Buckwild is the kind of show I’d normally put in the “rather take a weed-whacker to my penis” category. Meaning, I’d never watch it, in a million years. In fact, it’s described as the hillbilly Jersey Shore, and that doesn’t help me much — because I’ve never seen one minute of Jersey Shore.
The only reason I’ve checked out this new show, is because it’s filmed in Sissonville, WV, which is roughly 15 miles from where I grew up. My uncle Chuck is from Sissonville, and so is Surf Reporter dr. drofub. So, I have a connection, and a curiosity.
Therefore, I flopped down on Friday night and endured three episodes, back to back. And here are some quick thoughts…
- It’s cool to see shots of Charleston, and places I recognize. “Hey, I know where that is!” was shouted inside our living room, more than once.
- The cast kept calling Morgantown “the big city,” and the producers emphasized that point: Look at these backwood hicks, who think a town like Morgantown is the big city! It’s fun to laugh at them, isn’t it? However, they all live in or near Charleston, which is larger than “Motown,” as they call it. I think there’s a little manipulation going on. I’m shocked, simply shocked.
- The hillbilly games were almost certainly cooked up by writers. I don’t believe those people did any of that stuff before the cameras arrived. With the exception of the dude and his battered truck… The rest of it is MTV-created, I suspect.
- I find it disheartening that Sissonville hicks now listen to hip-hop, and not Lynyrd Skynyrd and Molly Hatchet. My whole worldview has been rocked.
- The guys on that show seem OK. Sure, they’re dumbasses, but none are overly annoying. The girls, on the other hand, get on my last nerve. I can’t stand any of them. Constant drama, and discussions about how they were slighted, etc. My molars were grinding into each other. They take off their shirts a lot, and trigger the pixilation team at MTV headquarters… but that’s their only saving grace. All of them are horrible.
Have you seen the show, yet? If so, what are your thoughts? Tell us about it in the comments.
And this is the last I’ll ever speak of it. Pass the beer nuts.
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I made it through about twenty minutes of the first episode, then shitcanned the others I’d recorded. It’s simply bad. The producers are every bit as scummy as you’d think they are, witness: http://wvgazette.com/News/201212150134
Screw Buckwild and the Prada horse it rode in on.
Agreed!! i made it roughly the same 20 mins in, then changed the channel as violently as one can with a remote. What a load of shite.
Great article! Good for Smeedy.
We’re number two.
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I’m with Jeff on the weedwacker/penis thing. Not having lived there, I don’t see any reason. It would be different if they were filming the stoners and dirtbags from *my* high school.
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I too have never seen one minute of Jersey Snore, except for when it was on The Soup, back when I watched it. I consider myself proud of this fact.
I have however seen the trailer for Buckwild*, not that I needed to convince myself to not watch it, and my assumptions were correct. This is just more of the dumbing down of America and it makes me ashamed to be a part of it, even if just by proxy.
This, among many other reasons, is also why I dumped my cable and I now rely on Netflix, YouTube, and torrents for my visual entertainment. I am having a blast and saving money at the same time.
I salute you, Jeff, for being the brave soul that has to endure these hardships in the name of journalism so that others will not have to suffer the same fate. There will be a beer in your future, from me.
* Just typing that word made my skin crawl.
I thought you might have some type of supporting role in that production
I live about an hour away from that whole abomination. I’ve seen the trailer, too, and that was enough. No, too much. I’ll never watch it. It’s this kind of crap which engenders terms like ignorant and incestuous, when describing and thinking about West Virginia. It’s obvious that the developers and producers of this show where trying to escalate and take advantage of the general public’s opinions of West Virginia and its inhabitants. “Hey, if it worked in New Jersey, why not West Virginia?” West Virginia’s a goldmine of negative opinions, and that equals money!
I would not watch it – it’s BS.
There’s also a show called My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding and/or The Stanley Sisters that is filmed in WV.
I don’t think the population of Charleston is that much bigger than Morgantown. Maybe 15,000-20,000.
Of course, if you take away all the students, and FRACKERS, and whatnot, it would be bigger.
Right, Ognir, and you would know, because you live there.
No…I would never watch it. Duck Dynasty on the other hand.
I do live in Morgantown. I always hear people from the sticks call this a big city. I grew up in a place that had less than 50 people. I know people who treat Morgantown as if it is New York City. At least it is in their mind.
I would prefer to live in the boondocks if I could.
My point: nobody who lives in or near Charleston would call Morgantown “the big city.”
Exactly.
While I was growing up in WV we never called any city “big”. We just called Morgantown “Morganhole”. Not a term of affection.
I have’t seen this show yet but am constantly amazed at how when I think reality TV has hit rock bottom, something new comes along. I lasted 10 minutes through Honey booboo and wanted to vomit.
I do like moonshiners though which I believe is somewhere in West Virgina.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDjCOho_sKw
Jim Tom has his teeth in on the video but he’s dapper with or without.
