by LauraBelle
I'm even more convinced this week that this show is more sitcom than reality, yet it's still entertaining watching a mogul like David Foster freak out over his spoiled rotten sons.
David starts off the show tonight explaining he'd always hoped his boys would make money in an office; he just didn't think it would be his office. They, along with friend Spencer, pick up a Grammy Dave won as producer of the record of the year for "I Will Always Love You" and decide it would earn some great cash on Ebay.
The boys' business venture is broken up by David coming in and asking Spencer to move his fancy car. Of course, "fancy" wasn't the word David used. It was most likely profanity as it was bleeped out and covered up by the word "fancy."
David questions why the boys are holding on to his award for "I Will Always Love You", and Spencer replies he was looking at it because that's his mom's favorite song. Is this guy's name really Eddie Haskel? As David walks out, he says not to touch his "statue," and "statue" is once again a replacement for profanity.
Later the boys tell David they want to get into the "movie business." He asks the obvious question – what do they know about the movie business? They, of course, don't know much about it. As David leaves, he once again reminds them to shut the jacuzzi and lights off.
Actually the three boys had something quite different in mind for their movie business. They intend to show a drive-in movie on the lawn at the mansion. First they secure a big screen, then break into David's cabinet of movies that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has sent him for review, breaking many of the Academy's rules. They choose Rebound, a basketball movie starring Martin Lawrence. The Academy reminds me of the Oscars, and I'm trying to imagine all those bigwigs sitting around watching this flick.
The next morning David extends an invitation to Brody to go to work with him for the day. On the drive in, David asks his son what he intends to do with his life, and Brody replies he wants to be a drummer. His dad understands that, but believes he needs a backup plan. David asks Brody if there's any department in the music industry that interests him, but Brody just keeps insisting he's a drummer and doesn't need a backup plan. His cell phone interrupts the conversation.
At the office, father and son meet up with Michael Buble, the only man David will allow to give him a hard time about Elvis. When David is asked about him, he says, "He's dead, and he was fat when he died." Okay, that about sums it up!
The next person Brody meets is David's executive assistant, Kathy. She allows Brody to take over her phones, and he tells people calling that want David to listen to their songs that he'll screen them first. David tells him not to say that, but he does it anyway. David believes the more he saw him work in the office this day, that he's a pretty good drummer. (Go ahead, you have to think about that one for awhile.)
Back at home, as David decides he's glad "Take Your Son To Work Day" only happens once a year, Linda helps convince him to take a nap. Once he goes to lay down, she hops on the phone and lets the boys know they have the all clear to set up the movie outside. They move in a huge electric sign advertising, "Drive-In Movie Tonight at Casablanca" and David's studio furniture.
The boys attract lots of patrons including Walter, the groundskeeper (who is still "on break"), Brandon's girlfriend, the police, and Greta, the property manager. Someone takes orders from McDonalds and a popcorn machine from inside the house is set up to the feed the movie-goers as well.
Back in the house, David decides now of all times to look for a movie to watch, and of course, the one movie he wants to watch is this Martin Lawrence flick. He starts walking around searching for it, finds many of his movies and awards in Brody's bedroom, and nearly every single light on. He plays dirty with the boys and takes the light bulbs out of their rooms. He then asks, "Where the "flute" is my popcorn machine?" Flute is obviously being subbed for another word that starts with F.
Malibu has its first blackout of the year this night and the movie and lights are shut off involuntarily. As they come back, David notices the lights and huge movie screen outside and gets hot. He goes outside and finds Linda out there watching the movie. She says it's okay because everyone paid to park there; it's fine. I think she means because they didn't pay to see the movie to break Academy rules; they just paid to park. Kind of like throwing a keg party and charging for cups, not beer.
The first person David blames is Spencer, and then he brings up about finding his movies and awards in Brody's bedroom. David then sees Walter there and asks if he is working that night. Walter says he's not; he just came for the free movie. The boys complain to Linda that they thought David would have been proud of them, and she says not to worry about it; it's just his personality.
After the party is shut down and the boys try going up to their room, they come down the stairs and ask what happened to their rooms, probably meaning why do we have not lights. As David explains leaving them on is a waste of money, Brandon says he always turns them off when he goes to bed. He says the difference is David turns them off to save money and he turns them off to save energy. He is questioned if he's so concerned about energy efficiency, why are all three of his cars V-8s?
As the show ends, I notice a McDonald's commercial and think of the irony of the boys selling McDonalds food to their patrons and also having a McDonald's commercial on during the show. This is what leads me to see how it's probably more scripted than we're supposed to believe it is. Nonetheless, it's entertaining as all get out to see the outlandish things these kids do every week and watch David Foster get hot and bothered about lights being left on.
If you'd like to spoil me rotten, email me at LauraBelle@realityshack.com
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