Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Week 6 Results Show - Michael Flatley is STILL the Man
The Encore Performance this week appeared to be the hip hop number. Did I call it or what last week when I said what they'd do with Cloris? Too bad they couldn't do the same with Susan, she was awful. From my wanderings on the web, I know that many people started dissing this number last week without even seeing it, but I rather enjoyed it. Since I missed the show last night, I'm glad it was repeated.
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Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Dancing With the Stars 7: Week 5 Results Show - It's Macy's 150th Birthday!
I enjoyed both musical guest numbers. Be sure to catch the youtube of the Macy's Stars of Dance performance, it was awesome. I wasn't happy with the results of the elimination, but I wasn't really surprised. For my recap of the show, head on over to TVFunSpot
Monday, October 20, 2008
Dancing With the Stars 7: New Dance Showcase
Lance/Lacey and Toni/Alec tackle the West Coast Swing, Susan/Tony and Warren/Kym do the Hustle, Cloris/Corky and Maurice/Cheryl Salsa, and Brooke/Derek and Cody/Julianne handle the Jitterbug.
Overall, I was very disappointed in the West Coast Swing. Lacey got called on the carpet by the judges. They told her that her job was to showcase her star, not herself. My favorite dances were the two jitterbugs. The Hough kids did wonderful jobs.
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Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Dancing With the Stars 7: Week 4 Results Show - Dirty Campaign Ads Are Not Just for Politicians
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Dancing With the Stars 7: Sir Dance-A-Lot Reigns
It was a fun night, with Lance and Lacey breaking through. My guys, Warren and Maurice disappointed, but hopefully their two week scores will be enough to keep them around. To read my full recap go to TVFunSpot
Monday, October 6, 2008
Dancing With the Stars 7: To Call It Wacky Would Be the Understatment of the Year
My favorite dances were the Viennese Waltzes by Brooke/Derek and Warren/Kym. Toni/Alec also did a very interesting interpretation of the Waltz. Maurice and Cheryl had the best Jive. And Cloris? Well, she was Cloris.
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Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Dancing With The Stars 7: Week 2 Results Show - It's a Jessica Simpson Night
After the first recap of last night, yes, the first, Warren and Kym were chosen for the Encore Performance of their Matrix inspired Paso Doble by the judges. And let me tell ya, it was just as enjoyable tonight. I still marvel at how that big man can move. Then after the second recap of last night, Tom got right to business. He told us that after the judges scores were combined with our votes the following two couples, in no particular order mind you, were safe: Toni/Alec and Rocco/Karina.
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Dancing With the Stars 7: Winner, Winner Big Chicken Dinner!
So how'd they do? Who ended up on the top of the leaderboard? Did anyone fall off? Memorable performances? Read the rest of my article here at TVFunspot.com
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Dancing With the Stars 7: Week 1 Results Show
Based on dancing only, Cloris should be leaving. She's hilarious, though, and is very entertaining, so she may be safe. I don't know how big a fan base Kim Kardashian or Ted McGinley have, so I think they may be in danger of leaving instead. Thank goodness we don't have to wait two hours tonight to find out.
They opened the show tonight with all of the pros dancing to "Under Pressure". Wow, that was hot, hot, hot. I loved seeing them all. And to realize that there were brother and sister, father and son, and husband and wife was awesome. In addition to his son, Mark, Corky had two of his students, Derek and Julianne, out there dancing with him, as well.
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Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Dancing With the Stars 7: "I Always Had the Moves, Now I Know the Rules"
After a recap of last night, which saw Brooke and Derek at the top of the leaderboard and Jeffrey and Edyta at the bottom, we learned that they will tell one couple at a time that they were safe and they'd dance right then. Tonight's dances were the Mambo for those that did the Fox Trot last night and the Quick Step for those that did the Cha Cha.
