Trailer Trash: Too Fat for Fifteen

21 Comments

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   Moli
   Posted July 27, 2010 at 12:30 pm

   Flipit please recap this one…..you had me at ‘Wah poor me omg fat is a disability wahwahwahhhhh. Where’s my soft music? Where’s my loving voiceover? Where’s my goddamn TV show?’ Can’t F’ing wait!

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   cattyfan
   Posted July 27, 2010 at 12:32 pm

   On a related note, did you catch the news story about the skinny woman who got booted off a plane because a fat teen needed to spill over into a second seat? What a bunch of crap…

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   Flipit
   Posted July 27, 2010 at 12:49 pm

   I did read about that story!! I think Southwest was just trying not to get in trouble with fat people again after kicking off Kevin Smith that time for being too big. You can’t win!
   And I won’t be recapping this one. With one Big Brother a week and an hour and a half episodes of Project Runway coming up this week, I will be recapped out! I will see if someone else wants to do it, though.
   We will be recapping Money Hungry too, so it’s gonna be a very fat summer here.

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   Classy Drunk
   Posted July 27, 2010 at 1:12 pm

   There are 3 shows that I can watch over and over again. True life: I’m a Jersey Shore girl, True life: Jersey Shore time share 2, and MTV’s “Fat Camp”. I guess since they made about show about the Jersey Shore it was high time to do something about fat kids at camp. LOVE!

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   marijai
   Posted July 27, 2010 at 1:23 pm

   @Classy….are you sure we are not related? LOL I watch those same shows over and over on MTV. Drives Boyfriend CRAZY!! He doesn’t understand why a 40 year old woman would want to watch the lives of teenagers and stupid 20-somethings. I told him it distracts me from living in the Real World…LOL

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   shantigal
   Posted July 27, 2010 at 1:31 pm

   Your long lost illegitimate sister here Classy & marijai – I watched MTV’s Fat Camp every time it’s on.

   Like my couch, I am on it!

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   Moli
   Posted July 27, 2010 at 6:54 pm

   I can admit I must be you illegitimate sister ladies…..I love True life: I’m a Jersey Shore girl, True life: Jersey Shore time share 2, and MTV’s “Fat Camp”. Fat camp always gave me a chuckle….I can say I’m not really interested with Jersey Shore 2, this go round they know/think they are celebrities and will really try to put on a show.

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   Classy Drunk
   Posted July 28, 2010 at 5:34 am

   I have finally found my people. HUGS!

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   chemgal
   Posted July 28, 2010 at 7:16 am

   I DVR this because to be honest, I’m too embarrassed to watch it in front on my husband. I don’t know why that is when I don’t care about referring to Tori, Bethenney and Jeana as “my friends” when my husband asks what I’m going to do on those evenings when they are on TV. But I watched this with my kids around and they sat with their chins hitting the floor and kept asking how they got so fat. I think the school is going to have to work extra hard at sensitivity training with them now.

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    shantigal
    Posted July 28, 2010 at 8:59 am

    @chemgal, you’re not alone. I also refer to the HW’s as my friends. At least Mr. Shanti now knows who I’m talking about since he has also been hooked. I did get a “look” though when I was talking about my friends, twunty, cheez, chem, drunk, flipit, et al.

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    SlifeGoesOn
    Posted July 28, 2010 at 9:01 am

    What is this? A teenage version of “Ruby?” Is it based on Candace Bushnell’s new novel, “The Ruby Diaries?” And what about that poster? It’s like the reverse shot of Nikki Blonsky on the poster for “Huge.” Yawn. These kids are just too fat to function. I moved to LA so I wouldn’t have my eyes assaulted on a daily basis. NEXT!

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    MissBettyLu
    Posted July 28, 2010 at 9:12 am

    @Classy Drunk- I, too, must watch Fat Camp whenever it is on. I also must watch RETURN to Fat Camp when ever I catch it. The best thing is the girl who hides in the infirmary the entire summer until the final party. Then she completely loses her shit when “Sweet Home Alabama” comes on. It’s like she is a long-lost Van Zandt.

    Basic cable is the modern carnival sideshow. It’s nothing but tattoos, fat people, and medical anomalies. Now they just wrap in the faux blanket of trying to help.

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    classy drunk
    Posted July 28, 2010 at 5:22 pm

    @MissBettyLu, that’s my favorite part too! It’s amazing what makes people come out of their shell. I am so glad to know that I am not the only one who watches these shows repeatedly. I will now refer to you all as my friends, just like shantigal.

    FYI…True Life: I am a Jersey Girl comes on August 6th!

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    chemgal
    Posted July 28, 2010 at 6:02 pm

    I look forward to seeing these kids on future episodes of hoarders or buried alive. its good that I get to know them now and then see all the progress they have made in their lives. What I would really like to see is a show about these parents. I am betting their is a for sure hit and a treasure trove of material there. Anyone who 1. allows their child to get this large 2. sends them to fat camp to solve it 3. allows it to be taped and viewed by millions (okay, just us few) 4. can’t follow through and has to send their kid back — treasure trove I tell you.

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    Prodigal Cheez
    Posted July 28, 2010 at 9:37 pm

    I can’t believe I didn’t know about this show, I am completely obsessed with stuff like this. How far back does it go? I want to go to fat camp NOW, I would love to go away for 6 weeks and come back with fat-pants.

