Conjoined twins Abigail and Brittany get their own reality show on... You guessed it, TLC!

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I'm glad that their parents have kept them out of the spotlight but this disappoints me. What do you think?

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Somebody elsewhere put it succinctly: TLC is the 21st century equivalent of a Victorian-era freak show.

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Well, all I have to say is that this may be the only case of one man satisfying two women at the same time.

Well, they never came across as brats, their parents made sure they were as "normal" as possible (as opposed to "speyschul"), they have good heads on their shoulders (I'm sorry, I couldn't resist that one), and unlike Honay BooBoo Chyle, THEY'RE NOT KYDS! They're 22.

They are a bit on the spazzy side.

Conjoined twins Abigail and Brittany get there own reality show on... You guessed it, TLC!

You spelled "there" wrong. It should be "their".

Well color me stupid. I can't believe I did that. Thank you for pointing out my glaring grammar mistake. *hides head in shame*

I was too busy concentrating on the simple math problems!

Yea, they're pretty damn spazzy aren't they? I have to say I'm glad they're doing well. I just hate to see them selling out to the breeder channel.

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they have good heads on their shoulders (I'm sorry, I couldn't resist that one)

You know you are wrong for that....I am dying over here.

Hehhehehehe! You guys'er hilarious!

*sigh* I guess now that they have a say-so over their own lives, they can make that decision. I remember earlier articles where the parents talked about keeping them out of the limelight. You only heard about their lives whenever they reached a milestone: graduation, getting car licenses (I thought it kind of neat that each of them had to take the test, a confirmation that the girls were being treated as separate identities).

I'm disappointed that they sold out. Circus freak shows disappeared because of a growing awareness that people with egregious differences should not be put on display. These girls are just doing their part to turn back the clock.

I wonder who's next? Kenadie Jourdin-Bromley?

(OK, I would be a sucker for that. I've watched a couple of specials on her. She touches even this misanthropic CFer)

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I'm disappointed that they sold out. Circus freak shows disappeared because of a growing awareness that people with egregious differences should not be put on display. These girls are just doing their part to turn back the clock.

If they end up doing a show like the Sundance Channel's "Push Girls" (a show about ladies who just happen to use wheelchairs), I don't see it as selling out. Shows like that can really make a difference in how people with rare physical differences are viewed by the general public. Unlike with circus freak shows, they might have more control over things.

oh my god. this kind of things used to be labelled 'exploitation' and despised back then.

also, LOL at juniper jupiter's pun!

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I'm disappointed that they sold out. Circus freak shows disappeared because of a growing awareness that people with egregious differences should not be put on display. These girls are just doing their part to turn back the clock.

If they end up doing a show like the Sundance Channel's "Push Girls" (a show about ladies who just happen to use wheelchairs), I don't see it as selling out. Shows like that can really make a difference in how people with rare physical differences are viewed by the general public. Unlike with circus freak shows, they might have more control over things.

On a ratings-driven channel like TLC - don't think so. In fact, like most of the programs on that channel, the episodes will likely be directed at those who are looking for dramatic and prurient story lines.

I remember watching the documentary when they were about 10 or 11 and their moo said something like, "There's no reason they can't grow up, get married, have a famblee of their own, and a normal life". Since they share a twat and reproductive organs, NO "marriage" can EVER be, "normal" because if only one marries then he will essentially be having sex with both of them and if they both marry, what, the husbands will "take turns"? I can't imagine any of that being remotely,"normal". I suppose if they happen to marry twins, brothers, or two guys who are close friends and they can all work it out, it could work. Then we have to ask,who is the moo and who is the aunt should they have kids?

No, nothing "normal" here, although of course that isn't their fault. This made me curious as to the where abouts of the two oldest living conjoined twins, Lori and Dori, and God I wished I hadn't looked it up. I remember Dori changing her name to Reba a while back and actually cutting a country western record that did well, but that's where I stop remembering having read about them. It seems that a few years ago, "Reba" decided to come out of the closet she was transgendered and now refers to herself as "James" and lives like a man, although she hasn't had a sex change yet. These are the two who are connected at the head. That update also said Lori had been engaged 5 years ago and her fiance' was killed by a drunk driver before they could get married.

I guess these women have no choice, but it is a rather strange existence and I'd watch the show out of sheer curiosity. It MAY be the only type of "career" they could have, enjoy mutually and simultaneously, and make any money at it to become self supporting since they have different interests and talents. It isn't like one can be a teacher and the other a marine biologist. Personally, I don't see anything wrong with it as long as they are consenting adults. The shows I feel like are the worst are the ones where they exploit their kids like with the girl without a face and the Little Mermaid. Few people were more distraught over "side shows" being banned than the people who were displayed in them. That's how they earned their living and some of them retired quite wealthy too, like Snake Man and the Monkey Girl, who btw have a sweet love story.

So, unless and until the show gets ridiculous, I will probably watch it.

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I remember watching the documentary when they were about 10 or 11 and their moo said something like, "There's no reason they can't grow up, get married, have a famblee of their own, and a normal life". Since they share a twat and reproductive organs, NO "marriage" can EVER be, "normal" because if only one marries then he will essentially be having sex with both of them and if they both marry, what, the husbands will "take turns"? I can't imagine any of that being remotely,"normal". I suppose if they happen to marry twins, brothers, or two guys who are close friends and they can all work it out, it could work. Then we have to ask,who is the moo and who is the aunt should they have kids?

Also, what if ONE of them is alesbian and ONE of them is straight?

and you KNOW some creepy guy out there wants to date them just so he can fuck BOTH heads!

Good to know we can still have freak shows if we just don't call them "freak shows." Put all the weirdness on one channel - conjoined twins, Juliana Wetmore, the mermaid-girl, kids with progeria, families with six autistic kids, those "miracle" people on Maury who are born without legs or their organs on the outside.

Give them documentaries, don't refer to them as "freaks," and you basically have the television equivalent of sideshows. I totally agree with the quote saying so. And much like back then, exploitation of freaks can be a very lucrative career choice for said deformed individuals.

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i keep thinking about the x files episode called humbug - where mulder and scully end up in florida, where so many freaks are anyway lol, and they got everyone from alligator man, dog-faced boy, fiji mermaid, you name it..

everyone's in that one but lobster boy - western television is nothing BUT freak shows.