Bristol Palin's unreality show "LIfe's a Tripp" is essentially "Sarah Palin's Alaska" part deux. Update!

For those who have assumed that this soon to be a ratings flop TV series was nothing more than a vehicle for the Grizzled Mama to get on the air again, it looks like you have been proven correct. 

The show is reminiscent of another Palin clan reality show, TLC’s “Sarah Palin’s Alaska,” which offered a carefully curated peek inside the former governor’s family life. Bristol’s show offers some of the same — shots of the Palins hanging outdoors in Alaska or spending time together at home — but there’s a bit more drama. 

Here are some Snowdrift Snooki appearances noted by Politico:

While discussing the plan with her youngest sister, Piper, their mother — casually dressed, hair piled atop her head — pops into the living room and encourages Bristol to go have “an adventure.” 

Later, Sarah teases Bristol and her other daughter, Willow — who’s also going to California — by singing the theme song to “The Beverly Hillbillies.” 

The second episode, for instance, gives a play-by-play of Bristol’s headline-making fight in an L.A. bar — a spat provoked by a heckler who called her mother an offensive name. The cameras follow Bristol, who has just ridden a mechanical bull, as she confronts the man, asks him if he’s a homosexual and eventually leaves in tears. “Mom, this is not fair and this is not fun,” Bristol later tells her mother on the phone. “And I’m so pissed off, Mom. The hate that we go through. How many times has this happened already?”  (Anybody still doubt this was setup?)

While Bristol is ostensibly the star of the show, Willow may be more interesting to watch. Largely kept out of the spotlight during her mother’s rise to fame, the 17-year-old comes off as fun-loving, fiercely independent and unconcerned about what others think. 

 Before moving to California, Willow laughs about quitting her job in Alaska via text message. 

“You quit by texting your boss? Willow!” her mom says. (Yeah the proper way to quit is to call an emergency press conference, only give the press 50 minutes to get there, and then give a bizarre hyperventilating speech that never REALLY answers why you are resigning. Gee Willow!)

Willow shrugs it off. 

In another scene, Willow and Bristol sit and chat with Sarah as she prepares for an appearance. “I have to go study,” Sarah says, asking the girls, “Do you have any advice on Syria?” 

“I don’t know what Syria is,” Willow says, smiling. 

To which her mom playfully replies, “Don’t admit that publicly, please, oh my God!” 

Actually which is more embarrassing? The fact that Willow does not know anything about Syria? The fact that her obviously unprepared mother would ASK her for advice about Syria right before giving a speech? Or the fact that there are people ignorant enough to believe that anybody as undereducated as Sarah Palin has anything to offer that is worth paying to hear her speak on the topic?

However besides being a vehicle for the  attention whore to once again use her children (and grandchild) to foist herself upon the American public, it is also an opportunity for the most famous abstinence only hypocrite in history to create her OWN family mythology.

As you’d expect, viewers also get a glimpse of Bristol as a single mom to her blond-haired toddler. Crying about how hard it is to raise a child alone, she says at one point, “It’s not fair to him that he has no one here except for me.”

Yes poor Bristol! If only she know how to answer her phone, or return a text message, she could have had Tripp spend time with Levi every weekend and several times a week, but gosh who understands such complicated technology?

This may be the ugliest part of the program (Yes even uglier than appearances by the Lunatic from Lake Lucille!), the part where Bristol uses the show to paint Levi as the deadbeat dad, and herself as the victim of a pregnancy that she never wanted, and one that has made her a reluctant "celebrity."

None of which, by the way, is the truth.

I do not believe for an instant that his show will do very well, and to be honest I am pretty sure it is part of a deal that Sarah struck with Bristol in exchange for a certain amount of discretion concerning family secrets.

Update: Here is Levi's latest attempt to see Tripp.

And here is what he said on his Facebook account:

Found out my last lawyer was on their side the whole three years he was working for me. That's why I have to find the right lawyer this time so this doesn't happen again.

Now let me just admit that I do NOT have Levi's permission to post this information, and as a policy I NEVER take images off people's Facebook pages without permission, but I just thought this was important enough to the story that I needed to share it with all of you.

However Levi if you see this, and want it taken down, just have your mom or sister call me and it will be done immediately.

Update 2: Here is more from Levi's Facebook page (It's real folks!):

I ask for Tripp twice a week. It's kinda hard going up against a family that can afford to bribe a lawyer a million dollars easily and make it so I lose my son forever.

God I am so glad this is finally coming out!

BTW Levi is looking for legal advice, so if anybody has connections, or is a lawyer themselves, let him know.