Summer TV Surprises 2012: We didn't see this coming

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Honey Boo Boo gets us

When Honey Boo Boo decided that her male pet pig, Glitzy, might be gay, her sister Pumpkin (so named because she has pumpkin goosh in her head instead of brains, I assume) was appalled. "It ain't gon be gay," drawled Pumpkin. It was her best attempt at a sentence in the entire season, so yay for Pumpkin.

"It can if it want to," Honey Boo Boo Child replied defensively. "You can't tell that pig what to do!"

How very enlightened for a six-year-old whose best friend is her pregnant sister's unborn fetus. Honey Boo Boo, six-year-old Pig Rights Activist, there may be hope for you yet.

--Carina Adly MacKenzie, Zap2it
Aug. 30, 2012