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Dancing With The Stars 7: From QB Killer to Dance Floor Thriller
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Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Dancing With the Stars: First Thoughts
When I saw the cast, I honestly just sat a moment. They certainly ran the gamut this time. There are a few athletes, some singers, some actors/actresses, a chef, a comedian and Kim Kardashian. They bill her as an actress, but does a sex tape count? One good thing is that I don't see a ringer this season. The past few seasons you could pretty much pick out the winner or the finalists from the first, but this time I can't.
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Big Brother 10: Finale Thoughts
CBS wastes too much time on recaps at the beginning of each episode. The finale wasn't as bad as last Thursday's show, however. They only recapped once, in color, and not twice, once in color and the other in black and white/sepia tones. And then we got to see the jury waiting for the final jury member. Some of them were still bitter, and it was still funny.
Keesha wasn't the most bitter of the crew, surprisingly, but she still wanted Memphis to be the final juror. Libra wanted it to be Jerry, because he wasn't the 'gingerly old man you thought he was'. Renny didn't want it to be Jerry, because she didn't want to spend any more time with him. Renny must have been off her meds again, because last night she was back to the wacky ole woman she was at the beginning.
It was funny and kind of sad when Jerry appeared. No one got up to hug him or show him any affection. I guess since they didn't need him anymore, they didn't have to be nice. He wasn't bitter at all as he told them what happened after Keesha left and then they started talking about the final 2 before the jury questioning.
Renny really kind of turned me off last night. From her bitterness in the jury house, to her curtsey and camera hogging at the live show, she made me look at her in a different manner. I always knew there was more to her than she showed in the house. I pegged her as a phony, but wow.
Michelle, on the other hand, was actually kind of impressive. Yes, she was still bitter, but I ignore that, haha. She was not fooled by Dan's offer of the trip and took pleasure in letting both Jerry and Memphis know about it. I was also laughing when she called Dan out during the jury questioning. On the trip he told her that it wasn't just him, that it was his alliance that set her up for the backdoor, but he quickly backed down when Michelle asked him about it in front of his alliance. That was about the only time Dan wasn't totally confident.
Dan, basically, had them eating out of his hand by the end of the questioning. His final plea was like the pep talks he gave the girls at that one endurance challenge. Memphis, though, didn't do himself any favors. He never really answered any of the questions, and kind of seemed very insincere. Dan was a pro and Memphis suffered for it. He was totally outplayed here.
Back at the live portion of the show, when the jurors cast their votes, most of them were very classy. And then there was Renny. She had to get more camera time and she went on and on about something ... I don't know what, I tuned her out, but she basically told us that she voted for Dan. Jerry mumbled something about voting for the person that was nice to him (huh?) and that he'd explain later.
In theory, I like the portion of the show where Julie Chen brings back the evicted houseguests that didn't make the jury. In practice, though, it seems that every season only one or two get to talk and the others are ignored. That pretty much happened this year, too. As usual, Brian took over. I guess he appointed himself spokesperson for the entire group and proceded to lecture and analyze the play of the jury members. I liked him when I interviewed him, but his 15 minutes are up. Steven just sat there and nodded his head in agreement with everything Brian said, similar to the chat last week. I don't remember Angie saying a word and Jessie was Jessie.
Actually it was pretty funny when Julie told them about Dan being America's player for a week and America targeting Jessie for everything. Jessie really wasn't happy about it and told America what they could do. Good thing Julie didn't say anything about it until after the votes were cast, because there may have been some changes.
When the votes were finally shown, I was surprised. It ended up going 7-0 for Dan. The jury members decided that Dan played the better game, or they were still under the spell of his pep talk. While that didn't bother me at all, America's Favorite Juror did. I didn't vote, but if I had, I definitely would not have voted for Keesha. I've already told y'all how I feel about females that call other females the C word. From my wanderings on the web, Keesha ought to thank April for this money. I don't know how many times I saw where someone posted that they voted 50 bazillion times for Keesha to win just so that they could see April's bitter beer face. Well, Keesha won the cash, and the voters got scammed. April was very ladylike and gracious when she congratulated Keesha.
