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Sunshyne4u
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06-17-2003

Monday, January 31, 2005 - 1:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
<> Could someone tell me what day and time Wickedly Perfect was changed to?

All I know is it wasnt on at its usual time and it seems I missed this episode with the masks??

<QT>

Auntiemike
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09-17-2001

Monday, January 31, 2005 - 2:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Sunshyne: it has been moved to Saturday nights, 8 p.m. time slot. Sorry you missed the last episode.

I don't know which is worse: to miss it completely or to get only half an hour of it as my TIVO did. AARRGGHH! I missed the last half hour which had most of the drama. I'm ready for next Saturday though!



Costacat
Member

07-15-2000

Monday, January 31, 2005 - 7:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Boyohboyohboy... are the egos starting to get too big for that house! Mitch well-deserved the comments from the judge(s), and his reaction spoke volumes. I would bet that if anyone can vote for the final winner (judges included), he will not make it.

I'm not sure what's up between Margo and that other woman (can't remember her name?). But I think that other woman needs to get over herself. They are still a team, and she is sure not acting like it. After all, wasn't it kind of Margo's idea that was implemented? That won 'em this week's challenge?

Darlene... I don't think anyone on this show gets on my nerves as much as she does. She's so phony, with all her eye rolls and loud exclamations. Her facial expressions are actually quite frightening to me.

I really liked the first show, and thought this new series had a lot of potential. I'm starting to rethink it, and can't figure out if it's the "I don't know how they judge" or if it's the contestants. Something kinda gives me a strange taste in my mouth. And then the final voting by the team seems to be, really, a popularity contest. They are not voting for the best; they are voting people off who they think will be competition (although I hesitate to think Tom would've been much of a threat in an all-around competition).

Finally, I thought the premise of this show was to find the next perfect, all around "Martha Stewart" type. These people are too specialized. I mean, Mychael could really only cook. Tom could only deal in woodwork. A few seem to be able to muddle thru a multitude of tasks (Darlene seemed to act like she could find her way in a kitchen). But most of 'em have egos that just wouldn't even fit in the same room as Bobby Flay's!

Gen
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08-22-2003

Monday, January 31, 2005 - 9:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Costacat, I think the problem is that it is a "knock-off" of Survivor. But, if they really want a "Martha Stewart" type, which I also thought, they are going about it the wrong way. Like Survivor, the weaker remain while the stronger are voted off. Also, like you said, they are all too specialized.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Tuesday, February 01, 2005 - 12:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yeah it is marginally interesting but makes no sense, really.

Sunshyne4u
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06-17-2003

Tuesday, February 01, 2005 - 1:42 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
thx auntiemike.

Reader234
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08-13-2000

Tuesday, February 01, 2005 - 8:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I watch for Bobby Flay, and he wasnt on last week!! :-)

Doesnt the winner get to appear on CBS Morning show? I wonder if they will regulate it to Saturday/Sunday Mornings they do have different chefs appear on Chef on a Shoestring Budget, which I find interesting!!

I like the Joan Lundon lookalike!! I think they have already eliminated the ones that had more all around talents... and the strong food competitors

Fiat
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10-07-2004

Tuesday, February 01, 2005 - 9:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Eeyoreslament wrote "And the women's team sucks. They really are a bunch of unoriginal housewives."

I'll give you the benefit of the doubt about this comment.

I thought Amy shot herself in the foot when she tried to insult the other team by calling them housewives. Who does she think is going to watch the winner's show? More importantly, why is it an insult to call someone a housewife? I'm a housewife and I think I'm quite creative and can even be crafty! I just don't get paid for it so it doesn't count?

Ok...off my soapbox

Peace

Babyjaxmom
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10-20-2002

Tuesday, February 01, 2005 - 11:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thank you, Fiat, for speaking up for all of us moms! Though I don't count myself in the "crafty" category, I know a lot of stay-at-home moms who are. Like all those scrapbook ladies who keep trying to get me to hang out with them! I admire what they do, but don't have the patience to attempt it myself.

Fiat
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10-07-2004

Tuesday, February 01, 2005 - 2:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Anytime...

Cablejockey
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12-27-2001

Saturday, February 05, 2005 - 6:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Margo and Kimberly are still at each other tonite. I don't know how they think they can further their team to get ahead with this kind of dissention in the ranks.

Ketchuplover
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08-30-2000

Saturday, February 05, 2005 - 7:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
If I had a nickel for every cry baby on reality tv I'd be very rich :-)

I think they should've given Margo some vinegar as a lovely parting gift :-)

Needmylifeback
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08-14-2000

Saturday, February 05, 2005 - 8:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I bet she never poaches another egg!......Too bad they didn't tell her their feelings about the soup during the review......

Jimmer
Member

08-30-2000

Saturday, February 05, 2005 - 8:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
The eggs were BAAAD. Honestly, I can’t imagine a waiter saying to me “Sorry. Your eggs just didn’t turn out right”. With eggs you do it until they are right! If it doesn’t work, you start over (and over and over again), until you get them right. One of the things that amazes me about these people is their reluctance to accept help when it is offered

I have to say I was astonished and pleasantly surprised by Darlene in this episode (previously I couldn’t stand her attitude and mannerisms). She made a huge contribution in a positive way. I guess it just depends who you are teamed with. The Crafty Beavers were very clever in recognising the dissension on the other team and choosing Darlene.

My goodness the guests/judges were picky. I’ve been at a lot of bed and breakfasts and the judges’ demands and expectations were very high. Just part of the show I guess.

Willsfan
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09-04-2000

Saturday, February 05, 2005 - 9:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Phooey, I only got to see the last 25 minutes, so what exactly did Darlene do that helped out her team?
I saw her running back and forth in the kitchen (in heels LOL) but I had missed the important parts appparently.