    Of course my high school journals are filled with really cool insights, like this: 2 grapes, 6 calories; stick of Juicy Fruit, 11 calories; Tab, 1 calorie; 10 potato chips, 50 calories. LOL, what was I thinking? I wasn’t even that thin! Haha!

    I think of you guys as my friends too! My husband also thinks I’m crazy… Luckily, he goes to bed a lot earlier than I do!

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    chemgal
    Posted July 28, 2010 at 9:45 pm

    I am currently involved in a heated debate on my local news blog (okay not really heated, they let idiots contribute) regarding an airlines right to force obese people to buy 2 seats. Even as a chubby gal, I’m a capitalist at heart, and I admit, having had to sit next to obese people on a flight from NY to LA, I am championing the airlines on this one. One ladies reasoning as to why it is wrong is that fat is the new normal and they should put bench seats on the planes. Another woman keeps quoting the UN’s philosophy on discrimination. I’m thinking being told your fat ass doesn’t fit in one seat is not on par with marching on selma. I should check in with Twunty though, she’s up on her race relations and discrimination facts.

    Do you ladies see why I need you all as friends? This is the height of intellectual stimulation I get in Hillbilly New England.

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    chemgal
    Posted July 28, 2010 at 9:56 pm

    P Cheez, I am currently keeping a food journal now as I was perplexed why even though I was running and lifting every day I wasn’t losing any weight. I was amazed to find I was eating over 2500 calories some days. And it was little shit, 1/4 of a pb&j sandwich, 30 grapes instead of an actual serving, 6 table spoons of mac and cheese, a few glasses of wine a couple times a week. That shit adds up fast! Now, I’m doing better, misplaced a few pounds (not saying lost yet – they may turn up again) and still having a glass of riesling twice a week.

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    shantigal
    Posted July 28, 2010 at 10:02 pm

    Chemgal, if you want to see the effed up parents of the future stars of this show, just tune into Toddlers & Tiaras. They start ‘em young on T&T cramming them full of sugar on pageant day to keep them awake, nevermind the self esteem issues. It’s the perfect recipe for an aspiring reality star with douchebag parents. 1. Toddlers & Tiaras 2. Too Fat for Pageants, er Fifteen 3. Rock of Love Bus 4. Real Housewives of (fill in your favorite white trash city). 5. Sunset Daze

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    chemgal
    Posted July 28, 2010 at 10:04 pm

    Have I ever mentioned that I hate people that say they don’t watch TV?

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    Prodigal Cheez
    Posted July 28, 2010 at 11:18 pm

    I hate the airlines in general. I have a friend who is very heavy and she was told to buy two seats which she did for her own comfort because it was a long flight – they gave her the two seats, unfortunately they weren’t adjacent and she was told “we don’t guarantee the seas will be together”. So someone got a free ride, and she got filthy looks from her seat-mates.

    I don’t like being crammed in with morbidly obese seat-mates because it’s uncomfortable and the seats are already too small – I’m not that thin either, I’m 5′ 8″ and a 17″ wide seat with an idiot who reclines in front of me is sheer hell. The extra charge for baggage sends me right over the edge. Add in a snotty flight attendant, and my thoughts go to the dark place…

    “I should check in with Twunty though, she’s up on her race relations and discrimination facts.”

    LMMFAO. WTF was that about? Hahaha! I was going to leave one last post, and just write: LAST WORD. LOL.

    Wine killed it for me chemgal, I was drinking way too much of it a few years ago – and packed the weight right on, plus if I’m buzzed I’ll snack more. I cut back, not that I don’t still love it – but I know what you mean, and less is best for me for a lot of reasons.

    My stepdaughter is in Vermont in the Northern Kingdom area, I know what you mean about the area up there. She’s with a bona fide mountain man-type (crickets) :/ I’m amazed at how different things are up there, breast feeding multiple kids until 3, 4, 5 or older; domestic abuse; incompetent home-schooling… it’s such a depressing place – then you travel down the road to a spectacular view and pristine lakes. It’s jarring.

    I’m missing too many good shows, I need to quit my job. I watch stuff on the internet all day, then DVR at night and I’m still missing some great stuff. LOL.

    I have no use for non-TV watchers. None. If it wasn’t for TV I wouldn’t have things like “The Sticky Critter”, the “Thunderstick” and the “Hair Turban”… there’s more but I don’t want to embarrass myself, LOL.

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    sarcasatire
    Posted July 29, 2010 at 4:25 am

    @ Flipit…this was hilarious!! “who ate Precious?” And true, on a show of fat people, I’d hate to be the one to get ‘Too Big’ imposed on my image..can’t that just be a groupshot or a landscape to accompany that voiceover?
    And eating Jillian with a side of ranch sauce…genius.
    Can’t wait to see you on the P.R. recaps..90 minutes, though? Just to culminate into a 3 mins runway segment?!

    @chemgal. I also hate it when people say they don’t watch tv. especially when it’s not true. The guy I am dating will say this with a snobby tone (he’s European), then tell me he’s caught up on CSI and Flash Forward. His rationale…he’s watching dvds on his laptop! Gimme a break, lol.