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To: Lane3 who wrote (53894)	8/6/2002 3:04:42 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 82486

Well, I'm thinking of going places with good sanitation. We want to go to Scotland, for example, and the Scandinavian countries. I never need to go back to the Middle East, China, South America or Africa. I've been there, done that, and the kids have no interest. If they want to go later, fine, they can go on their own. Although the girls both get car sick, so they'll probably get air sick too. You may laugh about my stomach, but I never get car sick or sea sick. I remember Cosmic lay in his bed for two days while we went through the edge of a typhoon on our China cruise (which included Hong kong, Taiwan, Japan, and China)- and I felt great. Of course I DID get food poisoning in Hong Kong from a lamb curry, and a rotten flu in China before the trip home- but during the Typhoon I felt GREAT! I think I was one of the few people wandering around upstairs. The doctor was making berth calls giving people seasick shots, but it didn't seem to help much. I'll never forget Cosmic groaning "sure you can come in, but you can't turn the light on." This in a cabin with no window.

To: Lane3 who wrote (53894)	8/7/2002 11:11:25 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Karen, be honest, did you watch this? I never knew the Osbournes were on TV- I like Ozzy, I would have been tempted to watch them. But this show... well... vomitorium sounds about right. Anna Nicole show debuts strongly August 7, 2002 Posted: 8:36 AM EDT (1236 GMT) Anna Nicole Smith -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) -- One critic likened it to a trip to the vomitorium while another said it was a cruel joke and a freak show. But E! Entertainment Television thinks it has a hit on its hands. Watch out, Ozzy Osbourne. E! Entertainment Tuesday said the debut of its "reality" show starring former Playboy Playmate and Texas oil tycoon widow Anna Nicole Smith ranked as its highest-rated program premiere ever and was also the top debut for a reality show on basic cable. A spokeswoman said the Sunday debut of the half-hour show, which chronicles the outlandish life of the now plus-sized Smith, 34, her beloved dog Sugar Pie and her entourage, logged a 4.1 rating, which translates to over 4 million viewers. The E! spokeswoman said the network expects the numbers to rise in coming days as final figures from Nielsen Media Research come in which will include whether one or more person per household was watching the program. MORE STORIES EW.COM Hot Topic: Anna Nicole Smith show an obscene train wreck While the numbers appeared impressive, critics were not as enamored with the show about the former Vickie Lynn Smith (also known as Vickie Lynn Hogan and Vickie Lynn Marshall) of Texas who started her rise to celebrity as a topless dancer before becoming a Playboy Playmate in 1992. Ancient Rome, anyone? Comparing the present state of American popular culture to the Caligula era in ancient Rome, Washington Post television critic Ken Ringle said "The Anna Nicole Show" was like a trip to the vomitorium. The program showed her slurring her words and getting stuck under a table as she travels through Hollywood house-hunting. The program is the latest entry in the celebrity reality show race spawned by the smash hit "The Osbournes," which follows the doings of aging rock star Ozzy Osbourne and his family. Showbiz newlyweds Liza Minnelli and David Gest have also announced plans to air a reality show on cable. New York Times critic Caryn James called the Smith show a "cruel joke of a reality series" that is in the "forefront of the latest wave of reality programs, freak shows that are a step below celebrity boxing." Officials at E! Entertainment, which focuses on celebrity news, gossip and entertainment programming, said the network decided to base a show on Smith after an episode about the former Guess? jeans model on its "The E! True Hollywood Story," biographical program drew high ratings. The former pinup in March won $88 million in a court battle against the son of her late husband, Texas oil billionaire J. Howard Marshall. Smith met 86-year-old Texas oilman when she was just 24 years old and working in a Houston strip club. She married him, and they remained husband and wife until his death 14 months later. E! said the program's debut was the highest reality show debut in cable, beating the MTV debut of "The Osbournes," which debuted with a 2.8 household rating in the spring. The E! spokeswoman said the show's debut also beat its own very popular pre-Oscar coverage, which logged a 3.6 national household rating this past spring. Copyright 2002 Reuters. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.