Apparently you can buy moonshine in your area. I like to get me some rye whiskey.
Moonshiners is awesome, although the use of subtitles is a bit insulting
Last night I had a chance to try some rye whiskey, and I passed. It was Catoctin Creek, which I gather is made in Loudon County Va., and is said to be good stuff. The smell was a kind of off-putting to me, but I think if you like good bourbon you’d like this stuff. I prefer a good stinky Scotch single-malt like Laphroiag.
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YOU WATCHED HONEY BOO BOO FOR TEN MINUTES!!!???
the CIA could waterbed you for for two days and not get jackshit.
Waterbed. Awesome.
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I am interested in learning more on the process of waterbedding. Regardless, I’m sure waterboarding or waterbedding are appropriate for the crime.
I’m not normally the person who would make this comment but water bedding with CIA agents? 😉 – oh the torture….
I like to be able to high horse it with the “I’ve never and will never watch one of ‘those’ fake reality shows.” Although I was flipping channels a couple of weeks ago and landed on some family farm show, King I believe their name was. I was mesmerized for 2 or 3 episodes until their mama irritated the ever loving shit out of me. Going gah gah for shirtless blond-haired, blue eyed boys doesn’t really count, does it?
Not a fan of any reality show and I certainly won’t be watching one that pixelates perfectly good tits. I did catch an episode of Dr. Pol on NATGEO last night while flipping the channles. Doc had his entire arm right up to his shoulder shoved up a cows ass. I was hooked.
The Incredible Dr. Pol is truly incredible. They don’t make em like that anymore. He’s a treasure.
I can’t think of any reason to shove your arm up a cow’s ass. There is, however, another hole in very close proximity…
The cow was in disterss and crapping a three foot stream of dung water. After a bovine style digital exam, Doc decided to “shoot” a magnet down the cow’s throat and into the cow’s first stomach to hopefully attract any metal object…barb wire, nails, whatever. I met a vet like this guy years back when I was in Lake of the Ozarks. Try and save the cow. If you can’t…you can call your supper by its first name for a couple of months.
My one and only “can’t pull my eyes away from this televised train wreck” is “Amish Mafia.” Actors in Amish clothing trying to make some money and control territory, what better entertainment?
The show started out with Levi and his crewin Eastern PA imposing order on the community. One of the Elders was meeting up with hookers so Levi put a stop to it.
This season, enter Merlin. Merlin is from the bad-ass Amish mob in Ohio and is waging a war to wrest power from Levi. It made me wonder how long it would take to ride across the state in a buggy to make a hit.
This season is by far the best. So far we’ve had illegal street racing between buggies, the loser of said race having his buggy chained to the back of a truck and towed til it disintegrated. The sad part was that the guy with the losing buggy still owed payments on it.
And we now have a cleancut young man being ostracized within the Amish Mob for being a Mennonite. Believe me, having a Mennonite with a car goes a long way when you’re doing a driveby shooting.
And now, the best for last: this season they brought in an Amish midget to serve as one of Merlins henchmen.Check out the show, it is truly “an offer thou nigh cannot refuseth.”
Tonight’s episode” Merlin invokes the wrath of Levi when he tries to gain control of the lucrative Shoo Fly pie racket..
What goes ‘clip clop, clip clop, clip clop, bang’?
Amish drive-by.
In Ohio, we just had a case of some wanton Amish guy going around and chopping the beards of other Amish men. We implored our government to do something about the rise in “Amish on Amish Crime.” It’s getting a little out of hand!
i would like to see a show in about 10 or 20 yrs from now to see what happened to them
i live in in wv, so i can see missing teef,tube tops,welfare and bad tattoos definitly in their future
All of these shows are liberally padded with pure horseshit by the writers/producers. For instance, there will be an argument within a large household of siamese twins, and next thing you know, “in order to clear the air in the family, we decided to all go hang-gliding.”
I would highly recommend “The Joe Schmo Show”, where the whole thing is openly scripted lunacy, with only one guy who isn’t in on the joke, who thinks it’s real. It’s really funny and a great satire of all reality shows.
Joe Schmoe is great. Lorenzo Lamas is hilarious. Catch the first season if you can find it. The ‘Joe’ on there was a humble, nice kid. They all felt awful at the end that they had been deceiving him the entire time.
I really do not know what to make of this sudden up-crop of red-necked hillbilly shows, I can only say these are not being broadcast for the greater good of mankind.
I am a Northerner transplanted to the South (Honey BoBo bunch are in our state) and the stereotype is sickening. It’s the dumbing down of America.
I feel the same.I’m in Vancouver and share the embarrassment when there was a housewives series from here. I think most people are disgusted that they have air time.
RE: Further Evidence
I passed a highway sign today that screeched “BUDGET DENTURES!” Somewhere in 1-95 near Jacksonville.
