Wife Swap

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Wife Swap, Yonts/Jan-Turan: I Feel Pretty , by Sandy McFarland: Wife Swap is back! This is the show where two wives, from totally different environments, switch households to prove the point that they are both as odd as the day is long. It's the show where we see "real homes, real lives, and real drama!" If you believe all that, I have some old Compaq stock I am dying to sell ya!

Vacation Swap, Episode 1: Aspen Skiing Vs. Cow Field Camping , by Sandy McFarland: It's a twist on the Wife Swap format as two families swap Vacations! Watch what happens as a rich, pampered family swaps vacations with a down home trailer camping family. It's all inside!

Wife Swap, Episode 18, Cedarquist/Oeth: Welcome to the Nut House, by Kara Wild: This time, it's a twist on the country mouse/city mouse swap. A well-educated wife with a high-powered job (whose kids are naturally neglected automatons) swaps places with a wife who lives without electricity in a tree house (whose kids are naturally home schooled and uncontrollable). Will anyone learn anything? Find out inside!

Wife Swap, Episode 17, Patrick/Leierwood: War! What Is It Good For?, by Kara Wild: On this episode of Wife Swap, a pro-military family meets an anti-war family. Kara Wild brings us the scoop on the fun that happens when to opposing viewpoints collide.

Wife Swap, Episode 16, Flummerfelt/Bray: White Men Can't Strut, by Kara Wild: The Wife Swap promos say the show just keeps tackling the hot-button issues. Will that be true this week, as two interracial households trade wives and the various people trade barbs about what white/black men/women are supposedly like?

Wife Swap, Episode 15, Pyke/Smith: Rolling Over , by Kara Wild: It's a strange combination this week on Wife Swap. One family is mostly normal except the father works too much. The other family? The father doesn't work at all, and the entire family lives on the road in their RV bus. Find out how they deal, inside!

Reality TV Hall of Shame: Hypocrite, Thy Name is Kris – Kris Gillespie from ‘Wife Swap’ , by Kara Wild: Wife Swap is well-known for trading between families at polar opposites – rich and poor, religious and non, strict and relaxed. But when they swapped ultra-conservative religious wife Kris Gillespie with lesbian Kristine Luffey, viewers got more than they bargained for. In particular, Kris came off as one of the most mean-spirited, judgmental, and hypocritical people to ever appear on our TV sets.

Wife Swap, Episode 14, Boone Luffey/Gillespie: Not That There's Anything Wrong With That, by Kara Wild: Lizzie has two mommies – and one of them is swapping for an ultra-conservative bigot. Wife Swap breaks new territory in the opposites-trade-places routine when Republican Condoleeza Gillespie trades places with lesbian Kristine Luffey. It isn’t pretty.

Wife Swap, Episode 13: Fontaine/Herman - The Clutter Shall Set You Free, by Kara Wild: I knew it was too good to last: Both families going into The Swap wanting to learn something and, you know, learning something. This week we have a family that learns, and a family that wants nothing more than to pity all families in the world not like theirs. See how long it takes to figure out which is which.

Wife Swap, Episode 12: Parsons/Bramhall: The Kids Aren't All Right, by Kara Wild: This week is a bit of a twist on the ol' Wife Swap format, as we get a single mom whose kids are rowdy and the house unkempt swaps with a married woman who lives in perfect order. It's not MUCH of a twist, but we'll take what we can get.

Wife Swap, Episode 11: Burkhalter/Elliott - Can't We All Just Get Along? Yes, We Can!, by Kara Wild: Wife Swap continues in pattern, swapping strict moms with those who are more laidback in the area of discipline. This week North meets South once again, and the results are slightly more satisfying for our "Swap" weary recapper, Kara Wild. But she has come through with a detailed recap for you once again despite her ennui!

Wife Swap, Episode 10: Aguirre/Ray: What Is This "Bible" Thing They Keep Talking About?, by Kara Wild: When Wife Swap Scenarios Collide! It's insane clean woman vs. laid back, messy woman. In a strange twist, the clean woman is ALSO a fundamentalist Christian who thinks everything is evil. If you act now, as an added bonus we'll throw in a domineering husband at NO EXTRA CHARGE! This fabulous offer awaits, inside!

Wife Swap, Paiss/Davis: Same Show, Only Hairier, by Kara Wild: This time, Wife Swap exchanges husbands. But does that mean anything actually changes, or do the very different men still act like the very different women generally do on this show? Read on to find out how the biker hubby deals with the commune life.

Wife Swap, Harris/Van Noy: Real Men Scrub Lockers, by Kara Wild: This week's heavyweight challenge pits Dawn Harris of Oklahoma against Kym Van Noy of Texas. Dawn is a homemaker. Kym is the first wife on Wife Swap to have a full-fledged career independent of her family. Watch the sparks fly!

Wife Swap, Episode 7: Bittner/Reimer: Like Getting Hit With a Whacker, by Kara Wild: This week, Wife Swap pits Melissa Reimer from South Florida against Cindy Bittner from Virginia. Melissa is an ex-Navy wife who comes from a strict, vegetarian family and disciplines her five children with a leather strap known as "The Whacker." Cindy is a let-loose wife who eats junk food, loves to argue, and spoils her two daughters rotten. Let's get ready to ruuuuuuumble!

Wife Swap, Smith/Weiner: Survival of the Fittest, by Kara Wild: What happens when you take the wife of a family that eats nothing but junk food and trade her with one who exercises religiously? You get a new episode of Wife Swap, that’s what!

Wife Swap, Episode 5 - Ghanis/Stallones: Normal vs. the Nut, by Kara Wild: If cleanliness is next to godliness, the one of the women on this week’s Wife Swap would have been a saint. Somehow, it doesn’t turn out that way. So how does it turn out when the Ghanis and Stallones trade wives for a week? Read on to find out!

Wife Swap, Episode 4: Cowed By Your New Life, by Kara Wild: This week on Wife Swap, wife Christie learns that “milking it” doesn’t necessarily apply to having her husband bring her breakfast in bed, and can, in fact, refer to milking cows. Meanwhile, wife Audrey struggles with the boredom that comes with being waited on hand and foot.

Wife Swap, Episode 3: When Beavers Go Up in Smoak, by Kara Wild: What happens when a Southern gun-toting, hard-working family accepts a tree-hugging animal rights activist into their home? And how about when the reverse occurs? Does anybody learn anything?

Wife Swap, Episode 2: It's Me Time, by Kara Wild: Last week on Wife Swap, a slob and a neat freak changed places and learned and grew. Or so they claimed. This week, it’s country vs. city, and two worlds really do collide. Will “city wife” learn how to clean and cook for the first time in eight years? Will “country bumpkin wife” adapt to living like a millionaire heiress? Meet the real world. No, not Bunim-Murray's Real World. The real world of Wife Swap!

Wife Swap, Premiere Episode: Meet the Felix and the Oscar Households, by Kara Wild: It’s the special premiere episode of ABC’s take on the idea of trading your wife for a couple weeks. In this first look, what happens when a woman who spends five hours a day cleaning swaps with one who has 24 pets and does no chores?

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