Long time readers of my blog will remember when I used to hate-watch the Discovery Channel faux-docuseries Amish Mafia, a program about the clandestine machinations among the Pennsylvania Dutch Amish and Mennonite communities. The show was silly, it was offensive, it was hilarious, it was blasphemous. It was one of Discovery’s hottest shows, and then,…
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Episode reviews about the trashiest fake reality show being broadcast today. Tune in for the adventures of Lebanon Levi and the rest of his crew.
The last, sad, remaining Amish Mafia story
For three years, I had fun reviewing the godawful trashy reality show Amish Mafia, the program that purported to reveal the secret society within a secret society – the crew of enforcers and thugs and gangsters among the Plain Folk of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. I had a lot of fun reviewing and snarking on those…
Read MoreI need Lebanon Levi as a language tutor…
Last Saturday, as I dropped off my artworks and entries at the New York State Fair in Syracuse, I planned for a “driving break” at some point on my way home. I didn’t feel like stopping at Turning Stone Casino (Exit 33) or Hamilton College (Exits 32 or 31), but by Exit 29 I was…
Read MoreDonald Trump, meet Lebanon Levi
Please tell me this isn’t true. Oh wait… maybe it is true. And if it is, it’s even funnier. Apparently, in an attempt to influence party votes in certain swing states, a new political action committee has been established – its goal is to get Amish and Mennonites to the polling places, and hopefully to…
Read More“The Rise and Return” – an Amish Mafia sequel?
Background. A few years ago, I had fun doing a snark-filled episode review of the Discovery Channel fake-reality TV series Amish Mafia. The show purported to pull back the curtain on the secret culture of Amish and Mennonites in South Central Pennsylvania. For four seasons, we watched the wacky adventures of Lebanon Levi King Stoltzfus…
Read More“Amish Mafia” book review: Amish Confidential
See, unlike the Discovery Channel, who essentially unpersoned Amish Mafia as if it never ever existed… I’m still finding a way to do reviews of the show. Well, at least one more review, barring any sort of “Merlin and Mary Take a Road Trip” spinoff, or if Paul and the horde of unwashed Kentucky Amish…
Read MoreAmish Mafia episode review: “Amish Confidential” (Levi writes a book)
Wait, I thought I was done. Well, maybe I’m not. Because after I reviewed what aI THOUGHT was the final episode, there’s a final “final” recap episode. Man, this show won’t die, will it? The announcers reveal that Lebanon Levi King Stoltzfus has been living a doppel leben – a double life, with a child…
Read MoreAmish Mafia episode review: “The End Is Near”
And just like that… after four seasons, a Christmas episode, a two-hour exorcism special, and a lot of snark… the show is over. Last night’s episode – and a one-hour “Amish Confidential” post-series review – are the final offerings of Amish Mafia, the show that found a way to offend nearly everybody in South Central…
Read MoreAmish Mafia episode review: “Day of Reckoning”
Before I start this week’s Amish Mafia review, I want to wish former Amish Mafia star Esther Freeman Schmucker a speedy recovery; I understand she had a tumor removed from her bladder. Unfortunately, I suspect she still has that other tumor named MirKat still attached to her body. What, too soon? As always, the Amish…
Read MoreAmish Mafia episode review: “False Prophets”
So I’m wondering, before I start this week’s snark-packed Amish Mafia episode review… could the title of this episode be a mondegreen? A “mondegreen” is another name for a misheard lyric. You know, as in that Creedence Clearwater Revival song about a bathroom on the right. Perhaps the title “False Prophets” was misheard as “False…
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