Gene asks how long they've been together and when Kelly tells him 14 months, he says, "That's usually when problems develop." I'm surprised Kelly didn't say, "Fourteen months, three weeks, two days, and 4 hours," but you know, Gene is a guest. Luckily, Gene brought his crystal ball and Tarot cards and tells them everything that's been happening to them: They do things that irritate each other, things are said that they didn't mean (oh, I think they meant them), there is a break...Kelly's face is like "No way!" Kelly interviews that things are awkward right now because she and Asshat are, finger quotations, "Separated. On a break. Whatever."
Whoa, whoa, whoa...you're on a break? You know what that means! Asshat can sleep with the girl from the copy place with the belly button ring! And we can talk about it from now through every other season until the show ends!
Gene says sometimes his wife was angry when she was pregnant, and Asshat compares that to when Kelly had to wear the belly and he made fun of her. "I didn't like being pregnant," she said. Well you actually weren't, so lighten up. Gene explains that humor can sometimes be misplaced. That is true only if you don't have a sense of humor, though, which excludes all of us, right?
Asshat interviews how similar he and Kelly are to Gene and his wife. Uh, no you aren't. He's a war veteran who made sure I didn't grow up speaking German (or Korean, he would have been 15 during World War II), and you are a punk kid who still thinks like it's 1860. Gene toasts to the both of them that they are as happy the rest of their lives as they are right now. Rut-roh! They're screwed! He says, "If you love each other, you'll find a way to work it out." Again, rut-roh.
Asshat's Big Wheel.
Dawn the next day and the punk teens are trying to sleep in again. I see Avie headed to make tea, sweet Christ I hope they don't have gas burners in that house or kablooey! Yes, I wrote kablooey. It's 6:42 a.m. and Gene is all like, "Get your sorry asses out of bed," or at least off the floor where I'm sure Asshat has been relegated to sleeping. Asshat interviews that he felt like he was in the military with the waking up to work out early scenario. "I felt like I had a major on my ass." Hey Asshat, you know the rules: Don't ask, don't tell.
You kids having sex?
Guess not...tsk, tsk.
Gene is on cup #15 of coffee that morning and kills a fly with his bare hands. He's RoboGrandpa!
Morgan goes to dry her hair and Hedy says she's sit in the kitchen, look out the window and watch the grass grow. Oy. And she does.
Les is out walking and George is out for a ride while Gene takes Kelly and Asshat to the gym, where Kelly proclaims him, "Grandpa on Steroids." Don't let the Olympic Committee know...they'll do, well, nothing. Seriously, Gene is just showing off now doing pull ups and bench pressing like 1000 pounds. I get tired just watching him, where are my Doritos and Yoo-Hoo?
Next I'm going to blast my quads!
Asshat talks about what a great role model Gene is for him and how he hopes to grow up and have the same kind of energy. As long as Kelly doesn't suck it all from you!
Asshat...what are you doing in gay church? Hope the
frat brothers don't know about this.
Jordan heads off to work so Sasha is with George today. He takes her to meet his wife of 67 years, Regina, or "Reggie" as he calls her. He kisses her as soon as he walks in and kids, better have the tissues handy because I know I sure as hell needed them during this scene. Sasha quizzes them about how they knew they were right for each other. Reggie says, "It seems like I've always loved him," while George says, "We just seemed to hit it off."
Insert sweet comment here. No really.
Why do I always have to do all the work?
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Comments (7)
Okay, I'm kind of sorry I didn't at least tune in for this episode. I whined last week about "how much fun can old people be??" but truly, this was probably the most valuable thing they could have done. I have tremendous respect for the older generation, and hearing about marriages that lasted for most of their lives is so touching. I hope the teens got a lot of out of their time with these folks.
In closing - Crabby, you rock. I've become a fan. :-)
1 of 7 | Posted by mandymax | Posted on August 4, 2008 5:49 AM
I enjoyed this episode much more than I thought I would, but I wasn't a crying wussie about it and you can't prove that I was!
I felt super bad when Kelly was talking about her Dad having ALS. That has got to suck, but then she ruined any sympathy I felt for her by saying something to the effect that she was happy to have Gene around because he was a man she could look up to and believe in unlike her FATHER. Won’t that have been pleasant for him to hear during the neighborhood watching party? What a self-absorbed little cretin she is and I don't care if she did try to make nice with the appreciation talk to her parents at the end.
I wasn't surprised to learn that all the kids had broken up - afterall, I've been a teen myself, BUT I was a little upset about Sasha and Jordan. They really seemed to have a strong relationship and good communication skills. Plus I was psyched for them both going into highly paid careers.
2 of 7 | Posted by Splotchie | Posted on August 4, 2008 9:17 AM
My comments would pretty much match those of Splotchie.
Plus, on a positive note, a lot of kids got very educated about reality (and children). My girl and I think it woud be great if something like this could be incorporated into high school.
3 of 7 | Posted by fire@will | Posted on August 4, 2008 11:54 AM
Kelly's Dad has already passed away. The show was taped in the summer of '07 according to Richard McKerrow, the creator of the show.
4 of 7 | Posted by bentley1101 | Posted on August 4, 2008 6:08 PM
OK, so I was reading in another forum how people think this show was akin to child abuse. I think that's over-exaggerating a bit. Tonight's "town meeting" should be interesting.
5 of 7 | Posted by wintersux | Posted on August 6, 2008 10:35 AM
"Morgan, if your vocabulary didn't involve the words "F*$# Sallie Mae," mortgage, taxes, FICO, "because I said so, that's why," and "what do you mean I've been laid off?" you haven't experienced a whole lifetime, so shut it."
Best. Line. Ever!
6 of 7 | Posted by MorbidCuriosity | Posted on August 6, 2008 12:15 PM
Yeah, I figured out during the Town Hall meeting that Kelly's Dad had passed away before the show aired so at least he didn't have to hear his darling girl talk about him that way which is good. I'm not too sure I bought her explanation for her behavior though. I'm not saying his disease wouldn't have effected her, but it seems a bit pat and Austin didn't really seem to be completely on board with the explanation either. I think the truth is that she's just normally a selfish bitch and his illness made her uberbitch.
Otherwise I didn't get much from the TH episode. The dr. in the audience was pretty much full of shit but otherwise nothing particularly interesting was learned.
Oh and Crabby, quick ?. "and some of the guys may have Ethan Hawked the nannies! I have no proof, but rumor is good enough)." Is this really a rumor or just a funny you made up? If real rumor, deets pleeeaassse.
7 of 7 | Posted by Splotchie | Posted on August 7, 2008 2:07 PM