All in all, it was a decent finale. I wish we could have a show like 'After the Rose'. Come back in a couple of weeks after the jurors have been home and told what really went on in the house. Wonder how they'd act then. I'm sure we'll get some inkling as the post-show interviews and chats start happening. What did y'all think of the show? Were you pleased with the outcome? Comment below.
Monday, September 15, 2008
Big Brother 10: Who's Gonna Take It All?
Dan, for me, was the most surprising. After reading his bio on the CBS website, I knew that I wasn't going to like him. I had him pegged as a closed minded, holier-than-thou jerk. I was pleasantly surprised by his demeanor. His goodbye message to Steven was another eye opener, and watching him listen to people was interesting. Yes, I know that much of it may have been strategy, but Steven wasn't on the jury, so that wouldn't have helped him.
Don't get me wrong, I haven't put him on a pedastal or anything like that. I totally disliked the veto roulette game he played and I didn't care for his mind games. It seemed that he played this game head and shoulders more intelligently than the others. At the beginning, he was dead man walking because of his alliance with Brian.
Have you noticed that on each of the past two seasons, someone involved with a dead alliance has made it to the end? Zach in BB8 was the last of the Mrs. Robinson alliance, and Ryan was targeted last season because of his relationship with Jen. Will this be the year that the doomed alliance member wins it all?
Memphis has played a very different game than Dan. He, too, was targeted early. Brian, correctly as it turned out, felt that Memphis was a big threat to win it all. In my interview with Brian earlier this season, he predicted a Memphis win. Each time Memphis was targeted early in the game, someone else appeared on the scene to take his place. First it was Brian and then Jessie showed his behind.
Memphis made a couple of really beneficial alliances that managed to save him and allow him to keep his hands clean. Keesha really went to bat for him. I know that a lot of fans are really ticked off at Memphis because of him evicting Keesha, but I honestly think that it was the best move for him. It could have been handled a little better, but it was the best move. Keesha would have been stronger in the final 3 Head of Household competition than Jerry, and I think that if she'd won she would have taken Dan. And although Dan is all Renegade power now, I have my doubts that he'd have taken Memphis to the Final 2.
So who will it be? Dan, the master manipulator, or Memphis, the laid back UTR player? After the jury questioning, I still have doubts, and it seems that they do, too. Both guys came back feeling both confidence and doubt. It seems that the jury didn't give them any clues. I guess the main confusion was coming from Keesha, April and Ollie. It seems as though Keesha has realized that Dan was just as responsible for her eviction as Memphis was. Ollie is probably still angry at Dan about breaking his word, but he's disliked Memphis for the longest time.
My initial thoughts were that Dan would have Keesha, Renny and maybe Libra. I wasn't sure about Michelle because she seemed to realize that the outing was simply a way to work her for her vote, but did it work? And I thought that Memphis would have Jerry, April and maybe Ollie. We'll see how it all works out Tuesday night. Who is your pick to take it all and win Big Brother 10?
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Big Brother 10: And the Alliance Crumbles
I think it's finally dawned on some of the Big Brother 10 houseguests, that only one of them can win. This hasn't been a summer vacation, although some of them have acted like it. Feelings are getting hurt, tears are being shed, and accusations are being hurled. I love it!!!
Keesha is convinced that Memphis is going to vote to evict her tonight. She's right, but he says that he can't tell her. She has totally gone drama queen. Less than a week after she blew off Renny and refused to share with her that the boys were keeping her, Keesha, she's going after Memphis for refusing to share his vote. He didn't want to tell her because he knew that she'd whine, cry, accuse, pout, etc. And that's exactly what she did.
Why would Memphis keep her, other than show friendship? Memphis has set himself up for F2, if he does vote to evict her. Against Jerry, he knows that Dan will pick him, and he knows that Jerry doesn't like Dan, so Jerry will pick him, Memphis. With Keesha there, he was never sure of her or Dan's relationship. It would have been more of a gamble for him. He knows he doesn't do well in the mental challenges, so he's having to depend on someone to take him.
