A Wilson on Supernanny

[Roger Ryan]

I think the Wilsons are a very decent lot, all in all. All of them.

I agree with that. I certainly realize Brian was not an acceptable father in the 60s/70s by any stretch of the imagination, but Wendy and Carnie turned out alright, didn't they? When you see all of the pathetic casualties that celebrities have spawned over the last 40 years (yep, even the Osbourne offspring), one would even think that Wendy and Carnie came from a loving, stable home!

[Susan]

When you see all of the pathetic casualties that celebrities have spawned over the last 40 years (yep, even the Osbourne offspring), one would even think that Wendy and Carnie came from a loving, stable home!

Well, that's what Marilyn struggled to give them, isn't it?

[Ron]

Some people are prepared to play games, others aren't.

I've noticed you're always in the camp that prefers to play games.  You like the "I'll say something cynical and see who can figure it out!!!" game. 

[♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇]

I wouldn't call that playing games...more of "you guys are wrong, but I can't say why".

[Jonas]

I think I know why!

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Uh, tell us why?

I'm just not sure who or what situation AGD's comment was directed to. 

[Yorick]

Carnie plays the game and protects her father in public, Wendy doesn't and tells it the way she feels it is.

[Wilsonista]

Ultimately, I have to agree with MBE. If Wendy resents and hates her father, there's nothing anybody can do about that.  But, Mike's right: Brian's portrayal on that show was highly unfair.

[Amy B.]

It might not be that Wendy "resents and hates" her father. She might just have serious issues with him. I remember noticing that there were no pictures of Brian and Wendy together when the Hawthorne house site was dedicated as a landmark, even though they were both there. And I think I remember someone mentioning at some point that Brian had never met the youngest three of Wendy's kids, whereas we all know Brian knows Carnie's daughter and was even at her birth. Carnie seems like she genuinely wants to be around him-- she did go to the MusicCares thing and talks about him in a very loving way all the time. But she probably has lingering issues too (who wouldn't?).

[Dancing Bear]

And I think I remember someone mentioning at some point that Brian had never met the youngest three of Wendy's kids, whereas we all know Brian knows Carnie's daughter and was even at her birth.

I read that Brian went to know Carnie's newborn, and there in the hospital he met Wendy's kids for the first time.

[Wilsonista]

It might not be that Wendy "resents and hates" her father.

Maybe hate was a poor choice, but cetain;ly resents. "The world got more of him that I did" doesn't strike you as bitter?

[southbay]

Strikes me as probably both bitter and accurate. 

[Chris Brown]

Strikes me as probably both bitter and accurate. 

Yeah its certainly the truth I think...just a bit of a low blow for a national TV audience who knows little else about Brian. 

Like others have said earlier, she may have said more complementary things that were edited out, either for time or because the producers felt that the worse Brian came off, the more sympathetic Wendy would be.  We really just don't know, and probably never will.

On a somewhat related note, has anyone else ever heard "Flesh and Blood" by Wilson Phillips?  I had heard about it but never actually heard it until yesterday.  Damn if that doesn't hit you like a ton of bricks.

[Wilsonista]

The  2nd best song on that otherwise Gawdawful 2nd Wilson Phillips disc.  The best being "I Hear You", which might be the best track WP ever did, IMO.

[Amy B.]

Wendy also said on the IJWMFTT documentary that "I still have feelings of resentment, but I realize that this is what he's here for...to make beautiful music." So it's as if she knows that he was meant to serve the world rather than a family. Of course, that was over 10 years ago. Maybe she's more resentful now.

[Andrew G. Doe]

Some people are prepared to play games, others aren't.

I've noticed you're always in the camp that prefers to play games.  You like the "I'll say something cynical and see who can figure it out!!!" game. 

I thought I was just stating a fact. Carnie chooses to play the game. Her sister doesn't.

And in this respect, nor do I.

[PongHit]

Someone just told me a new episode of this Nanny show aired last night that focused on Carney & her daughter.  True?