This week in Kid Nation, Mike and Taylor cried a little, Greg finally got his gold star, and it was confirmed that the show's just not the same without a whole lotta Jared. An hour long show and only two shots of our Kid Nation hero and no speaking lines whatsoever? Are they serious? How's a girl supposed to accomplish a Jared quote of the week under these circumstances? They're controlling enough of it, the least they could do is arrange for Jared to get some choreographed face time. Oh CBSexecutiveproducer Nation... how you've failed me this week. I need my Jared dammit!
What better way to start the show than with some wake up calls? Both Zach and Anjay are attempting to wake up their respective teams. I'd love to know what time theses wake up calls take place. Why do they even have wake up calls in the first place? I see why Yellow needs to be up to cook breakfast, but there's really no good reason for Anjay's upper class blue team to be up bright and early. Where I come from, a premature wake up call can get you a fat lip. And there's enough lip ailments going around Bonanza right now.
When Zach tried to wake the Yellow girls, Taylor and the Taylorettes yell at Zach to shut the door and get out. He does leave, but just to piss them off, Zack leaves the door open as he exits. Oh Zach you're such boy amateur. A real boy would've shut the door, but also farted on the way out. That'll learn 'em.
Anjay's not having much better luck waking up his team. No one's listening to him, so he threatens to get a megaphone and come back. Olivia realizes that this is a seemingly impossible task to accomplish, considering there isn't exactly a megaphone surplus in Bonanza, and Olivia replies, "Find a megaphone? Good luck with that." Hmmm.. is that a bit of a bratty annoyance quality I detect in you Olivia? I'll have to keep my eye on you.
I never noticed it before this episode, but Olivia bares a striking resemblance to a duck. Especially when they show her from a side angle. The nose and the mouth really stick out in a rather billish manner. I almost want to throw bread pieces at her. She also seems to have a lisp which of course sends Donald Duck references straight to my brain, but these are children we're speaking of. Comparing them to real life animals is one thing, but comparing them to speech-impaired half- dressed cartoon characters is quite another.
Biting tongue
The council are gathered together and off to the library. Ugh, it's that damn "Pioneer Journal" again. I'm so over this book. There must be a better use for it than reading. Doesn't a fire need to be started somewhere? In fact, that will be the last time I even refer to it as the Pioneer Journal. Let's call a spade a spade shall we? It's the CBS manipulation handbook. Typically the host handles this type of manipulation, but we can't do that in Kid Nation. That would give Host Jonathan just too much to do.
This leads me to an important point: am I the only one who's had enough with the producers interfering with this show? I was interested in watching this in order to see what the kids would do if they were left without any guidelines whatsoever. I want youngsters running amuck and fighting and partying wildly and making terrible mistakes. Quite frankly, I've gotten more of that out of Us Weekly, and I am none too pleased. I need some unscripted drama and I need it now. Enough guiding them through this. Leave them alone and let's just see what happens.
Where was I going with this? Ah yes, the manipulation handbook. The MH has decided that the leaders have too much power. Apparently the MH is a week or two behind, but okay. In order to resolve this issue, there will be district re-elections. Each team member will have the option of running against their current councilperson, and teams will vote only within their own districts to either reinstate the current councilperson or appoint a new leader.
This is all very interesting, but there's a food fight in the kitchen that requires my attention. Yipee, finally some lawless chaos. Good for you, have some fun. Throw a meatball for God's sake. It's interesting the various reactions the kids have to food fights. Some of the kids are loving it, while others are unhappy and want to regain order. And then there's Anjay who apprently prefers to meditate during times of vegetable warfare.
Potatoes are soothing, potatoes are soothing.
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Comments (13)
Excellent recap Dr!! I too was afraid to call Olivia a bitch bc she is a child...the duck approach was much better! :) I demand that next week be an entire hour of our Jared!!
1 of 13 | Posted by shelley | Posted on October 19, 2007 5:49 AM
Re: Laurel quasi-cheating to beat Taylor..."Very New England Patrioty"...GOOD ONE!!.
I'm happy for Laurel. She was so genuinely touched by her team mates loyalty!
I think Zach is kind of annoying. My feelings about Zach are best summed up using the old adage we Red Sox fans like to spout about any team who plays against the evil empire, The NY Yankees. Who do we want to win??....ANYONE BUT THE YANKEES. So too with Zach V. Taylor. ANYONE BUT TAYLOR!
