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Erniesgirl
Member
06-26-2006
| Tuesday, December 21, 2010 - 5:48 pm
I looked but couldn't find a thread for this show. The new season started a few weeks ago on A&E. I took great interest in the episode where Shannon cooks and eats in her sleep. Shannon had put on weight and didn't know why. I loved it when they showed the camera crew following her about when they checked the surveillance tapes and saw her cooking meatballs. A few years ago I was taking a medication that caused me to do weird stuff in my sleep. One morning I woke up and found that I had eaten all the Halloween candy I had purchased for giving out, and "WON" 7 auctions on Ebay, all without even being aware that I had been up during the night. It was only when I looked at my inbox and found all of those sellers wanting to settle up.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, December 21, 2010 - 6:01 pm
I posted in random discussions about their trip to Amsterdam because there wasn't a thread. I just love this family! I loved how at the end, Nick made Gene talk like Darth Vader with the mask on.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Tuesday, December 21, 2010 - 7:26 pm
<======= Family Jewels fan here too! I interviewed them by phone years ago, at least once when she was pregnant. She's fabulous, and he's really quite a character.
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Lyn
Member
08-07-2002
| Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 1:27 pm
I started watching reruns a couple of months ago. I'm surprised how funny it is
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 3:39 pm
I used to dislike Gene until I started watching the show. He is such a different person with his family than the persona he puts out there. The kids are just great.
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Txhazeleyes
Member
02-12-2008
| Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 3:40 pm
I like them alot too, just not real happy that every season has become more scripted than the next. Oh well, still quite enjoyable.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 3:53 pm
I agree about the scripting but I enjoy them so much that it doesn't bother as much as it might in another show.
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 6:29 pm
I got tired of the scripting too, but watched the Amsterdam show. When they visited the Anne Frank house and Gene burst into tears, that was not scripted! That was a very touching episode. His mother was about the same age as Anne and also was in a concentration camp. Gene's mom made it. That's why it was so poignant for him. Really touching.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 7:04 pm
That was a tough one to watch. Gene just broke my heart.
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Konamouse
Member
07-15-2001
| Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 7:50 pm
I think his son is the star!

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Bluejaxrock
Member
04-23-2004
| Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 9:52 pm
I was a major KISS fan in the '70s and my favorite was Peter Criss. Even did the make-up like his for parties...lol Was not a fan of "the Demon". I didn't expect to like this show because of Gene, but I really enjoy watching this family! Scripted, sure, but their interaction with each other is very genuine. The Amsterdam show made me cry, too. Not just the visit to Anne Frank's attic, but the visit with the boy's family was so touching. Loved Shannon and the sleep walking/eating. Cracked me up when she accused Gene of leaving the ice cream out, and then saw that it was her fault.
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Erniesgirl
Member
06-26-2006
| Thursday, December 23, 2010 - 6:57 am
Blue I was surprised when they actually looked at the surveillance tape and there was the sound crew and camera crew filming what was going on. I thought these guys went home at night.
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Bluejaxrock
Member
04-23-2004
| Thursday, December 23, 2010 - 7:06 am
Erniesgirl, it was kinda funny, Shannon even laughed about it, that the film crew caught it. But yeah, are the crews there 24/7? Maybe they were there cuz Gene was at a sleep clinic and Shannon was alone, and they wanted to "document" how each of them handled it. I'd hope that if there was a chance she'd hurt herself while sleep-walking they'd step in. Anyone see the episode where Tracy took Nick and Sophie to the club to see Mini KISS? Is that the same band that's in the Dr. Pepper commercials?
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Panda
Member
07-15-2005
| Thursday, December 23, 2010 - 7:51 am
I'm with Kona! I have a little crush on young Nick..lol
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Lyn
Member
08-07-2002
| Thursday, December 23, 2010 - 9:37 am
It kills me that Gene wears footed pajamas. That was sooo unexpected, I love it! Also didn't expect him to be such a family man or that they'd be so normal. (Unlike Ozzy's)
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Erniesgirl
Member
06-26-2006
| Monday, December 27, 2010 - 9:34 am
This is just silly. Don't you think that Suzie's husband is going to see this show and know that his wife was out on a date? Do you think he is ever going to allow her to leave Canada ever again?
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Monday, December 27, 2010 - 9:53 am
Disclaimer, I haven't seen this ep. Anyhow, these shows are partially scripted (well according to my hubby anyways) so chances are, off camera, the hubby was made aware of it. The show is a lark. Also, if she needs her hubby's permission to go across the border for a visit, then she's in the wrong marriage.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, December 27, 2010 - 12:41 pm
I think that was all set up. I'm sure the husband knew. They weren't the best of actors.
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Monday, December 27, 2010 - 2:42 pm
This show is very much scripted. Every situation is set up, which is why I lost interest in it a long time ago. The only thing that seemed genuine was when they visited Amsterdam and saw the Anne Frank museum and house, and visited with the family whose grandfather had been in the concentration camp. That show felt real. The rest of them feel very scripted and not "spontaneous."
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, December 27, 2010 - 3:07 pm
It is very scripted but I just love them so I don't really care. There are those moments that you can't script like Gene crying when watching Sophie's graduation video.
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