The Prestige TV Podcast - The Aimless Direction of 'Overserved With Lisa Vanderpump'

Episode Date: March 24, 2021

Juliet Litman and Amelia Wedemeyer sit down to discuss the newest reality TV event from the E! network, 'Overserved With Lisa Vanderpump,' and why the reality star needs a bit more direction in her post-'Housewives' ventures. Hosts: Juliet Litman and Amelia Wedemeyer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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I host Bachelor Party, and I co-host Jam Session on Ringer Dish, and I'm joined today by Amelia Weddemier, who co-host Tea Time on Ringer Dish, and also host No Rose Allthor, our Bachelor Recap video show, which you can find on YouTube. Hi, Amelia. Hi, thanks for the great introduction. Yeah, well, I was trying to show our bona fides because today we are here to discuss overserved with Lease the Vanderpump. And this is a new show on E.

I just want to start with where you can find it. Amelia, when we were planning for this, you email, be like, where do I find this? And I'm curious, where did you find it? Well, I Googled it and it was like, you can watch this on who, But then I use my friends Hulu, so I didn't want to like, you know, charge him or something. It's so because Hulu live. It's not just Hulu. Exactly. Yes. So then I looked up online and it was like, you can find this on because it's on, I guess it's on E. And so then, because I'm at my parents house, I was like, great. Well, this is perfect because they have like the Xfinity all access or whatever. Oh, wonderful. Thanks, parents. Yeah. So I ended up watching one and a half episodes because we're, one of them, Bravo also broadcasts it. Did you know that? No, I didn't. Oh, interesting. Okay. Huh.

Fascinating. This is, there's a whole Lisa Vanderpump thing to unpack here. I was surprised it wasn't streaming on Peacock. I was like, oh, no brainer for Peacock. I thought that was really weird. I think it's a bad sign for Lisa Vanderpump that you can't really find her new show. And then I didn't, I didn't even know it was on Bravo. Like, that's not, that's not great. I mean, weird if you're listening to and you don't know, but Lisa Vanderpump was one of the first, was the first cast of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. She was on the show for a long time until she had a falling out with the other women over dog ownership, to just put it very simply.

She's the proprietor of several restaurants in Los Angeles, including Sir, which is the basis of the television show of Vanderpump Rules, whose future is unclear in the wake of several staff members being fired from the show and presumably the restaurants. and we're sort of at this weird point with Lisa Vanderpump where she's like she's famous, but like do we still care about her? And so,

Amelia, do you want to explain the premise of this television show? Yes. So I guess, you know, E is like, hey, we have got nothing once the Kardashians leave

after this season. They're going to Hulu, people. They're going to Hulu, but they're making it seem like it's ending forever. Anyway, so every, every episode has like a theme and the one of the ones that I watched was the south of France,

I guess. Yes, the first episode, the theme was Provence. And Lisa and her family lived in the south of France before Los Angeles, which is true. I actually was like, oh, right, I knew that. Oh, you did know that? Yeah. Oh, interesting. Okay.

Yeah. They used to have, like, clubs there. I think one thing about Lisa Vanderpump is actually, she and Ken, her husband, actually are successful, but her reality antics are so ridiculous that it makes. it seemed like a lie, which is like a weird part of like her reality TV persona that like she actually is successful, but she's so over the top on reality TV that you don't believe it. I, well, yes, because the first episode featured her coming out with like two ponies. And so she invites two celebrity guests over to her house and she makes them food with her daughter

Pandora and like Ken is there on the periphery just not talking as per usual. Never, never talks. And they just like eat the food that Lisa and Pandora make. And we get brief like interstitials of her making it, which I actually enjoyed. Me too. And then they just play games and ask questions with these like sea list celebrities. And that's a great description. There was a few callbacks to the Real House of Beverly Hills.

I don't know if you remember, but season one of Beverly Hills. Lisa's best friends with Adrian Maloof, who's her neighbor. Oh. And she's like teaching. Adrian had a cook and they make it like making a chicken and Adrian like tries to like wash the chicken with soap and water and Lisa's super horrified. And so I think the idea that like Lisa actually has like some facility in the kitchen that's like tied to her restaurant ownership. But they're actually really separate. Like you could be a restaurateur and like be a terrible cook. That's what yeah,

because I was watching this and I was like, oh my God. I didn't know she she actually is a cook. I know. I know. I know. It's a good one. I know. And I was kind of like is the point that she has like a tie to food and therefore restaurants, or she's supposed to seem like a domestic goddess who, like, has ponies and, like, is good in the kitchen. I wasn't sure what the message was. What did you think? I don't know. And they made it seem like, because at first, it seemed like they were maybe going to teach us a little bit of like her cooking skills. And I was like, oh, okay, cool. Like, I would love to learn how to make this cool drink you're making. And then they didn't, which was rude, I thought.

It was like an awkward dinner party because she had her quote unquote best friend Lance Bass there and his husband Michael Turchin. Then they also had Vivica A Fox, who's wonderful, and I find to be very entertaining. But Lisa had never met her before. So it's sort of like one was through a booker and one was actually her friend. And Lance is like deeply tied to like the Vanderpump world. He officiated Jackson-Britney's wedding after they fired their bigoted pastor from the role, whatever. that's for a different podcast.

But it was just super weird. It was just sort of like, does Lisa only have one friend that she could get to show up for this? Like, why is she inviting stranger Vivica A. Fox into her house? It was weird. And then they kind of really focused on Vivica A. Fox's career, which is great.

I mean, she's a good actress. But it was just kind of, she was like, well, she's been in this movie. And then they called back other movies that she was in throughout the night. And I was just like, okay, great. It was super weird. It ended up feeling like a Lisa Vanderpump and Bravo spin on like a Giata show.

