OK so I'm watching TOWIE, what is it meant to be?

[StealthPolarBear]

Is it a pisstake?

Car crash tv!

You need help. Look away from the screen and have a large

i don't get it
the first two girls looked ridiculous
she looked good
Now....wtf?
And they're all sounding a bit dim

DD swears it is reality TV

Have you seen Made in Chelsea?

I've never been able to work it out

Apparently it's not meant to be scripted or only half scripted or something but I don't believe that.

They all seem far too wooden to be able to talk without a script!

but what is it?? I need to know before I have to watvh it all
Is it pretend reality tv?
i dont laahk skinny gels j'y na worra mean?

Aaarf at "they are all sounding a bit dim"

So how did they all get to be on it?
And what are the links between them?
OMG their LIPS

and their eyelashes

and their TEETH
no one has teeth like that normally

I live in Essex (not Brentwood though) and I've only seen the previews and 30 seconds of the programme when I was channel hopping.
It serves as a warning to keep my 10 yo DD out of nightclubs and tanning salons when she's older .

(Might sent her off to some Swiss finishing school.For the next 20 years)

Oh and don't adjust the colour on your TV

They really are that orange!

OK I don't care any more, I think I'm turning off

Worra, have you seen Desperate Scousewives - even more orange.

DD watches every one of these crapola shows.

it's the eyes-teeth thing that get to me
eyes wide open to show off lashes, jaw clenched to keep lips apart and show off teeth - te effect is permanent startlement
Cheryl Cole does it too

i love it. have been watching since the start.

you just can't believe some of the thick things they come out with.

i (showing my age) like the dad of one of the old characters tho, i suspect most young viewers like the younger guys lol.

Have to admit to being addicted to Made In Chelsea. Same wooden stuff but I'm gripped.

OK, answer me the following:

• Is there any link between the people in garden (mum, daughter andf Gok Wan), the vacant girlds with the birthday presents, the guy geting waxed and the people here now getting nails painted?
• Why are they all on the show?
• Is there a plot - did last week's end on a cliffhanger?

Oh god yes, I saw one Desperate Scousewives and had to reach for my sunglasses!

I love TOWIE!

I liked Lauren G, but i think she's been kicked off.

• i have worn eyelashes everyday for about 4 years.

do any of them just have their own eyelashes
I bet they have frequent spider scares

kicked off??? So it is sort of reality TV?

You're posh, Cod

It's real, the relationships and friendships and arguments etc. However scenes will be added for entertainment purposes and sometimes they get them to reenact things that happened when the cameras were not around.

i'm addicted to towie and mic. can't put my finger on why...i just do.

they are all meant to be real people with real relationships and main events going on. they semi script bits and are put into situations purely for your voyeuristic pleasure

Never seen it myself, so possibly have no right to comment, but I will anyway!

I heard today, that a local secondary school was using an episode for a controlled assessment in English!