Son of the Beach: Seasons 1-2 (2000)

I love parodies as a rule, even cheesy ones like Howard Stern's Son of the Beach. (Season 1 recently turned from Save to Add status.) In this clearly intended spoof of Baywatch, everyone's name is a sex or toiletry reference, dialog is deliberately loaded line-by-line with double entendres, and the Arnold Schwarzenegger doppelganger makes many subconsciously en-Kampf-ortable exclamations. The show could have been cheesier and more ribald, even offensive, however; so at least they pulled out to shun that concept. (Rimshot. I mean, sorry.) Son of the Beach is a silly way for anyone 12-14 and above to pass the time, so long as the gaggle of women in thongs or negligees they stuff into one minute of every episode doesn't sprain anyone's eyeballs (or eyebrows). Enjoy! 3.5 stars. (10-15-2017)