Speaker 1: Housewives University. Today, we are doing a deep dive on
Speaker 1: the artist formerly known as Countess Luanne de les Seppe. Okay, so,
Speaker 1: Class with the Countess was her etiquette book. I like
Speaker 1: the branding. She was early on in the game after
Speaker 1: my book. But I like the branding. I think it's smart.
Speaker 1: She was married to a count his family presented the
Speaker 1: Statue of Liberty for the French.
Speaker 2: I like it.
Speaker 1: Bullshit cells, bullshit is everywhere. She should not be penalized
Speaker 1: for that. As the Countess so eloquently pointed out, Queen
Speaker 1: Latifah is not a queen, so she gets to keep
Speaker 1: her countess crowned. Whether divorced or not, or doing drugs
Speaker 1: and getting arrested, it doesn't matter. It's all classy. So
Speaker 1: she wrote a book called Class with the Countess, How
Speaker 1: to Live with Elegance and Flair. It was not a
Speaker 1: New York Times bestseller. But I like the branding. I
Speaker 1: like the name. I like the hypocrisy. I like I
Speaker 1: like it all. I like the stupidity, I like the campiness.
Speaker 1: I like that the gays will like it. I just
Speaker 1: like it's campy. It's on brand. I'm going to give
Speaker 1: that book decision.
Speaker 2: A B.
Speaker 1: I'm not judge grading the actual book, which would be
Speaker 1: a lower grade, or its success, which would be a
Speaker 1: lower grade. I'm just as a business idea for the Countess.
Speaker 1: I'm giving it a bee first record. Money can't buy
Speaker 1: you class. Money can't buy you class, but it can
Speaker 1: buy you cocktails. Okay, so that's a great name for
Speaker 1: It's all satire, and Luanne has leaned into the satire.
Speaker 1: It doesn't matter that like she thinks, it's like being
Speaker 1: an author, and like that she's a real royal and
Speaker 1: that she's a real musician. But what's real? People are
Speaker 1: auto tuned? Who cares? Money can't buy you Class is
Speaker 1: a great tongue in cheek wink satirical song, and it
Speaker 1: genuinely doesn't matter that she's not a good singer. She's
Speaker 1: an entertainer, she's a performer and she commits to the bit.
Speaker 1: It's also getting a bee. I'm not judging her on
Speaker 1: the quality of the song.
Speaker 2: Who cares? I wasn't. I wouldn't be judging Tardy for
Speaker 2: the party for the quality the song.
Speaker 1: Either elegance is learned, it's catchy, it's she's getting a bee.
Speaker 2: Money can't buy you Class? It might even be getting
Speaker 2: a B plus.
Speaker 1: Why can't we just give her a B plus A chic, say,
Speaker 1: lev nah, that's getting a B minus. It's just not
Speaker 1: as on brand and she's not French, but Eggs LaFrance
Speaker 1: says she's got a subplot going with this French thing.
Speaker 2: Let's just give it a bee. It's stupid.
Speaker 1: I don't like she's not it's not as on brands.
Speaker 1: I don't think of her as French or chic. So
Speaker 1: you know, she's still wearing the same Jimmy Chew boots
Speaker 1: that she was wearing the first season of Housewives. I
Speaker 1: never saw someone wear a Jimmy Chew boot more. She
Speaker 1: wore it every damn day with a statement necklace every
Speaker 1: day ending. And why so she's still wearing those though.
Speaker 2: It's not that chic. But let's go with a bee
Speaker 2: girl code? Ouch?
Speaker 1: Who is she saying broke the girl code because Leuna
Speaker 1: slept with everyone's boyfriends are attempted to or flirted with them.
Speaker 1: But if that's tongue and she I don't know, that's
Speaker 1: that's we're getting. We're devolving now, that's a B minus.
Speaker 1: That's so let's just give Luanne a solid Bee for
Speaker 1: her musical endeavors, Oh Jesus feeling Gravanni. Okay, we get it. Well,
Speaker 1: she's released you know what. B B plus for Luanne
Speaker 1: releasing all these albums. Viva La Diva. She's leaning in.
