Big Redneck Wedding

In times past, I've posted about that show Bridezillas and then also about Paltinum weddings, and who can forget my post about the hot ghetto mess wedding. All in all, I think this show, my big fat redneck wedding may be my favorite.

Tom Arnold is the host of the show, and he does a great job. I think that he's the perfect person for this job. He's just a redneck with money.

The people that are on the show, are on there out of their own accord. Sure, I think that some of what they do and say is played up for the camera, but dang.

What can you say to someone that wants to have a tractor pull at their wedding? Or to someone that goes bobbing for pig's feet? There was an episode where the bride gave the groom a raccoon penis. A RACOON PENIS! She said she shot the racoon herself, but she needed help "skinnin it."

Seriously, after you watch an episode of platinum weddings, you should check out an episode of my Big Fat Redneck Wedding to "cleanse your palate" sort of like how you eat a little ginger to clear you palate when you're having sushi.

I love this show. I'm watching a couple of the episodes that I recorded on the DVR and I figured something out.

It seems like most of these weddings have a few things in common. There's almost always a mud pit, a trailer, and lots of land. Things that aren't always present are guns and a full set of teeth. I was surprised by the lack of guns, but not by the lack of teeth.

This one wedding I'm watching now, Vickie and Brandon's wedding, Brandon is 24 and Vickie is 37. Brandon said that Vickie replaced his favorite cow that passed away just before he met Vickie. Isn't that sweet?

There are lots of shenanigans in this episode. There's hog nuts for appetizers, a canoe race, tractors, a mechanical bull and a tug of war with the requisite mud pit.

Ah, the joy, the rapture.

In the end, you can't help but wonder if the producers etc. are making fun of marriage in general.

When you mock a ceremony as important as a wedding, don't you think that you might also be mocking the very meaning of the marriage that comes after the wedding?

As far as entertainment value, the show is a lot of fun, just don't get any ideas for your own wedding from it.