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Just_gail
Member
08-25-2007
| Saturday, September 08, 2007 - 7:58 pm
No blood relatives. No people with a prior connection. No actors, models, musicians or other types of entertainers. Just regular folks. Bring back PB&J. At least it's palatable (sp?) Equal mix of age groups. They gotta get an old lady (like me). Could they possibly get people who don't use such foul language? I don't know anybody who talks like that! Give them a pony!
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Vickielg
Member
08-10-2006
| Saturday, September 08, 2007 - 8:01 pm
Just_gail, you hit it right on the head. That works for me!!
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Nynana
Member
05-31-2005
| Saturday, September 08, 2007 - 8:15 pm
I would put Allison Grodner in the house with Dick for three whole months with nothing for them to do but abuse and be abused and then cancel Big Brother the day before it was scheduled to end. Oh Sanfranjoshfan this is the best one I have seen! Throw in only cold water except for dishwashing and throw in Daniele and Vincent and they can all have a happy reunion, come out and oops, no watchers, no live feed watchers, no show!
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Darclyte
Member
07-11-2005
| Saturday, September 08, 2007 - 8:21 pm
It's always easy to say, no actors, models, musicians or other types of entertainers...but who do you think applies for these things? First, those types of personalities are the types who apply. Second, actors and models make for good looking tv. Good looking tv makes for ratings (or so they think.) It would be nice to find 14 regular people who aren't entertainers and are "average" looking to be in Big Brother...but that just isn't going to happen. People like that are not considered market draws.
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Just_gail
Member
08-25-2007
| Sunday, September 09, 2007 - 1:28 am
Regular people apply. FBI Jack, Kail, Amy. They were all attractive.
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Gabby01
Member
07-27-2007
| Sunday, September 09, 2007 - 8:52 am
i agree with the regular people...not anymore star wannabes. and id like to see big brother start acting like they control the houseguests...not the other way around. if they sing..penalize them. if they refuse to put on their mics or argue with bb...penalize them. i watch bbuk...bbusa could learn alot from them. one houseguest was told not to do any cleaning or cooking but she whisked an egg...her penalty...she had to wear boxing gloves for a few days. why must we hear over and over not to discuss the dr...one warning is more then enough. i want big brother to be the boss...so far i havent seen that happening.
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Just_gail
Member
08-25-2007
| Sunday, September 09, 2007 - 9:31 am
The cast should be made up of people who applied for the show. BB has been guilty of recruiting people who didn't apply specifically for their show. It's not fair to the thousands who did.
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Caln8tiv
Member
09-14-2005
| Sunday, September 09, 2007 - 2:48 pm
I agree with you 100% Just_gail, no more going out and recruiting, just use the people who actually apply to be on the show. I'd love a good background check though so we can do away with any "wannabe stars" with agents waiting in the wings to make sure the goals are the same for all contestants.
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Sunday, September 09, 2007 - 3:08 pm
Ditch the slop - it is the worst idea ever.
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Crzndeb
Member
07-26-2004
| Sunday, September 09, 2007 - 3:12 pm
Football break 50% of winner's money goes to charity of player's choice, determined before entering house. That way, there will always be a positive ending to the game. Back to Seahawks game
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Allysmom
Member
09-19-2005
| Monday, September 10, 2007 - 10:29 am
Just_gail - I agree, no more recruiting. They've done way too much of that in the past and I'm sure there are hundreds of people who apply. Seriously, are they saying that they can't find 14 people in the hundreds of applicants who are regular people? Give me a Kent or Gerry or Danielle or Sheryl....hmmm, I see a trend...older people. I'm really not loving the fact that most of the HG's fall into the 20-35 age bracket.... I'm not prejudiced against gays, my hair stylist is gay and I love him dearly, but BB has got to get away from the token one or two gays per year as well. As well, the token black person, Chinese person, Muslim person.....mix it up more!! And I also agree with going back to PB/J instead of slop. Of course maybe they got away from that because of nut allergies....who knows?
