Whatever, martha

[sugarbuzz]

Has anyone seen this on Fine Living? Martha's daughter & her friend pretty much watch a Martha show & proceed to mock the hell out of her. It's kind of funny just because I know my friends & I would do the same thing when watching her show.
Example. S'mores. Martha proceeds to whittle birch branches & tie them up in pretty ribbon & also drills holes in them so she can hang them up. Meanwhile while all of this is going on you hear Alexis(her daughter) & her friend talking in the background. " Why Martha! We have to whittle in order to eat s'mores! Just take the damn marshmallow & shove it on a stick..your done! We have to whittle now?!"

[xo_kizzy_xo]

I caught WM a couple of times this past week during a hospital stay. All I could think was, "Huh?!?"

I didn't find it remotely funny at all. I wouldn't even call Alexis and her friend "playfully snarky" because I detected a nasty streak underneath it all.

And MS actually approved this show???? *shakes head*

[The Old Gal]

Are you talking about the real daughter, or is this a spoof? Her real daughter, Alexis, must be in her forties and last I heard she was running an Inn on the east coast somewhere. That is a little old for this sort of thing, isn't it?

[Firegoat]

Hey now, I just turned 40... if someone offered me a deal to do a mst3k type spoof of old vintage martha stewart shows... I'd be on it like a pig on corn.

[brendastarlet]

It's her real daughter, Alexis, who the last time we checked was spending gobs of money in hopes of getting pregnant and giving Martha a grandchild. She doesn't seem to have ever found her niche. I saw a bit of the show the other night and really thought it was a bad idea.

[Withnail42]

Dosen't she already have a grandchild?

[brendastarlet]

Not unless it was just born, because she was still trying treatments in October (as she rather graphically described on Oprah.)

http://www.people.com/people/article/...

[Ideefixed]

Oh I thought it was pretty amusing. Her niche is that she'll inherit a big old glob of money.

[HillJ]

Idee, excellent point! It's hard to take the subject of the show or the hosts too seriously.

[Firegoat]

Reminds me of MST3k, which I've been a huge fan of for years. I think its hilarious they are going back and using the vintage shows -- i think from 1991 to 2004 for this. She was pretty anal and pretentious back then (seems like prison really loosened her up and brought out her sense of humor -- on her tv show at least) seems like there would be lots of room to have fun with it, especially since the project has her blessing.

[Withnail42]

That is exactly where she got the idea from. She has said so herself.

Haven't seen it in a while but always enjoyed MST

[MaxCaviar]

I loved MST3K too. But this show made by brain hurt.

[dolores]

I'm 100% sure it wouldn't be as clever as MST3K.

I would imagine it would be more like the Rivers family on the red carpet, food style.

A scam, cleverly sold.

[HillJ]

I caught a You Tube video clip of this show. I enjoy the radio program these two gals have together because their comedy is usually very playful but I find this program just mocking cause they can. Even with Martha's blessing, as clever television programming "Whatever" just doesn't turn me on.

[Claudette]

I would find it entertaining if I were in my early twenties, but then I'd be chasing boys, not watching two versions of Martha.

Anyway, Martha has to find a way to get her little girl on the tube somehow, no, even if it's her firiend that's the funny one?

[dolores]

Wow, sounds like a good hosing perpetrated on the audience.

The audience is better served watching 'Posh Nosh' on PBS.

But hey, whatever floats the audience's boat.