Was that Jim Henson’s Animal on the Real Housewives of New Jersey Reunion?

Oh no she didnnnnnn’t!  Was Teresa at it again? Did she flip another table?  No! The shocking over-the-top meltdown did not even come from one of the Housewives, but from a Housewife sister (not to be confused with a “sister-wife,” that, as we all know is another reality show hot mess all together!).    NJ Housewives (and now family members), you never disappoint and this is why you are everyone’s favorite guilty pleasure!

So what happened last night on the Reunion Part I?  Well, let me start by saying I usually avoid the post season reunion episodes-I can only stomach so much arguing and cattiness-but something told me tonight’s episode was not to be missed (yes, those juicy commercials got me. Bravo, Bravo TV you reeled me back in).  The episode was a basic “let’s-all-gang-up-on-Teresa-Fest” (with good reason) mixed with a show and tell of the  latest nose jobs and lap-band surgery results until…the name calling went a little too far (involving some disparaging remarks about Kathy Wakile’s deceased father) and all of a sudden the drama gets interesting. Rosie, Housewife Kathy’s sister, can be heard storming around backstage, her voice getting louder angrier and more intense.  The camera cuts to a shot of a shadowy figure lurking behind the curtain then a close-up of Rosie trying to navigate very angrily backstage amid lights, and boom mics and other assorted professional AV equipment.  The subtitles reading “She’s walking. She’s walking.”  (ie: don’t let her on stage) Then Rosie’s response “Let me get the F*** out of here. Let me go.”  Then a feeling of deja vu came over me.  Where had I scene this wild, almost animal-like, out-of-control behavior in a backstage setting before?  Ohh that’s right?  Animal from the Muppet Show!  He’d always go berzerk and leave a mess for good ole Kermit (played here by host Andy Cohen) to clean up so the show could go on.

Video:  Is that Rosie or Animal?

Video:  Animal and James Coburn–maybe they should join the NJ Housewives?

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