The (not so) Simple Life

[@JordanFringe94]

Thanks so much for watching! Were you a fan of this show? If so, which episodes were some of your favorites?

[@cedricjones7560]

Please do a review on the suite life of Zack and Cody and the suite life on deck!

[@itsQUINNderful]

I remember it on TV but we didn’t watch it. My mom was obsessed with The Hills so that’s what I watched with her as a child growing up on the 2000s 😆 I hope you can do a video on the hills!

[@julesrules7297]

This takes place in my home state. Everyone in my high school would talk about and how embarrassing it is to be from Arkansas.

[@AD3SPG]

It was pretty random that I seen it and would just watch it on rainy days or hours before sleep cause of HS GOOD TIMES.

[@AKUNJIG]

I remember watching Paris being the Meteorologist since I lived in Central Maryland. It caught me by Surprise. 😂

[@julesrules7297]

I bought the first season of The Simple Life on DVD from a pawn shop as a teenager back in the day. The #1 thing I remember was Paris telling a kid she was babysitting, "If you do a really bad job, people won't ask you to do it again". I thought it was peak comedy as a teen and now as an adult, I see weaponized incompetence in several walks of life: work, parenting, housework in relationships. That advice was too real. Awesome as always, J Money. ⭐️

[@soulfireonfire6423]

Lol!!

[@innocentrage1]

That's how I got out of mowing the lawn

[@soilgrasswaterair]

How men do in the home so everything they don’t want to do their wife/female partner has go do instead. The famous Secnd Shift men force women into.

[@packnetadaija]

This show was ICONIC for the early 2000s like I don’t think kids these days know how big a chokehold Paris Hilton had in the early 2000s she was truly the definition of an it girl. It’s funny seeing Kim Kardashian being a huge it girl and things like that, but that’s because she went from following Paris around everywhere and cleaning her closet for her. This show was hilarious and thanks for covering it, I gotta look up and see if it’s anywhere :)

[@crab2195]

it’s so weird because we can all look back on Paris and most of us can admittedly say she was iconic but i honestly can’t see that being the case for Kim😭 Paris has come out and admitted that most of her “persona” was an act she put on for the cameras but for some reason it feels much more authentic coming from her than Kim. maybe that’s because Kim swears up and down that this is who she really is while Paris has always been pretty upfront about doing things for attention. somewhere inside Paris is a real person, inside Kim there’s just more Kim. that’s just my take tho🤷‍♀️

[@MylingCyrus]

The Kardashians are who they are because of Paris. Their dad being notable but not mainstream (what's his name anyway? Rob Kardashian is the son i think)

[@packnetadaija]

@@crab2195 oh yeah I mean its funny how there was a video where North called out Kim saying “that’s not your real voice” haha, I mean Kim tries to make it like it’s her, but yeah your right Paris made it just a persona

[@packnetadaija]

@@MylingCyrus yeah his name is Robert Kardashian, the son is a jr. Robert Kardashian was on the lawyer “dream team” for OJ Simpson during the OJ Simpson trial

[@hileyjohnson1901]

There used to be whole episodes on KZbin. Back during the height of the pandemic, when everyone was on lock down, I found them and rewatched them all. I don't know if they are still up, but they were a couple of years ago.

[@LivinMyJeffLife]

All I remember from this show is *"Wal-Mart? Do they sell walls?"* 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@RedDragonM1]

"CUT! Good read, Paris...can you try that again, but sound dumber?"

[@Madkalibyr]

Meeeee lol

[@theresacherco3503]

I always like that joke

[@thehutch7728]

I remember them changing the Sonic sign to something about salty anal wieners. 😂

[@SiriMontag]

@@RedDragonM1omg🤣🤣

[@tylernicoh13]

Oddly enough, my dad lives in this town. I was visiting him one summer and they were filming the show. We didn't really know what was going on but my dad pointed out Paris and Nicole and how there were hundreds of people around them for some reason. They cleared the crowds once filming began and these girls really dialed the dumbness down to a thousand. We all got to meet them and talk to them and they're actually pretty nice people.

