Hello TV Landers. Summer's coming and the shows are wrapping up one by one. It's kind of sad because then we're left w/ lame voyeuristic shows depicting shallow stupid people living their dumb lives. Okay, well, we'll enjoy the competition shows as long as we can.
I'm not sure why, but CBS is rerunning a lot of Lorre's shows. It's making Mondays a little sad. Oh well.
Rupaul's Drag Race has had a really interesting cast this season. Call me crazy but I love getting makeup tips from these guys. On this episode, the girls got a cocktail and then had to decorate a pair of lucite high heels that went w/ the theme of the drink. It was a great commercial for Absolut. Phiphi Ohara won. The elimination challenge had the girls coming up w/ a political but funny platform. Then they did a kind of a parody of those debate shows. I loved the one guy/girl counting down the lights, "Yellow...red, Bam!" Someone put speed in Phiphi Ohara's dinner cuz she had more nervous energy than a freezing chihauha. Everybody else was hilarious and actually made a little sense. For the Runway, Rupaul had the ugliest rainbow dress you ever saw. It looked like she stole someone's beach towel and belted it on. The girls were supposed to look like they were attending their inaugural ball. March Mcmasters or something like that looked elegant and seemed to be a cross between Barbara Stanwyck and Joan Rivers. Sharon Needles went totally off, purposely, and had a see through dress claiming a drag queen wouldn't be elected for a hundred years so she was futuristic. Hmmm...seems plausible. All the other girls decided to look like they were attending the Oscars. So it was the tall black guy/girl w/ the great legs vs. the large black guy/girl w/ the great stage presence to lip synch for their lives. In the end, the tall one w/ the great legs was sent home. Then Rupaul asked the judges to decide which girl would get the chance to come back and included Willam who had been ousted last week for breaking rules. Huh? No!!! Now that's stupid.
On Biggest Loser, the fatties were back from Hawaii and moaning and groaning about leaving vacation. Oh whatever! The first challenge was to shop for 5 minutes for ingredients for a dish. What? It takes me 5 minutes to find the one item I went to the store to find. Anyway, the contestants did pretty well and all made it across the line before time was called. The only thing was, Jeremy planned to make French toast and forgot to get eggs. Hmmm... Then they had 20 minutes to cook their dish. Really? It takes me 20 minutes just to rip packages open after shopping. Contestants from last season were on hand to judge: Becky, Antone and Vinny. I like them as opposed to the dumb cheater chicks who won the season before. When Olivia shows up, it makes me want to smack everyone in the room. The judges pointed out that practically everyone included cheese in their dish. Oh BTW, did I mention the dishes were supposed to be low cal, healthy and tasty? Everybody except Jeremy thought their dish was the best. Everybody was wrong except Kim w/ her stuffed portobello dish. Chris took her criticism of undercooked chicken...not well. Man, Mrs. Santa she's not. This week, the editors made her the irritating character of the show. Everyone is getting their chance this season. So on to scenes of Bob and Dolvett working the heck out of the contestants. I'd like to know, how come everyone is looking pretty good except Conda and Jeremy? I'm thinking their strategy is to lose just enough weight to stay above the yellow line but then they're going to lose a ton when they all go home after the final 3. The next challenge had the fatties loading boxes of Newman's Own onto a truck. I smell a schill here. Personally, I think the prize sucked for all the work they had to do. The prize was a ton of food for the winner's hometown foodbank. BFD. I would've just sat that one out. The whole challenge was one big fat commercial for salad dressing. At the weigh-in the contestants did pretty well. Megan had done a video diary of her working extra hard, eating lightly blah blah blah. She fell below the yellow line w/ Mark. She was voted out. I'll bet those girls are sorry now for scheming to have all girls at the end. They were pretty stupid for telling that plan to Conda since she's on the show w/ her brother. Now that the all girl alliance is gone, I wonder who'll be next.
Survivor: One World contestants are once again living on the same beach. They're one big happy family. Well, not all happy. Tarzan seems to be the misfit who's always misunderstood and just seems to always be underfoot. Jonas is the chief cook and bottlewasher and makes sure to say that to everyone. For the luxury challenge, they split everyone into 2 teams again but not the tribes. It consisted of the survivors one by one digging and fitting under a beam to then dig for a bag of puzzle pieces. Then 2 people had to put it together. Poor Lief, I thought he was going to be stuck under the beam for the whole challenge. Poor Christina is on the same team as Alicia. Oh well, their team wins and they enjoy pizza and beer. During the meal, they also get a note saying a hidden immunity idol is awaiting them at camp. I wonder if the producers had to pry it out of Colton's dead hands. Meanwhile back at camp, Tarzan and Jonas are trying to scheme w/ the men they had been split from. Yeah, guess what. You guys have no chance w/ the jocks ever since Colton shot his mouth off and told them you were all his buddies and the jocks were going to be voted off one by one. Next time, keep your trap shut. So Micheal does a lot of nodding and then rolls his eyes when he turns his back. For some odd reason, Tarzan thinks Alicia will be part of the men's alliance. Uh huh. The next morning, while all the lazy folk are sleeping, Troyzan hunts for the hidden immunity idol and finds it. That little fellow seems to like living in trees. For the immunity challenge, the producers dug out the old balance balls on a tray while balancing on a log thing. Troyzan is having a heckuva winning day cuz he wins this challenge too. One thing I do admire is, Troyzan hasn't told anyone he's found the HII, unlike all the other blabbermouths. So there commences much more scheming that makes no sense because everyone's confused; are they voting w/ the gender alliance or the split tribes? At tribal council, Jonas and Tarzan seem to have caught verbal diarrhea and just say out loud who they're voting for. Now that's stupid! In the end, Jonas was voted out. Man, these people are stupid.
