Meet the Family

This is the funniest hidden camera show I've seen yet. The pranks in this show are hilarious I can't believe the stuff they do to these guys!

We watched this online and I liked it a lot. The show is about a girlfriend who brings her boyfriend home to meet her parents and brother and sister but it turns out they are actually pretending to be her real family and they are pranking the boyfriend who has no idea he is on a TV show. It seems simple and stupid but watching someone figure out that they are getting screwed with is funny, when they make them do all kinds of stunts. I guess the boyfriend will agree to do anything to make his girlfriend happy! I think sometimes the show could be more funny or make the guy do even crazier stuff or push him further before they give up and send him away to talk to the other people but for pure entertainment value it made me laugh which is more than most shows. It is a web show on City TV's web site.

This is a really funny show I wish I knew where I could find season two.

I can't help but feel for these guys on this show. They come to this house to meet their girlfriend's family for the first time and from the moment they arrive they end up getting tortured going from one situation and one crazy family member to the next. It is very cruel because these guys obviously are on their best behaviour and willing to put up with pretty much anything to get on the good side of their girl's family. I admit I laugh and a lot of it is funny but it is also sometimes kind of cruel for instance in at least one show they convince the guy that grandma died while he was alone in the room watching her and make him feel guilty about it. Best thing on City TV for the time being but sad to say that isn't saying much.

I have seen both episodes and I say this show is very entertaining if you are a fan of hidden camera shows. Unlike most hidden camera shows which play a prank on a bunch of people like on Candid Camera or Just For Laughs Gags, this show is about a girlfriend who sets up her boyfriend by inviting him home to meet her family for the first time. But of course her family is actually actors pretending to be her family. The reactions of these poor boys to the things that the family members get him to do are very funny. One episode had a mother who was drunk with two broken arms so he had to feed her punch from the big punch bowl and sing Christmas carols at the table because she wanted to pretend it was Christmas. You have to like your pranks a little mean because the father got fired from his job and got the guy to tape record his last will and testament and told the guy he was planning to kill himself, and the boyfriend looked like he was going to be sick. At the end of the show they tell him that it was just a joke and he wins money or a free trip. The show isn't perfect and could be better but as far as just laughing at a prank on someone it is very fun to watch.