I just don't understand Gossip Girl

[Parks]

Posted: 11/17/08 at 9:12pm

My roommate and one of the girls from down the hall watch it EVERY Monday night and you are NOT allowed to talk during the show. If I had a penny for every gasp and "Oh my god--NO!!!" I heard tonight, I could get the US out of this recession.

I just don't get it. Anyone else?

Updated On: 11/17/08 at 09:12 PM

[nexttoelectric]

Posted: 11/17/08 at 9:32pm

I'm with you, I've watched about 5 minutes of the show and I just don't understand the appeal. Its so mindless.

I love when Joel McHale shows clips of Whasshisface Westwick playing hte most serious 18 year old on the face of the planet. its hilalrious.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 11/17/08 at 9:36pm

I have nver seen a moment of "Gossip Girl" except for when Joel McHale mocks it on the Soup. That I love....

[VonTussleGirl]

Posted: 11/17/08 at 10:25pm

Blair Waldorf does not approve of this post.

[LotteTBS138]

Posted: 11/17/08 at 10:32pm

My 2 roommates TRIED to get me to watch it and I don't get it either... I MIGHT have watched it if it was on with Melrose Place and the og 90210...

but yeah, everyone just screws everyone! It's like Aspect of Love: The TV Series!

[StockardFan]

Posted: 11/18/08 at 7:55am

I watched the first 5 or so episodes and lost interest.

[Marianne2]

Posted: 11/18/08 at 7:58am

I've watched a couple of episodes, and I don't get the appeal either. But then, I don't really watch any of the new programming on the CW now. It's like it was all made for teenage and college aged females.

[tazber]

Posted: 11/18/08 at 8:35am

Just throwing it out there, if you don't get it then don't watch it.

[StickToPriest]

Posted: 11/18/08 at 11:33am

The most of Gossip Girl I have seen is that little clip that VonTussleGirl posted in this thread.

And that is enough for me.

[Calvin]

Posted: 11/18/08 at 11:39am

Don't knock the show. It gives needful employment to graduates of the Ryan Phillipe Pouty Rich White Boy School of Acting.

[KathyGriffinLovesYou]

Posted: 11/18/08 at 6:10pm

Oh GOD!

That show is soul killing!

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 11/18/08 at 6:15pm

I wanted to like it, since several of my friends are fans. But I couldn't get into it.

I like the commercials for it, though.

[Juliash]

Posted: 11/18/08 at 6:18pm

I love it because it's brainless!!!


Edit: But I can understand why you could hate it for the same reason. My whole schedule is AP classes, I need some stupid. Updated On: 11/18/08 at 06:18 PM

[Greekmusicalfan]

Posted: 11/18/08 at 6:26pm

I LOVE the show !!! I think it's great fun and has the BEST male ensemble eye-candy on TV ever !!! Different types of guys, and all soooo sexy !!!

[nexttoelectric]

Posted: 11/18/08 at 6:29pm

Seriously though, what is with that Westwick guys character? Is he like terminally serious?

[xoangel2789xo]

Posted: 11/18/08 at 6:42pm

Lol, I totally see what you guys mean. And yet, I can't stop watching. As ridiculous as Chuck is, I think he's my favorite character.

[CJR]

Posted: 11/18/08 at 7:47pm

I really enjoyed the books. My cousin - who's 7 years younger than I am - got me into them when they came out. They were a bit of a guilty pleasure.

For me, the show doesn't compare to the sleeziness of the books. The books were dirtier. lol I watch it from time to time - though my munchkins are absolutely ADDICTED. You can only talk during commercials. God forbid the phone rings

[insertclevernamehere]

Posted: 11/18/08 at 8:51pm

I've only seen one episode the whole way through, but I don't understand how they all hang out in upscale bars. Aren't they supposed to be 16?

[Act0r721]

Posted: 11/18/08 at 8:54pm

Cracking up at VonTussleGirl!

The show mostly sucks, but the people and fashion are hot. It has the occasional redeeming episode. I actually thought the show where Erik came out was handled pretty well.

It's a good show to watch with your friends and only be half into. As in, you don't care if you talk through it or miss a few episodes. It's just fluff.


insertclevernamehere -- Lots of reasons. They're rich. Well made fake ID's and some money thrown at the bouncer. Plus, a lot of them have influence where they go (for instance, Chuck's dad owns or invests in a lot of places) and Serena is near celebrity status, so she can obviously get in.

Oh and they're hot girls. Going to bars. That's usually not that hard. Updated On: 11/18/08 at 08:54 PM

[I<3bway]

Posted: 11/18/08 at 9:15pm

I have only heard of the show from The Soup. I have never watched this show, the new 90210 show, or any other shows that include tangerine-colored persons that talk about nothing.


Now a show that teenagers can watch and has some valuable life lessons and good acting, I suggest watching Degrassi.

[caitiesus1522]

Posted: 11/18/08 at 9:21pm

I like the show and am VERY glad your roommate is obsessed with it Parks- it gives me someone to talk to about it on Tuesdays.

That said - if someone talks during the show, that is fine. I don't even watch it until 9:30 because my roommate and I watch something else when it it on.

It is fun, it is fluff, and I know a LOT of people who watch it for the style.