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Cheekychops
Member
08-12-2005
| Monday, September 10, 2007 - 10:35 am
I have nothing against them but.... every year we have a professional model (or two). Is that for the viewers or the other HG's eye candy? I'd like to see more of the chicken george's and BB1 Karen types.
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John3183
Member
09-02-2005
| Monday, September 10, 2007 - 10:40 am
I too would love to have "real" people on the show. Not the pretty people that make up the reality shows today. More like the first few casts of the Real World, people that were all different, non perfect, and someone everyone could relate too. BB9, back to basics I would also like more for them to work at. Not a comp every few days, but puzzles, hidden items, maybe veto comps that last more then 1 day. Something to make the feeds lively and the houseguests do more. I would also like the veto to go away, no more back dooring, or at least change it up so they are not positive they can use it, or want to, put a penality to its use, something to make them think.
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Nclbros
Member
09-10-2007
| Monday, September 10, 2007 - 10:42 am
I think they should put in a variety of ages, sizes, IQ's, strengths and weaknesses ~It just makes it more interesting to see how each person handles the situations. IMO.
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Allysmom
Member
09-19-2005
| Monday, September 10, 2007 - 10:47 am
Nclbros Variety of IQ's??? We had that this year and it certainly didn't help the show much....in fact, other than a variety of ages & sizes, we did have a variety of IQ's, strengths and weaknesses....they just weren't played up to their full potential. I'd also do away with the POV. Whoever is nominated, is nominated and that's who they have to choose from to evict. None of this backdooring anymore....I really hate that.
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Dfennessey
Member
07-25-2004
| Monday, September 10, 2007 - 11:08 am
Do not let people sleep all day. Out of bed by 9 at the latest. give them chores to do daily.
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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Monday, September 10, 2007 - 11:20 am
I would tell the producers to watch BBUK and follow that format and hire their casting director.
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Gurliegirl
Member
06-20-2006
| Monday, September 10, 2007 - 11:29 am
You know what was kinda lame but fun at the same time? The gumball machine. Remember when they'd occasionally come in to find quarters hidden in the house and they'd go hog wild looking for quarters just so they could get some silly piece of gumball machine junk?
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Firebird05
Member
08-24-2001
| Monday, September 10, 2007 - 11:36 am
No more recruits. No POV. The HOH picks one person for immunity and everyone else is up for eviction.
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Monday, September 10, 2007 - 11:49 am
I like the back to basics ideas. Make them earn everything: food, household items, laundry soap, etc. Have them solve puzzles or do simple challenges each day to earn something. Forget the elaborate backyard setups that take hours to create and are seen on TV for all of 5 minutes. I'd hook the hot water in the shower up to an exercise bike -- you want hot water in your shower you need to get a pal to ride the exercise bike while you're in there. Remember in BB1 when they had to get up and dance each time they heard music? Do more stuff like that.
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Gurliegirl
Member
06-20-2006
| Monday, September 10, 2007 - 12:00 pm
Brenda1966. Great idea with the shower. Take it further...a "Green" Big Brother. They can get special treatment for going "green" or can get penalized for doing something that's not so green. Ironically, I'm admittedly one of the worst recyclers out there. I promise, I'll get better if they do a Green BB.
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Danzdol
Member
04-21-2001
| Monday, September 10, 2007 - 12:00 pm
Sorry for not being positive Polly here but why even bother? each year we discuss things that could be better. They could do this and that and they do what they want anyway. There are always dissappointments year in and out. I strongly believe there are favorites from the casting couch when it should not be so. I follow a TON of reality shows (BB was my first after RW in 01). I have never seen so many inconsistencies (sp?) within a show. Never experienced uproar in forums like I do BB. I know the format lends itself to it but it's just way too many. I have to wonder if it's this way with the other BB's in other countries. I can't believe I am about to say this but I am not sure I will be back after this year.(to watch BB that is..I will stay at TVCH) I said it after the Maggie win but got lured back because of All Stars. Although I was not satisfied with the ending of BBAA , I figured I had a good time watching it for the most part and I would give a new crew a chance. From the get go it has been rocky for me. Why come back? For the record, I am only finishing up watching the season because I am not a quitter and could never leave halfway. I will torture myself through it if it's what it takes.