On The Challenge: Battle of the Exes, it finally was the finale. The couples are in iceland and it's totally icy. I can't believe the eating challenge. There's literally a head of what might be a sheep or a deer surrounded by chunks of fat and a large horn full of blood. Icky! I was very surprised no one threw up. So then the couples had to move logs to finish one of those puzzles usually done w/ matchsticks. I'm thinking Ty and Emily don't read much cuz they totally couldn't solve it. The next task was to dig through a bank of snow into a tunnel and digging out the other end. Poor CT, he hit the wall literally. The digging must've taken a lot out of him. Walking to the next task looked like torture for CT and he had to put up w/ Diem verbally dragging him along and hearing Johnny on his heels. He blamed it on slogging through deep snow but it didn't seem that deep and the other couples didn't seem to be having that hard a time w/ it. The next task was to take all the medallions they collected from each task and put them in a wheel. This one I didn't understand. Were they supposed to put them in order of when they received each one or were the symbols some kind of language I didn't understand? Anyhoo, Diem and CT finished first. Then they had to hike up to a flag. Oh boy! Were they done there? No, then they had to hike all the way up to the top of the peak. Poor CT, he was so done that even pokey Camilla butterface passed him and she and Johnny won the grand prize. The nice thing is, all the teams do win money and man did they earn it. Next time CT, eat breakfast before the final part of the challenge. Yeesh!
The Worst Cooks in America are down to 2 people on each team. I love this season. The cooks all seem to try their hardest but really do lack the chef thing called a palate. OMG, some of the flavors they put together are kind of nauseating like vanilla chicken, pineapple tuna, etc. But they all earnestly try. The really hilarious part is the tasting by Anne and Bobby. So this week, the cooks' brother, spouse, kid, wife or whoever they left at home came. The challenge was to make a dish for them and see who got the best review. I thought David would be serving up trichinosis when he put his porkchops in the oven at the 20 minute mark. Oh boy! The black lady made shrimp when she's told everyone she hates making shrimp. Vinny made steak which he claims usually tastes like shoe leather and the white lady made fish. In the end, they all seemed to turn out good and Vinny won. I love that he's always genuinely surprised when he wins. There are no ringers this season. Y'know, I need to start writing things down cuz I can't be sure but I think David was sent home. Well, I guess I'll see tomorrow when it's on again.
The Amazing Race was in one of those Balkan states. The big thing this episode was the fast forward. I didn't know that the racers could only do one so the border patrol guys couldn't do it. So the married airforce couple and the gymrat guys raced to stack hay bales. Okay, if you get to the fast forward and find the other team is already a third way done, for goodness sake, turn around and go quickly to the roadblock. Did the meatheads do that? No. Wow! Stupid! So of course the airforce guy and wife won the fast forward. Meanwhile, the other teams were at a task where one person had to be in a tank in a pool and escape it after it had submerged and turned over. Luckily, of the Kentucky guys, Bopper volunteered to do the task cuz Mark has displayed terrible motion sickness. Nobody wanted to see any puking underwater. As you can imagine, all the other teams were done when the gym guys showed up. Onto the Detour! They could either clean oil off of a hairy guy or hunt for a specially marked apple in a literal carload of apples. The hairy guy cleaning was gross and we heard hilarious comments from the racers. It was totally cringeworthy. For some odd reason, the people thought the mark on the apple was going to be really tiny so they examined each one carefully and the racers who did that task were quite slow. I was really surprised that only one racer ate an apple. My strategy would've been to bite each apple so I'd know which ones I had looked at already but they did put them in boxes so it wasn't necessary. Vanessa was the only one who dug armfuls of apples out at a time. In the end, the airforce couple hit the mat first and won cars and the gym rat guys came in last. It was ironic since they commented at the beginning of the show that they felt lucky. Har har. Maybe it made them too confident. Maybe it showed how stupid they really were.