Why no mention of Greg's (very) brief call home?? I would have been interested in an observation or two about those who spawned him.
2 of 13 | Posted by Farrell100 | Posted on October 19, 2007 7:57 AM
Not that it matters much, Doctor, but the Yellow team won the challenge and Green team came in second.
Guylan is totally a tranny.
What is it about those olive green hats they wear that make their heads look HUGE?
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Posted on October 19, 2007 8:07 AM
"I'm happy for Laurel. She was so genuinely touched by her team mates loyalty!"
But look at how manipulative Sophia did it... she said, "Ok, is there anyone here who would not vote for Laurel?" with Laurel standing right there. What is there to say to that? Sophia is my favorite, anyway.
4 of 13 | Posted by Shaydie | Posted on October 19, 2007 9:04 AM
First we announce that Taylor is remaining Green's leader.
hmmm maybe we dont get the same show. ok ill let that error slide because this recap was amazing! All the duck jokes were great. I really cant stand olivia. ugh.
Im excited for next week with taylor. I hope she makes me proud.
5 of 13 | Posted by goosegg1001 | Posted on October 19, 2007 9:27 AM
Flintheart Glomgold. Unless you were thinking of Magica De Spell.
6 of 13 | Posted by humperdinck | Posted on October 19, 2007 9:56 AM
Magica De Spell!!! Humperdink, you are my savior. I called everyone I knew to get that name and no one could tell me- so I had to inaccurately go with Scrooge McDuck. It's been killing me ever since, thank you!
Krizzatch: you're right, yellow won- I forgot Laurel had her order wrong the first time.
Gooseg: a typo of sorts on my part, of course. Clearly Laurel is green's leader.
Thanks everybody, hope you enjoy!
7 of 13 | Posted by Mcsteeny | Posted on October 19, 2007 10:43 AM
Great recap!
I too was very disappointed in the lack of Jared in this episode. We need more Jared!! He is the best.
I did notice the boy trying to eat his food during the food fight. I almost peed my pants. That was great!!
My favorite caption...
"YES! Now I can buy all the tampons and boxer briefs I need!"
Who the hell is Guylan anyway??
8 of 13 | Posted by ebnoia | Posted on October 19, 2007 11:02 AM
My 14 yr old son turned to me while watching Guylan and he was all serious and awkward and said "Mom, ummmm, is that a boy or what?" with a truly confused look on his face.
But I liked Guylan (even though I have issues with those that were home schooled) and honestly I can't believe the ages of this "kids". I can't even imagine my son saying anything remotely as mature as these "kids".
Another excellent recap Doc!
9 of 13 | Posted by sweetblondie | Posted on October 19, 2007 11:51 AM
I had no idea what sex Guylan was but I thought he/she/it was awesome for giving that leadership thing a shot just because the opportunity was there.
Mike and Anjay never won a decision against Taylor ever! I almost wish Taylor hadn't been dethroned just so we could see Guylan tell her off and let these kids eat something good for a change!
Beauty Queens neither cook nor eat food, but they do need to brush their teeth so you don't smell the bullemia breath.
10 of 13 | Posted by Dawn | Posted on October 19, 2007 4:20 PM
Dr. McSteeny!!! Great recap!! So happy with the pageant queen being dethrones, SO UNHAPPY there was no jared!!! I alomost corrected you on the scrooge mcduck reference, but i see i was beat to it:) Heres to next week and a dethroned beauty queen turning to hardcore sprite drinking, and assault on town leadership!!!
11 of 13 | Posted by lloyd dobbler | Posted on October 19, 2007 4:21 PM
I missed Jared in this show. :-( But I have seen his youtube video and it seems like we will get to see a whole lot of him in the next couple of weeks... At least that is the way it looks because of who is on the council in the video. YEA. I can't wait to see what he has to say next week...
12 of 13 | Posted by fanofjared | Posted on October 19, 2007 7:01 PM
Excellent recap.
I love reading your KN recaps, they make me laugh out loud every time.
I noticed that you did not mention two things that I thought for sure would be included:
-Michael's laugh (if you could call it a laugh) at that pro-Taylor vote
and
-Greg's erm... position while he comforted Leila. Looked to my friends and me like he was looking for a very special way of comforting her.
Anyway,
Can't wait til next week's recap!
13 of 13 | Posted by purplesoup | Posted on October 21, 2007 1:33 AM