And Dan is playing them all. Dan played innocent and had Keesha promising to work for him in the Jury House. He told Memphis that he was going to keep Keesha calm, and then he threw Memphis under the bus. He still has not told anyone of his outing with Michelle. He underestimates Jerry, though, and that may cost him. He totally discounts his ability to win the final Head of Household competition.
And whudathunk it that Jerry would make it to F3? Not me, that's for sure. He's sitting pretty good, actually. He could win this thing if he makes it to the final 2. I figure he will have April, Ollie and probably Michelle's vote, and after last week, maybe even Renny's. I don't like the way he's acted in the game, but he's played the game. Actually I think it would be quite amusing to see him win after the smugness of the other three.
Tonight, Tuesday, is the first part of the final Head of Household and is usually endurance. With these three, I don't see it lasting all that long, really. Wednesday will be the second part, and Thursday on the second live show of the week, will be the recap of the second part and the third part live. Then the winner of the Head of Household will immediately evict the last jury member. Then it will be a long dry spell. The live feed watchers will be lurking to catch the final two after the jury questioning, but other than that I can imagine total boredom until next Tuesday.
Don't forget to watch the live show tonight and catch a Brian/Steven live chat on feed 4 on Wednesday night at 6 PT. Be sure to keep checking this page for updates on the HoH competition, written and the voice blog. Who do y'all want to win this thing? Comment below and catch y'all later.
Friday, August 29, 2008
Big Brother 10: It Might Not Be Such a Predictable Weekend After All
I thought tonight's Big Brother 10 was boring and predictable. The alliance of Renny, Keesha, Dan and Memphis run roughshod over the rest of the house and emerge as America's favorites to make up for the disappointment of Big Brother 6. Saw it coming a mile away. My sister called me earlier and predicted that the last question of the Head of Household competition would be wonky, cause a tie and that one of the four would win the tiebreaker, similar to last season when Sharon got screwed out of her HoH. Well, my sis called it.
So when the feeds came back on, I figured they'd give Keesha one night in the HoH room and I'd have an early night. I definitely was not going to stay up and listen to another night of Dan and Memphis gloating about how they have this thing won. And I didn't want to listen to Jerry drone on and them listen and then when he left bash him. But wait, the live feeds went to bubbles and stayed there, so I figured they were having the second Head of Household competition of the evening.
Big Brother After Dark came on before the feeds came back on and lo and behold, the HoH key was around Jerry's neck. Ha! I really don't like Jerry, but I love it when the majority's plan gets a kink in it. Now they have to pretend to listen to him at least until Monday. Dan and Memphis' faces went from gloating to worried in a matter of an hour or so.
While it will be boring on the feeds until Jerry goes to bed, night time will be interesting. Once nominations are made, the alliance will turn on each other. That's always good for a few laughs. It'll even be amusing to make my rounds of message boards and read the posts of mourning for their favorite final four in a long time. Evil, aren't I? That's one of the perks of not having a favorite in the house.
Who will Jerry nominate? Which alliance member will turn first? Memphis is already kissing up to Keesha. Keesha is playing nice to Jerry as is Renny, hoping that he'll put the boys up. It'll be an interesting night and day tomorrow in the Big Brother 10 house. Post your thoughts below.
Monday, August 25, 2008
Big Brother 10: Good TV?
What is 'Good TV'? That is so subjective, yet it seems to be so important to some reality tv contestants. They try to manufacture situations that they believe will enthrall and entertain the viewing audience. Personally, if I wanted manufactured situations, I'd watch scripted television with real actors. And it's even more annoying to sit and watch them gloat about their plans all weekend.
Now I dislike Dan less than most of the remaining houseguests ... well actually all of the remaining houseguests ... but his Head of Household reign has been an eye rolling experience for me. While it's been somewhat amusing to see Renny stuck to his behind after all her talk of distrust last week, his plan to manufacture drama at the Power of Veto meeting wasn't amusing in the least.
