What a week!

Okay, it's been another week of TV and it's been real.

The Fashion Show proved it's always got it's load of nuts. The 2 teams had to base their clothes on the human body. The House of Nami worked like a well oiled machine except for one guy who went completely bonkers. First he can't execute what he wants to do. Then he makes a dress so small it won't fit on his stick thin model. Then finally, he cuts up his dress and walks out the door, never to be seen again. Meanwhile, Cesar rounds up the troops and they make the guy's dress and it is spectacular. I find, last minute dresses actually turn out pretty good cuz the designers don't have time to overwork it. The House of Emerald Six dropped the six since they keep losing members. They work like a Vegas buffet. Lots of stuff that's good enough but not great and doesn't really go together. They were also supposed to make their clothes reversible. Now, I don't know what they think reversible means but turning a piece inside out and having it look the same isn't reversible. It's just inside out. Also, making a cape become a purse isn't reversible either. Anyway, The House of Nami were declared the winners again. This time, nobody was sent home because of the guy who quit. Unfortunately for the House of Nami, that loudmouthed philipino guy w/ poor taste has been sent to their team and Cesar went to the House of Emerald. Oh boy! I can't wait to see what happens next.

Dancing With the non-Stars had it's last episode before the finals. Bristol Palin proved horses and Frankenstein dance better than she does. So was she booted? No. Okay people, you're not supposed to be voting for the pros. Are the Mormons of Utah the only people voting? The rest of America is so sick and tired of this show, nobody really gives a crap about which star wins anyway. Yeah, I'll wait to see who wins, through the grapevine. Yo, producers. Just because you got a million votes doesn't mean that many people are watching. It's 1000 people using different phones and computers voting 10 times each and telling their friends who to vote for.

I love Money is down to a small group too. Unfortunately, Punisher's group is largest by one. The challenge consisted of the contestants making guesses as to how much the remaining players weigh all together, how many cases of beer fit into the hot tub, how many ounces of tequila are in a giant drink, etc. Punisher's luck is still holding and he won. The smaller loser group's worst scenario played out when Mindy was dead last loser in the game and they didn't get paymaster. Oh boy! The whole show became pretty predictable after that. The power outing was really boring to the players and the audience w/ some chick trying to teach the people how to braid. I love Hotwings saying, "This white lady is trying to teach a black girl how to braid?" Also, how come none of the outings takes place in an airconditioned place? So the whole small alliance landed in the box and I think Hotwings was sent home but it could be Cisco. VH1 can't seem to be on time and the end keeps getting cut off. We'll see who's left next week.

On Survivor, the players proved they're pretty brain dead at this point. It must be the lack of nutrition. Before the first challenge, it started to rain so they surrounded the fire with the wood crate and other wood to protect it. Really? The Luxury challenge consisted of 2 teams playing a game. The winners got to go on a helicopter, slide down a volcano on boards and then eat a picnic. Meanwhile, the real fun was watching the losing team return to camp to find it burnt down. I rolled on the floor laughing for a good 5 minutes. Not one of these dumb people said, "I was afraid that would happen." They didn't show the reaction of the winners seeing the burnt stuff. I really wanted to see that too. Boo to the director and producers. The elimination challenge was another stamina thing where the people had to hold themselves above water w/ a rope. Jane proved she's a tough old bird and won. Back at camp, somehow Nayonka had it out for Brenda who's been nothing but nice and loyal to her. The whole group is a dumb bunch of sheep and everyone except purple Kelly voted for Brenda to go. Wow! I was so surprised the 2 guys in Brenda's alliance voted for her too. I think she scared everybody in the previous immunity challenge, proving how intelligent she really was. Well, bye.

Top Chef: Just Desserts had it's finale. The chefs got to work with great pastry chefs as their soux chefs. I don't know why Yigit was surprised Danielle had Sherry Yard shelling pistachios. Those are the jobs soux chefs do. Morgan had the oldest chef assisting him which didn't work too well when he was using modern techniques. One blurb they showed was Yigit complaining about Morgan turning up the A/C when his bed is beneath the large vent. Um...Yigit. Why didn't you just move to another bed? It's not like there's no room. I love when people can't solve their small problems. The next day, previously booted players were brought out to be the assistants and did the chefs get their choice? No. I felt so bad for Morgan. He got stuck with oriental girl Heather who did nothing but bitch and bad mouth him all season. She is no honorable grasshopper. The tasting menus were set before the judges and what beautiful food it was. Morgan made modern elegant desserts. Danielle made yummy looking confections. Yigit played up his talent for making ice creams and won the whole shebang. I kind of thought he would if he was able to hold it together to the end.

The Apprentice is down to the final 5. I thought this was going to be an interesting week cuz Steph and Lisa can't stand each other and they're the only 2 left on their team. The task was to make a commercial for AT&T and Go TV. I think. Anyway, it's a mobile app to watch TV shows on your phone. I have to say, I adore Clint. He's a good old boy but he's smart and he doesn't beat around the bush. He's also not blowing smoke up people's asses to impress or coddle them either. Stuart was wise to shut up and let Clint run the show. Steph, meanwhile, was the PM on her team and relegated Lisa to gopher. Steph is as creative as a drunken frat brother. She thinks she's all that and she is proving to Trump she isn't. Well, needless to say, Stuart's team won and Steph was sent home. Yay! Ding dong the witch is dead. Then we got the treat of Steph saying she was hired by Trump for something else. Really? You couldn't leave us with the high of seeing the bimbo go? Ugh.

