We are a TV family. We have a TV in almost every room. We
eat dinner with the TV on and go to sleep with the TV on… yup, we do. We have
Netflix, Hulu, HBOGo and our beloved Apple iTunes. We can even watch live
American TV from here in Paris by the grace of God and the magic of Sling TV. My
husband watches mostly creepy murder movies so he’s not allowed to watch TV in
our bedroom near me because that stuff affects me and I usually have to turn on
an episode of the Barefoot Contessa to calm me down. My daughter mostly watches
Broad City because she’s cool. I, on the flip side of cool, mostly, strictly
watch reality TV. And on top of that, I usually only watch the Bravo Channel if
I’m not watching the E! Channel where I watch the Kardashians and get my news.
Speaking of news, I also watch every night Jon Stewart, Bill Maher, BBC and
CNN. So, if you have any questions regarding the current state of affairs in
the world… Come to me. I can answer all of your questions about bank closures
in Greece and its austerity policies, Pakistani Nobel peace prize recipient,
Malala Yousafzai, inaugurating her first school for Syrian refugee girls in Lebanon on
her 18th birthday, Harper Lee’s second book, Go Set a Watchman, after To Kill a Mockingbird, and on top of that I can answer all of your
questions regarding any of The Housewives of New York (Ramona Singer in the
yellow bikini in the heels in the Turks and Caicos, Bethenny Frankel imitating
Dorinda… All part of my health and wellness package towards curing my ALS).
Trust me, I know my TV.
So, it is with great confidence, that I can recommend my new
favorite show on Bravo… Odd Mom Out.
Odd Mom Out is a new Bravo channel scripted series written
by Jill Kargman. Who is Jill Kargman? First of all, she is definitely somebody
I would want to be friends with because she is smart, witty and self-deprecating…
my favorite combination. Let me give you some facts before we continue…
Jill Kargman
• Well-educated…
Spence, Taft, Yale (graduated in three years with honors majoring in art
history) and BADA (British America Drama Academy) at Stanford. So there.
• Is a New
York Times best-selling author and has written 10+ novels.
• Has
written hundreds of articles for all of our favorite magazines.
• Her
father is Arie Kopelman, former president of Chanel and avid historic preservationist, whom I happen to think is
one of the most elegant and gracious men. I have met him a few times as he is a
friend of my friend, Diandra Douglas. He also said that he loved my shop,
Circa, in Santa Barbara so obviously I’m a huge fan. :-)
• Her
sister-in-law is Drew Barrymore. Cute.
• She
shares a mutual dislike of cilantro with David Foster.
• Had stage
III skin cancer and thinks humor is the best medicine. Moi aussi.
• She hates
summer and loves stationery.
I first started to think, “Who’s that girl” when I saw her
on my favorite design video series, Stylish Shopping with Susanna Salk via Quintessence Blog.
Watch…
Okay, are you with me? Now that we have discovered Jill’s
background and she has proven her street cred… Let’s discuss her show…
The running theme behind Jill’s novels and new show is
something that I am slightly familiar with… The Upper East Side of New York and
all of its idiosyncrasies. I used to live smack dab in the middle of the Upper
East Side on 68th St. and Park Avenue. Half of my friends live in
the vicinity and are the subject of Jill’s humor. If you don’t know what I’m
talking about read Jill’s book titled, Momzillas.
Jill’s satirical half joking/half not joking portrayal of the uber-wealthy
residents of Manhattan’s elite neighborhood is spot on. You find yourself
thinking while watching the show, “I can’t believe she just said that!” And
then you laugh hysterically.
My two favorite characters on the show are Jill’s best
friend, Vanessa, played by actress K.K. Glick and Jill’s mother-in-law, Candace
Weber, played by Joanna Cassidy. When Jill’s mother-in-law uttered the phrase
in the last episode, “French third-base” I nearly spit out my vanilla soy chai
latte.
Even though some critics say that the show is geared towards
a niche market of the “1 percenters” and argues that not everyone can relate… I
don’t agree. First of all, why does someone always have to relate to something
to get it? Secondly, more subdued versions of these Upper East Side families
exist in every community, across every continent…. Don’t fool yourself.
So, if you need a little humor in your day, go binge watch
Odd Mom Out. Two words: chocolate starfish.
You can order all of Jill’s books HERE.
Visit Jill’s website HERE.