He made a stupid deal with Ollie while enduring the HoH competition. It was a very stupid deal and it was all his own idea. It was so unnecessary. But to spend the first 40 something days talking about how he's so concerned over his image and how he carries himself in the house and the past few days gloating about how he was going to reel Ollie in and then go back on his word was very hypocritical.
I know Big Brother is a game of lying and deceit, and it doesn't bother me. What bothered me was Dan's behavior with his little friends in the Head of Household room. That room really seems to go to their heads. Why don't they remember it's only for one week? If he was supposed to be such a good guy, and it was important to him to be the good guy, why play that way? Why make the deal? Why affirm to Ollie right before that you were keeping the deal? Why tell your allies that you were going to blindside him at the meeting for 'good tv'? Was that necessary?
Well, Dan, you got your betrayal. It didn't work out totally the way you planned it, though, did it? Between your stupid making of the deal and the stupid way you broke the deal, you may have just cost yourself the game. Last week, you were a front runner to take it all. Right now you are cowering in your little room. Right now you are pathetically seeking approval from Renny. Right now you can pretty much kiss off four jury votes if you happen to make it that far.
Yes, you may have engineered some drama in the Power of Veto meeting, I guess we'll see on Tuesday, but more drama happened after the meeting. Old Ollie really showed his behind. He was cussing, calling names, and throwing things. Yeah, he had a big ole temper tantrum. In fact, I was wondering if he would get kicked out of the house. I guess since he wasn't throwing things at or around people, it was okay.
I have no love for Ollie, and feel no sorrow for him at all. I just hate that Dan may have ruined his game, his shot at $500,000, just to make 'good tv'. So, after the Good TV put on for us by Dan, the nominees are Jerry and Michelle. Michelle is gone, but Dan's allies are laughing and joking about taking Jerry's money for their votes, even though they have no intention of voting him out. This may be an interesting week in the Big Brother 10 house. But hey, Dan, hope it was worth it.
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Big Brother 10: Deluded Much?
I haven't liked the way she's played. She's been unnecessarily nasty to her allies and unwilling to take responsibility for her actions. She's a walking contradiction. She regularly has sex on camera, but she insists on changing her clothes in private. She's a staunch advocate for her nephew's disability, but she makes fun of others.
From her biography and what she's said in the house, she has a very good job and has her own home. She seems to be very independent, and she's shown flashes of that in the house. Why then, would she hook up with someone in the house almost from the first?
I could sort of see it if he were a strong player and she was using him. But Ollie is a useless sort of fellow. If anything, he has been using and hiding behind her. He hasn't won a thing and while she's portrayed as a beyotch, he's floating along. She could have had a strong female alliance going, but her jealousy and relationship with Ollie got in the way.
Ollie feeds into her feeling of superiority, spitefulness, and sense of entitlement. And the way she isolated herself during her Head of Household reign doomed her alliance. She refused to listen to her teammates' feelings about Jesse. They gave her plenty of hints that they wanted him out, but she refused to bend. Jesse and Michelle played her like a fiddle. Her storming downstairs for that catfight played right into their hands.
I'm still trying to figure out how she figures that America would pick as it's sweetheart a shrew that seems to enjoy having unprotected sex for the camera. And it's not as if she didn't realize what she was doing. Last night on Big Brother After Dark, she and Ollie commented that we caught their entire coupling. And her attitude ... sheesh. She can be an ugly piece of work. The way she bashes others is such a turn off.
She is on her way to sequester. After the ugly goodbye message she recorded for Libra, I wonder what kind of welcome she'll get when she walks through the door. I hope we get to see it. And when the game is over, she'll get another welcome that I'd like to see. When she realizes that America is not enamored of her, and that she hasn't put on her best face, she'll be shocked. And that would be more entertaining to me than her time in the Big Brother 10 house.
