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Reality TVClubHouse Discussions: Home Improvement Show ARCHIVES: Extreme Makeover: Home Edition ---with Ty - 2004-2007: Archive through September 01, 2004 users admin

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Reiki
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08-12-2000

Monday, May 24, 2004 - 5:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Reiki a private message Print Post    
Ty threw out the first pitch (which I missed) and lead the crowd in singing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" during the 7th inning stretch (which I didn't miss) at the Cubs game attended by the TVCH Chicago gatherees on Friday.

Ty Pennington on the Score board


Tabbyking
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03-11-2002

Monday, May 24, 2004 - 7:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tabbyking a private message Print Post    
i have never seen an episode where there wasn't a fight/heated disagreement among the workers, architects, contractors, etc. i'll have to see if legal and i get the same episodes! my daughter had just commented how this episode did not have a 'fight' in it--and how happy she was--when they had the thing over the mural! it really detracts sometimes, although i know in real life there are always ongoing battles!

Vsmart
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02-10-2003

Wednesday, May 26, 2004 - 7:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vsmart a private message Print Post    
The fights are obviously staged. The designs are completed & all the materials arrive before filming starts. Anyone who has survived a remodelling project knows that waiting for back/special orders is what really drags out
completion.

Tabbyking
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03-11-2002

Wednesday, May 26, 2004 - 9:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tabbyking a private message Print Post    
come to think of it, i do think there maybe weren't any fights on the 'black mold' episode. i think the fights are 'staged', too, but totally unnecessary.

Demeter
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08-05-2001

Monday, May 31, 2004 - 12:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Demeter a private message Print Post    
Hmmm...no comments about last night's show. I watched but didn't get as emotional as I usually do.

They didn't show previews for next week, so I guess we'll be in re-runs.

Madelane
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08-20-2001

Tuesday, June 01, 2004 - 6:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Madelane a private message Print Post    
Last night was a rerun. The orphan family was the season finale.

Which one did they show last night Demeter?

Demeter
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08-05-2001

Tuesday, June 01, 2004 - 7:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Demeter a private message Print Post    
It was the one with the son with allergies and the house of mold.

I thought I had seen them all, but I guess I must have missed this one when it originally aired.

Madelane
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08-20-2001

Tuesday, June 01, 2004 - 10:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Madelane a private message Print Post    
Oh yes I liked the mold one, except you're right that it wasn't a big tear-jerker. But my face needs a break every once in a while.

Jan
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08-01-2000

Sunday, July 18, 2004 - 6:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jan a private message Print Post    
There is a new show on tonight..and I have to say I am not really thrilled with it. It is not designed to make friends and influence people in Canada that's for sure.

They brought a new house down from Canada because they couldn't find an American firm to meet their time frames.

First they made the big joke "do you speak english" to a guy named Peter in British Columbia, calling him Pierre. His name was definitely Peter. He is on the show and is NOT French Canadian so it was done as a "joke".

Then they complained about the delay while a new house "came down by dog sled" from Canada.

When what they got wasn't exactly what they wanted because building codes are different in the USA..of course, to them, that was all the Canadian's fault. Maybe they should have thought of that before they ordered from Canada???

I was not very amused.

Roxip
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01-29-2004

Monday, July 19, 2004 - 8:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxip a private message Print Post    
I can understand because I thought they were pretty rude about the Canadian guy too. However, the episode itself was great and the house that came down from Canada was wonderful.

Did anyone else think that the sister and brother-in-law were kind of hoarding in on the other sister's good fortune?

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Monday, July 19, 2004 - 9:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I think that they had planned on moving back anyway but they sure made out in the deal! I cried like a baby at the end when she met the little girl who's life she saved.

Roxip
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01-29-2004

Monday, July 19, 2004 - 12:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxip a private message Print Post    
Me too. That silly show always has me in tears.

Azlen
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08-27-2000

Monday, July 19, 2004 - 2:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Azlen a private message Print Post    
While I like this show and really like to see the end results, there are a few things about this show that drive me nuts, which were really highlighted in last night's show.

First is the "surprise" 7am bullhorn call. There is no way that if it were truly a surprise that everyone would be awake, dressed and ready to run outside all at the same time. Tied in with that is the fact that they all can take a week's vacation on a moment's notice.

There is also no way they decided to level that house at the last second. I am sure all the permits, contracts, etc. were all done long before they started filming. I also really wonder how often the house is truly completed on time. I am sure the family wouldn't mind waiting an extra day or two, and they can always edit it to look like they finished on time.

As far as the Canadian comments go, I was more offended that they weren't all that funny. If it were truly funny I wouldn't have minded it so much, everyone needs to laugh at themselves every now and then.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Monday, July 19, 2004 - 6:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
Azlen, I read in our newspaper when they did the home in Livermore, that they notify a few families in the area to be ready but they don't tell them if they are doing their home or not. So they know that they might come, which is sad if you are one of the families waiting for that 7 am call!

