Where The D Girls Were Last Night
As Laura mentioned Monday in her preview of High School Reunion, we attended the show’s premiere last night at Studio Movie Grill in Addison. We were told there would be “heavy hors d’oeuvres” and drink tickets, and if you know anything about us, you know that’s enough to entice us. Heck, we’d drive all the way out to Rockwall for free food and drink. Plus, the promise of watching bad (great) reality TV—with the “stars” of the show RIGHT THERE WITH US—was more than we could resist. So Laura, Sarah, Elizabeth “Spider Monkey” Lavin, and I headed north. If you care to know more about the party (and maybe even a spoiler or two), let’s jump.
We arrived a little late (darn the temptations of that Old Monk patio on nice days), so there was already a good crowd of 100 or so people mingling in the lobby. Like suckers, we saddled up to the bar, only to find out later that the free booze was in the theatre. Thanks for the heads up, no one. We had studied up on the cast’s photos and titles (”The Bully,” “The Girl Next Door,” “The Lesbian”) and immediately began picking them out of the crowd, which we soon realized was comprised pretty much entirely of the cast, their friends, and some miscellaneous crew members.
All of the ex-classmates seemed really friendly with one another. Reality TV, bringing people together. Laura sauntered up to Kirsten (”The Spoiled Girl”) and Sean (”The Millionaire”), who found love on the show and are really adorable together. They introduced Laura to Rob “The Stud,” who thanked her for talking about his bald spot on the blog. (You’re welcome, Rob!) But he did graciously let Laura run her fingers through his hair. We found out that Rob is an artist and has several galleries around town. Not only that, SPOILER ALERT: He and Deanna (”The Popular Girl”) were looking aw-ful-ly cozy with one another. Rumor around the party was that they’ve coupled up.
Then it was time to start the show. Since we didn’t see any seats that weren’t reserved for cast and crew, we happily set up shop near the buffet. (Great quesadillas. Not-so-great chicken fingers.) A really pleasant woman in the audience yelled at us to sit down so they could begin, so we took our platefuls of quesadillas and five tickets’ worth of beers to the hall where we could watch undisturbed, thankyouverymuch. A host introduced each cast member, who ran down the aisles to their seats. The cast members seemed to be tickled by the whole thing. Throughout the show, they’d react audibly and loudly cheer when a new person came onscreen. There were lots of “Woo!”s and “Aww”s and “Oh snap”s over the course of the hour program.
If you missed the show, here were the highlights: the girls’ reaction when Kat (”The Lesbian”) announced she is, coincidentally, a lesbian; Mike (”The Rebel”) drawing a mustache on ex-wife Lana (”The Drama Queen”)’s headshot; and the inevitable game of Truth or Dare in the hot tub. Also, knowing that Rob and Deanna are hot and heavy made it a bit awkward when, during the show, Deanna gave her Hall Pass—apparently code for couple’s massage date—to Justin (”The Pipsqueak”) and they made out. Even more awkward: when Justin proudly asked, “Not bad, huh?” after the smooch.
Then, it was time to go. Bigger and better things, my friends. I mean, there was a season finale of Project Runway to catch.
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Is this really newsworthy? You got free food and drinks to hang out with skanks? No way, the reality stars were RIGHT THERE WITH YOU?
I doubt the producers will be mad for any spoilers since the show will probably be cancelled after a few weeks.
You can continue to rock on with ya bad self.
Thanks Jessica! I thought that was a fun report… It did not need to be “newsworthy”. It is not like we watched the show because of the intellectual content. It is just fun.
And p.s. My friend is on the show, and she is not a skank. She has manners and class and is lovely both inside and out.
Fun report…and the local connection makes it both newsworthy and snarkalicious.
That’s a new one, somebody on a reality show with manners and class? Considering the whole premise of the show, nobody would go on such garbage if they had either, let alone both. But hey, I’m always down for skanks on tv. Rock of Love really Rocks! mlh, which one is your friend?
One “sidles” up to a bar (or, in my case, bum-rushes it).
Now, of course, I would be happy to saddle you up.
Dots, this isn’t this first installment of this show, so no dice on it being canceled, for one.
And two: They can’t all be about Sandra Crenshaw, mkay?
SLR, go easy, pardner. Jessica has many older brothers on the D staff who are only too eager to defend her honor against such scurrilous suggestions. Anyway, she prefers the plow over the saddle.
Nothing scurrilous intended. I was thinking of an English saddle. Very Waspy and proper.
Jess dahhhling, I thought that was what I said too but after a second look I actually said “hey… you’re not bad…done that before have ya?” —sorry to report, not from a script.