Sister Wives on "The Real" "Kody say Janelle is Romantic" Video

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Grabbed a video we talked about but don't believe we put up. Kody says Janelle is romantic! It's worth it to catch her turn his way with a smile.

LOVED the question asked: "When You Gonna Get a Black Wife!"

If this isn't a testament for Kody to cut his hair, I don't know what is. Wait till you see Kody's Cream of the Crop Do. 

 He looks like a mix of  a scary clown and Jane Fonda.

Look it's Kody with a Magic Hat! Where's his seer stone?

 Kody's Personal Shaggy Style

      Is that ShagKodyDo running from house to house in the cul de sac! Where are his tennis shoes at tonight?

Watch ROBYN tell us how her mom would NEVER EVER EVER be a MONOGAMIST and how in-de-pend-dant she is. Why she's almost a sovereign state! Wait a minute. Robyn didn't seem so self-contained with the business, now did she? Or paying her own bills? WELL... since she brought up monogamist again........I'll show you TW's new creation! Visit her store!

Enjoy! The Brown Family come on at abt. 21:18 and runs around 5 minutes.  Jul 17 2013

Review: Sister Wives Polygamy Questions Answered

Kody showing a little more scalp than usual

Before I recap, let's talk about Kody's hair. Well, maybe his lack of hair.

 Okay, so we all know Kody's going a "little" thin on top...but...DAMN!

You would think he'd do something about it, like maybe getting hair plugs during the off season, or whatever miracle hair solution men are using nowadays.

Anyway, at the rate he's going, he will soon have the mother of all comb overs, probably even rivaling The Donald's!

So how does one recap a half hour Q&A session with the Kody Brown Klan?

Beats me, but I can guarantee you that some of it will be entertaining...kind of...maybe...

Aspyn just being her perfect self

My favorite moment?

When Kody asked Aspyn to answer the questions: Which mom's the strictest? Which mom's the easier?

She flipped her straight golden hair and deadpanned: "I haven't had anyone be strict with me because I'm perfect!"

Alright Aspyn! You get a Hyrum for your perfect answer!

Another moment would have been a favorite, if Kody hadn't ruined it. Anyway, when Kody asked Paedon "Do your kids want more brothers and sisters..." he replied "Honestly, I don't think we need any more. Seventeen is hard to deal with."

Big brother (or half-brother) chimed in "I agree with Paedon. I think we have enough kids."

In my opinion, these were wonderful answers that prove SOMEONE in the Brown Krew was capable of rational thought...

But of course, Kody, showing a little bit of jealousy with a LOT of insensitivity tells his sons "You know what? Good thing you don't get to decide. I get to have as many as I want!" Guess that means Robyn is going to be very very busy, unless Kody brings in his 5th fertile Myrtle into the cul-de-sac.  I'm sure Meri will give up Sol's and Truely's room under the stairs for her to sleep.

I'm giving Paedon and Hunter each a Hyrum for their honesty (even though it might have been scripted.)

Kody get's a Uncle Art raspie for being a first class a$$ (dollar signs intended) to his boys.

Doesn't that wall art look like a crown on Robyn's head?

Leave it to Hunter again to answer the question on modesty (posed by Robyn, the Queen of Modesty, Purity and whatever virtue she can lay her hands on at the moment) "...how would you want a girl you might like to dress like?" "If it looks good, it looks good!" , he replied. And when Robyn pressed him further by asking "...so if like her bum's hanging out of her pants..." to which he replied "You know, some times it might look good!"

Aww...from the mouths of babes...

Hunter gets another Hyrum for answering Robyn, the semi virtuous Queen's questions with a smile.

The Semi-Virtuous Queen gets a raspie, for proving even a usurper will have their day in Uncle Art's Raspie court!

So for the next segment, (which made me wonder who in their right mind would pay Kody and his Kodypendents any attention, let alone enough $$$$ to own four McMansions) the adults take over the Q&A. So long candid answers from the teens, hello scripted responses that you'd have to be crazy to believe they were being truthful in their answers.

Let's delve into the question supposedly from a viewer (but not from Sonia Frompa): What was the most embarrassing or awkward moment for each of you on the show. Now, I thought about this and to me, as a viewer, I thought in terms of what was the most awkward moment for me. You know, watching something that would make me shake my head while murmuring softly "what the hell?"

