Well, I need wonder no more. Because after watching yet another old episode of Martha Stewart Living on the Fine Living Network (FLN if you have DirecTV), I noticed that the show immediately following it was called Whatever, Martha! Intrigued by the title (Whatever, Martha!? What could this possibly be? A show where Martha tackles whatever? But then why the comma, and why the exclamation point??), I left it on, and to my wonder and delight, I found my new favorite television show of all time. Really. You see, Whatever, Martha! is not a show where Martha does whatever. It is, instead, a show where Martha’s daughter, Alexis (beautiful, blond, monotone, sarcastic voice; picture one of the Gossip Girls fifteen years later), and her best friend, Jen (slightly overweight, not nearly as cool, but deliciously snarky), sit on a couch and watch old episodes of Martha Stewart Living, and make fun of everything that Martha says and does. Oh, and then they try to follow one of Martha’s cooking/crafts segments, and they totally f--- it up just like any other normal person who tried to follow it at home would (e.g., Alexis and Jen try to blow giant bubbles using paint, soapy water and straws. Alexis utterly fails, but Jen figures it out, yelling victoriously that all of you crafty people out there can suck it!).
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Risa Green, author of Tales from the Mommy Track on MommyTracked.com, lives in Los Angeles. In the last four years, she has produced two children, called Harper and Davis, and two novels, called Notes from the Underbelly and Tales from the Crib. Her third novel will be published next year.
