“Kid Nation” only ended 15 hours ago, and I am already depressed. The final episode should have been expanded. I wanted to see some of the kids now taking about the experience. I wanted to know if Greg and Blaine hooked up with any of the girls. I wanted to know the good stuff.

But that didn’t happen. Instead, the tears flowed as the kids were reunited with their parents. The funniest part for me was the look on the faces of Morgan‘s parents when they saw her bunk house. I remember the same look when my parents saw my fraternity house for the first time. Lucky for Morgan, she got $50K to make her parents forget about the dirt.

The show really delivered overall. I know people jumped to conclusions based on one complaint and some rumors before the show even aired, but if you took the time to watch, you would have seen that the bad stuff – bratty kids, difficult situations – only existed to show up how the kids could step up to the plate and take care of themselves and others.

And for all you people who want to talk down about the show pointing out that there were counselors and assigments and the kids really didn’t survive on their own, I only have one thing to say to you:

DO YOU THINK I’M AN IDIOT? OF COURSE THEY HAD ADULT SUPERVISION, YOU MORON. CAN’T YOU JUST LET PEOPLE SIT AND ENJOY A TV SHOW WITHOUT GETTING ON A SOAPBOX? SHEESH!

OK, now that I got that out of my system, I want to make an offer to any Kid Nation stars and their families who may read this ( my previous post on the show still sends a lot of people here via search engines).

If you want to talk about the experience in a positive way, send me an e-mail and I would love to have you as guests on one or more podcasts.

OK, with that over, here’s what I’m going to miss now that Kid Nation has ended its run.

• The time my wife looked at me and said, “He’ s only 10?” after Zach did something totally impressive.
• Trying to figure out just what cool thing Jared would do this week.
• Watching the kids drink root beer and soda in the saloon like they were hanging at the corner bar. I know “Bonanza Bombs” aren’t the best example for kids, but it was funny.
• Laurel‘s accent.
• Alex‘s tooth.
• The times Sophia let you see that while she thinks she’s a 30-year-old in a 13-year-old’s body, she really is just a 13-year-old and should never forget how fun that can be.
• Saying “Who’s that kid?” when someone we have never seen before starts speaking in an episode.
• Olivia‘s eye-rolling. Oh, wait, I won’t miss that at all. I get enough of that from my wife. Lighten up, kid.
• Knowing that kids can find a way to show some responsibility and have fun at the same time.

Thanks, Kid Nation. But what am I supposed to do on Wednesday night’s now?