Hypnotoad, I saw your recap was up and it forced me to watch this drivel again this week. Dang you! :)

Anyhoo, I didn't even catch the sloppy editing with JR and Erin, but after you mentioned it, I re-watched that scene where he thanks her for inviting him. At the end, he says he's always down for a party and she says she's always down for a concert. So maybe they had gone to a concert the night before and it wasn't the night of the b-day party. Also, why would he have been at Kelly's b-day party anyway? I guess it was just a club and anyone could get in? You have to think he's seen her out tons of times in that year, but THIS time she has a camera crew so he probably is a famewhore like so many others on this show.

Next, I also thought what Whitney was wearing the "next" day (b/c really, who knows?) was a bathrobe!

And last, I remember when I went to NY for the first time and saw how huge Dean and Deluca was, I was like, "Whaaaaa?" b/c I was also duped by Felicity's portrayal of a humble coffee shop! :) Ha! I loved Javier!

Dean & DeLuca used to have a catalog, so I always knew it was big, and I didn't understand why it was so small on "Felicity." (Why did they use the name? Product placement? Handy sign?)

I hate the way people act about eating disorders. It's like the person is a criminal or it's shameful--like it's worse than an addiction. "Kelly accuses Allie of having an eating disorder." Would Kelly accuse Allie of having kidney disease? Schizophrenia? (Well, maybe KELLY would, but I mean most people.)I guess people think it's like an intervention, but you don't see them yelling at drunks or drug addicts in bars.

Isn't Erin the daughter of an Australian rock star? I think I read that somewhere. If it is any consolation, Hypnotoad, I doubt her job pays very well.

i love kelly! she's the reason this episode wasn't the crap that usually airs....albeit the city is still a crap show.

Come to think of it, pixie, I think someone did comment on that early on, about how Erin was the kid of some AC/DC dude, I think. She probably has some sweet "Rock and Roll All Night" royalties, cuz that song is played waaaaaayyyy too often. You'd think I'd look that kind of stuff up, but no, I'm lazy.

I disagree with you, though -- I think people treat anorexia/bulimia like any other disease, at least the people I know. If Allie had been drinking too much, or had shown some kinds of kidney disease symptoms (what, jaundice? I don't know), then Kelly totally would have done the same thing. I think, in general, people (again, including myself and people I know) tend to treat every addiction/disorder as something shameful. Which is sad.

Thatswhatshesaid: I was thinking about this in the shower this morning, and I thought that maybe there was an after-party that JR, Erin & Co. went to and that's what they were talking about, but then I remembered Allie and Whit left early, and you just noticed the concert comment by Erin (good ears!) so my theory's all shot to poo. Honestly, though, if they would have put the Whit/Erin-talking-about-JR scene first, then maybe a scene of Whit asking Erin where she and JR are going some evening (the concert, e.g.) b/c I'm sure they talked about it at some point, then I would have been less confused. I realize that each day isn't exactly the next day, but still . . . me confused.

And why was anyone anywhere in this ep? Why was JR at Kelly's party? Why were Kelly and Jay at One Managment's shindig? Why was Olivia at work? These are all mysteries that will never be solved...

I feel like I'm going to comment on this ep a lot, because it was just kind of a weird one (in terms of tone).

mrngstar -- I'm usually all about Kelly Cutrone and poking good-natured fun at her rep as a banshee in black, but I thought she went overboard in this ep. And frankly, it made her seem like kind of a fame whore for being in almost every single scene, and I didn't peg her as one of those people. Honestly, at times I thought, "You're really enjoying being onscreen, aren't you?" But that might just be me. A little bit of Kelly Cutrone every now and then? Awesome. But a whole episode with her? Overboard.

And Thatswhatshesaid:
How cute was it when Javier said "crunch" instead of "crush?" I too heart Javier. Where are the awesome angsty college dramas now? I would recap that crap up with a spoon.

Great recap, and I agree with what you said about Kelly. As for Jay, my daughter just showed me a Clinique ad, for Happy, that he was in.

How does Erin pay for her nice apartment? If she gets paid even half of what the "others" on The Hills gets paid, then she can easily pay for her apartment, even if she doesn't have a rock star dad!!

I think the show producers invite people to certain events. On The Hills, Spencer and Heidi showed up at the restaurant where Lauren and Jason were. Later, Heidi said that she didn't know that Lauren and Jason would be there, but the producers told them to eat dinner there.

Kelly Cutrone rocks! She was making a point - a good one - about models and body image. Here's the thing - Allie puts herself out there. She's a model. Anyone and everyone is entitled to comment on her looks, body, etc. I think that Kelly totally wanted to make a point and used Allie to do it. And, let's face it, Allie's excuses were pretty lame. I think it would be a cold day in hell before your modeling agency would tell you are too skinny . . .

Oh, and I assumed that One was Jay's management, too. Erin said something about them representing models and musicians.

Erin's dad is Cliff Williams from AC/DC. He's the guy in the B&W photo that is always in the shots when Erin is on the couch.

