Same old reality.

The other day, just out of curiosity, we recorded an episode of Meet the Barkers on the ReplayTV.

I've never been a fan of "day in the life" reality shows. I was over The Osbournes as soon as I saw how annoying Kelly and Jack were. I couldn't watch fat Anna Nicole wallow in the haze of her painkillers. I found Nick and Jessica to be a total waste of breath. So why did we record Meet the Barkers? Because we're complete idiots, who apparently can't resist the premise of Miss USA married to a punk rocker.

What was the show like? It was exactly like every other one of those "day in the life" shows. Seriously. Some of the events and scenes seemed to be directly ripped from those other shows, even though they were supposedly normal events in these people's lives.

Shanna's dog pooped all over the house (as previously seen in The Osbournes). Travis and Shanna switched roles for a day (as seen in Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica). Shanna met with people about a product line (as seen in The Anna Nicole Show). Travis had surgery on his hurt foot (as seen in Newlyweds and The Osbournes). Both Shanna and Travis acted like their lives were SO complicated and difficult, while maids cleaned their houses and nannies took care of their kids so the hard-working couple could sleep all day (as seen in ALL of the aforementioned shows).

Basically, this show just reminded us how boring and out of touch rich people are...and how strangely addictive watching them can be. But we won't watch another episode. Why would we? We've already seen everything they could possibly do.

Of course, that fact didn't stop Alecia from recording and watching I Married a Princess (the Casper Van Dien/Catherine Oxenberg "day in the life" show)...