The Celebrity Apprentice had another concept task. This time the teams had to throw a theme party to promote a Crystal Lite non-alcoholic cocktail. Clay Aiken took the project manager job and the peach bellini flavor. The project manager for the women was Aubrey O'Day (who?) and they took the pomtini flavor. The men seemed to work well together as men do and set up a beach party theme complete w/ guests in swimwear and beachparty activities like limbo, conga dances and a sing-a-long. I really thought Penn would juggle flaming torches but all he juggled was peaches. One thing that really cracked me up was Lou Ferrigno and Paul Teutal opening up those little drink umbrellas. Talk about having the guys w/ the hammiest hands do a delicate task. When one went flying, I was rolling on the floor w/ laughter. Meanwhile, on the women's team, they decided to make the party high falutin' which usually equals stuffy and not fun. The people stood around w/ a non-boozy drink in hand while Lisa Lampinelli made fun of their comments (awkward) and Debbi Gibson sang her jingle (more awkward). When the judges came around, Aubrey kicked her sell job into high gear telling the Crystal Lite people how great the party was and all they'd done blah blah blah. I say, if you have to describe how fun it is, it ain't. Where-as on the men's side, when the Crystal Lite people got there, the men just handed them a drink and led them into the fray of the party. No explanation needed there. As for the women's team dynamic, it's like Jr. High w/ the popular girls dissing the nice girls and letting them help but not really including them. OMG, in the boardroom the women are all complimentary and loving until the hammer comes down. Then the claws come out. I think the men realize Donald asks the same questions, "Who would you fire?" and "Which 2 are you going to bring in the boardroom if you lose?" So they answer honestly and concisely. You can tell nobody takes it personally because they know the PM has to say someone's name. On the women's team, Aubrey tried to say she loved everyone and blah blah blah. I and all of America was elated when it was announced the men won. Yay! For once, the men were unsure about the outcome, so there was genuine surprise and relief. Oh boy! Then the women pounced. Poor Miss Universe she can't catch a break. Aubrey also took in the other Argentinian into the boardroom too. Unfortunately for the other Argentinian, Trump likes his Miss Universe and is impressed by O'Day, so out she goes. Adios! I liked when Dee Snyder pointed out that Aubrey thought up all the ideas for each task but the women lost 4 out of 6. All I care about; Aubrey got knocked down a peg or 2. I think the teams are getting mixed up and I can't wait.
Unfortunately, I missed America's Next Top Model this week. Unlike the other shows, Tyra doesn't post the episode until the next one airs so I'll be doing 2 next week.
Well, that's about it. Saturday nights are all about the Britcoms on PBS. I especially love Are You Being Served? I'll be seeing what Mrs. Slocombes pussy is up to and I am unanimous in that.
See you next time people and stay tuned.
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Saturday, March 24, 2012
We Believe! We Believe!
Hello fellow TV junkies. Have you been watching those shows? I have, so let's get right to it.
The Amazing Race went to Germany to towns that are really hard to pronouce. I love the theme of this season; don't stop until you hit the mat. The challenges were a mix of weird and surreal. Bopper and Mark had to do the speed bump since they came in last in the non-elimination leg last week. They had to yodel and the teacher had the funniest facial expressions ever. "It's American yodeling." LOL! Meanwhile the other teams got right to the detour. They either styled facial hair or decorated gingerbread houses. The facial hair thing was kind of creepy since I always envision slobber and food getting caught in the nest. Then everyone had to slide gnomes on the ice and hit a target. Easier said than done because the Feds aka teachers left last even though they arrived in the middle. The border patrol guys came in first again. The ending was very surprising since the feds beat the sisters to the mat. Wow! Those girls must've really gotten lost. The funniest part of the show was when Brendon tried to be cute and jump on the mat and totally wiped out.
The Biggest Loser went to Hawaii. Aw...poor Kim is feeling ostracized after her teammate was voted out last week. Maybe she should've treated everybody else better. What goes round, comes round. So we saw a lot of surfing, beach calisthenics, swimming, laying out, drinking drinks and the fatties saying, "I'm on vacation." Yeah, the whole show is a vacation. Are you working? No? Then you're on vacation. The first challenge was a trivia contest and Chris won the 1 pound advantage. The next challenge was the eliminate your fellow players game. I love the dynamic between Conda and her brother Jeremy. He's very caring and loving and she's fiercely protective of him. Even though they're the fattest of the group, the bro and sis team came out top 2 and then Jeremy let Conda win. That was nice since the prize was immunity. The editors made the show villains Kimmy and Meghan this week. They hate Kim and pick on her boo hoo hoo hoo. OMG. I've learned not to believe a minute of it. So in the end, the mother daughter team of Kimmy and Meghan happened to both land below the yellow line. Kimmy fell on her sword for her daughter and that was that. I've noticed not so much crying this season.
Survivor showed the worst bullying and bitchy meanness I've ever seen. Colton, who shouldn't be knocking anybody tells Christina she's being voted out, he hates her face, he hates her voice and she can throw herself in the fire. They don't even allow her any space under the tarp shelter. Now I say Colton shouldn't talk because he may be rich but that doesn't win you any friends if you're a girlyboy, racist, fatass, bigoted douchebag. Then there's Alicia w/ the big scary buckteeth and skanky skankiness who cozies up to Colton like he's a bearskin rug. She also proceeds to insult and bully Christina. Alicia is supposedly a special ed teacher. Nice. I wonder if she calls her students feebs. Then I have to say, the rest of the tribe are a bunch of wussbags. They all just sat around and listened to it happening and never told anybody to shut up and leave her alone. The luxury challenge was a game where they bounced a coconut into targets. The Man-nono tribe totally sucked and the other tribe won the ice cream and soda gluttony prize. For once, we finally get to see the people enjoy their prize. So Colton and Alicia blame the loss on Christina and are meaner than ever. After the commercial break, we find Christina hugging Colton's head and rubbing his temples and Colton looking miserably ill. We're thinking, hmmm...Karma has come to mete out some justice. Wait for it. Yep, Colton gets worse w/ abdominal pain and is literally in a fetal position on the ground. For some odd reason, his BFF Alicia is nowhere in sight during all of this. So Christina calls for the medics and Jeff. OMG, they diagnose possible appendicitis and cart him off w/ all of America cheering and thanking the Karma gods. We believe! BTW, Colton keeps the immunity idol. Ha ha to Alicia. So everyone is called to Tribal Council where it's announced Revoltin' Colton is gone and they're merging the tribes. Already? Oh well. We're still LOL about the ouster of the girlyboy.
