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Thought it was really good. I grew up LOVING Kiss and thinking Gene was the God of Thunder, but in recent years he had seemed to make an ass out of himself with all his self-promotion.

The show was great. His kids have their act together and they totally are not spoiled brats. Gene seems very humble at home and it was cool to see a "family" unit that works.

Also, cool to see the house that the movie Rockstar was filmed in.

I had no idea he had a family up until now. He's hid them well, or he's maintained the playboy bacheolor illusion well(er, up until this show debuted).

[quote][i]Originally posted by British[/i]
<br>I had no idea he had a family up until now. He's hid them well, or he's maintained the playboy bacheolor illusion well(er, up until this show debuted).
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<p align="justify">That's no "illusion". He really is a bachelor. He just happens to have kids with one of the thousands of broads he's nailed over his years as a Rock star[}:)]

Hope it's better than "Rock School." And I don't mean the old Heaven song...

I'm no kiss fan. But I liked the show. It wasnt as bad as half the stuff on.

Gene Simmons' Family Jewels

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Another reality show featuring a washed up rocker and his family. Although Gene Simmons is way more coherent than Ozzy Osbourne, he is much less entertaining. Gene wasn't the best looking guy as a young man and time hasn't done him any favors in that department. My advice- keep the makeup on ALL the time!

In case you've forgotten, Gene Simmons used to be in a rock band named KISS that used to make records. The fact that they haven't done anything of note since CDs were invented hasn't stopped them from continuing to capitalize on their past exploits.

Thanks to a juggernaut of a marketing machine, Simmons' addiction to fame and and a refusal to fade out gracefully, KISS has continued to remind us of their unseemly presence. Like the once believed to be extinct selacamp fish, KISS should have become a petrified artifact eons ago. They are currently in a tie with The Who for most number of irrelevant reunion tours by a band on life support.

On 'Family Jewels', we get to watch as Gene mugs for the camera, repeats tired sexual innuendos and beats every last shred of notoriety out of the dead carcass of a career he's been dragging around for the last 20 years.

Sorry, Gene. I'll take an unintelligible but loveable Ozzy over a braggadocios, former Rock God turned Ozzie (Nelson) any day.

For pure, white trash revelry, I prefer Dog The Bounty Hunter- now that's a show!

Not to be the internet spelling police, but the fish is called a "Coelacanth".

[quote][i]Originally posted by SomebodySomewhere[/i]
<br>Hope it's better than "Rock School." And I don't mean the old Heaven song...
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WOW, somebody else has heard of Heaven. Saw them open for Sabbath in 1983. I remember the cheesy video from these guys.