[@crystalvanityinsanity]

I met Paris Hilton in March for her memoir signing. ❤❤ I religiously watched this show from the ages of 13 to 17. It was truly an iconic moment for me! Paris is so sweet and such a great listener. So glad to see how she's come. I love that Nicole came to Paris's wedding ❤

[@AliJ]

Paris Hilton was an unstoppable force in the 2000s

[@Ervinabrahamian]

She was one of those ugly girls everyone would fuck if faced with the opportunity, myself included lol

[@KingNexusMOCs]

Lmao No, she wasn't. She was a joke.

[@ari.the.fairy.art.13]

Is* she's still an icon and always will be 💖 Especially with the y2k style resurgence. Also that she and Nicole have both branched into multiple other financial opportunities that give them other recognition besides the intial introduction via The Simple Life.

[@powerviolentnightmare5026]

Paris was just there. She didn't do anything special. I don't remember anything she did. Know nothing about her except that she's rich. She was just there. A constant in life.

[@packnetadaija]

She really was!

[@MsClaudiaDuran]

I watched MTV/VH1 religiously in the early 2000's. Not a day went by that they didn't discuss Paris and Nicole. My opinion of them was meh, at best. Then, I caught an episode of The Simple Life, completely by accident. Wow! I was taken aback by how kind, humble, and downright funny they were. I thought they were gonna be snobby, mean girl types. No way! They showed up, leaned into the comedy, and didn't take themselves too seriously. They didn't make fools out of innocent bystandars or their working-class, blue-collar hosts. Rather, they made themselves the butt of the joke, and they were so kind to everyone.

[@MissDarlaDeville]

Well said

[@packnetadaija]

You brought up a very good point! I also loved MTV and VH1 back then

[@TheCamSays]

This series was just three seasons of Paris and Nicole doing IRL shitposting and it’s probably my biggest guilty pleasure show even if I don’t like reality TV.

[@pinky1068]

it was 5 seasons

[@madamedutchess]

The early-mid 2000s was a golden age for reality shows. Lots of fun watching this when it first aired.

[@octogonSmuggler]

I like Paris Hilton. She's actually super kind and smart. When she does movies, she's been known to donate the use of her entire wardrobe as well as funding, and that's honestly amazing. She's not even that bad of an actress tbh. I mean, she's not the best or anything, but she's not as bad as people make her out to be. She's honestly pretty great as a person. I've never heard a story of someone interacting withher and her acting like an awful human.

[@pineapplepapercrafts]

I didn't know she let then use her clothes. That explains a lot about repo the genetic opera. I knew they used her wardrobe for a lot of the costumes. But I didn't know she did that on the regular. That's kinda cool. 😊

[@please_im_a_staaar]

I mean she was a notorious bully in the 2000's as well as said a lot of homophobic things. She's also kind of petty. She's still going around talking shit about Lindsey all these years after their feud. Girl, move on 🙄

[@Witchmee]

Yeah she actually just plays dumb blonde lol. But people eat it up 😂

[@ShadyGrandson]

Yeh I noticed she donated her entire wardrobe for her movie 1 night in Paris

[@HolyCreamPuffs]

Lindsay Lohan would like to differ

[@BrainSlushTV]

My Sister would watch this show all the time growing up and of course as the only boy I pretended like it was a stupid "girly" show but deep down inside i was enjoying it and had a lil crush on Nichole 😂

[@coralee1577]

I love that 😂 my fiance does that now. I re watched it not too long ago and he's like 'wtf is this' and then ended up watching all the seasons with me 😄

[@mattalan6618]

@@coralee1577 i broke up with my girlfriend after she wanted me to watch with her

[@coralee1577]

@@mattalan6618 if that's your sole reason that's pretty pathetic. A simple no thanks would suffice I'm sure.

