I’m in nirvana. I tend to watch a classic after an episode of modern reality TV. It’s like taking a hot shower to wash off the grime.

    @Dear Crabby: I strongly suspect that you’ve seen South Park’s “Eat, Pray, Queef.” If Jabber the Hutt treats us to that….no, it’s just too horrible to contemplate. (BTW, it’s great to be here. I introduced myself in the Hollywood Stars minicap. Your recaps are laugh-out-loud-worthy and such treats to read!)

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    PageantMafia
    Posted August 12, 2012 at 2:15 pm

    The best part of this episode was seeing Paisley and Bella. They showed both a lot, those 2 should have been featured with Honey Boo Boo.

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    Pageant-grandma
    Posted August 13, 2012 at 9:10 am

    It was nice to see Bella really having a ball on stage. Maybe dad stayed home that time?

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    LoyalViewer
    Posted August 14, 2012 at 9:32 am

    My daughter is nine and just finally tipped the scales at 50 pounds, so if Alana is pushing 80 pounds at age 6, we’re not just talking about baby fat here!