A Second Helping of ‘Princes’
July 17th, 2005
You don’t expect me to just quit talking about a show I produced, do you?
Tonight on the second episode of The Princes of Malibu — Brandon and Brody learn they must pay their own way, and so they devise a plan to earn extra cash that lands them in hot water with their stepdad.
[Insert intimidatingly-dramatic music here.]
Here’s what I can tell you. If you enjoyed the first episode or thought it was somewhat amusing, it will get better and better as the weeks progress. The way the show ended up playing out, things just escalate and get more hilarious in the family interactions. But, if you watched the show and it made you rant on and on about how reality-TV is killing your brain and who wants to watch a bunch of rich snobs in Malibu, you’re probably better off TIVO’ing 60 Minutes.
Either way, The Princes of Malibu airs tonight at 8:30/7:30 central on your local FOX affiliate.
i didn’t catch the first episode, but i definitely enjoyed this one. there’s not much to dislike about watching pretty people being silly! honestly, it reminds me a little of Viva La Bam, just toned down several hundred notches.
and anyone that rants about how TV is killing anything is sadly misguided about the problems in this world. i’d also wager that they are very annoying to talk to.
Comment by kristine — July 17, 2005 @ 7:35 pm
I hear you, K!
Comment by Pauly D — July 17, 2005 @ 7:45 pm
I explained my collection of Mr. Incredibles and was completely surprised to learn the guy asking about them produces “The Princes of Malibu” (along with a big list of other accomplishments). We watched last week in wide-eyed wonder and cheered when Dad cancelled the credit cards.
We keep wondering what Mr. Jenner, bio-dad, thinks about all this?
Comment by mopsy — July 17, 2005 @ 7:49 pm
Rich snobs in Malibu? Isn’t 60 Minutes just a bunch or rich snobs in Manhattan? I’ll watch the show where there’s a better chance of seeing a woman in a bikini.
Comment by Neil — July 17, 2005 @ 10:53 pm
Honestly, 60 Minutes scares me for the fact that I never know when Andy Rooney and his ever growing eyebrow hairs are going to take over the screen. Hasn’t that man ever heard of clippers???
And we’re enjoying the show! Except my son wants to know why he doesn’t have a mommy who looks like Linda. lol
Comment by groovebunny — July 18, 2005 @ 12:48 am
all those dvds and the best they could do was Martin Lawrence in Rebound?
Did the studio give you any shit for that? I’d imagine it was timed out just right for the release of the movie.
hmmmm….
Comment by fat dude — July 18, 2005 @ 3:18 pm
Fat dude - I have NO IDEA what you’re talking about.
Comment by Pauly D — July 18, 2005 @ 3:29 pm
it’s okay Pauly. I know, you’re just the Producer. Not the writer. Oh wait, this is a reality show — there are no writers. Duh.
The hardest part about this episode was that they promoted the drive-in with the word ‘Casablanca” and then showed fucking Rebound.
I’ll give you 10 bucks for every kid on that lawn that even saw Casablanca.
God, that hurt.
Comment by fat dude — July 18, 2005 @ 6:53 pm
So I watched it, and everytime I saw a different word across their mouths (when swearing) I thought, “That’s something that Pauly would do.” So I need to know — was that your special touch?
On a seperate note — the show gets me soooo worked up. They’re rich and they’re spoiled and somehow they’re getting paid for just that. It drives me nuts that, ultimately, they’re making a better living “being spoiled” than most make, uh, working.
These are exactly the kind of kids for which the phrase “They were born on third and think they hit a triple” was invented.
Comment by Stephen Speicher — July 19, 2005 @ 12:05 pm
Stephen - to answer your question, although I’d like to take credit for those creative post-production additions — it wasn’t me!
Comment by Pauly D — July 19, 2005 @ 10:06 pm