[@manicpepsicola3431]

​@@mattalan6618 good because shes going to glow up big time from your bug ass 😂

[@TheKingOfRooks]

​@@mattalan6618don't be a bitch, I watched America's Next Top Model with my girlfriend and it was fun af just making fun of shit with her

[@m.haynes]

Nicole was always my fave with her outlandish humor. Gave me confidence back then to just be myself

[@SixSonn]

Is it just me or does Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie seem 1000x more relatable than any "influencer" today?

[@QueenofPutrescence]

I loved this show so much! Even though Paris said she played up the ditzy blonde roll, I could see that she was a kind and genuine person. I'd love to binge watch this again. Could netflix please pick it up?

[@annebruecks7381]

Oh my God. I watched so much Green Acres back in the day on Nick at Night! The episode I remember best is when they finally went back to the city, it was the wife who wanted to go back to the farm!

[@apeeezyy__]

Take a drink every time Jordan says “simple”.

[@JordanFringe94]

you'll be drunk too fast lol

[@fionahunter1669]

I also came out in the December of 2003. Same age as the Simple Life. Good to know

[@Sophie-nz9fz]

I was OBSESSED with this show

[@diy_cat9817]

It's crazy to think how comfortable people were at joining in on the humiliation of 22 year old girls having their trust betrayed and intimate moments plastered onto every screen. That's so wild and gross.

[@Goomyx1492]

Paris Hilton earned some respect from me when she appeared in Supernatural as essentially a parody of herself, where she also turned out a pagan creature that was killing people. But she had some lines about how ridiculous it was that "she was what now passed as idolatry". I mean I'm sure the line was just written for her, and it wasn't exactly her thoughts. But the fact that she was willing to do it earned her some points imo

[@manicpepsicola3431]

Dude shes like actually really cool and is amazing to her employees as well

[@vogelvrouw]

That episode was so fun

[@Olivia-bl8ez]

I was watching a show on Vice yesterday where Paris Hilton’s old media manager in the 2000s said the first thing Paris ever said to him was, “I’m in on the joke” so let’s keep the joke going.

[@xprettyboix18]

To be fair 😂 falling off a horse is dangerous and you will feel like you died for a second especially being under said horse you riding 😂 my Kentucky horse riding gang speak up 😂 Paris is iconic

[@thexanderstandard5937]

I've been waiting for you to switch from animation to other media and I think the reality genre is a great place to start. Can't wait for your take on the survivor series and I hope you make a Fear Factor video someday!

[@weregretohio7728]

It's hard to look back at this show or anything involving Paris Hilton when you finally know and understand her story. It's a long one about abuse, trauma, and exploitation, and it's way too endemic to our culture.

[@blackzero786]

Paris Hilton was a big strong Woman who didn't need no man to tell her what to do. She is fully capable of making her own decisions.

[@octogonSmuggler]

@@blackzero786 Not when she was a child and teen, though. She was very sadly abused. Being born with a silver spoon doesn't mean that a person can't experience the same things as some who isn't in the 1%. Even the 1% of our population are whole humans with feelings and needs the same way the rest of us are.

[@RecipeRepository]

​@blackzero786 It doesn't really matter how much money you have when your parents "sending" you to a reform camp is a pair of men literally pulling you out of your bed in the middle of the night and carrying you out your front door and into a van.

[@BullwhipBobbyLove]

I always skipped this show but this was a cool retrospective. At least I'm filling in gaps of knowledge while poopin

[@TheConcertCruizer]

My friend’s band did that song you hear in the show, Miss Hilton.

[@xragdoll5662]

Penfifteen club? Had it on my iPod for years lol

[@irvin966]

Jordan Fringe you Genius! Thank You!!! 😍🫶🏻😘

[@tuskmite]

"Hi, we can't come to work today, we're very tired. Bye gorgeous"

[@zacharytrich8084]

A new Jordan Fringe video.... That's hot.

