How Television Can Eat Your Family
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In 1978, amidst the hoopla surrounding Star Wars, the late Carrie Fisher made an appearance on Saturday Night Live. The episode also featured The Blues Brothers. Carrie took part in a skit poking fun at the Loud family.
Some famous examples: Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey on MTV’s The Newlyweds, Jon and Kate from TLC’S Jon and Kate Plus 8, Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown from their reality series, and a whole bunch of the housewives casts. But perhaps the Loud family were the first victims of the so-called reality curse. Even son Lance Loud said, “Television ate my family”.
