Wife Swap has been well known for quite a few years on national television. It is a television show where the wives of two very different families exchange places for a week. This one special episode deals with a very unhealthy family and a food conscious family. The video focuses on the unhealthy families lifestyle and the son, Curtis, reaction to the health conscious wife.
The video begins with “King Curtis”, as he prefers to be called, lounging on a chair telling how much he loves chicken nuggets and anything fried. The father even expresses his desire for a salad to be fried. When asked what Curtis would like for breakfast, Curtis tells his mother he would like chicken nuggets for breakfast and she returns to the kitchen to make them. The father explains how physical fitness is not an important aspect to their family’s lifestyle. He says, “our biggest exercise is from the plate to the mouth.” The father also speaks of discipline and says “strictness equals resentment”.
The wife who replaces the unhealthy wife attempts to throw out all the junk food in the Holland household. “King Curtis” does not react well to this and goes on a rampage saying how all he wants to eat is chicken nuggets and refuses to let the “new” mother, Joy, to throw out his bacon. He claims “bacon is good for me”. After the new wife throws out his bacon, Curtis decides to pack his bags and leave. He spend the rest of the evening at his grandparents house eating chicken nuggets and returns home ready for a fight. He tells Joy he will not be on her team, but will be on his team of “having fun”.
Joy tries to introduce the family to exercise by making them go through a boot camp. It doesn’t exactly work out as planned and both Curtis and Mr. Holland storm off in rage when Joy tries to make the family demolish their junk food.