[@jeremyhagan7698]

I loved this show own every episode on dvd and still rewatch it as a reminder of better days 😊

[@Kek-fn1jh]

The Simple Life would not have been the same had Nicole not done it with Paris. She’s comedy gold! ❤

[@MitchGP]

NEED the Jersey shore episode bro i need it

[@dirtygerty577]

i love how she falls off the horse and then the next clip is her saying.... luckily their is no internal bleeding... like come on give me a break HAHAHAHA

[@xragdoll5662]

I think the horse stomped on her too but I haven’t seen the show in yearsssss 😂😂

[@VictorHernandez-nj2lo]

As someone who grew up not having basic cable in the 90s-2000s, I would watch whatever was on basic TV at the time. I've only seen a few reality shows on Fox & the WB network( now called the CW network). I've seen this, season 2 of Surreal Life, & the first 2 seasons of Beauty & the Greek. As I grew older, I stopped watching reality TV

[@KingBongsly]

I saw those gas prices from 2003 and remembered my aunt complaining about that back then I bet if I pulled her from the past to show her gas now she'd go crazy filling up jugs of gas to preaerve

[@TeruteruBozusama]

When I was a kid gas/petrol was mostly 6 nok per liter, and in the 2010s it became 11nok and a guy interviewed on TV said "if the price ever goes over 12 nok, I refuse to ever drive again!" and now the prices are usually around 20nok..! I wonder if he's still driving to this day..!

[@emmajones6482]

i am so ready to see you talk about jersey shore!!! favorite show in the entire world

[@bZman]

I remember all the commercials for this show, never watched it myself because I hate reality TV but excellent review!

[@Chrissydigi]

I just got done watching season 1-3 for the hundredth million time and I'm so happy this episodes up now. I'm so excited for the survivor one!

[@itsQUINNderful]

Okay now I want you to do The Hills 😂

[@101iswhatsup]

"Thin on Thoughts" sad beautiful alliteration.

[@nicodemusfleur]

Great vid! And on a sidenote, I can't WAIT for your Jersey Shore video -- that show legitimately is one of the funniest shows I've ever seen, completely unironically.

[@devinlowe3495]

Top notch stuff Jordan! Took me right back to my childhood

[@dragoon1090]

That's hot. This show was really popular 20 something years ago. It's a pretty funny concept ngl.

[@lauradeveau5807]

As a French Canadian, I find it fitting that one of the very few “spin off” shows we’ve made is of simple life.

[@catcollarsareadorable]

As a French Canadian cat, same

[@lisa-mariebibeau1216]

C’était avec qui déjà ?

[@lauradeveau5807]

@@lisa-mariebibeau1216 Jacynthe Millette-Bilodeau & Anne-Marie Losique

[@yoshi5I4]

That’s such an interesting idea to make a reality show like a comedy I’m surprised nobody has done it since to my knowledge and also as a huge fan of cows I highly approve the sheer amount of the moos in the earlier half of this video 🐄🐄

[@brandoniswhoiam]

Iconic legends.

[@gretchenwieners7023]

17:12 the gas prices 🥺🥹😮‍💨

[@davidmoralez209]

Thank You!!! Paris for taking reality TV on the way you did!!! I ❤️ your spirit ✨️ your Grandfather would be so proud of you and how you consistently pivot and dominate 🎉 I ❤ your Advocacy work your a doll Boss!!

[@FoxRivers778]

I don't know all that much about Nikki, but I can't believe the show would have been as big a hit without Nicole Richie. Those two played off each other so well, and the chemistry between them just worked, so it was a tragedy that they would eventually have a falling out after being friends for so long.

[@madisonj683]

I wasn’t even born when this show came out but I started watching it during lockdown and now it became my comfort show

[@barbiecarrico2092]

I'm telling you this is the best realest an d by far the funniest show EVER.. LOVE YOU BOTH BUNCHES

[@darkemperordraksis4305]

I literally just was watching an American Dad retrospective by The Anime Academic where he mention Simple Life, and this videos appeared In my recommendations.

