Jon and Kate - 'The Show Must Go On!'

So this was the big announcement that was hyped all week about the special, hour-long “Jon and Kate Plus 8” episode!

Yes, sitting alone on the interview couch, Kate announced “The show must go on!”

I, and everyone else, thought the major announcement would be something dealing with the future of their marriage.

And they did mention that the Gosselin’s were separating, and that “legal proceedings were initiated to dissolve the ten-year marriage of Jon and Kate Gosselin” in a Pennsylvania court yesterday. Interestingly, the word “divorce” was never mentioned on the show.

But to me the announcement that stood out the most was Kate’s statement about the show continuing. And if you freeze frame her announcement (as I did), you see the slightest smirk on her face, as she makes the proclamation.

Then there was discussion about the show’s future, which will entail each of them doing their usual activities with the children, but that Jon and Kate will be doing them separately. Of course those activities will entail all sorts of “fun” trips and adventures, all provided for free for the Gosselins, in trade for the product placement.

So the kids will stay in their estate (I mean “house”) which according to both parents was bought strictly for them. Jon and Kate will take turns (according to an unannounced schedule) staying with them.

Where will Jon and Kate be when they are not with the kids? According to several reports Jon is in the process of renting a New York luxury apartment at Trump Tower with a riverside view. One has to wonder where poor Kate will have to live on her “days off.”

The hypocrisy of this show was never more apparent that when Jon (wearing his diamond studs) whined “We have soldiers dying in Iraq, and all they (the paparazzi) care about is what I eat for lunch.”

Of course a segment of the show in practically every episode did focus on the Gosselins preparing and eating lunch. In last night’s show the lunch was a picnic, so the kids could watch the men constructing their “Crooked Houses.” If you didn’t watch the show, don’t ask.

And what about the kids? Well both Jon and Kate assured us that they are terrific and that their future will be nothing but “beautiful” and “peaceful.” What I observed was a bunch of rich kids arguing and bickering on their way to becoming very, very spoiled. Can you imagine what they will be like as teenagers and young adults? Does the name Lindsay Lohan come to mind?

After the big announcement, there was a final segment which was unbelievably ironic. Yes, the whole family was going to an expensive restaurant for a “fine dining brunch.”

It was pouring outside and everyone looked miserable, as Kate yelled at them to pay attention while Cara was ordered to read the menu.

It may be a stretch, and I may have an overly-imaginative mind, but I immediately flashed to the final scene in "Godfather II,” in which Michael Corleone sits alone and looking very sullen, having defeated all his enemies and living in luxury on his gated estate.