I laughed my ass off.
You HAVE to post a picture of that!
Who is Dave Hill? Or John Galt for that matter.
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Dave HIll is lead guitarist and podcaster for the Norwegian black metal band Witch Taint.
John Galt isn’t.
jtb
John Galt is a significant character in the wet dreams of Rand Paul.
Dave Hill isn’t.
jtb
That’s majorly funny and to be researched.
I think we can start intermingling reality shows, how about housewives of moonshiners to start.
Being that I am in Vancouver, I would start with housewives of Vancouver, it may be a bachelor/ette style show between the hillbillies and housewives. But I guess there has been the wife swap show before, so maybe alrady been done.
I’m happy to assist in the development of new reality television offerings, but on behalf of myself and dto, I’d need a clear understanding as to whether the tits would be pixelated.
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Thank you for your concern. I would suggest we concentrate any efforts be directed to a number of the non-pixelated tit channels. HBO, Showtime and the like.
And Not Oprah…I think a Canadian based reality program would be a hit here with the yanks men and women alike I’m thinking…”Housewives of Lumberjacks”. Here’s a preview.
http://i.imgur.com/mRoZExX.jpg
already – I hate having to correct typos…
I’ve been in Italy for close to 3 years now. Will someone please tell me what the hell a Honey BooBoo is? I’ve seen photos on the interwebs, but I thought it was trailer-dwellers entering fat obnoxious kids in beauty pageants.
Am I way off base?
Honey BooBoo is an equivelant mixture of “Little Miss Sunshine” and Jon Benet Ramsey.
Right on target, Knuck.
“Let’s crank up the Molly Hatchet and go to town!” (somewhat obscure MST3K reference).
As for Buckwild, I thought that that was one of those Spring Break gatherings that black fraternities had down in Florida–at least that’s what my sister told me, after one of the parties had gotten a little TOO Buckwild and the police came swarming in, promptly bringing an end to a pretty long tradition.
As for THIS Buckwild, I saw it a mile away as soon as I heard the words “West Virginia.” No matter how small the population of Cletuses and Brandines there are, it’s almost like reality show people have this sixth sense of picking out the shittiest shit of society and somehow millions of people watch it. Shit, wasn’t just the TITLE/NAME of “Honey Boo-Boo” enough?! (Give her time–she’ll be working a pole dressed in a Boo-Boo costume! 😉
I’ve been waiting for your take on this. I refuse to watch any television, including the “news”, about other peoples so called “real” lives.
There is a pawn store show, Cajun Pawstars, (or something like that) takes place in Alexandria, LA. That’s the big city to where I grew up. i am somewhat interested in watching it, to make an assessment. However, I don’t because I am afraid I will see someone I know selling something of mine that they stole out of a barn somewhere.
I like their boobs.
Boobs are good.
Never having seen “Jersey Shore” I was kinda’ interested to see this “Buckwild” version. I made it a whole 10 minutes before I couldn’t stand the BS anymore. Over-dramatic drunken 20-somethings playing up to the camera is not my idea of entertainment. I didn’t even get to see any pixelated boobies. I guess that as a nearing-fifty-year-old white male, this show isn’t targeted to my demographic anyways.
The girl, second from the left, interned at the firm I work for a couple of years ago. If she were a dog, she couldn’t find her own food dish. Dumber’n a sack-o-buttaters.
I watched it because I wanted to see whose kids I knew were going to be on it, lol!! It turns out I do know a couple of the parents.
Yes my first home was in Dunbar, but we moved to Sissonville while I was in 3rd-9th grade, then back to Dunbar for high school.
I sadly admit that my xhusband lives about “3 trailers down the hollar” fro Shawn, the “star” of the show. Unfortunately, none of this behavior surprises me.
Morgantown defiantly wasnt’ known as “the big city”. That’s just stupid!
As far as reality shows, I do have to say currently living in New Orleans I do love swamp people and I’ve a fondness for Amish Mafia. That girl is running the whole thing and those guys have no clue, lol!!
And folks make fun of us here in Arkansas?
I have to admit that I’ve missed Buckwild. Most of the time, our TV is set on Disney Jr. with Pixar dvds thrown in for variety. When I do get to watch adult tv, it’s Justified, Duck Dynasty (where they are firmly in on the joke) or Investigation Discovery. I never watched Jersey Shore and I won’t watch this. Now, The Wonderful Whites of West Virginia, on the other hand, that, I watched.
I just reviewed pics from the SAG awards…
http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/27/showbiz/gallery/sag-awards-2013-fashion-gallery/index.html?hpt=hp_c3
These ladies all look fine to me. I think the awards people should leave them alone. I know lots of people who SAG more.
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Not having TV for 2 years – and being in a motel, I instantly turned on discovery channel.
“These extreme rattlesnake trappers have some serious balls.” Tv off
I instantly asked for the wifi password and watched Breaking Bad reruns.