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Another Lancaster County moment (courtesy of Moon Pappy)

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  1. Gravatar Icon 1 Dave Aug 16th, 2004 at 2:33 AM

    OH! This reminds me — there’s this new UPN show “Amish in the City.” The premise: Can 5 Amish kids and 6 city kids live harmoniously in an LA mansion?

    Anyway, in the pilot, the city kids had to wear traditional Amish garb. So, here’s the kicker: Everyone complied, but the guys wore their Amish shirts… COLLARS UP.

  2. Gravatar Icon 2 Becky Aug 16th, 2004 at 12:42 PM

    Bernard sent a collar-up Amish in the City link.

    Dave, have you seen the show? Alas, I have no UPN reception. It sounds pretty bad:

    Seldom has a reality show gathered a more obnoxious set of stereotypes…For these folks, the Amish are simply a sideshow: They spend most of the premiere fighting among themselves and proclaiming their God-given right to “hook up” on national TV.

    Yet as hateful as the show’s urban bad examples can be, City may have found a star in Ariel, the radical vegan who calls eggs “chicken abortions” and thinks cows come from outer space. At least that gives the Amish kids a good laugh and distracts them from the rude behavior that otherwise constantly comes their way from their supposedly sophisticated roommates. Clearly, their parents have spent too much time boosting their self-esteem and too little teaching them rudimentary manners.

  3. Gravatar Icon 3 Clair Aug 16th, 2004 at 1:15 PM

    Is that kid actually pushing the buggy? It’s like some sort of Amish rickshaw.

  4. Gravatar Icon 4 Becky Aug 16th, 2004 at 2:03 PM

    The kid is rollerblading!

  5. Gravatar Icon 5 Clair Aug 16th, 2004 at 4:17 PM

    He could still be pushing it. Stopping might be a little tricky though. I miss the old school skates with the brake on the front.

  6. Gravatar Icon 6 Dave Aug 16th, 2004 at 5:48 PM

    Becky — I’ve seen the show.

    I’m not proud.

    Honestly, I was hoping it would be like “Devil’s Playground,” a documentary about Amish kids in rumspringa. Not a chance. Amish in the City is one of the worst reality shows out there. (That’s really not saying much.) Most of the city kids seem like actors anyway — especially the crazy vegan girl.

  7. Gravatar Icon 7 Bill Aug 16th, 2004 at 5:50 PM

    I think there should be a tagline under this photo reading “Courtesy Mom & Pop Photoshop”; best to give credit where credit is due.

  8. Gravatar Icon 8 Becky Aug 16th, 2004 at 6:12 PM

    Bill, you always bust me on the late night entries! You’re right, of course. I didn’t mean to pass off Moon Pappy’s work as my own–I posted the picture very early this morning and realized the omission later.

    I hesitate to use the word Photoshop, however. There really was an Amish kid on rollerblades–that part was not digitally enhanced.

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