[@Mopheader6]

Yes thank you Jordan!!!

[@thomasrietzmann7653]

fun fact: the song "Jealousy" taken from Paris' 2006 studio album was about her relationship with Nicole (it was produced by Scott Storch)

[@carolitoffana]

This show is my comfort show when I'm sad

[@klydejohnson7520]

The walmart joke is funn cus literally ealier in the show they went to wallmart😂😂

[@tristanthetransgirlqueen2875]

I have every season on dvd except season 5 but i love this show 🥰💕

[@TheDawnofVanlife]

Ahhh, so remember this show. At least the first 3 seasons. Paris and Nicole get mad respect for me now for the personas they created for the series. It could have been cringe, but they were actually funny and willing to make a joke of themselves.

[@urgh9822]

Watching this show is such a vibe... it's pure comedy 💗

[@blessedbythebest1003]

I loved the fashion If you’re in your thirties rn you get the humor because we wernt built sensitive then. ✊🏿

[@hugdaddy3038]

Paris Hilton is the only one who referred herself as "iconic" in public, gotta love her confidence lol

[@FreckledFantasy666]

This show is somehow FREE ON TUBI!!!! And I 100000% rewatched the whole thing! “James”😂😂😂😂 I love love love love love Nicole !!!! She was the real icon honestly “I’ll do you have favour, you keep the $5 I’ll take the $20”

[@soulfireonfire6423]

Thanks I am going to watch it right now. I used to LMAO!! They were funny!!!

[@chasehavensmusic]

I know you have a lot of shows to review, but at the end of the day you're Just Jordan. Please review Just Jordan!

[@DaisyPusher]

Idk.. when I was younger I thought of them as pranking the people around them more than just playing characters. Especially the way Nicole would always have that smirk. No? 🤷🏼

[@leizylromero]

It seems like Paris didn’t want to do the show anymore and self sabotaged it 😂

[@Alejandra.answers]

This show was and is ICONIC I loved it so much 💖 the kardashian should take notes

[@rheannuhh24]

My great aunt (who passed at 27 yrs old bless her) was dating the green acres dude PRE green acres, when he was at the u of m. My great gramma told her to break it off and marry someone "who has a stable financial future" 👀 oh the irony there. I mean, this was in the 30s though so like 🤷‍♀️ i get it, she wanted the best for her daughter. But maaaaan, my dad said years later after auntie passed and GA dude made it big, my gramma called up my great gramma and was all "???" 😂

[@henriquejambu]

The Brazilian version was actually amazing, I loved it as a kid

[@TheRealArrendondo]

I didn’t know the til death do us part spin off existed or the goes to camp version..also.. Of course they send them to Appalachia….had to make it as backwoods as possible…also I know Paris was trying to make money and have fun but she sold herself so short as far as the court of public opinion she’s actually really smart and not as ditsy as one may think

[@TheRealArrendondo]

Me and my mom loved the original and road trip version

[@xragdoll5662]

There’s an episode where they get lost (Paris, Nicole and a camper, I guess) and she calls in air forces or something and says she’s in the middle of the woods with a bunch of trees ‘and stuff’ and asked to bring McDonald’s 😂😂😂 haven’t seen it since it premiered but I always remember that lol

[@rhonnichan]

I now need Jordan to deepdive Flava of Love 🤣

[@Housewarmin]

A show like this would never work today. It comes acress as tone-deaf. Instead every celebrity has a a travel show now, like Zac Effrom or Eugene Levy.

[@babyfaceweeb8937]

I mean. Keeping up with the Kardashians is still on air and thriving.

[@tyler1578]

No cap on God frfr, use my wife as a resource for the jersey show vid. Woman has been rewatching that show since it debuted. Aka she's super excited for that vid. Loved this vid, simple life was my dad's guilty pleasure when I was growing up. Great content dude.

[@arthurdurham]

Before the rise of social media we really did believe these personas of celebrities. Everyone thought we were laughing at them and these characters were geuine. Like we knew that all the reality shows of "spoiled" or "stupid" people but we also didn't really believe it then at took it as reality. In hindsight they were the ones laughing all the way to the bank.