Kody about to yank that kid out with just one hand!

Now, Robyn claimed her most embarrassing moment was giving birth to Solomon and having the process filmed for the show. Somehow, I don't believe she was embarrassed one little bit. Remember,  Christine also gave birth to Truely on film and showed almost as much thigh skin. The only difference was with Christine, a doctor pulled the baby from Christine's nether regions.  Robyn, however,  had KODY pull the baby out.

In fact, Kody was shown lasciviously coaching a moaning Robyn as Sol made his way down her birth canal. GROSSSSSSS!!!

So surprisingly enough, I have to agree with Robyn. Her giving birth was extremely awkward to watch, and Kody being a super a$$ mugging for the camera  multiplied the yuck factor by about a hundred times.

Christine's about to blow her top!

Christine said her most embarrassing moment was when she stormed off the set when Kody announced he had chosen Robyn's wedding dress.

Ok, I can see how that could Christine could feel that way, however, in my opinion she had every right to storm off. If it had been me, I would have punched Kody and his biatch Robyn right in their snot lockers first, and then stormed off the stage, driven home, collected my children and called an attorney. But that's just me.

Christine describing how Presbyterians are sharks!

Anyway, from the viewer point of view, I think the most awkward and extremely embarrassing scene was when Kody and his Krew spoke with the Presbyterian minister about their teen program and Christine went crazy,  talking about protecting her children from sharks. And there wasn't even a toaster in the room!

AWKWARD!!

How awful to be weighed in public...

So what about Janelle? Her most embarrassing moment was having Trainer Bill (remember him?) blurt out to the world and her sister wives how much she weighed. Yeah, that was pretty awful, so I'm going to give Janelle a break and agree with her from my viewer point of reference.

Now, for Meri's most embarrassing moment, I had to laugh. In fact I'm still chuckling. I think if I were to look up delusional in the dictionary, Meri's picture would be right there. Her most awkward moment? It was at Big Bear when she yelled at her bonus kids that they better start accepting Robyn's kids or else. Of course, Robyn thought this was Meri's finest hour. I have to disagree...on both counts.

For me, the most awkward moment was watching Meri being hoisted out of a Mexican cave and showing a LOT of cleavage.

The words "Coming Up..." were prophetic. Something was coming up all right...I think it was my dinner...

Meri, Meri, Meri. What happened to that saying Modest is Hottest? Well, at least she wasn't that  horrid oompa loompa orange color.

Last, was Kody's awkward moment, from season one just before he tied the spiritual knot with Robyn. It was his anniversary dinner with Meri. You know, when she asked him how would he feel if she had brother husbands.

Anyway, I find that Kody thinking this was his most awkward moment kind of ridiculous. I mean, if we were to catalogue every dumb Kody moment on Sister Wives, the weight of the books would stop the rotation of the Earth. Or maybe, if placed end to end the books would reach past the moon.

For me, the most awkward moment was when he laid a big kiss on Meri, just a few feet from the bedroom where Robyn was laboring away. What is it with this guy. He sucks face with Robyn while Christine is giving birth, and then he sucks face with Meri while Robyn's giving birth.

Something tells me this type of behavior is not religion-based.

Sorry Browns. Even though the Q&As with your kids was fun, the rest of the show with you adults sucked eggs. Or rather, blew raspies. Big juicy one.

So I'm giving this episode one big fat Uncle Art Raspie for being a concocted mess. Like the rest of the episodes.

Oh, in case anyone is wondering when this show was taped...



And now a personal note: This will be my last review on Sister Wives Blog. I've enjoyed my tenure here, but unfortunately, it is now time for me to take my leave. Take care, everyone!  Cynical Jinx

Cynical style, as with the obits, no comments of other than about the review. 

Cynical always wanted her privacy, and we will give it to her now. She is off for a big exciting vacation. We enjoyed her time here, and wish her the best. 

We have some new blood coming in that I think you will really enjoy. As always, if you would like to write a post, please send it to us.

Discussion Page 4 for Sister Wives: Hard to Say Goodbye and Secrets Revealed (S05, E08 and E09)

I now get it! Sorry if I am a bit slow folks. I thought that going to a cabin was a Brown Christmas family tradition, with snow and all the trimmings, but wrong was I! It's these houses that were to make or break Brown Christmas 2012. They got them, so WHEW! We at SWB send condolences to the Kleenex Company, who probably lost good money or at least a case of tissues over this latest home-gate being solved.

