[cyborg]

It was a really good show. I caught the last half of it, and want to see the whole series. The women wore enough clothes that not wearing undies was remotely an issue. Unlike Kerry's daughter.

[mountaineer]

Oprah: "You never think about it. The panties have to come off, bras off."

Oh my. Maybe Alexandra Kerry was just doin' her colonial thang in Cannes?

[martin_fierro]

Oh come on, Orpah.

If you're really interested in authentic living 400 years ago, you'll work as a slave and clean out the privy.

[mountaineer]

Oprah added that the most revealing thing about her colonial experience -- besides no underwear -- is how hard they had to work.

That is what struck me when I read a biography of Abigail Adams. The work never stopped, from planting to cooking to sewing.

[theDentist]

The Simple Life III: Oprah Style

[SoCal Pubbie]

Pssst, Oprah! The 1600's is in the 17th century, sweetie.

[noexcuses]

I happened to be home early yesterday and watched this on the Oprah show. Gayle and Opray made an interesting comment that they have only focused on their own ancestors' plight as slaves and never before thought about the hardships and hard work of the early "white" settlers.

[roylene]

I am trying to figure out how you can be poor and have a maid!

[TRY ONE]

"Oprah Goes Back In Time...."

Rule #1:

If you're Going Back to the Future and you meet someone like Oprah Going Back in Time --- it's best to avoid eye contact!

[Big Mack]

I watched the first show last evening and was very disapointed that they spent so much time being politicaly correct. My wife and I have reencated the middle 18th century for many years now and felt they did a poor job of selecting people and then preparing them for this experience. Alas, I'm afraid that had we lived back then, my wife would have been burned as she is very much a 21st century woman.

[atomicpossum]

Yeah, I'm sure the men spent all the time at the Colonial spa.

[Aggie Mama]

I found it interesting that when the conservative was in charge, they had some direction as a community; but once the liberal took over, the commuity was lost, b/c they spent so much time on how everyone felt (especially the women and their work).

I also found it interesting that the liberal professor was afraid to confront the women about the days-off issue.

[af_vet_rr]

My only problem with the show, wasn't really with the show, but with some of those participating on the periphery, the Indians/Native Americans that were there and complained about the "genocide" caused by diseases brought from Europe.

I want to shake them and say "Look, yeah, around 90 percent of your people got wiped out by disease. It's horrible that it happened, but you can't blame Europeans, it's nature. It could have easily gone the other way, Europeans or North American Natives could have easily brought diseases from North America back to Europe that wiped out 90% of Europe. Hell, Europe did go through several plagues that wiped out very large portions of the population. It's called nature, not much you can do.

Sorry for ranting. I'm of Spanish descent, and I just get tired of people complaining about diseases that Spaniards/Europeans carried with them.

[weegee]

Oprah and Gail sound as vacant as Paris Hilton and Lionel Ritche's adopted daughter.

Such programming makes a mockery of being rich ("I can't survive out here! There's dirt! Where's my Gucci???").

I've seen other programs in this series (Manor House, and I don't recall the names of the others).

Those others were better than this personality spotlight implies.

[csvset]

I wasn't surprised when PBS included the lefties' whine about the "holocaust" of the Indians, Carolyn Heinz's comment about "how she didn't like the direction the country had taken during the last three years" , as well a the constant pissing and moaning about the religious aspect of the colonial settlement. What the heck did they expect, Woodstock III?

I suppose I'll watch next week for another lefty view of colonial life.

[flying Elvis]

I wathed it for a short while last night until the gay guy came out of the closet. It was obvious that he was gay, why did they have to ruin the show by making a big deal out of his sexuality? It had nothing to do with the premise of the show but was simply another attempt by the left to castigate conservatives. After that I turned it off as worthless tripe.

[earlyamerican]

When will Oprah understand the world does not revolve around her highness.