Happy Turkey Day: My Big Redneck Wedding

post from TVHolics Anonymous on 27 November 2008 05:53:00 AM. © TVHolics Anonymous

First off, Happy Thanksgiving to all of you in the US. For those overseas readers who aren't familiar with the holiday, it's a day of gluttony and sloth for the most part. We all gather around dining room tables brimmed with enough food to feed a village in Africa with friends and family, gorging whilst giving thanks for whatever it is we might be thankful for. Over here at TVholics, we are thankful for having just discovered last night CMT's My Big Redneck Wedding! Sure we are also thankful for the usual things like our friends, having a roof over our heads in this economy, not losing the remote, still being able to afford satellite TV, so o our discovery was just the icing on the cake really.

In case you had any doubt what the show is like, it's a bit Bridezilla mixed with a big dollop of the Beverly Hillbillies. Tom Arnold plays host to it all and you have to love his running commentary during the show as he pops up on the screen with snarky banter. Each episode, we meet a new couple who are planning their dream wedding but in these cases, instead of pristine tuxedos and bridesmaid dresses or a banquet room filled with overpriced flowers and accouterments, they are after camouflage accessories, homemade party favors made from shotgun shells, makeshift jacuzzis that are basically tin bathtubs atop a makeshift BBQ pit, you get the idea and no I'm not making this stuff up!

The episode I caught was centered around Shawna and Vince and their 5 children living happily ever after in Sprague, Washington. Turns out this was the season two finale. Who would have thought that a garden rake could also be used to help make a family dinner?? Was it just me or did anyone else watching this debacle think that it was actually kind of clever when they spiked hot dogs into the tines of the rake to expedite cooking. Mind you, this was after they finished using the same rake to clean up after their dogs!!! Their wedding ceremony actually included the symbolic mixing of water and dirt to make mud which they promptly dived into together. The happy couple also found time after the wedding to present tokens of their love for each other, namely a Craftsman tool box for him and Vince's late grandfather's shotgun for her! Gives a whole new meaning to a shotgun wedding, don't it? Somehow I never pictured a newlywed groom handing over a shotgun as a token of his affections for his bride before but I guess it just goes to show you love is a many splendored thing!

So if you have nothing better to do this long holiday weekend, why not gather the clan and sit down to this rollicking feel good reality show. Who knows it might just prompt one of your guests to pop the question?

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