Boy the TV Powers That Be are enjoying making fun of the Italilans!

So we took Memorial Day off and slept in. No work. No blogging. No facebook. No emails. No nuthin!

Just enjoying lounging around and watching some TV. What was funny was that it seemed that all the reality shows that were on were sort of making fun of Italian people. At one point we were flipping from the "Real Housewives of New Jersey" to "Jersey Shore" on MTV! It was guido's galore!

The funny thing about the Real Housewives is how they play up the New Jersey "Mafia" angle. It's like everybody wants to be in the Soprano's. The first run episode was a classic though. Did you see it?

In it the villain Danielle Staub goes to a benefit for a sick kid at the catering hall owned by the mobbed up Manzo's who are her rivals in this show. Now the Manzo's are partners with the Gambino's and the Grandfather got hit because of some irregularities in his Shylock bidness but they are only associates. They certainly don't want any drama or bullshit at their joint as they are very respectable these days. But this Danielle character inserts herself into this fundraiser and shows up with about twenty lowlife scum including a couple of parolee's and what looks to be a phony Hells Angel guy. I don't think the Angels would be involved with this but you never know. Anyway there is a big to-do about nothing but it is very interesting.

Check it out if you get a chance.

Then we caught this new show called New Jersey Couture which is basically a dress shop in Jersey where this loud Italian family sells prom dresses and what not. My wife just sat there amazed. If we pulled that shit in our store we would be out of business in a week. It was way over the top.

It seems that all these Italian American shows are way over the top. Like the producers are laughing up their sleeves. It just doesn't sit right with me.