By EdHill
I have to admit: I haven't been watching Brat Camp at all this summer. I mean, with 3 hours a week of Big Brother and the live feeds on top of that, there's only so many hours in a day. But when you're offered a guest spot on TVgasm by the enigmatic B-Side himself (I like to think of him as my own personal Robin Masters, with me his Thomas Magnum), you don't say no. So I fired up the trusty TiVo and gave it a shot. And it's not that bad. Think Celebrity Boot Camp with less Lorenzo Lamas. If you haven't read last week's recap, in a nutshell they send 9 troubled teens to go out to the wilds of Oregon to hopefully learn something about themselves and change their destructive behavior. How destructive? Well thankfully ABC decided to boil down these kids' complex and troubled personalities to a phrase small enough so it can fit in a nice tidy onscreen graphic. Hence we have the "Angry Punk" and the " Hostile Outcast," or my personal favorite for its sheer randomness, Nick who is "Tried to Stab Twin." You would think "Has Anger Issues" would've worked just as well, but OK (And in his defense, this is his twin).
Comments (10)
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Great recap!
1 of 10 | Posted by Nan | Posted on August 4, 2005 4:34 PM
Guess what? Jada was driving a speedboat in Wrentham, Massachusetts and smashed into a family, who was on a small boat. She ended up knocking several family members into the water, including a baby! I believe that a couple of people are still in the hospital because of this irresponsible bitch. Apparently, she was driving the speedboat while watching her boyfriend, who was kneeboarding. She didn't see the family's boat until just before she ran into it. Surprisingly, Jada was not arrested but instead fined with an order to take a boater's safety course. Maybe Jada's parents can put her on Maury and have those Army dril sergeants take her to a real boot camp.
2 of 10 | Posted by The Dogg Pound | Posted on August 4, 2005 7:13 PM
Flaming Douchebag... priceless!
I love the train wreck that is this show. I love watching "Liar Liar" continue to bullshit the counselors and her parents, and think she can fool them. I guess she doesn't realize this show won't do much to help her future career, but then again, there's not much to lie about at Burger King besides "Yeah I put the fries down."
3 of 10 | Posted by Reluctantly Breaking Wind | Posted on August 4, 2005 7:25 PM
you can't go wrong with d&d humor.
4 of 10 | Posted by copygodd | Posted on August 4, 2005 9:56 PM
Would you send your kids out to the middle of nowhere with a bunch of unemployed hippies? With names like Mountain Wind, you damn well know there's plenty of marijuana and "free love" going down over at the counselor's tent. Not to mention some nasty winter bush.
Nah, I'd rather my "brat" get fixed by the giant angry black guys on Ricki Lake and Sally Jesse.
5 of 10 | Posted by sg-dub | Posted on August 5, 2005 5:34 AM
i love this show lol. this kids are such little pain in the asses. But you did leave out the part that had derek crying for his mommy while he was out on solo. That was the most amusing part of the show for me.
6 of 10 | Posted by Gena | Posted on August 5, 2005 8:05 AM
Thanks for the great recap. And thanks for the tip on Jada, the family boat wrecker. I can't believe she didn't get into any criminal trouble for that! I thought the part after the show, with her singing like she's going to get signed or something, was priceless...
7 of 10 | Posted by midwestmom | Posted on August 5, 2005 8:16 AM
Actually the "I want my mommy" part was kind of touching. I mean these are a bunch of dysfunctional kids with serious problems, so I have sympathy for a lot of them. Except jada. Shes just a brat.
8 of 10 | Posted by EdHill | Posted on August 5, 2005 3:19 PM
Watching the show made me shed a few tiny tears, but reading your 'cap made me pee my pants! Nice job, EdHill.
9 of 10 | Posted by EROSion | Posted on August 5, 2005 3:25 PM
Ok Edhill, you need to write regularly from now on. Very funny & witty recap there. I would point out one thing but all of it was great!
10 of 10 | Posted by Genevieve | Posted on August 8, 2005 1:56 PM