And I would have really preferred a straight-up cooking show with Lisa Vanderpump. Like just- Same. That would have been actually interesting. Like I don't care about Lance Bass in like his relationship with Lisa. You know what's never a good idea? The Celebrity Dinner Party TV show. It just never lasts. It felt really dated too.

Yes, it did. I was like what I was like what year? is this for? Yeah, exactly. Like, this could have been 10 years ago and I would have been like, oh, okay, sure. And it was just, I don't, yeah, I felt as if they were just really, they're trying to throw everything at the wall and just be like, well, maybe this is going to work. And it just, because like there was a good portion of the first episode where Lance's husband was like, well, Lance always scares me, so I want to get back at him. And there was this whole, whole thing about him putting on like a horse mask and trying to scare Lance.

Yeah, all of a sudden it became a prank show. And I was like, I didn't come here for this. I know. That was like a good five minutes. And then he like hurt himself. And it was just like, okay, cool. And then I also thought it was interesting. I think they're kind of trying to make it like watch what happens live a little bit too

because she gets people like kind of drunk and then ask. some personal questions. Has these titled overserved. Exactly. And but none of the answers are ever that interest. Or it's like we already knew that. Like Vivacay Fox was like, I dated 50 cent. We were like, yeah, we know.

Yeah. And she had like a breakup story about how she found out like basically through the press essentially. That's what she said, right? Yes. And the thing is what works with Watch Happens Live is it's live. Even if it's not like happening like at 11 or whatever. it's a lot of the tape, very quick turnaround, similar to most late night shows.

With this, like, there's so much time for Vivic A Fox to be like, I don't really want us that to be out there. Like, please edit that out. And not, but I know anything about the editing, but, like, people won't go on the show if they feel like they will be sold out, right? So, like, they're not, they're not actually going to reveal anything particularly juicy. And it just was sort, it just seemed to me like NBC Universal has a deal with Lisa Vanderpompe and they don't, they don't really know.

know what to do with her. And someone came up with this. It seems like Lisa would pitch herself, but it's just a really bad idea. And I guess my question is like, what would you want from Lisa Vanderpump at this point? In addition to an actual cooking show with her. Oh my God. Well, the cooking show truly is number one. I think I don't, maybe I don't know how many homes she owns, but she obviously has a very, just a personal aesthetic that seems to be everywhere, like in her restaurants and at her home. Like, She's really into outdoorsy kind of and the, you know, glittery chandelier stuff. It's like a tacky vineyard at all times. Yes, exactly.

I don't, I mean, maybe, see, that's hard because it's like no one really wants that, but it might be interesting to see her run like a design company. That's an interesting point. But, like, so then maybe give her like a Netflix show like extreme or that show that's with Sid and Shea called Dreamhouse Makeover or something like that. Yeah, yeah. there exactly my best idea for lisa vanderpump is like a like a live stream like a twitch live stream while the real house finds of beverly hills is going on where she's like this is what the

truth is like oh my god i feel like they should do beverly hills counter programming with lisa to like stoke the flames but of these beefs i would love that and to also like hear her talk shit because that's what i feel like we're really lacking in the housewives world right now is like some real like shit talking that is not going through the filter of like six months later And so I'm just like, let's get some, let's get Lisa Vanderum doing like a live after show for Beverly Hills. Wouldn't that be funny? I would love, that's a great idea.

I would love that. Yes. Oh my God. And she could have Brandy Glenville on. Are they talking or no? Who knows? Every ex-housewife could go on Lisa's show. That like actually is a good idea.

And that is. Because when you leave the housewife show, you're not like out of the orbit. You're forever a housewife, right? Like we're still talking about Vicki Gunvelson. the OG of the OC. Exactly. They're not doing enough out of that.

But it's just very weird. I feel like Lisa Vanderpump was on top of reality TV. And now I'm just like, I don't know where she goes from here. She was like the queen of Beverly Hills. I loved her. She was great on it. It is sad. And I saw a little bit of another episode with Tori Spelling and Jeff Lewis.

And it was like even worse than this episode. I was like, oh, my God. this is bad. And this is the best episode, there's problems. And I'm sure they were like, I'm sure it was not filmed in order. Seems like they're burying this. But again, why is it not on peacock?

It's like just like an obvious peacock. That's weird, yeah. Finish Housewives and auto plays this show. Sort of like on Disney Plus, the way like Wanda Vision ends and it auto plays Asia Ultron. Everyone's saying they're trying to get those numbers up. Like, I just feel like they could have been more strategic. I don't get it.

I don't get it either. And also, maybe pivot to her dogs. That's true. There was rumors of a Vanderpump dog spinoff for Peacock, by the way. Oh, well, maybe they should have done that. There's a lot of Bravo spinoffs, I think, coming to Peacock. Like, everything that's been rumored, like this Housewives mega trip with four different cities, New York, Atlanta, Beverly Hills, and O.C., I think.

All stars. Yes, that's for Peacock. This Winterhouse show, that's like the kind of seasonal equivalent of summer house is also for peacocks. Beacock is loading up on this housewives content. I think it's like kind of the wave has crested. It's like too little too late. It's not just housewife as Bravo content.

But it's fascinating to watch this play out. Yeah, it is. And you know what? I agree with you in that like at least that she's an interesting person. She's funny. I just wish that, you know, it wasn't this show because this show is not that good. No, it's really not. It's kind of worth checking out.

Like if you were just curious about like what's what's the afterlife of a, of a housewife. Oh, God. Otherwise, we say skip it. Thank you so much for listening to TV concierge. We'll be back on Friday.