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| Kody's "What, Me Worry?" look |
The last regular Sister Wives episode aired on March 1, 2015. I don't mean the tributes to Meri, Robyn or the Season Tell All (which usually doesn't tell us a darn thing) either. Those don't count.
The last regular episode was almost 6 months ago! And this isn't the first time there was a way too long hiatus. Now I ask you, what show can continue to exist when it's not even on TV?
The American audience is well known for it's fickleness. I can only think of one entertainer that survived an extended absence from his audience, and that was Elvis Presley.
Elvis had talent, though. The Kody Brown Family's only talent is how the Original Three Wives can continue to Stand By Their Man when he is obviously so smitten by his new legal wife #4 Robyn that he has finally, been able to impregnate with another of his spirit babies. Robyn should be hoping she's having twins because she is way behind in the spirit baby making game. After all, as Christine (who thought she would be Kody's final "wife") said in the first season, "By gosh, they better be having sex..." or words to that effect.
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| Robyn contemplating becoming Kody's legal wife |
And having sex is what those two lovebirds have been doing for over 5 years now. With only one spirit baby being born. In the same timeframe, Christine and Janelle were able to push out a majority of Kody's spirit babies. He is, however, still less prolific than Brady Williams or Joe Darger in the impregnating your sisterwives with spirit babies arena.
Kody NEEDS that fifth, young, and fertile sister wife to remain competitive. He's not even running a close race anymore. And we the audience want to see the meltdown of Robyn when she realizes, just like Christine did, that she is no longer Kody's "last" wife. Legal wife she still is, but if he starts courting his fifth...well let's just say Robyn's true colors will make yet another appearance.
That will be an epic meltdown!
Back to the present, the Browns still have not figured out how to use social media effectively. Robyn thinks all she needs to do is say "Hi, I'm Robyn. Kody's 4th wife." and fans will stumble out of what ever nook and cranny they are hiding in, to seek her out.
Well, that was a major fail, Robyn.
Uh, huh...yeah. Like Meri started tweeting that crap right after the audience found out not only did she divorce Kody in September 2014, but he almost immediately married Robyn in December 2014. And then in June, guess who's pregnant.
I call this a "Saving Face" ploy.
Many thought this was Meri's cry for attention from an otherwise occupied Kody. Unfortunately, the only person to notice Meri's pain was a Joker who preceded to make her the laughingstock on Twitter. Well, Meri helped a little, too.
Note to Meri: If it sounds too good to be true, it usually is. Next time get references, or at least use Google for goodness sakes!
And Christine still occasionally tweets about her children, with Janelle retweeting about whatever she finds interesting in her Twitter timeline. Another note to Meri: Janelle's retweets are what that meme was describing!
Just this week, we found out from comments on the Sister Wives Official TLC Facebook page (and from comments here in my living room) that Kody and his Ko-dypendents© were being sighted in Alaska. There was even a picture of Logan, with his girlfriend, in front of an Alaskan glacier on his instagram.
https://instagram.com/p/6CFZIPnp4P/
Let's just hope TLC sprung for plane tickets from Vegas to Alaska, because otherwise, that would be one gosh awful drive...especially with a pregnant Robyn in tow. YIKES!!!
I thought I would turn over the rest of this posting to some of the questions, thoughts, that were left on the previous posting.
Big Sky August 10, 2015 at 5:44 PM
[...] Please CJ - can you make sumptin outa nuttin and entertain us with a post??!
Cynical Jinx: Here's my best effort. Enjoy!
Polyjammies August 10, 2015 at 7:11 PM
Hi Cynical:
Not sure if you already knew this, but Sister Wives is filming in Girdwood, Alaska (a ski town near Anchorage) this week.
Cynical Jinx: Thanks Polyjammies. Ok, everybody let's crank up Google Maps!
sewcrafty27 August 11, 2015 at 11:16 AM
[...] The longer the Browns stay off tv, the quicker their fans will move on to other more interesting shows.
Cynical Jinx: Yep, Kody is no Elvis Presley, that's for sure!
Amused August 11, 2015 at 8:39 PM
[...] Yep....sure sounds like this (last) season will be a buffet of recycled BS, even including a redo of Sobbin the Madonna. Snarkers, prepare to be underwhelmed..
Cynical Jinx: Just like every other season. The only question left is, just how low will they go - will the saga of Kody adopting Robyn's children be superceded by Robyn having morning sickness now? And please, no Robyn talking like she's the senior spokesman for the family. #RememberTheOriginalThree
Anonymous August 12, 2015 at 10:56 AM
I honestly think they are going to take on a fifth wife to save the show. [...] I also have a sinking feeling that the next wife is going to be Sobyn's live in nanny/maid/slave because Mrs. New Legal Wife could control her easily and therefore more likely to be on board with the plan.
Cynical Jinx: Oh, to bring in a fifth and have her living with Robyn would be soooo delicious...But alas, I think Meri will be the lucky wife to be roomies with a fifth. Luckily for Robyn she lives right next door to Meri so she'll still be able to clean Robyn's bathrooms like Mindy did!
Big Sky August 12, 2015 at 11:32 AM
I got a kick out of a tweet from the Seavey's, Iditarod champions, who operate a kennel and lead dog sled tours. They said they were contacted by the show and asked if they could film at their kennel (not sure if they also wanted to arrange a dog sled ride) and the Seavey's turned them down. They said it "didn't seem to be our kind of show." Wish other businesses were not so desperate for publicity and would also turn them down!!
Cynical Jinx: Thank goodness the dogs didn't have to suffer with that crowd! Can you imagine Kody driving a dog sled, his hair blowing in the Alaska wind? And of course, current legal wife would be his precious cargo, while the Original Three are forced to run behind Kody. Thank you Seavey's for saying NO WAY to Sister Wives producers!
Finally, CPA Carol wrote an essay summarizing the Brown Family Television Journey on the last posting. Here's a link (hopefully it will take you directly to her comment) and the first paragraph so you'll know what to look for:
CPA Carol July 27, 2015 at 3:12 PM
I think everything we are shown on Sister Wives is made up, none of it is really “real”. The premise of the show was supposed to show us how four women can be happily married to one man and raise all their kids together in one happy family.
Click here to read the rest...
And this just in....
Mark your calendar! The Sister Wives return to TLC on Sun. Sept, 13th 9/8! WATCH an Exclusive Video from The Wrap: http://ow.ly/QPzbq
Posted by Sister Wives on Wednesday, August 12, 2015
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