A&E Series: Growing Up Gotti, Airline, & Family Plots--Anyone Watching?
 

* I am sitting here watching the Airline marathon on A&E. I know that I couldn't work for an airline! This show is a trip!! Some people wild out at the airport. I would have to quit or get fired because I KNOW that I wouldn't be able to deal with some of these people.

* Growing Up Gotti premieres tomorrow. It's a reality show about Victoria Gotti, daughter of John Gotti. I can't even imagine what is going to unfold.... :rolleyes:

* Family Plots is cool. It's kind of morbid at times, but you just want to watch to see how it works.

Anybody else watch these shows? If not, y'all can delete this thread.

Re: A&E Series: Growing Up Gotti, Airline, & Family Plots--Anyone Watching?
 

I watch both Family Plots and Airline. Both have me cracking up all the time. I especially like Chuck (FP) and Yolanda (A).

I'm not sure about Growing Up Gotti. From the clips, it looks like it's going to be more about the kids. What is Victoria into? Is she into fashion or something? I may watch the first episode tonight to get a feel for it.

I think that she is into fashion. I know that Lil' Kim does the theme song. Basically, I think she's trying to show another side to the Gotti family.

Don't get to see it very much, but when I do, I absolutely LOVE "Family plots". Airline is a trip too! Don't know if I'll watch "Growing up Gotti" although I'm sure it'll be quite interesting. . .

I will admit that I have sat on the couch on a Saturday and watched the Airline marathon. I love that show! I am excited that BWI is one of the airports on that show now. I also watch Family Plots but not as much. It is kinda depressing at times. Growing Up Gotti looks like it is going to be funny. I saw a preview today with one of the kids running around the house screaming about someone using all of his gel. Looks pretty amusing.

Victoria's kids seem too over the top. They act a little too... Italian for me. That blind date that Victoria went on was a mess. He was too crazy. Victoria's kids are too disrespectful. They need a beatdown from Uncle Peter. Where is their father?

That house is nice! They have no reason for that pool to be looking like that. Does Victoria have her money from her husband or from "family ties?"

Victoria's weave is ridiculous!

I didn't see the show tonight, but they were on GMA last week and their father is in jail for racketeering or something like that.

People attacked cashmoney for saying people act black.

-Rudey

Well, I don't know cashmoney and I don't know what context he made that comment in, but I can say that I stated they act too Italian because they are playing into the "Gotti" image.

My organized crime in America class has spent a lot of time discussing the "mafia myth". Many members of organized crime are not Italian, even within the Italian families. I'm editing my paper at the moment on Meyer Lansky, definitely not Italian. A lot of organized crime groups/families/syndicates were multi-ethnic, really fascinating stuff.

I watched the show on A&E last night and I think I understand what you're saying. The way they are portrayed could easily put them on the Sopranos or in a Godfather movie. I am sure there is a lot of creative editing going on.

The Airline show is insane. The way people act is just ridiculous. So many of them screw up and miss their flights. I don't care for Southwest at all, and luckily living on the west coast I can almost exclusively fly Alaska Airlines. Alaska really takes good care of you if there is an overbooking, and even when I have missed a flight for various reasons, had extra luggage or overweight luggage, or almost anything they have been wonderful. The Southwest passengers that carry on need some personal responsibility and manners.

Thank you for understanding. The blind date guy was telling Victoria about the way that she acted. He was aggravating and I DEFINITELY would have cut out of that date early also. Then when she made the comment to the limo driver about "rolling him out," she made me :rolleyes: I think that want to uphold the "mafia" image, without being directly linked to it.

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The Airline show is insane. The way people act is just ridiculous. So many of them screw up and miss their flights. I don't care for Southwest at all, and luckily living on the west coast I can almost exclusively fly Alaska Airlines. Alaska really takes good care of you if there is an overbooking, and even when I have missed a flight for various reasons, had extra luggage or overweight luggage, or almost anything they have been wonderful. The Southwest passengers that carry on need some personal responsibility and manners.

This is so true! I know that man missed his flight because he was at McDonald's. There is no way that he could have been standing "right there" and missed his name being called. If he was "right there," how did EVERYONE else make the flight except him. He didn't see people walking through the jetway? I am a paranoid flyer, from the airport to the airplane. I don't want to get left behind, so aside from being SUPER early, I constantly ask if my flight has been called for. I try not to leave the gate area.

What's funny is that people think that because their flight leaves at 7:00pm, they have until 7:00pm to get to the gate. Then they have the nerve to be angry when their plane is gone! Most of the time, it's their own fault.

Southwest needs to do something different about overbooking those flights! I would NOT be a happy camper knowing that I booked my flight months ahead and someone else got my seat just because they checked in before me. :mad:

This is interesting as when I fly in Canada, the 'departure time' is REALLY when you board. Being used to this, this almost bit me in the butt once in Minneapolis and I was on the phone thinking I had time, but they were calling my name - and did I ever RUN! :D

It's cool, you don't have to explain anything to me. People of all races and ethnicities can make ignorant remarks.

-Rudey

Well I believe in symbolic ethnicity. Meaning that people behave certain ways to reinforce their understanding of their ethnicity.