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Excellent interview with Eric's broth...

The TVClubHouse: Big Brother 8 ARCHIVES: Big Brother 8 - Part 10: Excellent interview with Eric's brother, Joshua Stein users admin

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Smrtass
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09-11-2000

Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 1:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Smrtass a private message Print Post    
Intelligence seems to run in the family. Here's a very good interview with Eric's older brother:

http://bb8dish.blogspot.com/2007/09/bb8dish-interview-with-erics-brother.html

Hypermom
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08-13-2001

Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 2:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hypermom a private message Print Post    
Thanks for posting that. I've followed the threads on SS by Eric's brother, and Dick's son. If they can take the personal stuff out of the game, and move on, I hope others will too.

Smrtass
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09-11-2000

Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 4:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Smrtass a private message Print Post    
You're welcome. I've been impressed with both of them and their ability to restrain themselves when confronted with hateful posts about their respective family members. Both very likeable fellows, who've added a lot to my enjoyment (!?) of the show.

Hypermom
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08-13-2001

Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 4:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hypermom a private message Print Post    
Smrt, I agree. And they have had plenty of stuff thrown at them. Thanks again.

Smrtass
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09-11-2000

Friday, September 14, 2007 - 1:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Smrtass a private message Print Post    
Joker's Updates is weird. I only ever read the updates part and have posted there a total of 4 times in the past few years. Today, I posted a link to Josh's interview and it was immediately removed and I was banned for having multiple accounts! Which I don't. Wonder what's up with that? Also, I'm banned from sending private messages to ask about it!

Lily7
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08-29-2007

Friday, September 14, 2007 - 3:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lily7 a private message Print Post    
What's SS?

Smrtass
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09-11-2000

Friday, September 14, 2007 - 3:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Smrtass a private message Print Post    
Survivor Sucks

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Friday, September 14, 2007 - 3:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
That was a very good interview. Thanks for posting it.

Beffylou
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04-21-2005

Friday, September 14, 2007 - 5:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beffylou a private message Print Post    
Smrtass .. I don't think I'd worry about being banned at Jokers. A very good friend of mine signed up one week ago .. her first time signing up at any site ever. She posted one post asking about the jury house and was immediately banned. Very weird to me.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Saturday, September 15, 2007 - 4:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Great and interesting interview..

I did find it interesting when he said it was odd that Eric's being Jewish was such a topic of conversation; it was Eric who continually brought up the topic, so it was going to be out there.

And while Josh is not happy with Amber's obscenity laced diatribe against Eric, he conveniently forgets that it was triggered by Amber's finding out that Eric had been telling people that he had Amber's horrible secret and could use that to basically blackmail Amber or make public what her secret was. And Amber didn't even know that he DID make it very public when he told Jess, using his full voice (when Amber told him much of it was hidden by hot tub noise) during prime time feeds and showtime.

So, Amber of course was the one to let out her secret but she did trust Eric with the knowledge, and he betrayed that trust to at least two HG (Dick and Jessica) and the public. So Amber struck back but in that case she had some reason to do so.


Anyway, still a very good interview and a good point that hopefully the producers WILL alert Amber, Eric and Jameka about the public furor over the anti semitic comments.. before putting them in front of the press. I suspect Eric would simply say he wanted to "see the tapes" before commenting, but Amber should at least be forwarned.

Same would go for the comments about the dogs from Amber and Dustin and Jameka might want to be warned too.

Whatever.. I'm sure the producers will sacrifice the HG for more drama.

Onlyhuman
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08-04-2001

Saturday, September 15, 2007 - 5:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Onlyhuman a private message Print Post    
Seamonkey, I did not see reference to the obscenity laced diatribe as an issue with Josh. Josh cited three issues he has with Amber. He specifically spoke about Amber's anti-semitic remarks, which occurred on Monday morning, before she ever found out about Eric using the abortion information against her, which occurred early Tuesday morning. He also spoke about her constant crying and her attempts to convince Jess that Eric was using her.

It was the interviewer/blogger, who wrote about Eric's "desolation" at Amber's rant. Josh just spoke about Eric's recovery from it.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Saturday, September 15, 2007 - 5:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Sea, he also conveniently forgot how the DR pretty much convinced everyone to keep Eric that week he was up for eviction. And I firmly believe that Eric himself was coached by the DR (his convos with all of the HGs in Dani's HOH room all started out identically).

All in all, I wasn't impressed with the interview. To me, it seemed like a lot of excuses for Eric's behavior. Sort of like he's trying to start damage control for his brother.

Onlyhuman
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08-04-2001

Saturday, September 15, 2007 - 6:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Onlyhuman a private message Print Post    
Yeah, I guess if you want to think negatively, you could see it as damage control.

Or, you could see it as a brother who is pretty open and honest about both his brother's strengths and weaknesses.

Some people believe that Eric deserves to be roasted over the hot fires of flaming public opinion after the finale. Others actually think he's a pretty decent guy who was put into an incredibly stressful situation, more so than any other player in the history of BB, a situation so stressful that even eviction did not resolve it, who sometimes cracked under the pressure but who tried his best to live up to his obligations even when they went against his own best interests.

It's all in how you choose to look at it, I guess.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Sunday, September 16, 2007 - 11:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
I thought he WAS open and honest.. just odd that he mentioned how being Jewish was mentioned so much when it was Eric who started that and continued to feed it. He kept referring to himself as a "New York Jewboy" and one of the names they considered for the alliance with Dick and Dani was KanJewNato. It was a constant theme with him.

That isn't connected in my mind with Amber's rant, though some of it may be connected in her mind.

I didn't connect Amber's rant against Eric with her previous anti-semitic comments. He rant came after Dick let her know that Eric was talking about what she told him in confidence.

I don't really think he'll be roasted by every one of them.. but I could see Dustin and Amber and others feeling that AP messed up their games and hastened their evictions. Jameka seemed to feel, after talking to Zach, Dick and Dani that Jessica had betrayed her and Amber.. finding out about AP may allow them to focus the blame more on that/Eric because Jess ws also affected by AP doings.

Gonzilly
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07-09-2005

Sunday, September 16, 2007 - 1:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Gonzilly a private message Print Post    
Her rant did not come after Dick talking to her, it came before. Ryn posted in the live feeds on August 6th that Amber was making all of the inappropriate comments at 5:41pm and also mentioned in the post that she had the same discussion with Jameka earlier.

Dick talked to Amber at 6:46pm about Eric saying he knows a secret about Amber.

The rant from Amber was posted before Dick's conversation with her.

Boberg
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10-04-2002

Monday, September 17, 2007 - 3:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Boberg a private message Print Post    
Seamonkey I loved the last line of your Saturday post...lol...that pretty much said it all for this season.

I feel it was Jessica that made an issue of Eric being Jewish...she asked him lots of questions about it and then the two of them picked it up in a joking manner...but I know it is not really that important.


Smrtass...thanks for posting the link...I am not sure I could be near that objective if it was my sister or brother, so I applaud his efforts.