Margo went home. Like we didn't see that coming. Now I want Kimberly gone too. If it had been Kimberly on the block tonight I feel sure she would have been sent home because who wants to be on a team with two people that bicker and fuss. Or maybe that's just me. But, so far Kimberly hasn't shown herself to be star quality either.

Sunshyne4u
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06-17-2003

Sunday, February 06, 2005 - 2:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
HOW can anyone say that they have poached eggs at home without problem and the eggs usually turn out fine when we all KNOW that you MUST add vinegar or have a sprawling mess egg!!

I am glad that the right person went home this week.

Anyone who messes up this bad and still cant admit they are out of their league ....well, they dont deserve to be still in the competition, IMHO.


Alisons
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01-10-2003

Sunday, February 06, 2005 - 3:52 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I really do not understand why she was having such a problem with the eggs, especially I could not understand why she could not accept help from her team when she was obviously failing. By not accepting help from the person who knew about the vinegar, she made it look like no one on her team knew about the vinegar, which probably lost the competition for them. In fact, I could not believe that the Crafty Beavers won with the sheet incident, the ringing phone and the lousy chicken pot pie. Overall, I thought Team Artisan did better but I think the judges could not bring themselves to give the win to people who could not cook eggs!

Alisons
Member

01-10-2003

Sunday, February 06, 2005 - 3:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
OH - and WHY did that woman think it was acceptable to show up in a BASEBALL HAT??? FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE!

Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Sunday, February 06, 2005 - 5:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
The hat amazed me!!!
I don't use vinegar when I poach my eggs, but I use the bowl and swirl method. LOL But, if my eggs were turning out to be such a disaster, I would have done anything to make it right. What about the other lady who put the egg in the microwave and then served it knowing it was bad!!!

all of the wreaths were awful!

Landi
Member

07-29-2002

Sunday, February 06, 2005 - 8:02 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
now annie, that was exactly what i was going to say. i have never in my life used vinegar to poach an egg. i use the boiling water/swirl method, or an egg poacher pan. and i agree the wreaths were awful. and out of all of them, i thought denise's was the best. dawn and kimberley are nice sweet girls, but they do not belong in this competition. i think denise learned a big lesson though. either her or darlene should actually win this. they are the best "all around" stylists.

Whoami
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08-03-2001

Sunday, February 06, 2005 - 8:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I actually felt sort of bad for Margo, cause I can certainly understand how frustrating it is to try to flip an over-easy egg. I've never poached one in my life, so I would have had no clue to use vinegar. So I guess I fail Cooking 101.

Was it editing, or did the Artisans basically ignore the kitchen until Margo decided someone should start cooking. Then suddenly there they are, with Kimberly hanging over/reaching in front of Margo. I think she was so afraid Margo would do something to make herself look good, she was doing anything she could to get in the way.

I also hated the smug little smile on Kimberly when she saw that Margo was one of the two to be eliminated. If one couldn't see the writing on the wall before, it was rather evident then.

Sure, Margo had her faults (heck, I've never seen a group of people so loaded with faults as these characters). But I'm most annoyed with Kimberly. I worked with someone like her before. Once she latched on to someone she viewed as an "enemy" she just wouldn't rest until they were gone. Everything that person did was incompetent, wrong, bad, stupid, etc. Now that she's achieved her goal of getting rid of Margo, I wonder if she'll latch on to someone else as an enemy, and who it will be.

Jimmer
Member

08-30-2000

Sunday, February 06, 2005 - 9:11 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I’ve definitely known someone that is a "Kimberly" type as well. Whoami gave a perfect description. I was fortunate that my "Kimberly" liked me but anyone who got on her bad side was doomed.

With respect to poaching eggs, I’ve always used the vinegar method, but I’ve never put it in with the eggs first like Bobby Flay did. I’ll have to give it a try. There really is no excuse for serving poorly cooked eggs. It takes less than five minutes to make an egg so it’s not like something you’ve been cooking for hours that didn’t turn out right and you have no chance to fix it. And those eggs weren't just bad - they were awful.

With respect to why I thought Darlene was so good in this episode, I guess it was partly because I found her so irritating in the previous ones and she exceeded my rather low expectations. Despite the over the top mannerisms that they have shown, she does seem to have a lot of talent and enthusiasm.

Right now I see Mitch as a strong player but I find it hard to believe that they will actually let a man win this (yes you don’t have to tell me - I know that sounds sexist).

One of the problems that the winner of this show will face in developing a further career is that unlike people on the Food Network or Martha Stewart, they have had all of their weaknesses pointed out on national TV. It’s hard to create an image of being “Wickedly Perfect” when that happens.

Whoami
Member

08-03-2001

Sunday, February 06, 2005 - 9:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Forgot to add, what is with Mitch bellyaching about how he's not gonna kiss up to nobody speech, as he's fixing the dog a special meal. Why is it so insulting to fix something for the dog? Anyone in their right sense should have doted on the dog, and asked right away if there was anything they could fix for the dog. If someone had done that for me as a guest, they'd have won me over right away if they doted on my dog!

My "Kimberly" liked me too Jimmer. But I hated seeing how she treated each chosen victim. And of course, she was also the Golden Child of her bosses.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Sunday, February 06, 2005 - 11:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I was thinking...if I were Margo and I could't get the egg to poach nicely I would be like "Hey guys, help me!"

Margo poo-poo-ed Kimberley's advice about the vinegar.

That's what I think Margo's big mistake was. She didn't have to be the one to make the egg. She should have either tried the vinegar or asked Kimberly (or someone else) to do it...

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Sunday, February 06, 2005 - 12:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ketchuplover, you do crack me up!!! :-)