Comments on: Jon & Kate Plus 8: Hang ‘em from the highest tree http://midlifebloggers.com/2009/05/25/jon-kate-plus-8-hang-em-from-the-highest-tree/ Making The Most of MidLife--Together Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: MissKris http://midlifebloggers.com/2009/05/25/jon-kate-plus-8-hang-em-from-the-highest-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-3414 MissKris Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:36:20 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=1236#comment-3414 This is one of the reasons why most of my TV watching is limited to DVR tapings of "Super Why" and "Curious George" with my grandboys. I dunno what ever happened to quality television but there isn't anything on there that grabs my interest at all any more. Maybe we should just get rid of the TV. We lived without any for 12 years when our kids were little - by choice - and I don't think we missed anything. This is one of the reasons why most of my TV watching is limited to DVR tapings of “Super Why” and “Curious George” with my grandboys. I dunno what ever happened to quality television but there isn’t anything on there that grabs my interest at all any more. Maybe we should just get rid of the TV. We lived without any for 12 years when our kids were little – by choice – and I don’t think we missed anything.

]]> By: byjane http://midlifebloggers.com/2009/05/25/jon-kate-plus-8-hang-em-from-the-highest-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-3387 byjane Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:33:12 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=1236#comment-3387 Jill: I keep(pt) expecting a "just kidding" from the couple. All along there has been a niggling thought that maybe it was all a publicity stunt. Jill: I keep(pt) expecting a “just kidding” from the couple. All along there has been a niggling thought that maybe it was all a publicity stunt.

]]> By: Jill Crossland http://midlifebloggers.com/2009/05/25/jon-kate-plus-8-hang-em-from-the-highest-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-3385 Jill Crossland Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:35:07 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=1236#comment-3385 I’m not sure which was sadder, the end of their relationship or TLC’s ratings grab hype over the “big announcement” I’m not sure which was sadder, the end of their relationship or TLC’s ratings grab hype over the “big announcement”

]]> By: byjane http://midlifebloggers.com/2009/05/25/jon-kate-plus-8-hang-em-from-the-highest-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-3373 byjane Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:49:03 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=1236#comment-3373 Laura: I actually like unfiltered reality. It's the rare show that is "written" that ends up with anything more "valuable" to watch. And it seems like the best shows end up under the bus. Also, I think these reality shows are enabling a sort of face-to-face personal encounter that broadens our minuscule worlds. The same complaint you (and others) are making is not unlike the furor against the novel in the 18th century. It was geared to the public taste, destroyed the classical form, and made money. Laura: I actually like unfiltered reality. It’s the rare show that is “written” that ends up with anything more “valuable” to watch. And it seems like the best shows end up under the bus. Also, I think these reality shows are enabling a sort of face-to-face personal encounter that broadens our minuscule worlds. The same complaint you (and others) are making is not unlike the furor against the novel in the 18th century. It was geared to the public taste, destroyed the classical form, and made money.

]]> By: Laura http://midlifebloggers.com/2009/05/25/jon-kate-plus-8-hang-em-from-the-highest-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-3371 Laura Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:03:59 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=1236#comment-3371 Wasn't it nicer to read tragegies that had gone through the mind of writers? Wouldn't it be nice if things could be reflected through reflection of a thinker and not the immediate impulse or logic of those involved? Oh, what have we become? Wasn’t it nicer to read tragegies that had gone through the mind of writers? Wouldn’t it be nice if things could be reflected through reflection of a thinker and not the immediate impulse or logic of those involved? Oh, what have we become?

]]> By: BetteJo http://midlifebloggers.com/2009/05/25/jon-kate-plus-8-hang-em-from-the-highest-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-3271 BetteJo Sun, 31 May 2009 21:51:43 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=1236#comment-3271 I've watched the show from the beginning, I wrote about it on my blog too. The 1st episode this season was incredibly sad and I too can relate from going through my own divorce. I just keep thinking about how awful it will be for the kids if they can't put their marriage back together. Also, I think if more people knew the story of the pregnancy - they didn't have tons of eggs implanted or anything, and why they started the show to begin with, I think they might be a little less willing to make them walk the plank. I’ve watched the show from the beginning, I wrote about it on my blog too. The 1st episode this season was incredibly sad and I too can relate from going through my own divorce. I just keep thinking about how awful it will be for the kids if they can’t put their marriage back together.
Also, I think if more people knew the story of the pregnancy – they didn’t have tons of eggs implanted or anything, and why they started the show to begin with, I think they might be a little less willing to make them walk the plank.

]]> By: byjane http://midlifebloggers.com/2009/05/25/jon-kate-plus-8-hang-em-from-the-highest-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-3267 byjane Sat, 30 May 2009 20:35:48 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=1236#comment-3267 barbara: I see a show in the near future: Kate Plus Eight, in which a single mother of twins and sextuplets learns to live again after her husband leaves her, etc. etc. etc. Could be a winner, I think. barbara: I see a show in the near future: Kate Plus Eight, in which a single mother of twins and sextuplets learns to live again after her husband leaves her, etc. etc. etc. Could be a winner, I think.

]]> By: barbara http://midlifebloggers.com/2009/05/25/jon-kate-plus-8-hang-em-from-the-highest-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-3265 barbara Sat, 30 May 2009 07:59:49 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=1236#comment-3265 All of a sudden I get the feeling that Jon and Kate said yes to the series so they could financially take care of their family. There was a brief episode on a news channel where attorneys were talking about their tv contract and what could possibly happen if they were to try to cancel it. ie: a suit against them or whatever. I feel sorry for them--that they cannot apparently handle being together on screen or spending time with their children from what I can see together. All of a sudden I get the feeling that Jon and Kate said yes to the series so they could financially take care of their family. There was a brief episode on a news channel where attorneys were talking about their tv contract and what could possibly happen if they were to try to cancel it. ie: a suit against them or whatever.

I feel sorry for them–that they cannot apparently handle being together on screen or spending time with their children from what I can see together.

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