Who the hell are these people "Jon and Kate"?

[tj2001]

It seems they've been on every magazine cover. 3,080,000+ hits on Google.
Just because they cranked out 8 kids??
WTF.

Carry on

[Kerrytravelers]

1. Your level of infamy in America is a delicate mixture of number of kids, craziness of church and

decibel level of whining and fussing.

These two, apparently, have that delicate mixture in the bag.

[RamboLiberal]

3. They are our faux celebrities of the summer

Watching these two idiots marriage dissolve. I just feel sorry for what they subjected the eight kids to.

I guess in a way it beats the missing blondes we were usually subjected to by the cable news.

[Pharlo]

6. Well, I don't mind telling you,

this is one blond I wouldn't mind seeing disappear for a couple of months - and, she can take her family with her.

[madeline_con]

4. Yep, and when ratings drop, the divorce, and who they're shtupping, draws viewers. n/t

[kirby]

2. Reality show invention...I ignore them n/t

[Stevenmarc]

5. They are a glorious train wreck, well until the octomoms show hits the air

[Marr]

7. We have two kind of celebrities in our culture:

1) People who are famous for having a talent of some kind. They're generally respected and treated well.

2) Random people who are made famous for voyeuristic reasons. We build them up, and then watch crumble apart.