Much like American Idol, the first few weeks of most any reality show is painful to watch as the weak are eliminated and the strong break away.  This is true for Dancing with the Stars as well.  Last week, David Alan Grier & Kym Johnson were eliminated.  This week, we said bye bye to the jackass, Steve-O & Lacey Schwimmer.  I think he came alot further than anyone would have ever imagined, and I think he really did try hard.

I have the feeling that the next to go will be Ty Murray.  It’s time. Seriously.

Over on AI, we were finally rewarded for our patience and Megan was sent back home to go back to screech at the cats or whatever it is she does.  Last week, Scott was sent packing, and we thank the voting public for that.   This week’s theme of movie songs was completely underwhelming, and the only real stand out was 16 year old Allison.  Although I’d like to see her win, I doubt that she will – not with the flash and glitz that is Adam.  Meh. Whatever.

I also started watching a new reality show on Discovery called “Out of the Wild:  The Alaska Experiment“.  If you haven’t heard of it, think of it like this.  If you’ve ever said “why don’t they send the Survivors to some place cold?” – there you go.    Nine people are dropped off deep in the heart of Central Alaska with only essential items in their backpacks and they must find their own food, etc.  Any time someone wants to quit, they can push a button on their GPS beacons and be rescued.  They have all taken a survival training class.

On this first episode, they spend 3 days looking for food – unsuccessfully.  They have fishing nets, line, and even fashion a mouse trap with a bucket of water and some wire.  However, they catch NOTHING.  They even have a hunting rifle – they catch/kill NOTHING.  Finally, one of the guys spies a mouse running through a field that they’re in and THROWS HIS SHOE at it and stuns it long enough for him to grab it.  Then he bonks it with a stick and kills it.  Another member volunteers to “field dress” is – which includes RIPPING IT’S HEAD OFF, skinning it, gutting it – and then COOKING IT.  There are 8 people in the camp at that point, and they each have a bite of roasted mouse.  When the 9th member of the party returns to camp, having been unsuccessful in shooting something, she becomes incensed at the fact that NO ONE SAVED HER ANY MOUSE!

Strangely enough, on the next day when they have to head out to their next check point, Ms. Mouseless decides she’s had enough, and pushes her button.  The 45 year old “body piercer/landlord” from Kentucky decided she’d rather leave now, instead of finding out 20 days from now that she can’t hack it.

So we’ll see where that goes.  It doesn’t really say on the website if there’s some sort of prize to be won, and they’re called volunteers – so they may just being doing this to see if they can.

Finally, one of my favorite shows, Deadliest Catch, began last night.  While it IS a reality show, there’s really no one in particular to root for, but that’s ok – as long as they all come home safely, all is good.

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