Kid Nation: Starved For Entertainment
I hope last night wasn't the first time you watched Kid Nation. If it was, I apologize for CBS. The show is usually better than what you witnessed. It really is. But even I was starved for entertainment by the time the show ended.
The theme of Kid Nation this week was that the kids are bored in Bonanza City. They want something fun to do to get their mind off of the toil that has become their life. I suppose the toys and games they received last week (only a couple of days ago in Bonanza life) have already been thrown to the wayside. That's why I never buy expensive gifts for children but I digress.
"The book" tells the town council that the town probably needs some entertainment to fight off the boredom. The town council thought either a play or a talent show would do the trick and ultimately settled on the talent show. The kids were all thrilled to have something to do to fill their time and went to work practicing for what would be one really weird show.
While all of that was going on, Savannah was feeling homesick. Little Alex (he's so cute) tried to talk her out of leaving. Kennedy (her new best friend) also tried to convince her to stay. But Savannah was so confused and didn't know what to do. She missed her family in Kentucky.
The showdown this week was easily the best part of the show. The kids in each district were given quarters to run and fetch bubblegum in assorted colors out of a bubblegum machine. Then they had to chew the gum to make it all nice and gooey so that their district leader could take it and stick it up on a paint-by-numbers canvas. Guylan was so grossed out by the whole thing he almost started dry heaving. It was funny. The grownup told them they had an hour to finish their "paintings" and if all of the teams completed their works of art they would all get a reward.
They came close to getting the reward but unfortunately Zach's yellow district chewed their gum a tad too much. They wouldn't stick to the canvas because they were too slobbery. Somebody actually spit on their gum and wanted to hand it to him. Ewww! The green district won and became the upper class for the first time, the blue district came in second and are the merchant class, the red district came in third and are the cooks, and because they came in last the yellow district are the laborers.
The talent show was held in the saloon and some of the kids had some skills: Kelsey could play the piano, Eric sang while playing the piano, and Olivia's stand-up comedy wasn't that bad. Greg and Blaine's "Romeo" skit was funny but only because Blaine was wearing a dress. Jared's monologue from Shakespeare's King Henry V was different. Kennedy's weird rap/dance act brought the house down though. Enough so that Savannah went to the stage to make an announcement: she would be staying in Bonanza. Good for you Savannah.
At the town hall meeting, DK stood up and asked Laurel to sing. She sang 'Amazing Grace' and was actually very good. I guess she wasn't allowed to compete in the talent show because she's a district leader. When the grownup asked the kids if any of them wanted to leave none of them stood up. Don't you love how the camera also shoots to the kid who had been pondering an exit? Zach, on behalf of the town council, awarded the gold star to Kennedy because she's funny and keeps everybody in good spirits. She was shocked she won it but I wasn't. You could tell she'd be winning it because she had been featured throughout this episode. Kennedy's mom could barely contain herself when Kennedy called to give her the good news. Get it together Mom!
Little Divad was upset she didn't get the gold star (she had nominated herself again this week) and thinks it should go to somebody who works hard. After she said that she muttered you can't always judge people and then rolled her eyes. Nice Divad. Nice.
Next week, it seems there will be a district shakeup. Yay! I'm so ready for these kids to be jumbled up.
Did you think this week's Kid Nation was as awful as I did? Did you have a favorite part? What did you think about the talent show?
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Yea, this week sucked.
The one good thing about this episode was we we only subjected to a small about of Taylor.
I don't think the yellow team chewed their gum too much, I think they did not chew it enough, but who really gives a damn.
I think Divad thinks she is entitled to the gold star because... read me mind.
Also, I read on some other board that we know Divad will never the get the gold star because her mother has, of course, filed a lawsuit against CBS for the oil spattering in Divad's face. Maybe if she had taught her daughter to cook properly, it would not have happened.
Speaking of the gold star, if someone said to me "2 pound solid gold star worth $20,000" I would say, "Wait a second. Is is twenty grand or is it two pounds of gold?" With current gold prices two pounds of gold would be 36 Troy Ounces worth a total of $29,736. Hmm... maybe is $20,000 after taxes. Speaking of that, I want to see the looks on those kid's faces when they find out they have to pay taxes on their Kid Nation money... ha ha ha. To quote Racheal Greene from Freinds, "Who's FICA and why is he getting all my money?"
I had too much reading to do last night, so I had to skip out on Kid Nation. Thanks for the recap; looks like I picked a good episode to miss!
Yup Ronnica! You picked the perfect episode to miss. It was pretty much awful from beginning to end.
And EricC, that FICA quote never gets old!
Hi HD.
Once again, thanks for the recap. It was a tad boring this evening and I found myself channel surfing away and missing some parts.
I think the producers really need to look at what they are putting together. It is really getting heavy handed. I can tell in the first 3 minutes of the show what this week's "book message" will be. And we can all tell who is going to get the gold star by the ammount of air time.
Olivia continues to irk me. She seems so smug all the time. In the town meeting you could definately tell she expected to get the reward.
However, Kudos to her for keeping herself and her little sister so clean. You can tell that some of the kids are not as dedicated to showering. Perhaps next weeks book message will be about lice or fleas. ;)
I wonder what next week will be about verity. How many more things can these kids complain about? LOL
I'm getting to where I can't stand that stupid book the council members read every show. That really gets on my nerves.
Last night I was dying hair with some girlfriends and I told them about Kidnation and how Great of a show it was. So of course we watched. After words I was so disapointed. There was no complaing Taylor, Greg behaved. What is going on? I agree it is really easy to tell who is getting the gold star.
Gordon Ramsey will be cooking Thanksgiving recepies on Regis wed. Thanks HD for the Gr8 updates Ive missed some shows this week.
My favorite part of lastnights show was the commercial of JR supposedly telling James he had the Hidden Immuntiy Idol. I dont know if that had been seen before but it was a first for me. Should be a good one to watch.
I also need to rant about "Buffalo Nickels"
The show keeps trying to emulate the 1880's.
The Buffalo Nickel, or more accurately the "Indian Head Nickel Five Cent" wasn't introduced until 1913 and was replaced in 1938 by the Felix Schag version of the Jefferson Nickel we all grew up with.
All I can say for last night's show is ugh! It is so predictable what the theme is going to be, and how the book is going to guide them.
And the contest, how unsanitary was that? There are already cleanliness issue and then you have all that gum and spit.
Hopefully next week will be better with the mix up in the air. We will see how that plays out, if it plays out. Thanks HD for giving us a forum for comments.