Hypnotoad! --"is this an episode of "My So-Called Life?" -- what's with all the flannel? I half-expect Jordan Catalano to walk out any minute, but I doubt he'd get a job here since he can't read." Brilliant! I love your work!

love, J-Mo :)

oh, come on- its been over ten years! Brian/Brain must have taught Jordan by now... don't get me started how I'm supposed to accept Angela's daddy as a bad-ass on "Lost."

I love your recaps. It is like you are in my head, except funnier. And no this episode made no sense. This show makes no sense. I'm watching to enjoy your recaps.

A) Great recap! Anyone who references MSCL rules!

I wanted to comment on something said about Olivia and Jay. I have thought the same thing since minute one. Either something went down, or she has something up her sleeve.

I was bored yesterday, and did some research on Ms. Palermo. According to PAP (a website dedicated to the piranahas aka "socials" of the upper eschalon of NYC)

"It was a few months ago that I reported that Olivia was leaving New York for Los Angeles to pursue her dreams in singing and writing, which her publicist, a variation of Stephen Huvane, vehemently denied. Olivia herself recently confirmed this was true. She’s leaving in the beginning of July for the Armani Privé haute couture show in Paris and after that, is heading straight for Hollywood armed with plans of recording a pop album and completing her how-to socialite handbook."

(And I have the best photo ever I wish could accompany it. I want to email it to you to use in a future recap, IT IS THAT GOOD. It's of Kelly Cuttrone)

Does anyone watch the Shield? Because Kelly C looks to me like Vic Mackey's wife, just sad and tired looking all the time.

Hypno-
I'm sure you could get the job you wanted if you had a camera crew following you around!

i heart jordan catalano, i totally forgot how he couldnt read! LOL

Well, sadly, I don't watch "Lost" or "The Shield" so those analogies are lost on me.

nicevibe -- I audibly gasped and said, "Shut the hell up" and "oh god no" out loud when I read that.

Oh, "How to Be a Socialite," by Olivia Palermo: Get born into a super-rich family, then ensure that you have no life skills whatsoever and then buy a bunch of stuff with your family's money. WTF, how can you stretch that out into a whole book? And it's certainly coming out in the right time, what with the worst recession in 70 years and all.

And dear, dear sweet merciful God, an album?! I . . . I just . . . I'm flabbergasted. And I never use that word. Because it's kinda dumb. Remember Paris Hilton's album? And Heidi Montag's songs? No? You don't? Yeah, that's right, you don't, and there's a reason for that. No way in hell I'm buying that crap. Unless Nevan raps on a couple songs and then I'm totally getting it the day it drops!

Okay, so I have no life today. Or, like, ever. I just went to iTunes and searched for Jay's band (Tamarama -- worst. name. ever.) and they have an EP out. I am sad to say that they don't suck as much as I had hoped, although they need to tighten up their harmonies. It's kind of folksy rock, which is much better than the My Chemical Romance crap I thought they'd be spewing out.

Did anyone else notice that I logged in as "hynotoad" (no p) 2 posts above? And it let me post? Weird . . . Sorry -- move along.

Yep, Jay used to be a model, him an Adam met on a shoot in Australia or something, the only difference is Adam's career took off with a provocative Gucci campaign and Dolce and Gabana.

I think Olivia has the hots for Jay, from the first episode where she kept asking Whitney where is Jay repeatedly, and always seemly interested in hearing news about Jay only, and now inviting him to her fundraiser, not a very social thing to do.

Olivia herself as a very interesting story among the socials in Newyork. Apparently after Paris Hilton became "famous" a bunch of young socialites in NY decided to make their move, to displace the old regime headed by tinsley mortimer ( a former Virginia average beauty who somehow transformed herself into the creme de la creme of newyork society) Apparently Olivia was too pushy, always dropped names, appeared in to many photographs, hired a PR agent all when she was 17 or 18, some terrible articles ridiculing her were published, including a supposed apology letter to the high class NY women. Olivia claimed she was being slandered, hired a top firm lawyer, which led to the closing of said publication. Then her father filed for Bankrupcy and she semi disappered from the scene, only to reinvent herself on the City.

I think MTV is doing a great diservice to this show, by making it The Hills fake, when the actual characters lives are more interesting, show us Adam's real life, as a restauranter, Olivia's social, ladies who lunch life style etc. and the show might have a chance.

I am hoping that is really just a bad joke. She can NOT be serious about making an album.
(Her backstory is way interesting, though. The whole SR scandal kept me up reading til after 2 am!)

Did you guys know Kelly Cuttrone's getting her own show on Bravo?!

Did you guys know this show is about Whitney?!

Great recap hynotoad :P

Sheiney - I looked up that Happy Photo - you're right it IS Jay.

I'll post it in the forums since I can't post it here.

"And you're always invited to make everyone else feel pretty." LOL!

Is that why I'm always invited to events (I don't wanna attend)? And here I thought it was because of my sparkling personality. Hmm...

A very hypnotizing recap as always, Hypnotoad.