January 22, 2007: Cambodian jungle woman

[wolf]

I was wondering about that ... should be a very simple matter, even in Cambodia, to collect samples for DNA testing. I could see several American Talk Show Hosts falling over themselves to get these folks on their show for one of their "Who's Your Daddy" specials.

(All right, I admit it. On the rare occasions that I watch Morey or Montel, I get a kick out of seeing some obviously slutty woman who is certain that so and so is her baby daddy being informed that she is wrong. Particularly if she's already dragged two or three other possible daddies onto the show. This is great TV, much more exciting than Masterpiece Theatre.)

[Sundae]

Originally Posted by wolf

(All right, I admit it. On the rare occasions that I watch Morey or Montel, I get a kick out of seeing some obviously slutty woman who is certain that so and so is her baby daddy being informed that she is wrong. Particularly if she's already dragged two or three other possible daddies onto the show. This is great TV, much more exciting than Masterpiece Theatre.)

Tends to be the other way round in the UK, and I love it too:

Watch some sullen young girl being dragged on by her (now) ex who is saying he heard down the pub she'd slept with 15 men at the same time as him anyway so there's no way the kid is his and that's why he hasn't bothered going round to see it in the 9 months since it's been born blahblahblah. And of course it ends up being his and she is stirred into some sluggish flicker of life by being vindicated on national television. Cut to another sullen faced young woman in the audience who is his new girlfriend and already pregnant...