Happyhounds
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02-12-2003

Tuesday, July 20, 2004 - 3:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Happyhounds a private message Print Post    
I agree totally with Jan. Do all Canadians use dog sleds, well do all Americans ride donkeys. Lets not be totally stupid and ignorant.
That nonsense about the building codes being different in Canada than in the states. Were they really that stupid not to know the difference and the foolishness of hiring someone to frame in the house and then complain that all they did was frame in the house. I love the concept of the show but to me it is just getting to staged. Most of the show was wasted with out takes of the design team gushing about...well just about everything. Enough is enough. I want to see them do the work, put in the pool, do landscape, decorate. And please stop that crap at the beginning of the show. You can't convince me that the family has no idea the extreme makeover team is comming

Madelane
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08-20-2001

Tuesday, July 20, 2004 - 5:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Madelane a private message Print Post    
Is it possible that the new episode you guys are discussing aired only in Canada? I ask because in the US the season ended a while ago and my Tivo still only has reruns coming up. If not, I guess I missed it.

Happyhounds
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02-12-2003

Tuesday, July 20, 2004 - 7:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Happyhounds a private message Print Post    
They tore down a house and completely rebuilt it for a woman who donated bone marrow to a little girl.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Tuesday, July 20, 2004 - 7:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
Madelane, it was a new one. Sorry you missed it.

Roxip
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01-29-2004

Tuesday, July 20, 2004 - 8:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxip a private message Print Post    
I agree about whether the family is that surprised or not. I could act surprised, however, if they agreed to totally redo my house. Believe me, I would even come to the door in my pjs if it made the producers happy...LOL.

Happyhounds
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02-12-2003

Tuesday, July 20, 2004 - 8:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Happyhounds a private message Print Post    
I would too, but what I don't like it the sillyness of the show trying to make it appear as if the family had never in their lifetime expected the crew to show up at their door . That and all the shots of the design team telling everyone over and over and over how much the family deserves the makeover. Every makeover they have done has been for someone who deserves it , that's the show appeal. It's just getting redundent. Less design team confessionals and more designing. That's what I say. Oh yes- a few more shots of Ty without his shirt on could possibly be tolerated

Lkunkel
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10-29-2003

Tuesday, July 20, 2004 - 10:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lkunkel a private message Print Post    
Madelane: It was on Sunday night at 9PM. There were two episodes on--not the TV Guide listed both!

Roxip
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01-29-2004

Tuesday, July 20, 2004 - 12:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxip a private message Print Post    
I'm a little tired of Ty's "secret" designs. Does he think we really think he built that whole pool area himself? Wow, that boy is truly talented.

I agree about the designers too. I would like to see more of the actual process of the design than their faces.

Madelane
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08-20-2001

Tuesday, July 20, 2004 - 2:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Madelane a private message Print Post    
Thanks guys. I had already deleted my "season pass" because I figured they wouldn't air new episodes until Fall. But it's an old one again next Sunday - with the community activist woman whose home was flooded. I'm so confused!

I'll pay more attention to the thread next time since you guys are so on top of things and DID warn that a new episode was coming.

Reader234
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08-13-2000

Tuesday, August 31, 2004 - 7:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Reader234 a private message Print Post    
Tabbyking!!! I finally saw the show from the post you made eons ago!! About the family of girls and one boy whose parents died, now because of big brother, I came in halfway thru... and I thought, oh this is the show, they posted that article about... article not found currently btw!!! It was a huge tearjerker for me!! One girl was goth, and got a "castle" domain!! One girl's dream was of firefighters, her room was of firefighter's ladder from a real house (I'm thinking from New York???) One girl loved the sophisticated girl stuff... her room was gorgeous. When they first said that they were putting in all those sinks, I"m thinking, what is this a fire house (flipping back and forth from big brother mind you!!) I caught on when they did the concert - WOW!!

They had a splendid alcove with stained glass window/skylight with doves to represent mom and dad... yes, at this point I'm crying... then they showed the memory wall, of all those saved school stuff, and the community had done scrapbooks... wow!!

At the end, they burned the mortgage because sears was going to take care of everything... I remember the article saying something about taxes on the upgrade....

Roxip
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01-29-2004

Wednesday, September 01, 2004 - 7:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxip a private message Print Post    
I'll be glad when they start showing new episodes though - I think they've shown each one about three times now.

Funny thing though - a couple of months or so ago my firm's marketing department put out a new marketing campaign - using orange circles with white lettering of the word "IMPACT." After having seen the Extreme Makeover show with the family of the man who was away in Iraq (?) a couple of weeks ago I now know where they got the idea, because they did the older boy's room with orange carpet and orange mouse pads with a white tack (which we now all have orange mousepads with white lettering on them) and the designer guy made the statement that they really had IMPACT (and guess what word is on our mouse pads?). I almost fell off the couch I was laughing so hard!

And we all thought the whole campaign was idiotic.