Gene Simmon's Family Jewels

[kenkwan]

YOU ALL ARE JUST SOOO GEL US.

[shotzi]

I actually enjoy this show a lot. I think Simmons is pretty absurd, but he seems like he's probably a pretty decent, loving dad (at least the show portrays him that way, relatively speaking) and the real stars of the show are his kids because they are hilarious. I think the new episodes are on during Ice Road Truckers, though, so I don't watch anymore.

[buffcoat]

I watched the show for awhile and enjoyed it - but the outside the house stuff got to be too scripted and too contrived for me (the bull semen episode being the worst).

The family stuff is good though - for all his horrible, horrible personal faults, he and Shannon Tweed seem to have raised two very grounded kids, which is an accomplishment anywhere, but especially in the richer parts of LA.

[LostInReno]

I watched the show for awhile and enjoyed it - but the outside the house stuff got to be too scripted and too contrived for me (the bull semen episode being the worst).

Perfect point on why I don't watch and because Gene Simmons tries to get a buck out of anything

[Reggie]

I love that he's still saying "if you welcome me with open arms, you have to open me with open legs" too...Yuck!

[John Junk]

I love that he's still saying "if you welcome me with open arms, you have to open me with open legs" too...Yuck!

I don't love that one bit.

[Zookeeper Joe]

Glen Jones interviewed him over the phone on his interview show around the same time.  Gene was eating like a candy bar or something the whole time and was talking about something completely unrelated, then all the sudden busted out with "And I'm eating a Hershey bar, and that's just life."  Glen Jones was just like "Yeah, of course!"  Something like that.  (Completists, please dont' call me out for getting the food wrong, I got bigger fish to fry.)

a Simmons call that was even better (if this isnt the one you were already talking about) was the one he made around hour 91 of Jonesy's Guinness World Record broadcast --- during that call, Simmons was eating a sandwich (i am pretty sure, or at least that's how i like to remember it), Jones was completely delirious and Simmons was prattling on and on about him, himself, and everything to do with him, while Jones was very obviously about comatose.  i remember Simmons said he would call back in later, as Jonesy got closer to the world record --- i can still hear simmons smacking his lips the whole time...

[John Junk]

Glen Jones interviewed him over the phone on his interview show around the same time.  Gene was eating like a candy bar or something the whole time and was talking about something completely unrelated, then all the sudden busted out with "And I'm eating a Hershey bar, and that's just life."  Glen Jones was just like "Yeah, of course!"  Something like that.  (Completists, please dont' call me out for getting the food wrong, I got bigger fish to fry.)

a Simmons call that was even better (if this isnt the one you were already talking about) was the one he made around hour 91 of Jonesy's Guinness World Record broadcast --- during that call, Simmons was eating a sandwich (i am pretty sure, or at least that's how i like to remember it), Jones was completely delirious and Simmons was prattling on and on about him, himself, and everything to do with him, while Jones was very obviously about comatose.  i remember Simmons said he would call back in later, as Jonesy got closer to the world record --- i can still hear simmons smacking his lips the whole time...

Oh yeah!  I remember that!  That wasn't the same call, it was the preamble to it.  That was the great thing I remember now.  The one of Jones's regular show was sort of a follow-up to the out-of-nowhere call from the marathon.

[LostInReno]

Gene Simmons is one creepy old man.

[Reggie]

especially with that bloatee!