Campisi family sheds all dignity for E! “reality” show

by Mike Orren

DALLAS — So last night, I was living the luxurious life of a media mogul, eating takeout appetizers and watching The Soup on E!. The next show coming on was a documentary of sorts about a wealthy Dallas family, examining the interpersonal relationships of its single paterfamilias and his daughters. Since it claimed to feature a Dallas family and since my dog was running around the living room with the remote control in her mouth, I decided to watch.

The show was Wildest Party Parents and featured Corky Campisi and his daughters and various girlfriends trapsing around town in a stretch hummer and a drunken stupor. The partying was punctuated with obviously scripted, but unconvincingly delivered soliloquies about family, love and happiness.

The show was filmed in Dallas and environs in December.

Response so far looks less than glowing:

Blogger Irene Done says: "as I watched, I actually felt 283 of my brain cells die. Maybe even a whole lobe, I'm not sure."

According to literary blogger Laurie Likes Books, "Anyone watching this half hour of awful television...what you saw does not represent the Dallas I know. "

According to me, "WTF?!?!?!!!"

I learned from the show that former Playboy Playmate Amber Campisi has really let herself go. And that no matter how rich and powerful I become (heh!) that I will never pole dance with my daughters.

For those who enjoy train wrecks, the show re-airs:

• Saturday, Jun 2, 11:30p
• Sunday, Jun 3, 2:30a
• Monday, Jun 4, 3:00a
• Wednesday, Jun 6, 8:30p
• Friday, Jun 8, 12:30a

As a public service, E! hasn't seen fit to make videos available online, but you can console yourself with the videos below. First, Tara Campisi's most recent birthday party. Second, Amber in hotter days.