America's Next Top Model had the girls making short commercials of the funniest made up items you ever saw. Then they had a focus group give their critiques while the girls watched. Could they have found people more stupid than this group? When that fat white broad said she thought the girl sounded too African. She's British and you're a fat dumbass. I wanted to punch her in the face through the TV. Then there was a little drama when the sensitive white chick was told by the other girls, they didn't think she was that good. OMG, she's crying, threatening to quit, calling her Mama, sucking her thumb...ok, I put that last one in. The photoshoot had the girls in beautiful gowns, crazy Treacy hats and w/ a car. Sounds familiar. I think Tyra's running out of ideas. So Symone and another girl land in the bottom. Symone stays and the other girl remains unknown.
The Challenge: Battle of the Exes went to Iceland. I thought this was going to be the finale. Oh wait, one last dome between Johnny w/ his really homely partner Camilla and Mark and Robin. So they had to grapple over an X shaped stick. In the end, Mark and Robin went home and it's the very first time Mark hasn't been in the final. History has been made and they've proven, age does not make you better. So on to Iceland. I'm convinced the producers are trying to kill these kids. First, they have to race w/ sleds pulled by dogs. Then they make them jump practically naked into the freezing water to touch a ball. OMG! Ack! The episode ends w/ everyone in tents to camp out on the snow. OMG! I loved Johnny saying, "Diem, don't even pretend that you're not enjoying every minute of this." I can't wait for the real finale.
Project Runway had it's finale. There was a lot of sewing, a trip to Marie Claire and the runway shows. Austin's collection was whimsy but eclectic. Maybe a little too eclectic. He couldn't decide if he wanted to show glam rock or naughty school girl. Mondo's clothes were totally his vibe. A cool mix of patterns, colors w/ good fit and fun too. All his previous angst making a great collection kind of reminded me of VanGogh hacking off his ear and then painting brilliantly. Micheal's collection was called Serengeti but it was dull in color. All the pieces seemed to be draped Golden Girls clothes in black, white and brown. Ugh. I think the reason they shoot animals on safari is so they can see some red in all that dullness. In the end, Mondo won and the other 2 won trips to Paris. I wonder if Austin's mother is still homeless?
So, that's about it. Do you believe that slow and steady wins the race? I do. Do you believe that Karma will win in the end? I do. Do you believe blood is thicker than water? I do. Do you believe revenge is a dish best served cold? I do. Man, I learn so much from TV. Hee hee hee. See you next time. Stay tuned.
The Amazing Race went to Germany to towns that are really hard to pronouce. I love the theme of this season; don't stop until you hit the mat. The challenges were a mix of weird and surreal. Bopper and Mark had to do the speed bump since they came in last in the non-elimination leg last week. They had to yodel and the teacher had the funniest facial expressions ever. "It's American yodeling." LOL! Meanwhile the other teams got right to the detour. They either styled facial hair or decorated gingerbread houses. The facial hair thing was kind of creepy since I always envision slobber and food getting caught in the nest. Then everyone had to slide gnomes on the ice and hit a target. Easier said than done because the Feds aka teachers left last even though they arrived in the middle. The border patrol guys came in first again. The ending was very surprising since the feds beat the sisters to the mat. Wow! Those girls must've really gotten lost. The funniest part of the show was when Brendon tried to be cute and jump on the mat and totally wiped out.
The Biggest Loser went to Hawaii. Aw...poor Kim is feeling ostracized after her teammate was voted out last week. Maybe she should've treated everybody else better. What goes round, comes round. So we saw a lot of surfing, beach calisthenics, swimming, laying out, drinking drinks and the fatties saying, "I'm on vacation." Yeah, the whole show is a vacation. Are you working? No? Then you're on vacation. The first challenge was a trivia contest and Chris won the 1 pound advantage. The next challenge was the eliminate your fellow players game. I love the dynamic between Conda and her brother Jeremy. He's very caring and loving and she's fiercely protective of him. Even though they're the fattest of the group, the bro and sis team came out top 2 and then Jeremy let Conda win. That was nice since the prize was immunity. The editors made the show villains Kimmy and Meghan this week. They hate Kim and pick on her boo hoo hoo hoo. OMG. I've learned not to believe a minute of it. So in the end, the mother daughter team of Kimmy and Meghan happened to both land below the yellow line. Kimmy fell on her sword for her daughter and that was that. I've noticed not so much crying this season.
