Previously on the Great American Road Trip, we realized that our friends in the country are only amused by banjos, corn, route 66 and the "Concrete". Since the families humiliated themselves last week at the King of the Road Challenge/Talent Show, no family was sent home. The top three families of the King of the Road challenge participated in the reward challenge for a trip that none of us care about. The Cooties won...again! At the very end of the episode, Mama Redneck swore that she was gonna cut some Cootie Balls. Thank god!
Reno tells us that we're still in Carthage Missouri...urgh..really?? Mama Faves feels pressured to win. Her family is always at the bottom of the pack. Honestly, your family just sucks. Your family could win all of these challenges but your internal troubles are pushing your family behind.
The families are now heading to the Kansas border. Sylvia tells his family that Italians don't go to Kansas. Apparently, flying houses always land on Italians. I wish I was making this up but I'm not. No matter how catty I am, even I couldn't come up with this bullshit. Let's rationalize Sylvia's theory shall we? If I understand this man correctly, houses can fly. We all know houses don't fly. Only a very strong force could lift up a house and that force is wind. The only way a house can fly is through a tornado. If I also understand this man's theory correctly, tornadoes make houses fly and they always end up on some Italian's head. Conclusion: the tornadoes in Kansas are racist against Italians. I really wish I could make this up. While we're at it, the Irish better stay away from Canada. Snow always targets the Irish. Ever wondered why a Polish family's driveway is always clean but an Irish's driveway is snowed-in as shit?...it's because of Snow-ism!
The families will be heading to Independence, Kansas. This is the city where Laura Ingalls, from Little House on the Prairie lived in. This information is...riveting?
Back to the Rednecks' compound, Anslie is giving directions to her father and he's not listening...AGAIN! In the Disalvatores rolling crib, Allen informs us that there is one peculiar song that is well-known to Kansas. It's that "Home on the Rain" song that I've heard but never cared for. Mason and Blake don't know the song so Allen decides to sing it to us. That's when I get nauseous. My ears pop relentlessly from her pitchy and nasally rendition of the song. Every high notes she misses causes my stomach to violently contract.
The Ricos painfully sing along to the song. Daddy Cooties wants the whole family to sing and Jake gives him that "Hell naaaaaah..." look. Jake sounds like Darth Vader with his balls cut off so I'm glad he refused to sing.The Redneck family aren't quite sure what Little House on the Prairie is. Quite frankly, I don't know how I know this Little House on the Prairie none sense. We only have two television channels in the igloo.
Mama Redneck does something that completely irritates me. She tries to explain the main plot of this little house on the prairie nonsense to Anslie by "quoting" a saying from the book. It has something to do with "John boy". Note: There's no reference of a "John Boy" in the novel. She then asks her husband if in fact the expression "John Boy" was in the story. She then questions herself and quickly follows-up the previous question with another asking if "John Boy" is even a character in the book. I hate when people say something with conviction when they know that they're full of shit. I also REALLY hate it when once they know they're wrong they ask other people to justify their stupidity. You have never read the book let alone watched the televised series so be a good mom Mama Redneck and admit that you know nothing about the Little House on the Prairie . I'll admit it; I fell asleep after the first 10 minutes of the show and I couldn't even read the damn book. There! I admitted it! Papa Redneck tells her that this expression is really from The Waltons. To justify her stupidity (again!), she claims that they're alike. Huh...than wouldn't they have the same title? Lady, listen! I make a lot of typos in all of my recaps and I'm woman enough to admit it. You can do the same!
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Comments (4)
I personally am not amused when you call men women's names because they do not stand up for themselves or call women men's names because they "take charge". Perhaps this is not your intention, but calling Amy "Allen" because she is the more dominant partner seems a bit sexist, and calling Sylvio "Sylvia' because he doesn't do "manly" things like grill and lets his wife drive, and has long hair, well, it's borderline homophobic.
1 of 4 | Posted by messystation | Posted on July 25, 2009 10:45 AM
To Messystation:
I'm sorry this recap may have offended but I don't see the name changing as sexist and homophobe.
I believe both our understanding of a relationship differs. I believe that in a relationship, both partners are equal in different ways but equal nonetheless. They both compliment each other since one excels in something that the other doesn't. The same applies to same-sex couples. Same thing for a marriage! A dominant partner in a relationship is unstable. There's always one person in the relationship who does more, cares more, and tries more than the other.
In regards to the Disalvatore, Amy isn't even the dominant partner. She's really just alone in this. Sylvio doesn't do ANYTHING besides drive the RV and according to the families confessionals, Sylvio never does anything. If you believe that it's dominance than I disagree with you. Amy is THAT woman. The one who nags that her husband doesn't do anything. She nags herself to sleep and than gets up the next morning and does whatever Sylvio was suppose to do. She's THAT woman who has the best intentions but she gets walked-on by some guy who's only acting this way because she let him do it. It normally takes a "King of the Road" challenge like the one we've seen in the episode for him to realize that he's not pulling his share. The blame goes both ways: its Amy's fault for letting him get away with it for all these years and its Sylvio's fault for not doing anything.
That's where I was going with this "Allen/Amy" and "Sylvio/Sylvia" thing. I see where it could be sexist but homophobe??? I don't think it's homophobic at all.
By the way...I am a woman.
2 of 4 | Posted by TyraNahSaurus | Posted on July 26, 2009 8:33 AM
I also want to add that Amy took on the Mama and Papa role and it's not working...why???? Because a relationship has equal partners. One person can't do it all. Now I know there are single mothers out there who successfully put on two hats but, again, my understanding of a marriage/relationship consists of two independent people who comes together as partners and who compliment each other in different ways. I wouldn't have had a problem if Sylvio cooked and clean while Amy built stuff but he's not even doing.
3 of 4 | Posted by TyraNahSaurus | Posted on July 26, 2009 8:40 AM
My responses are filled with typos but I hope you understand where I'm coming from.
4 of 4 | Posted by TyraNahSaurus | Posted on July 26, 2009 10:36 AM