Momma's Boys

It's vacation time, so I've been catching up on TV, big time. Just when I thought all my good shows were done for the season, I found this amazing gem on NBC after the finale of The Biggest Loser (which itself is so freaking good, and inspiring).

Momma's Boys

It's like The Bachelor, but with 3 guys (hot), and their moms get to add input to the elimination ceremonies (or at least, stand to the side and look on disapprovingly at their choices). Forget NBC's thin premise that it's some kind of sociological experiment "to determine once and for all who men listen to more: their moms or their own hearts" or whatever. This is good stuff. Here's why.

1. The dudes are hot. And besides the huge drawback of being sort of, well, mama's boys, they are young, successful, and oh yeah, way hot. Except maybe Rob, who has this weird nose.
2. The women are funny. No really, some are super dumb and skanktastic, but a couple are actually pretty smart, and totally likable, which almost never happens on these shows.
3. Two of the girls have done porn! One is a former Playmate and the other is the reigning Penthouse Pet of the Year (and she's got this huge guilt complex about it, which is, hello, daddy issues, which works nicely with the whole "momma's boys" premise). One of the girls has been to jail too ("I'm a nonviolent offender!"). And there's one girl who dresses like a librarian and won't stop washing dishes.
3. Here's the big catch on the first episode: ONE OF THE MOMS IS EXTREMELY RACIST. I know! She doesn't want her son dating "a Black, an Asian, a Jew, or a fat butt girl" (I wonder if she hates the song too?). Of course the close-knit group of Black girls in the house get PISSED and confront her right off, but it doesn't get too Rock of Love-fight-crazy, at least not yet.



Anyway, I love it so far. And like I said, everything else is on a break.