Looking at this, what is there to cry about? Would January been the end of the world? Only if you believe Warren Jeffs.

 

 Why must Kody's hair be a large part of the of so many episodes? Is he looking for a Hair transplant sponsor, or just that vain?

Oops, thought this was Kody for a minute

Not to get on a rant, but the money issue is bugging the heck out of me.

I have thought and thought... (ask Cynical, that's hard for me to do on my own.)  For the LIFE of me, I can not fathom, understand, comprehend the logic behind all income being split 4 ways equally. First, I don't even believe that. I say it's 5 with Kodster getting a fifth for upkeep on hair products, clothes and play time. 

My father set up a trust for each grandchild to have a college education. He died young, wanted them protected. Mind you, he only had 1 grandchild at the time, small, but knew more were to come. NOW, the way it was set up, each child would get an equal amount, as my sibling and I would all have our children by the time one was in college. (Provisions were made if otherwise.) NOW, if he had set it up where my children got 1/2 and my sibling's children got 1/2, someone would have gotten the shaft, since my brother had 3 more children than I did. Lucky I am we all love each other and want ALL to get an education. The important thing was to share and each get a fair slice. We, the adults, were more than happy with this arrangement. 

This made sense to me, and is working well. The Browns arrangement does not to me. Nor does it bode well with me to the "advantages" of polygamous "lifestyle" i.e. religion that sharing and caring mean wives get an equal cut, no matter how many children they are raising, and equal size homes is ridiculous. I see no lost lost between these sister wives. I'll just keep my good ole girlfriends and one husband, thank you. To each their own, I guess.

Why not an equation like this: A simplistic one, but you'll get my point.

1. Adults get a percentage of the pie. 5 equal slices, with Kody to help out as needed WHEREVER needed with his extra cut. Kody also tithes to the AUB out of his portion for the whole group, and pays taxes.

2. Children also get a slice, albiet a smaller one, but a fair percentage of what it costs to care for a child yearly. Divide this portion of child care costs up and give each mother whatever her # of children are. I will include even Robyn's kids in this, minus any already paid provisions from child support or the state from special needs. 

3. Meri would get her cut plus 1 child, Janelle her cut plus 6, and so on. Get the idea?

DOES THAT NOT MAKE MORE SENSE? Maybe I am crazy. Maybe I am wrong. But I don't think so. I am so sick of hearing how it's all about the kids. If it is, then make some sense with your money! Or better yet, let's see Meri get make ALL the money and say divide it up equally. That would be interesting..... 

I asked Cynical Jinx to break it down. Here are her excellent views.
 

On the highest rated Real Housewives franchise, undisputed star NeNe Leakes reportedly made $750,000 for one season. In comparison, fired RHoNY star Alex McCord was quoted as making approximately $300,000 on her last season. These are figures for highly rated cable shows on  highly rated cable network Bravo.

Sister Wives simply does not pull in the viewers or advertising dollars that the RH franchise does. So to be generous, I would estimate the Browns earnings for one season to be approximately $250,000 - $300,000 - the same as one of the lowest paid participant of the RH franchise.

The last season (including the tell all episode) was 9 episodes so that would be approx $33,000 per episode. Or about $25,000 a month. I haven't figured in taxes because I'm sure they take the max allowed with all those dependents.

Now figure in the monthly costs of 4 households in Las Vegas.

Leasing of 4 houses @ $1500 ea per month =   $6000.00

Utilities for 4 houses @ average $650 /mo   =   $2600.00

Food for 4 houses  per mo                          =       $4000.00

Total so far:                                                          $12600.00/ mo

This doesn't include insurance, gas, clothing, school supplies, car payments gifts. Now that they are in homes  I've seen estimates of $2500 for their monthly mortgage payment. I think it's much higher, maybe $4000 - $5000 each month. Double the utility costs (lots of open space to be cooled/heated), HOA fees, well you can see the costs will increase.

Now, some of you may be asking yourself "But what about Season 4? "

Yes, Season 4 episodes did run from May 13th to June 14th, 2012, but remember, some of the footage was filmed in 2011. So I think there are two words that will answer the question of Season 4: DOWN PAYMENT.

Do you think that an equal 4 way split is fair? Can they afford these homes? Thoughts?