[@maccamachine]

Another great video man you should cover more early 2000’s reality type shows and stuff like that

[@moccalou]

I was still a teen when this came out and didn't quite understand reality TV yet... or at least how pervasive it was at that time... and I was always so perplexed by how nice everyone was to Nicole and Paris despite how many rules they broke. It was definitely entertaining to see them get away with everything.

[@pawpkulture]

Yessss!!! I needed this:')

[@elena_1776]

Up until right now I genuinely thought there were only 3 seasons lol

[@AKUNJIG]

Never knew that there were two more seasons of the show. My Sister was obsessed wirh the show. It was funny to watch. My favorite moment being that Paris was on FOX45 my Local Station one morning and it was the talk on the Bus.

[@rodger2275]

The simple life. I heard of this, but never watch it. Cool video, Jordan Fringe. I guess I was too busy doing other things, to watch.

[@Phostings1]

Oh god I love this show. I grew up quoting a lot of what paris and nicky would say. Those girls are unhinged and I love it! Just too bad they split up.

[@VictorHernandez-nj2lo]

I never knew there was a 3rd, 4th,& 5th season until now 😮

[@Jaxionisnum2]

I wish I watched this back then but I was too young back then to find it interesting until I found some hilarious KZbin edits It’s so entertaining seeing them cause chaos where ever they go😂

[@bobbyrosken]

That was filmed in my home town! It was massive news here

[@bedsidearts]

I didn't watch this in orginal run (I was too cool 😂) but a few years ago I watched a season or two and got really into the performance art the two did together

[@rileyparker1750]

I AM SO HERE FOR YOUR SURVIVOR VID (love all your content but that was the show that was on for me as a kid)

[@lerdog]

OMG A SURVIVOR VIDEO WITH OVER 7 HOURS I'M GONNA DIE

[@dnickx]

I am from Uruguay and I remember the Uruguayan version. Our first season was a complete carbon copy of the first season, the second one we had was based on the third season. The main thing is that it was completely scripted, the producers copied EVERYTHING that happened in the original series and instead of being a reality was a scripted comedy series.

[@mishaa7263]

I sat next to Kathy Hilton on a plane from Vegas to LA when I was 10 and she said, "you remind me of my daughters" and she was nice to me the whole time lol

[@Caittycat]

how did i miss this?!! what a video!

[@lauramarschmallow2922]

I think 23 days is more impressive than 82 hours in prison.

[@KvnHcks]

Ke$ha was one of the hosts family in season 3

[@helenagackowska8398]

I really feel for Paris. She was so traumatised and failed by the institution she was thrown into as a teenager.

[@mermaidreviews4693]

I loved this show as a teenager I even had it on dvd

[@longlivebeans]

I miss this era of rich people. Now they all think they’re iron man.

[@TheWoodPile98]

Id love to see you cover lavenders castle. Just stumbked across this stop motion show the other day, and i think youd like it

[@wezley3974]

As a viewer, super hyped and cannot wait for the next vid ! Unfortunately the most recent series ended up on streaming services due to the pandemic, leading to me unable to view the show past season 40: winners at war :( Beyond that season unfortunately there were no good game twists or gimmicks to make the season memorable. But Hell yeah the show was great and good for nostalgia !

[@klydejohnson7520]

Paris walked so kim k could run😂😂 ill have paris over any kardashian they r deathly annoying😂

[@onesweetlovexo3689]

Yess

[@NoUploadJustComment]

David Letterman's interview with Paris Hilton is legendary. I highly recommend watching it.

[@Likeomgitznich]

Legendary for Letterman being a twat.

[@Randompersonnumber3]

Considering Survivor is one of my current obsessions. This should be fun. Season 44 is finishing next week!

[@theresacherco3503]

I remember watching the simple life and 2000 Paris Hilton that hot