Poor Bruce Jenner

It seems everytime I'm flipping through the channels on TV I come across E!'s "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" (see photo). No really, I come across it by accident... Anyhow, the show features the Kardashian family which is comprised of Mom (Kris), Dad (Bruce), daughters (Kim, Khloe, Kourtney, Kendall, Kylie), and son (Robert). Obviously big on the K's. The three oldest girls and Robert are children from Kris's first marriage to Robert Kardashian, the late Hollywood lawyer.

Step-dad Bruce is the Bruce Jenner, Gold medalist in the Decathlon in the 1976 Olympics. Okay, enough of the bio. Check out the website. My point is that every show follows an amusing (I'm embarrased to admit) formula:

1. The girls do something ridiculous
2. The girls don't tell Bruce about it
3. Bruce finds out and provides a moral base for the family

It's only natural that Bruce provides the solid foundation in the family, being the good conservative Republican that he is. Here's a sampler:

- Kris (accidently?) hires a stripper to be the nanny for the young girls
- The older girls go to Mexico for a photo shoot for Girls Gone Wild
- Khloe gets a DUI and ends up in jail for the night
- Kourtney almost gets married in Vegas, spur of the moment
- Khloe "adopts" a homeless man for the day, brings him home, gets him a shower, gives him some of Bruce's clothes, and makes Bruce take him to the dentist to get dentures

Of course Bruce eventually finds out about these things, but you can't help but feel sorry for the poor guy. A gold medal gets you crazy step-children and a homeless man wearing your best flannels? Amazingly enough, Bruce hasn't aged a bit since 1976 when he filmed this Wheaties commerical.



Can't say the same for John Belushi, though. Maybe the donuts were not such a good idea...