Survivor showed the worst bullying and bitchy meanness I've ever seen. Colton, who shouldn't be knocking anybody tells Christina she's being voted out, he hates her face, he hates her voice and she can throw herself in the fire. They don't even allow her any space under the tarp shelter. Now I say Colton shouldn't talk because he may be rich but that doesn't win you any friends if you're a girlyboy, racist, fatass, bigoted douchebag. Then there's Alicia w/ the big scary buckteeth and skanky skankiness who cozies up to Colton like he's a bearskin rug. She also proceeds to insult and bully Christina. Alicia is supposedly a special ed teacher. Nice. I wonder if she calls her students feebs. Then I have to say, the rest of the tribe are a bunch of wussbags. They all just sat around and listened to it happening and never told anybody to shut up and leave her alone. The luxury challenge was a game where they bounced a coconut into targets. The Man-nono tribe totally sucked and the other tribe won the ice cream and soda gluttony prize. For once, we finally get to see the people enjoy their prize. So Colton and Alicia blame the loss on Christina and are meaner than ever. After the commercial break, we find Christina hugging Colton's head and rubbing his temples and Colton looking miserably ill. We're thinking, hmmm...Karma has come to mete out some justice. Wait for it. Yep, Colton gets worse w/ abdominal pain and is literally in a fetal position on the ground. For some odd reason, his BFF Alicia is nowhere in sight during all of this. So Christina calls for the medics and Jeff. OMG, they diagnose possible appendicitis and cart him off w/ all of America cheering and thanking the Karma gods. We believe! BTW, Colton keeps the immunity idol. Ha ha to Alicia. So everyone is called to Tribal Council where it's announced Revoltin' Colton is gone and they're merging the tribes. Already? Oh well. We're still LOL about the ouster of the girlyboy.
America's Next Top Model had the girls making short commercials of the funniest made up items you ever saw. Then they had a focus group give their critiques while the girls watched. Could they have found people more stupid than this group? When that fat white broad said she thought the girl sounded too African. She's British and you're a fat dumbass. I wanted to punch her in the face through the TV. Then there was a little drama when the sensitive white chick was told by the other girls, they didn't think she was that good. OMG, she's crying, threatening to quit, calling her Mama, sucking her thumb...ok, I put that last one in. The photoshoot had the girls in beautiful gowns, crazy Treacy hats and w/ a car. Sounds familiar. I think Tyra's running out of ideas. So Symone and another girl land in the bottom. Symone stays and the other girl remains unknown.
The Challenge: Battle of the Exes went to Iceland. I thought this was going to be the finale. Oh wait, one last dome between Johnny w/ his really homely partner Camilla and Mark and Robin. So they had to grapple over an X shaped stick. In the end, Mark and Robin went home and it's the very first time Mark hasn't been in the final. History has been made and they've proven, age does not make you better. So on to Iceland. I'm convinced the producers are trying to kill these kids. First, they have to race w/ sleds pulled by dogs. Then they make them jump practically naked into the freezing water to touch a ball. OMG! Ack! The episode ends w/ everyone in tents to camp out on the snow. OMG! I loved Johnny saying, "Diem, don't even pretend that you're not enjoying every minute of this." I can't wait for the real finale.
Project Runway had it's finale. There was a lot of sewing, a trip to Marie Claire and the runway shows. Austin's collection was whimsy but eclectic. Maybe a little too eclectic. He couldn't decide if he wanted to show glam rock or naughty school girl. Mondo's clothes were totally his vibe. A cool mix of patterns, colors w/ good fit and fun too. All his previous angst making a great collection kind of reminded me of VanGogh hacking off his ear and then painting brilliantly. Micheal's collection was called Serengeti but it was dull in color. All the pieces seemed to be draped Golden Girls clothes in black, white and brown. Ugh. I think the reason they shoot animals on safari is so they can see some red in all that dullness. In the end, Mondo won and the other 2 won trips to Paris. I wonder if Austin's mother is still homeless?
So, that's about it. Do you believe that slow and steady wins the race? I do. Do you believe that Karma will win in the end? I do. Do you believe blood is thicker than water? I do. Do you believe revenge is a dish best served cold? I do. Man, I learn so much from TV. Hee hee hee. See you next time. Stay tuned.
Thursday, March 15, 2012
TV Goes On
Hello everyone in TV junkieland. No, I haven't been in rehab; just being lazy. In the meantime, I have been watching the shows.
CBS tried a sitcom about guys dressing as women to just have a job. In this day and age, it's not such a strange premise. Too bad they only showed 3 episodes before they canned it. It was actually funny but maybe hit too close to home. One episode showed how a woman could be totally stupid and inept and still make the money by being a huge flirt. Hmmm...sounds familiar to real life.
Ok, well Survivor named this season One World. It started out w/ 2 tribes divided into one tribe of women and one tribe of men living in the same area. Interesting since everyone could just stroll over to the other tribe whenever they wanted to, to beg for stuff, spy, steal or socialize. Having a girly guy on the men's tribe was a sly bit of casting. Unfortunately, he's turned out to be a complete a-hole. A quarter way into the season, they changed the tribes to mixed and had them live in different areas. I guess One World is over. One really dumb move was, the men's tribe won immunity and then gave it up just to get rid of a specific player. Really? You thought you'd stay divided into these tribes? Have they never watched Survivor before? I don't care if you have a blind paraplegic dumbass w/ the personality of Howard Stern on your tribe. You don't purposely give up a tribe member until you have to. Sure enough. When they mixed up the tribes, the men had lower numbers on one of them. Well, at least the women don't have to worry about stealing fire anymore.
The Amazing Race started out by going to South America. Cool, since we're sick and tired of India and Africa but I'm sure they'll get there. It seems one team is hated before the start by most of America since they're from a reality show. The funny part is, they're proving to be smart and athletic but rather argumentative. Some teams looked strong and proved to be unlucky and other teams seemed weak and proved to be savy and persistent. One thing this season has really shown is persistence rules. There have been times when the team thinks they're in last place but by hanging in there until the very end, they make it to the next leg. Those are amazing OMG moments. The editors are doing a very good job of limiting the drama and showing the real "never say die" attitude these racers have. Also, the racers this season are pretty positive and not as big complainers as they have been in past seasons. They've also cut down on the amount of non-elimination legs which is good. The thing we love about these elimination reality shows is, we get new players w/ a new season. So don't drag this one out too long. Phil is just as cute and sexy as ever.