Speaker 1: It's satirical, it's tongue in cheek, it's it's very she
Speaker 1: knows her audience. She's it's very. Bob Mackie, I'm giving
Speaker 1: it all. A B plus give her a B plus
Speaker 1: in her musical endeavors. No tour dates currently for the
Speaker 1: Cabaret News show coming soon, A B plus for the
Speaker 1: cabaret life is not a cabaret, but Luanne's life is
Speaker 1: a cabaret. She's got to be making some money. It's
Speaker 1: not crazy. I think it was doing very well. It's
Speaker 1: not that easy to fill a room. B plus for
Speaker 1: the cabaret Countess Luanne collection clothing fail. She had a
Speaker 1: line of betting, it's not even on here fail. She
Speaker 1: planned to do a vodka fail. So now we've got
Speaker 1: so We've got a lot of B pluses. But for
Speaker 1: her entire musical career she gets a B plus, including
Speaker 1: her cabaret, her entertainment career, and her now she has
Speaker 1: a spin off show. It doesn't matter. It's good marketing.
Speaker 1: She's getting a B plus for her entire entertainment career,
Speaker 1: her clothing, her betting, the vodka she planned to do
Speaker 1: Countess Vodka, et cetera. She gets an F. The Countess
Speaker 1: collection of jewelry, she gets a D because it wasn't
Speaker 1: bad branding because of her statement necklaces her Jose Rose,
Speaker 1: she gets.
Speaker 2: Huh.
Speaker 1: She gets an A for effort. She gets an A
Speaker 1: for effort in being on brand at this time and
Speaker 1: being sober and doing phose. It's called fo se. Why
Speaker 1: isn't it called f a u x sa phoes? What
Speaker 1: is fo like faux show rose like she's She gets
Speaker 1: an A for the concept, but she gets kind of
Speaker 1: an F for the name. Wow, I thought it was
Speaker 1: phosy like fx SC because it looks like fossy, and
Speaker 1: I'm thinking Bob Fosse because she's like an entertainer. The
Speaker 1: name is dreadful. It sounds good, though phose. It sounds good,
Speaker 1: but someone didn't go to the spelling class, so the
Speaker 1: name gets pose. The name is gonna have to get
Speaker 1: a C because it sounds good, it looks terrible. The
Speaker 1: name is gonna have to get a C. The idea
Speaker 1: is getting an A and the execution is complete bullshit,
Speaker 1: saying so now for the season, working on the next
Speaker 1: better they're not so that.
Speaker 2: That's bullshit.
Speaker 1: Something went wrong. It's a shitty partner. These ladies have
Speaker 1: all learned, from Gretchen to Luann to everybody, licensing is
Speaker 1: a goddamn bitch. It's not for the faint of heart.
Speaker 1: I've been doing it for over a decade. You make
Speaker 1: no money until you really make money, and if you're
Speaker 1: full of fucking hot air, it's not gonna go. So
Speaker 1: that's why most of these people have to really stay
Speaker 1: core to like what this audience wants. You go venture off.
Speaker 1: Nobody needs to sleep, and the count is betting I
Speaker 1: can trust you that. Okay, So this is the concept
Speaker 1: wasn't A The execution seems like it was a D.
Speaker 2: That's a B.
Speaker 1: Luanne gets a C on her rose she gets She's
Speaker 1: now averaging that with a B plus from her entire
Speaker 1: entertainment career. So Luen's between a B and a B
Speaker 1: minus for her business endeavors. We got, but we took
Speaker 1: her from an F. She had an F in one class.
Speaker 1: Luanne had an F in one class, and she got
Speaker 1: herself up to like a B minus. I would say
Speaker 1: that's pretty good. How did this happen? Hold on, she
Speaker 1: got an Let me make sure, Luanne got an F
Speaker 1: in apparel and any kind of like licensing deal.
Speaker 2: She got a C.
Speaker 1: In her wine. Oh wait, I make be wrong. She
Speaker 1: got an F, a C and a B plus. So
Speaker 1: I screwed up. I didn't average in the F. Okay,
Speaker 1: hold on, she got a B bus.
Speaker 2: We got to call it a B.
Speaker 1: I'll put the plus and later. I can't average that.
Speaker 1: I'm not a mathematician. How do you average a B
Speaker 1: and an F. It's between a D and a C.
Speaker 2: Sere either what's between a C and a D?
Speaker 1: So she has a C minus in she has a
Speaker 1: C minus in entertainment and licensing, and then a C
Speaker 1: Luanne's business. Luanne's business grade is a C with some
Speaker 1: failures and some strong points, so she's passing. Luan has
Speaker 1: passed Housewives University