In a recent episode, Gene was offered a job which would require the family to move to Las Vegas. I found Shannon's comments about Sophie's future in Las Vegas to be incredibly stupid. First of all, a lot of really good people manage to support themselves and their families as poker dealers. The fact that she is worried about Sophie becoming a pole dancers speaks mostly to her parenting skills, not their living location,not to mention that these comment make me think that Shannon has no confidence in Sophie's abilities to make competent decisions about her own well being. I would think she would be more worried about Sophie becoming a PLAYBOY ho.

Another letdown in television - which is why I don't really enjoy watching television shows.Bad movies I can forgive - even the totally horrible ones, but television I can't...especially the so-called "reality" shows.This is so far fetched, it's horrible. It's beyond horrible.What is so good about this that it has a second or third season? Nothing! The guy is a self centred, pompous, ignorant DICK.He makes everybody who is not his family seem to be his subordinates and his personal beating ground.Maybe it's written this way and maybe even this part may be real - however - it is pretty sad to see on every show. It is sad to see how he degrades people for either amusement or his self pride, which appears to be over-hyped.While KISS may have been a big band in the 70's and early 80's and even to some degree - awesome; in 2009 they are faded like well worn jeans.He has no sparkle, he has no charm, his intelligence is below average and his family supports him with high praise for it.In the episodes I've watched, all he does is seem to gloat about how big and special he is. Really he's not.For him to walk around town in a carefree manner and not show dignity to fellow people who ask him for autographs when he is stranded in a desert or to ignore them when they stop him on the street and wave - is direful to wathc and also mundane.To see atrocious "real" events where the family loses or damages his KISS artifacts and souvenirs and then to have to shop around the LA area to get them back was just retarded. If they didn't replace them, GENE would be upset. WHAT CROCK! Gene's car breaks down on the highway and he needs a lift into town...but yet even with a camera crew beside him, cars pass him by and he has to walk. BULL! Then he gets into town and with camera crew in tow, he can not get a ride to Vegas or use a phone...yeah, whatever. Nobody wants to help him - the poor soul.Then his son goes to a hotel and has to rent a room and sleep with all his band mates in a single bed...even though the rest of the motel rooms are close to empty. (maybe they ran out of money...oh have pity on them.) Not only that, but after the first night staying in the motel, their van is broken into and all their gear stolen - while being parked outside their room!!! Unbelievable? No - it's true....really! There was a camera crew to film it all - and in such a small town also - where there is nobody around. Where crime is next to zero...in a van which has almost no windows; there's was the only van vandalized and property stolen! Yeah - really!!! To me, the show comes off as a hyped up, pshycotic episodes of ignorant, callus, self indulgent, greedy shallow people who have nothing better to do than fuel up Gene's ageing ego with flattery and Shannon's failing beauty.She used to be hot and like every other female and male model and non-model, loses her looks as she's priming on - however we are not able to forget that she was a centrefold - because it's borough up in every episode, every few minutes - just in case we forget it.Well she wasn't hot then and she's a mess now.All the makeup and hair-dye will not cover it.Comparable to THE OSBOURNES, this is even worse.Yep, Gene's got some cash and he loves to flash it around and let us know and by creating this sad product, we are sadly giving him even more.

What happens to people who were famous and now aren't? What if they want to bring their names back into the press for some more fame but to make your fans that your life is anything like theirs? This is the new breed of reality show, and Gene Simmons is out to prove that he's not all oilpaint and bad '70s rock. In fact, he's more than his bloated office full of awards and meetings with people who do the heavy lifting in his billionaire-style life. Of course, this is all a lie, and the reality is that Gene Simmons wants you to like him so he can feel better about his 'fame' and resurgent fame due to the ironic trends in force today. And his family wants to feel better about themselves preening for the camera and not looking like they're indulging in too much nepotism.This show is essentially a handjob for a fading '70s rocker who is nothing without his face paint, his wife, and his talentless offspring. They could be the nicest people in real life, but given they're using a show for PR to boost their respective careers and give Gene an ego boost several years past his prime, it comes off as phony. What we are seeing here is a bunch of celebrities co-opting a pathetic TV genre for their own amusement to sell themselves and to remind everybody that they're not dead yet. As a bonus, the kids can get a leg up to everybody not in Hollywood that they exist and can get some cash and maybe some sympathy for having trust funds. The people who watch get the illusion that big stars are just like us and the stars themselves get to feel like their time is not yet gone...except they're shilling on a pathetic copycat network.Get some dignity, realize rich people just want your sympathy, and move on with your life. Do something constructive besides watching a rock star try to relieve his glory days when nobody knew what he really looked like.

Gene Simmons: Family Jewels is a fresh, entertaining, and enjoyable show.Unlike the Osbournes, Gene's children - Nick and Sophie - have obvious respect for their parents and are amazing at improv. This show has non-stop laughs that aren't cheap, and leave you thinking about them for a while. The episodes are watchable over and over, and never seem to get old.Family Jewels has little to no faults. I personally cannot think of any - it's just a great show! I greatly encourage all to take a peak, you won't be disappointed!