Project Runway All Stars has been great. Next week will be the finale and we'll see who's the star of the allstars. It's down to Micheal Costello, Mondo Guerra and Austin Scarlet. They've proven to be totally deserving of being in the final 3. The Hostess, workroom guru and judges were all changed but respected people of the fashion industry and it's been refreshing. Joanna Coles is the workroom guru and brings up such questions as, "How do you wear a bra under that?" Now that's a legitimate question that you'd never hear from Tim Gunn. This season also took any focus away from the models. They've never mentioned their names or made the designers choose them. Isaac Mizrahi and Georgina Chapman have served as judges and they've become endeared even more to America.
Top Chef Texas had a turbulent and very weirdly physical competition. They took the chefs on the road more, made them cook outside in the heat and the grit and deprived them of so much sleep, the chefs became snarky and emotional. Then they made them do elimination challenges that involved biking around town to find ingredients and places to cook, building their own fires to cook on, chopping ingredients out of ice and cooking in freezing outdoors, cooking on gondolas and dashing for ingredients and finally shooting and skiing for ingredients and then making them cook right after that. Ugh, it really jumped the shark. They also had a last chance kitchen that I think Andy Cohen and his co-horts at Bravo should've paid an arm and leg for because it was only a half an hour of pure cooking but was fun and exciting to watch. You could only watch it on-line. From all the comments about it, it was evident a lot of people watched it. Anyway, to the relief of America and half the world, Paul Qui won. He was brilliant, gracious and talented w/ an amazing palate. I think that does describe a Top Chef to the T.
Face Off had an amazing season w/ amazing talent. The level of talent this season was so good, they made last season look like kids from preschool art class. Yes, the make-up artists were critical of others but the criticisms seemed legitimate and the artists seemed most critical of themselves. I loved when Rayce would say, "It looks like crap and I can't believe I'm letting it go out." and then he'd win. When the artists bragged about being really good painters or model makers, they proved it. The really cool thing was, the people who'd get eliminated each week would make a look that would've totally won last season. So, the self deprecating Rayce won the season but I have to say, it was really close for the final 3. RJ and Ian also made really cool and really good creatures. Plus, they had to make it quality because the people did a huge dance number in them. The funniest part of the season was the whiny models. They complained about itching, inability to see, feeling hot, etc. I was yelling at them through the TV, "Shut up and do your job and just sit there." Just think of actors who have to wear the stuff for years. Lavar Burton pointed out he couldn't see w/ his make-up during the whole time his show aired. Anyway, Congrats to Rayce, he did a great job and is so talented, we're all blown away.
The Celebrity Apprentice is on again and unfortunately for Trump, it's opposite Once Upon A Time. Grimm and Once Upon a Time are 2 fantasy shows that are great escapes. Grimm focuses on a police officer who's from the Brother's Grimm line and his life happens to cross over into weirdly fairy tale like situations. I love that they take the seemingly sweet benign stories like Goldielocks and the 3 Bears and makes it about home invasion. How can you not laugh at that? He has a buddy who's literally a wolf from the stories who can change into human form too, who helps him w/ the cases. Once Upon a Time focuses on a family dynamic of Snow White that crosses into the real world. The show does a good job of differentiating the 2 different worlds or else the audience would be completely confused. We get good people to root for and bad people to boo. It's improbably enough to be cool and fun and real enough to make us forget it's based on kid's stories. I find myself pointing to the screen and saying things like, "Hey! He's Rumpelstiltskin."
On Celebrity Apprentice, Trump divided the teams into men and women. I hate that because the balance of talent and needs for tasks are thrown off. I feel sorry for the women when physical and mechanical stuff is required like building stuff or heavy lifting. Come on, these are women who do business in high heels. Then when there's something really girly like fashion or jewelry selling, the men know absolutely nothing. Penn Gillette is proving to be a savvy businessman as well as the showman we all know and love. Paul Teutal has proved to be more powerful at business than we thought. Trump has a new technique to draw out drama. He asks the project managers who they'd bring to the boardroom if they lose before they even say who's won or lost. Lou Ferrigno becomes the Hulk when his name is mentioned as a boardroom candidate. Aubrey ODay has proven to be the only female w/ any creativity. The women better keep her as long as possible. The problem I see is the lack of real celebrity on the women's side. I'm not sure their rolodexes can compare to the men's side. Wisely, Trump has cut down on the fund-raiser tasks because in past seasons, people literally drained their money wells before the finale.
The Biggest Loser is no longer called The Crying Fatties. The editors have cut the crying out and instead, put in a lot of conniving, complaining and talking behind peoples' backs. Conda has become the villain of the season but we're getting a sense of bigtime show editing because the other fatties are very friendly and supportive of her. One thing we're not seeing is amazing weight loss. We also see less working out. I think I've seen more of the contestants' bedrooms than I've seen in 12 seasons. Unfortunately, the producers and editors have made almost all of the contestants unlikeable which makes the audience not give a crap about who goes home. They're going to have to do a lot of redeeming to make America root for a winner. Otherwise, people are just going to see who wins by reading spoiler posts on the social media sites. I also want to point out that Bob seems ill this season. He's looking greyfaced and haggard on some parts of episodes and he's more grouchy and sour. Whatever he's suffering from, I hope he gets better.