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Realurker
Member
08-10-2004
| Monday, September 10, 2007 - 12:27 pm
I agree with Justgail except maybe a puppy instead of the pony--also I agree with the posters that said change the POV--where they would not be sure it could be won each time--I also agree with Maris about BBUK--they had competitions constantly and the cast was REALLY diverse--
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Justin42
Member
08-05-2001
| Monday, September 10, 2007 - 12:40 pm
1. Fire AG Productions. 2. Download a copy of this season's Big Brother UK, which despite being slammed by the media, was quite entertaining. I don't get why it didn't do well in the UK ratings except it's the 8th year of THEIR format so it's getting stale (as is the US format)-- but it's new to us. 3. Day by day, do exactly what they did in the BBUK house. Ok, now that the dreaming's over: 1. Have real punishments. BBUK went so far as to give people fake punishments for rules they didn't actually break! Make them fear BB a bit-- puts them all on edge, gives them a common bond. Don't be afraid to lose people early! 1b-- put 1 or 2 extra people in, expecting to lose them early. You can double evict later if needed. 2. If they want to keep the HoH/player vote format, disallow all conversations about voting or nominations EXCEPT for the time period between HoH is chosen and nominations are announced. Any discussions of voting or nomiations after that results in punishment, up to and including nomination for rule breakers. 2b-- I'd tweak the format that HoH picks one nominee, the HGs pick the other. (each HG gets 2 nominations; can't nom HoH, highest vote getter goes up; if highest vote getter is the same as HoH's pick, then 2nd highest vote getter goes up. If there's a tie, then put 3-4 people up in 1 week). Voting can be done amongst HGs but have 2 predetermined weeks (say week 3 and week 7) that America gets one vote-- or there is a public vote and no HGs vote-- but don't tell the HGs which weeks it is until after nominations and veto are done. Point would be to try to prevent these mega-alliances from forming and running the game. 3. Play veto immediately after nominations and have the meeting immediately after that. Make the people on the block have to deal with it for the full week -- BB2/3 had so much more drama as people melted down being on the block all week. Not being "officially" on the block til late Monday isn't the same. 4. Have smaller competitions daily for little things-- extra beer, etc-- or to avoid punishments-- "Unless all of you pass this test, you won't get food" 5. Revamp food competitions to be more like UK's-- longer events (that can stretch out all week) that win them money and they have to buy food from a budget. I miss the House Meetings of BB2; brought out a ton of drama. I think at this point, given the ratings blockbuster BB8 has been (ack), BB9 will be so much identically the same to BB8 it won't be funny, unfortunately. I wish CBS would instead see this as an opportunity to really break with the format, fix the things that have been wrong for YEARS, and really cause this show to break out and finally get people watching.
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Wilsonatmd
Member
01-23-2001
| Monday, September 10, 2007 - 1:01 pm
1-Instead of food comps, do "money comps". Start the grand prize at zero like Australian BB did, and have them add to the bank by successful completion of comps (and tie that in to the food budget too). Winner gets the whole amount-runner up gets 10% (and set it up that if they're really good, they can win over the normal $500K-maybe a million plus) 2-Audience gets to pick one nomination, HOH gets to pick the other-they may, but don't have to, tell the people at the nom ceremony which person was which. 3-in compensation for losing a nom, HOH gets to vote every week (not just in the case of a tie) and it's a "supervote"- it counts double. 4-the final jury is 10 votes the normal 7 votes in the sequestered jury 1 vote comes from the pre-jury non-sequestered evictees (so they know what's happened both in the house and out) The other 2 are done in 2 audience votes (one east coast and one west coast- to make it fair). If the vote ends up 5-5, the tiebreak will be the combined home vote.
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