Hot Springs Hotel

I absolutely HATE when the Director and\or Cameraman can not hold the camera steady. Watching this show could give someone whiplash with all the twisty camera work. I also don't condone the self-mutilation of silicone implants, which almost every woman in this show seems to have. The Producers (the Dudelson brothers) did a much better job with their "Compromising Situations" show. I hope Showtime cancels it soon.

IMDb describes it thus: "Brother and sister, Randy and Kat, own the Hot Springs Hotel and along with Kat's friend Lacey get into all kinds of shenanigans with their staff and customers". This accurately sums it up, through I'd coin a new word, shaganigans.

The star of the show is Randy (Robert Vitelli), a clear case of nominative determinism, plus numerous sexy female staff and guests he seduces with minimum effort. It makes no claim to intellectual rigour, or even competent storytelling, plot hole pedants could have a field day. Randy and occasionally other men make love to girls whose names are not revealed, their role in the story (such as it is) is not explained, and whom we never see again.

I've watched most episodes twice, purely in the interests of research you understand. My infallible babe-ometer registered two which, as it were, give the most bang for your buck:

7 Rock Star. Handsome rock star Trent (Phillip Rhys Chaudhary) checks in to have a rest from female attention, only for several fan club girls to catch up with him. He beds a gorgeous brunette and five minutes later an equally lovely blonde, but not before Randy has opened the batting with a lengthy bath scene.

13 Layout. Randy hits on the idea of an illustrated brochure, possibly motivated by the opportunity to get girls to strip off, naturally he's the photographer. Most notable for an erotic scene with the best looking babe in the series (curly hair, brunette/redhead) didn't catch the name. As is usually the case this happens after barely a minute, so there is time aplenty for another two sex scenes to make up the typical quota.

So I'm flipping through channels late at night and I come across this strange show with naked women, little plot and bordering on Amateur filmmaking. Sounds bad, right? It is. But it also has a certain campy feeling. It's sickeningly entertaining. So much so that my friends come over to my house ever week now to watch it, not even for the naked women so much as just to see what strange scheme they'll concoct next in a blatant attempt to show nudity. It's not so much the nakedness itself as the trials and tribulations it takes to get there. I'm not altogether sure why I like this show, but I'm sure Showtime's getting the $20 back they put into each episode, and I for one hope they keep doing it.

I catch reruns of this on Show2 and couldn't resist a comment or two. This is one of the corniest shows I've ever seen, and I'd even say it might be numero uno. The plots, characters, and story lines are worse than most porno films. One example is the cheesy theme song that sounds like it was written by a 8 year old, (brother Randy is always horny as hell... at the Hot Springs Hotel... Hot Springs Hotel) Here's a typical story, the three main characters are brother and sister who own a hotel and their busty side kick at the front desk. Well, brother sees a sexy babe follows her to her room and you can guess what happens next, then switch to sister in bed with latest boy friend and she wonders if he sees other women, then switch to scene not related to the story of sidekick in bed with a man she's just met at the gym, then finally a long encounter between sister and boyfriend after he tells her he's not cheating on her. Another story has inspectors threatening to close the hotel, well brother Randy bangs the woman inspector and then the woman inspector shows up with the man inspector in just her bra and thong panties and yeah, you guessed it. It's all so stupid and innate it's hilarious. The women's nude scenes are very nice, and despite other reviews not always silicone based, although the two women who are the main characters are silicone city. Frontal nudity is non-existent, guess this is to get it by the Showtime censors, yeap they have censors too, otherwise uncut Vivid Video movies would have been shown a long time ago. Some of the sex scenes are laughable, in one scene the woman's womanly parts would have had to of been in the middle of her back to make the action possible, in another they would have had to be above her naval. I guess they did this so they could say they were just "nude cuddling" and not in a sex act, once again to slide it by any censors. Anyway it reminds me of that old country music show Hee Haw, which not only tried to be corny, but relished in it. Esp. after this one show with a cheesy "Southern" Girl, with this really bad southern accent, who brother Randy.. well you know. Check this out if you want a good laugh and are not offended by sluts and TnA.

This is some of the finest television going. I swear! Sure it is sexist, and a poor excuse for soft core porn, but the entertainment value is off the scale! There is nothing better to do than sit back on a Saturday night and laugh my ass off at this completely ridiculous show. I think there need to be more series like this one!