This season of The Challenge is called Battle of the Exes. It involves teams of couples who have hooked up or dated before but are no longer together. It's been very interesting to see the I love you/I hate you waverings of the couples. Surprisingly, there was only one hookup of 2 people from different couples. What was really evident was the advantage that the couples who had dated for a long time over the casual hookup couples during the challenges and domes. They worked better in sync and the men knew how to handle the women when they started to lose heart. There was one really awkward incident when Emily decided to make fun of Paula and Tyler by putting chocolate on her face and pretending to be Tyler. Oh boy! When he threatened to quit because he didn't want to be Emily's partner anymore, I really thought he would and I didn't blame him at all. Someone obviously reminded him of the big prize at the end and he stayed. The final dome is really going to be good. It's Johnny and Camilla against their alliance pals Mark and Robin. It's Mark's very first time in an elimination challenge. That means, he's always been in the final challenge each time he's been on the show all these years. Wow! Also, the guy's 40. I can't wait to see the final show.
Finally, I'd like to ask ABC Family channel why they keep cutting their sitcoms? Ruby and the Rockits was such a cute show and seeing the Cassidy family each week was so much fun. Are they going to bring back Melissa and Joey? Of course the shows don't get high audience numbers, not everyone gets that channel and there's a lot of competition too. I prefer the multicam sitcoms and I like corny comedy. Well, I'll have to settle for Big Bang Theory, The Middle, Last Man Standing, Mike and Molly, How I Met Your Mother, 2 Broke Girls and 2 and Half Men. Sigh...
Well, catch you later TV people. Stay Tuned and keep watching.
CBS tried a sitcom about guys dressing as women to just have a job. In this day and age, it's not such a strange premise. Too bad they only showed 3 episodes before they canned it. It was actually funny but maybe hit too close to home. One episode showed how a woman could be totally stupid and inept and still make the money by being a huge flirt. Hmmm...sounds familiar to real life.
Ok, well Survivor named this season One World. It started out w/ 2 tribes divided into one tribe of women and one tribe of men living in the same area. Interesting since everyone could just stroll over to the other tribe whenever they wanted to, to beg for stuff, spy, steal or socialize. Having a girly guy on the men's tribe was a sly bit of casting. Unfortunately, he's turned out to be a complete a-hole. A quarter way into the season, they changed the tribes to mixed and had them live in different areas. I guess One World is over. One really dumb move was, the men's tribe won immunity and then gave it up just to get rid of a specific player. Really? You thought you'd stay divided into these tribes? Have they never watched Survivor before? I don't care if you have a blind paraplegic dumbass w/ the personality of Howard Stern on your tribe. You don't purposely give up a tribe member until you have to. Sure enough. When they mixed up the tribes, the men had lower numbers on one of them. Well, at least the women don't have to worry about stealing fire anymore.
The Amazing Race started out by going to South America. Cool, since we're sick and tired of India and Africa but I'm sure they'll get there. It seems one team is hated before the start by most of America since they're from a reality show. The funny part is, they're proving to be smart and athletic but rather argumentative. Some teams looked strong and proved to be unlucky and other teams seemed weak and proved to be savy and persistent. One thing this season has really shown is persistence rules. There have been times when the team thinks they're in last place but by hanging in there until the very end, they make it to the next leg. Those are amazing OMG moments. The editors are doing a very good job of limiting the drama and showing the real "never say die" attitude these racers have. Also, the racers this season are pretty positive and not as big complainers as they have been in past seasons. They've also cut down on the amount of non-elimination legs which is good. The thing we love about these elimination reality shows is, we get new players w/ a new season. So don't drag this one out too long. Phil is just as cute and sexy as ever.
Project Runway All Stars has been great. Next week will be the finale and we'll see who's the star of the allstars. It's down to Micheal Costello, Mondo Guerra and Austin Scarlet. They've proven to be totally deserving of being in the final 3. The Hostess, workroom guru and judges were all changed but respected people of the fashion industry and it's been refreshing. Joanna Coles is the workroom guru and brings up such questions as, "How do you wear a bra under that?" Now that's a legitimate question that you'd never hear from Tim Gunn. This season also took any focus away from the models. They've never mentioned their names or made the designers choose them. Isaac Mizrahi and Georgina Chapman have served as judges and they've become endeared even more to America.
Top Chef Texas had a turbulent and very weirdly physical competition. They took the chefs on the road more, made them cook outside in the heat and the grit and deprived them of so much sleep, the chefs became snarky and emotional. Then they made them do elimination challenges that involved biking around town to find ingredients and places to cook, building their own fires to cook on, chopping ingredients out of ice and cooking in freezing outdoors, cooking on gondolas and dashing for ingredients and finally shooting and skiing for ingredients and then making them cook right after that. Ugh, it really jumped the shark. They also had a last chance kitchen that I think Andy Cohen and his co-horts at Bravo should've paid an arm and leg for because it was only a half an hour of pure cooking but was fun and exciting to watch. You could only watch it on-line. From all the comments about it, it was evident a lot of people watched it. Anyway, to the relief of America and half the world, Paul Qui won. He was brilliant, gracious and talented w/ an amazing palate. I think that does describe a Top Chef to the T.