Those wild young people from Road Rules and Real World are back on another Challenge. This time, it's called Cutthroat. Yep, they ran it all together. Oh yeah, and because they keep changing the name of the show, my TiVo didn't recognize it and I've had to catch up on-line. Anyway, it seems to be some really old vets throwing the newbies to the wolves every week. There are 3 teams this time and one guy and one girl from the losing teams of the challenge are voted into the Gulag to fight each other. I like that the voting is a secret ballot so people can actually lie about their vote. For some odd reason, I find Chet and his thick glasses really cute and hot. Derek, Abe, Katy, Paula and Eric are really looking old. Paula has an ugly eruption happening on her face. Eric's face is blotchy and red and my HD tv is not doing them any favors. Katy proves that law school has not tamed her cursing, drunkenness or fighting. I love that. What a great Irish girl. I can't wait to see which team wins. I hope for once, it's Brad and Tori. I guess Paula deserves to win once and they're all on the red team.

Hell's Kitchen only had one episode. It's one big team and they don't seem to be working well together. The chefs had to make an amuse bouche. Russell won. I couldn't believe the professional chefs they had in to do the judging. Wow! Impressive! Note to Trevor: when your food is large enough it needs to be in a bowl, it's not an amuse bouche. Anyway, the prize was to eat lunch in Carey Simon's restaurant. What the heck happened to him? He looked like meat that a dog chewed, swallowed and puked up. I guess I don't like long hair on old guys either. At dinner service Trevor and that blonde loud mouthy bimbo couldn't seem to get it together. I think Trevor was still half drunk from the night before. In the end, Sabrina, the blonde mouthy chick I just referred to, was booted. Yay! I was so sick of her screechy voice.

The Next Iron Chef also had it's finale. Chefs Canora and Forgione were in Kitchen Stadium and challenged to use Thanksgiving ingredients. Personally, I wasn't impressed with any of the dishes finding them all done by someone before. They didn't do very good at doubling or tripling down on the ingredients. The judges weren't exactly that exuberant either declaring each dish, "Good." I'm sure all the food was good but it needed to be really cool, new and impressive. In the end, my wish came true and Forgione was declared the New Iron Chef. Yay! Bye Canora. Hope to never see you ever again you pompous ponytailed poop face. Let's see if your ego fits through the door, now that it's been deflated a little. I'm also so sick of buck toothed Arpaia. I hope to never see her on another show again but somehow, I don't think that will happen. I also hope Alton Brown takes the time to eat a good meal too. He's so thin, he's looking like a piece of beef jerky.

The Amazing Race went to...some overcrowded Asian country. Somehow Jill and Thomas found a flight that gave them a 7 hour jump on everyone else. This episode also had a double U-turn at the detour. I thought this meant the teams were going to have to do both tasks again but no, it meant 2 teams were able to be turned. Really? I didn't know only one team, before, could be u-turned. I just thought people just didn't use it. First the teams had to make juice from sugar cane. At the detour, they could either deliver bricks by balancing them on their heads or deliver meals to a ship. Then one person had to put together a rickshaw. None of the tasks were anything a tourist would want to do. Jill and Thomas hit the mat before the other teams even landed in the country so the real drama of the show was who was going to end up last. The HSN women, Chad and Steph and the Doctors were on the last plane together. Chad and Steph have the worst sense of direction. Brooke and Claire and Chad and Steph were u-turned but it wasn't a contest because by the time Chad and Steph found the detour, Brooke and Claire were already done w/ their first task and halfway done w/ the 2nd. I don't know who long it took to find the pitstop mat but through all the teams doing the tasks, there was bright daylight and when the last 2 teams got to the mat, it was dark. Wow! Anyway, Chad and Steph came in last. I have to say, I'm so proud of the strong chick teams this year. They can drive, navigate, figure out puzzles and do physical tasks too.

Dateline had a special on Prince Charles followed up by his documentary on earth conservation. I'm not sure which was more boring. I have a feeling Brian Williams was not able to ask everything we wanted to know. Not much was said about horseface Camilla. Not much was said about the engagement of William and Kate, not much was said about Harry's bad boy history and not much was said about the late Princess Diana. They basically went from place to place around the castle grounds with Charles saying, "Ooh, I love this place too." The servants were all in hiding too. Oh, we did get a good look at Charlie's big manure pile. It was quite a metaphor for the whole show. Just like Charles, his documentary was 20 years late. Really? We're running out of resources? Really? We're ruining our atmosphere and earth? At least his British accent made him a little more interesting than Gore the bore. I would like to point out that organic farming is old fashioned farming. It's the same thing farmers did 100 years ago before chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Why are people claiming it's new? So far, nobody has really suggested planting marigolds around the perimeter of the fields and letting ladybugs loose in the fields but they're probably waiting to unveil that as new next year. Whatever!

Okay, well, that's it for now. Hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving and enjoys the holiday shows that go with it.