The Fabulous Whale Wars

I watched a couple of shows last night, one the stalwart of hippie failure Whale Wars and then I watched The Fabulous Beekman Boys. Two domestic partners move to the country and try to make a living on a farm in New York.

First up failure was rampant last night on WW as they didn't fuel the Ady Gil when they had the opportunity which put everything into a bad position later on. Obviously they made the wrong decisions because that's what they do. They find the big processing ship and have the Ady Gil harass it while they try to get the Bob Barker closer to it.

One thing the hippies never thought of is that a big, new, state of the art ship like the Japanese have is faster than a fifty year old tub with patched up engines. They tried to keep pace with the Nisshan Maru but couldn't and they'd have to stop for four hours to refuel the best hope in the Ady Gil.

So they attempt a full speed launch of one of the zodiac boats, yes an inflatable boat to keep tracking the huge whaling vessel. They didn't factor in the rough seas and how that cuts down the speed of the inflatable boat, because they are ineffective of course. They have good intentions but they are the absolute worst high seas terrorists, ever.

So they try to launch the boat, they slow down a little and the Nisshan Maru puts another mile on them while the Ady Gil desperately needs refueled. After they lose time and another mile they radio the head loser, Paul Watson, and he gets mad because they did something more stupid than what he'd have done.

They then recover the boat because it's ineffectual, duh, and lose more time and distance! By this time the Japanese have gotten smart and have started closing in on the idiots with four high speed harpoon ships. Which, I kid you not, first mate idiot Pete Hammersomthing announces bravely to the camera, "if they get closer we'll consider it a threat."

Yeah, you are supposed to consider it a threat, it's the same thing you've been doing to them you moron. They are doing the same thing to you now and you are going to bow your back and get angry over it?!?! Good grief, you are lucky they decide not to sink your pathetic ships and attempt to rescue you idiots and put you on trial.

You either attempt to take out the big ship, Nisshan Maru and do it forever or you come up with a better plan because what you are doing now is funny for me to watch but I don't think that's what you are going for.

Next episode is when the Ady Gil is actually sunk. A shame because I like that boat a lot! Too bad it's in the hands of the hippies and will be doomed to fail as most everything they attempt fails.

Next up is the Beekman Boys. Amusing because of the personalities involved, there are some lovey dovey cringe inducing parts for me though. Brent used to work for Martha Stewart, now he and his partner Josh have done their version of Green Acres. Sort of, as they are wealthy and have purchased a virtual plantation to raise goats, cows, and pigs to eat and make products from.

The particular episode I enjoyed was when they had their pigs butchered. They both felt they had to witness the incident so they could be thankful and attached to the process so they didn't take the meat for granted. They did have homemade bacon which really kind of made me appreciate Josh a bit! I don't know if they made it or the butcher shop did but it looked like the stuff I made! Josh had no problems eating their pet pigs while Brent had to work himself up to raising two pigs again next year for more meat.

A decent show and as I said, it's entertaining because of the personalities involved and how they interact with one another.