Face Off had an amazing season w/ amazing talent. The level of talent this season was so good, they made last season look like kids from preschool art class. Yes, the make-up artists were critical of others but the criticisms seemed legitimate and the artists seemed most critical of themselves. I loved when Rayce would say, "It looks like crap and I can't believe I'm letting it go out." and then he'd win. When the artists bragged about being really good painters or model makers, they proved it. The really cool thing was, the people who'd get eliminated each week would make a look that would've totally won last season. So, the self deprecating Rayce won the season but I have to say, it was really close for the final 3. RJ and Ian also made really cool and really good creatures. Plus, they had to make it quality because the people did a huge dance number in them. The funniest part of the season was the whiny models. They complained about itching, inability to see, feeling hot, etc. I was yelling at them through the TV, "Shut up and do your job and just sit there." Just think of actors who have to wear the stuff for years. Lavar Burton pointed out he couldn't see w/ his make-up during the whole time his show aired. Anyway, Congrats to Rayce, he did a great job and is so talented, we're all blown away.
The Celebrity Apprentice is on again and unfortunately for Trump, it's opposite Once Upon A Time. Grimm and Once Upon a Time are 2 fantasy shows that are great escapes. Grimm focuses on a police officer who's from the Brother's Grimm line and his life happens to cross over into weirdly fairy tale like situations. I love that they take the seemingly sweet benign stories like Goldielocks and the 3 Bears and makes it about home invasion. How can you not laugh at that? He has a buddy who's literally a wolf from the stories who can change into human form too, who helps him w/ the cases. Once Upon a Time focuses on a family dynamic of Snow White that crosses into the real world. The show does a good job of differentiating the 2 different worlds or else the audience would be completely confused. We get good people to root for and bad people to boo. It's improbably enough to be cool and fun and real enough to make us forget it's based on kid's stories. I find myself pointing to the screen and saying things like, "Hey! He's Rumpelstiltskin."
On Celebrity Apprentice, Trump divided the teams into men and women. I hate that because the balance of talent and needs for tasks are thrown off. I feel sorry for the women when physical and mechanical stuff is required like building stuff or heavy lifting. Come on, these are women who do business in high heels. Then when there's something really girly like fashion or jewelry selling, the men know absolutely nothing. Penn Gillette is proving to be a savvy businessman as well as the showman we all know and love. Paul Teutal has proved to be more powerful at business than we thought. Trump has a new technique to draw out drama. He asks the project managers who they'd bring to the boardroom if they lose before they even say who's won or lost. Lou Ferrigno becomes the Hulk when his name is mentioned as a boardroom candidate. Aubrey ODay has proven to be the only female w/ any creativity. The women better keep her as long as possible. The problem I see is the lack of real celebrity on the women's side. I'm not sure their rolodexes can compare to the men's side. Wisely, Trump has cut down on the fund-raiser tasks because in past seasons, people literally drained their money wells before the finale.
The Biggest Loser is no longer called The Crying Fatties. The editors have cut the crying out and instead, put in a lot of conniving, complaining and talking behind peoples' backs. Conda has become the villain of the season but we're getting a sense of bigtime show editing because the other fatties are very friendly and supportive of her. One thing we're not seeing is amazing weight loss. We also see less working out. I think I've seen more of the contestants' bedrooms than I've seen in 12 seasons. Unfortunately, the producers and editors have made almost all of the contestants unlikeable which makes the audience not give a crap about who goes home. They're going to have to do a lot of redeeming to make America root for a winner. Otherwise, people are just going to see who wins by reading spoiler posts on the social media sites. I also want to point out that Bob seems ill this season. He's looking greyfaced and haggard on some parts of episodes and he's more grouchy and sour. Whatever he's suffering from, I hope he gets better.
This season of The Challenge is called Battle of the Exes. It involves teams of couples who have hooked up or dated before but are no longer together. It's been very interesting to see the I love you/I hate you waverings of the couples. Surprisingly, there was only one hookup of 2 people from different couples. What was really evident was the advantage that the couples who had dated for a long time over the casual hookup couples during the challenges and domes. They worked better in sync and the men knew how to handle the women when they started to lose heart. There was one really awkward incident when Emily decided to make fun of Paula and Tyler by putting chocolate on her face and pretending to be Tyler. Oh boy! When he threatened to quit because he didn't want to be Emily's partner anymore, I really thought he would and I didn't blame him at all. Someone obviously reminded him of the big prize at the end and he stayed. The final dome is really going to be good. It's Johnny and Camilla against their alliance pals Mark and Robin. It's Mark's very first time in an elimination challenge. That means, he's always been in the final challenge each time he's been on the show all these years. Wow! Also, the guy's 40. I can't wait to see the final show.
Finally, I'd like to ask ABC Family channel why they keep cutting their sitcoms? Ruby and the Rockits was such a cute show and seeing the Cassidy family each week was so much fun. Are they going to bring back Melissa and Joey? Of course the shows don't get high audience numbers, not everyone gets that channel and there's a lot of competition too. I prefer the multicam sitcoms and I like corny comedy. Well, I'll have to settle for Big Bang Theory, The Middle, Last Man Standing, Mike and Molly, How I Met Your Mother, 2 Broke Girls and 2 and Half Men. Sigh...
Well, catch you later TV people. Stay Tuned and keep watching.
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