Reality Show Turns Amish Into TV Stars

It's not really clear why Al Qaeda wants to destroy America when we're already doing a pretty good job of it all by ourselves.

Ok, I take it back. Just saw the pic promoting the show. Maybe this is a show a man like me could get into :-)


From left, Jonas, Miriam, Randy, Ruth and Mose.

Ooh ooh ooh - more on our Amish friends from the Washington Post:

Also calming some of the critics' concerns, the five Amish participants in this reality series seem to be pretty rumspringaed from the get-go. Construction worker Randy has a pierced ear. Factory worker Ruth has dyed hair and was seen smoking a cigarette; she told critics during the Q&A session late in the day that her family looks on her "as very bad" and that she goes to visit them "maybe two times a year." Construction worker Jonas is a self-described "bad boy," and former teacher turned construction worker Mose is actually re-rumspringaing, having left the flock in his teens, returned, been baptized and now left again. Mose told critics that he was considered "very rebellious" and a "bad influence" as a teenager. Also, the Amish participants already are talking mall-speak in the first episode: Mose says his first ride on an escalator is "really freaking me out" and Ruth describes her first experiences -- visiting the beach, seeing a parking meter, seeing art in a gallery, you name it -- as "awesome."

Ok, I'm just overflowing with jokes, but will control myself.