Monday, August 11, 2008
Foul Weekend in the BB10 House
And Jerry ... he's just awful. His unreasonable attitude towards Dan is just the icing on the cake. The disrespectful way that he talks to/about the women in that house does not do his Marine garb proud. He refused to wear any of his gear when he turned on Brian, but what he's done since then is much worse. He brings shame to the Corp.
He thinks that he's running the house. When Libra let him keep the POV last week, it seems that he let it go to his head. On quite a few occasions, he's been heard saying that he controls the vote. I'm not sure why he thinks that. He took it as a personal affront when Dan went against his wishes and he's making sure that all know it. He even said last week that he was going to shove Dan's cross up his behind. From listening to the houseguests talk today, he took his venom to a new level at the veto meeting. I haven't heard anyone defend what he said.
Ollie has dropped below rock bottom for me. I never thought too much of his game. Sleeping with his blonde trophy and having sex for the cameras does not a winner make. As a proud, Black woman, when he said to others that women like Libra are why Black men took up with White women, I was totally offended. I have something for you, Ollie. Number one, I don't consider you a man, and number two, the personality you've shown in the house is the reason that you probably can't GET a Black woman worth a darn. And his continuous attacks on Libra's physical features make me like him less and less, although I'm really not sure it's possible for me to like him any less than I do now.
The weekend catfight was awful, but quite amusing to watch. If you missed it, read about it here. The screaming/screeching that went on for hours between April, Libra, Keesha and Michelle was amazing. The accusations flew, the lies piled up, and the name calling continued. I'm not sure if Keesha was really drunk, or if she was putting on an act. While most of us watching the feeds cringed for her, she seems to have won the sympathy of the guys in the house. Of course, she was helped by her sidekick Renny. While the four girls went at each other, Renny was working the guys in Keesha's behalf. As much as Renny bashed Jerry for the past few weeks, she was so stuck up his butt that I'm surprised she was able to extract herself.
I've given up trying to decide who's worse: April, Keesha or Libra. They are all bad. Unfortunately for Libra, she's been chosen as the scapegoat. No matter what goes on in that house, she gets blamed. Did you know that she single-handedly engineered the evictions of every single evicted houseguest? Yeah, she's been bossy and she likes to be in control, but the way she's been demonized isn't cool. She's been attacked verbally on such a personal level that it makes me sick. Keesha and April have the foulest mouths for females. The names they call each other make me want to slap both of them. Calling other females the C word is the vilest epitaph that I can think of.
Michelle is just nuts. She isolated herself with Jesse, and then blasted the girls for her not being in their little club. She is just so jealous that she wasn't invited to take baths with them the past couple of weeks. Yes, imagine me rolling my eyes here. And she's so coarse. She's another one with a foul mouth. Don't these females have ANY home training? If any of them were my daughter, I'd be on that CBS lot right now pulling them out by their ears. Not that my daughter would ever behave like that.
I really feel sorry for Dan. I cannot imagine being stuck in that house with that cast of characters. He's trying so hard to play with some semblance of integrity. The atmosphere is so toxic in there. He lays on the couch, reading his Bible, trying to be invisible. Unfortunately for him, I think his game got screwed by us last week. He's on almost everyone's radar for what they call his suspicious actions. Many of them have accused him of being America's Player. I just hope that he can survive this because he's funny and I enjoy watching him.
Wow, I feel like Negative Nancy, but after this past weekend it's warranted. Can the Big Brother 10 houseguests recover and peacefully co-exist after the nastiness of the past couple of days? Time will tell.
Monday, August 4, 2008
Big Brother Wake-Up Calls Return
Remember how much fun the viewer wake-up calls were a couple of seasons ago? Well Big Brother remembers them, too. They are giving us another opportunity to rudely awaken the Big Brother 10 houseguests, but if you want to participate, you'd better hurry.
The CBS website has all the information including the required release form. Record your message as a .wav file, scan in your signed form and email it in by Wednesday, August 6. That's right, this Wednesday. Make it fun, brief and clean, no profanity allowed.
Good luck!