I recently took a bet from a friend that I couldn't watch the first season DVD set of The Anna Nicole Show all in one night. The bad news is I won this bet. I don't enjoy watching a mentally unstable or heavily medicated woman go about her life. I didn't enjoy her trip to Chipendale's. Nor her goin to see "Puppetry of the Penis". I could've lived without seeing Anna's toothless white trash cousin flashing multiple times AND I had no desire to see Margerette Cho make out with Anna. (although I always had Cho pegged as being like that). Oh did I mention that the DVDs are uncensored, so all of the above possibly scarred me for life. Also on the commentary for the Christmas special Anna herself says some of it is faked by the E! crew. My Grade: F

Now this is a reality show! A true peek into the American dream turned into sour milk! The opening cartoon credits show that Anna was a small town girl who came into a Playboy deal as well as meeting an almost century old zillionaire. Did she live happily ever after? Well, maybe, maybe not. The show presents Anna as almost constantly bombed out of her skull, that booze and drugs have eaten away any sort of personality she can have. Her two co-horts are her attorney and personal assistant. The episode with the drunken pizza eating contest she holds is almost terrifying.

I personally am not a big fan of "reality TV." Especially cultural Godzillas such as "Big Brother" which I have an extreme disliking of, (people bleat on and on about it in the UK.) However, I happened to catch part of this show and I was thoroughly entertained...for all the unintended reasons. I was astounded by the characters and wondered if this was some sort of ironic parody, i.e Anna Nicole is just a REALLY good actor. This, in my opinion is television of the lowest calibre, it is trashy, lewd and hilarious. I'm unsure as to whether it will become a national topic when it is broadcasted terrestrially because there definitely is a LOT to talk about. From Anna's lawyer to her annoyingly camp house designer (easily the fakest of all the characters in the show) it will provide entertainment. Anna Nicole herself doesn't paint a particularly flattering portrait of herself, proclaiming that "the only thing i like more than men is money" and getting her unwilling 15 year-old son to appear in the show. Watch one episode and either be disgusted, entertained or both. However, ironically good as this is, please let us put a stop to these reality tv programmes such as "Pop Idol" , "Big Brother" or any more celebrities deciding that it would be a great idea to have a reality Tv show because frankly that are just evil.

The first time I saw this show, my jaw dropped in horror. First of all, this woman is insane. Now I know the Osbournes are insane too, but come on! Anna Nicole acts like someone stole her frontal lobe and sold it on the black market. Everything that comes out of her pouty lips is this mentally disabled slur, and she always walks around with her belly all pooched out. Frankly, I don't know the rest of the people she hangs out with can stand her. There's her lawyer, who is WAY too normal for this show and basically has to grit his teeth when Anna goes all 5-year-old on him and starts throwing a fit. Then there is Anna's lesbian friend who is so obviously in love with the former model that she got the chick's face tatooed on her arm. Frankly, sistah, you could do much better for yourself. Anna also has this like 15-year-old son who is just so dorky I can't even look at the poor kid. He has these freaky braces and talks with a lisp (hey, just like mommy!), and again, how can he not be embarassed by his mother?! She acts wasted or stoned the entire time the cameras are on! Oh, and then there is the puppy that humps anything that moves...and anything that doesn't. Get that little mutt fixed, Anna! But what scares me is that just like the Osbournes, the bizarre factor of the show made me come back for seconds and thirds of this woman's congealed meatloaf. But after a few episodes I just gave up, deciding I would not buy into E!'s crass attempt at cashing in on the Ozzy audience. Besides, hasn't it been cancelled already? Oh well, here's to the Liza Minelli reality show! Oh, that was cancelled before it aired? Oh, well then, pooh. .5/4 stars