Seasons & episodes
S0 · E1Season 1 - Can Opener 2004-12-08 · 2 min
"The Can Opener" is a season special episode from the reality television show, Simple Life (2003). In the episode, Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie find themselves living with the Leding family in Altus, Arkansas. During their stay, the girls are tasked with various household chores, one of which includes using a manual can opener to open cans of food for dinner. The episode highlights the stark difference between the pampered lives of the celebrities and the simpler, more rural lifestyle of the Ledings. It aired during the Billboard Music Awards in December, 2004.
S0 · E2Season 1 - Paris and Nicole Pack Air date unannounced
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S0 · E3Season 1 - Shopping at Buffalo Bill's Store Air date unannounced
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S0 · E4Season 1 - Test Presentation Air date unannounced
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S0 · E5Season 1 - The Taxidermist Air date unannounced
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S0 · E6Season 1 - The Vet Air date unannounced
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S0 · E7Season 2 - Outtakes Air date unannounced
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S0 · E8Season 2 - Special - The Stuff We Weren't Allowed To Show You 2004-11-17
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S1 · E1Ro-Day-O vs. Ro-Dee-O 2003-12-02
The girls move into the farm where we meet their hosts, the Ledding family. They freak out over chicken plucking and the enormous tick in their bedroom overtop a well. The dad lays down the rules but when have the Hiltons ever obeyed them? And both girls decide the oldest son deserves a little reminder of this trip.....
S1 · E2Dairy Farmin' Divas a.k.a. First Day of Work 2003-12-03
Paris and Nicole learn what it means to work for a living when they get their first jobs -- milking cows at Danny's Dairy Farm.
S1 · E3Sonic Burger Shenanigans a.k.a. Welcome to Sonic 2003-12-09
Fresh off their failure as dairy-farm workers, the girls take a job at a fast-food joint, only to find that serving the public is their private nightmare.
S1 · E4The One About The Rumors a.k.a. Fair Fun 2003-12-16
To get the town to know them better Paris and Nicole (with the help of the mayor) become co-chairman of the annual town festival--obviously things do not go well. Plus, Paris gets her dog certified over at the town hall, making sure the dog is healthy.
S1 · E5Shopaholics a.k.a. Live Stock Auction 2003-12-17
The girls work for this cattle auctioneer. He has them go to the feed store to pick up some feed. Nicole decides to charge a few extra things to his account. A folding mirror and a $120 birdhouse to give to the lady they are staying with for Mother's Day. The man finds out and comes to talk to them.
S1 · E6Boy Crazy a.k.a. Fill 'Er Up 2004-01-07
The ladies get jobs at a gas station-food mart (and bait shop), and soon reel in two local boys as customers, whom they'll accompany to a club. In so doing, they'll stay out beyond their curfew, and in a number of ways they'll pay.
S1 · E7Good-bye and Good Luck a.k.a. Goin' Home 2004-01-14
In the finale, the girls are prodded to pack their pricey bags after Nicole's barroom hissy finally gets Janet's goat. Not that they've been model citizens anyway. Having insulted locals and avoided labor since day one, it's a safe bet that few folks will be missing Misses Richie and Hilton once they're gone.
S1 · E8The Simple Life Reunion 2004-01-14
Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie reunite with the Ledding family. They talk about season one in front of a live studio audience and promote season two.
S1 · E9The Lost Episode 2004-01-26
Paris and Nicole get a job working with a taxidermist; Paris is homesick and relies on Nicole to cheer her up.
S2 · E1The Journey Begins 2004-06-16
Paris and Nicole depart from Miami Beach toward their first destination, the Batten Family Ranch, but trouble mounts as Paris Hilton gets into a serious accident while riding a horse.
S2 · E2Mermaid Outing 2004-06-16
Paris and Nicole get jobs at Weeki Wachee Springs in Florida and play a surprising game of hide-and-seek with their boss's daughter.
S2 · E3Nudist Resort 2004-06-23
Paris and Nicole work as maids at the Caliente Nudist Colony and learn the meaning of the word ""termination"" as they become hotel maids at the nudist resort.
S2 · E4Making Sausages 2004-06-30
While staying with a host family, Nicole butts heads with their oldest son and decides to give him a taste of his own medicine.
S2 · E5Jenny's First Date 2004-07-07
In the swamplands of Louisiana, Paris and Nicole meet their next host family and make a big impression after taking their daughter on a shopping spree; the women get jobs trapping crawfish.
S2 · E6Dancing Sheep 2004-07-14
In Texas, the two terrors steal away with the sons of a hippie family for a little tanning-salon action that ends up coloring the kids' opinions of their new houseguests.
S2 · E7Play Ball 2004-07-21
The girls crash with the Cashes, and they have a hell of a time with the Christian family's no-profanity rule. Thank heaven they also score jobs working at the minor-league baseball field. Of course...they're not much better at it than their other jobs.