Oh lordy: How long did you last after American Idol ended and The Osbournes: Reloaded began? Did the hokey kiss-the-elderly-lady-while-blindfolded stunt put you off? (Aside from its dull stupidity, it exposed an ugly streak in Sharon Osbourne: she asked the guy, “Are you OK?” as though he’d been forced to smooch a rotting corpse.) Did you flip the channel during the Flashdance parody featuring Ozzy in a leotard, farting? Did you make it as far as the two children playing prepubescent Ozzy and Sharon, swearing at everyone in sight? Funny? No. Shocking? No. Make-your-eyes-bleed boring? Yes.
Commercials had given us a glimpse of the Osbournes working in a drive-through restaurant, but the full, tedious hostility of Kelly shouting at a customer, “Are you #@%&ing deaf?” was creepy in its contempt for “ordinary” people — and by extension, us.
Capping it all was Reloaded‘s framing stunt: near the start of the show, some poor guy was tricked into thinking he’d won a prize, but it turned out his girlfriend was backstage. She came forth and demanded to know whether he’d marry her this evening. Sharon told him to think about it, and he was whisked offstage to “think.” By the end of the show (oh gosh, SPOILER ALERT!!!), facing his girlfriend who was dressed in a white wedding gown, he said glumly, “I’ll marry you.” (It was less than a half-hearted marriage vow: it was a heartless one.) An apparently legal union was then performed. The whole thing would have been blood-curdling, but by that time, was there anyone in America who cared?
It seems a lifetime since, in 2002, the Osbournes came across as refreshingly nutty on their MTV reality show. On The Osbournes: Reloaded, Ozzy, Sharon, Kelly, and Jack were just pathetic. No wonder Fox kept chopping this proposed hour-long “variety show” into an ever-smaller size before airing it. The network is supposed to air five more Reloadeds. Don’t hold your breath. Or maybe, do hold your breath: The stink of this show will last a long time.
What did you think?
Yeah, that was just bad…
I’m as liberal and as pro-free speech as the next guy. But I could never understand why, with all the options otherwise intelligent people have at their disposal, between cable, DVRs, DVDs and other things, people would tune in for 10 seconds to the mentally-ill train wreck that is this Osbourne family. “Sketches” that offend when they don’t bore, and a sadistic streak a mile wide judging by the Fox promotional dept., are not entertainment. It’s a shame the people who cry out that there’s nothing interesting or new or even remotely intelligent on TV are the ones likely to watch this thing like lambs being led to slaughter.
Refreshing – the idea that people actually did tune out the repulsive, repellant, repugnant Osbournes. Finally there may be an answer to “How low can you go?”
Worse than utter garbage. I only kept watching for about the first 10 minutes out of some morbid fascination with the fact that FOX executives thought this was worth presenting to the viewing public. Seriously, it felt like something the might’ve thrown on the air in the early 90s in an attempt to be “shocking.” Really, they might as well have just opened the vault and aired a repeat of “Herman’s Head” or something instead.
I noticed the Preacher kept the word “Legally” out of the vows…”Do you this this man as your wedded husband?”
Utter crap! Jack and Kelly looked good though and the bit with the kids was kinda funny..
They didn’t air it on our FOX affiliate in Milwaukee, said it wasn’t “family appropriate programming” after American Idol and are showing it at 1 AM. Instead, because we have had 3 teens overdose in the area within the past 2 months, they did a special on drugs. Irony…
I’m always shocked that crap like this gets the green light but they cancel intelligent shows that would’ve made America think. But they go and make this to lower America’s IQ. Good job, Fox. Continue to suck the life force out of television.
Oh, thank goodness! I was afraid I was going to come here and find all sorts of praise heaped upon this–well–heap! You have all renewed my faith in humankind.
Bad, and yet more entertaining than American Idol, shocker…
Who wants to bet it will be canceled after 5 episodes???
this show was… utterly horendous. Some things had the potential to be funny but..ebded up sucking..the funniest thing is Ozzys glasses…idc who you are that’s just funny haha
Ok, Sharon rescued Ozzy from self-annihilation, but she will surely push him into it again if she doesn’t smarten up and realize that she is making him do the stupidest crap I’ve ever seen on TV. I want my metal Ozzy back!
It was the greatest thing i’ve seen on television…actually that hurt to type out. I love the Osbournes but I’m ashamed for the prince of darkness after tonight.
I laughed myself into an asthma attack! I have missed this crazy family.. It is about time they are back. To those that don’t care for the Osbournes, DON’T WATCH IT, feel free to change the channel.. I loved every minute.. WELCOME BACK! I have to admit I did feel sorry for the poor sap who’s girlfriend backed him into the corner demanding to get married! I wouldn’t be legal if they didn’t have a marriage license.. so it is all about entertainment! I am sure they were compensated for the who haa!
This show was AWESOME, when is the next episode airing?