Paris Hilton’s romp with Rick Salomon is now officially irrelevant. After viewing the first episode of “The Simple Life” it’s apparent that we are in the one of the most hilarious reality television series ever to hit the airwaves. In the first episode, Paris and Nicole fly from LA to Altus, Arkansas on a private jey and land on a private, deserted airstrip. They then have to navigate their way to the Leding family home in a beat up pick up truck that has no reverse. (Which Jossip confirms actually DOES have reverse)
Later, while picking up some groceries for the Leding family, Nicole and Paris go a bit over their allocated $50 budget at the grocery store and wonder why the clerk won’t just “give” them the overage. The clerk says, “This isn’t a soup kitchen” to which Paris replies, “What’s a soup kitchen?”
While having dinner with the Ledings, the subject turns to shopping and Nicole asks, “Do you all hang out at Walmart?” assuming that’s what all Southerners do. Hilarity ensues and Paris asks, befuddled, “What’s a Walmart? Do they like sell walls and stuff?”
At the end of the episode Paris and Nicole are sitting on the front steps of the Leding house with Justin Leding talking about what there is to do in Altus for entertainment to which Justin responds, “I don’t know.” Then he gets up to go in the house and get a coat and Nicole turns to Paris and says, “He’s cute, we should have a threesome with him.”
Some claim the show is contrived and that Paris knows what Walmart is and that the Ledings don’t really skin their own chickens. I’d have to agree becasue what fun would the show be, like most reality shoes, if it was actually based on reality. For her part, Paris just says in a USA Today article she is just playing a part, “I was playing a character. I’m totally normal. I think it’s obnoxious when people demand limos or bodyguards. I eat at McDonald’s or Taco Bell. My parents always taught us to be humble. We’re not spoiled.”
That said, this is just gold for Fox. Neilsen ranked the show number two for the time slot closely following JAG.
