Author |
Message |
Sherbabe
Member
07-28-2002
| Tuesday, January 11, 2005 - 10:24 pm
Couldn't find this thread anywhere, so thought I'd start another one. If you watched their Christmas show, does anyone know why Nick's dad was not shown. Also, I did not see Nick's brother's wife (the one shown in the Newlywed's show) Anyone have any insight on those 2 missing people.
|
Danzdol
Member
04-21-2001
| Thursday, January 13, 2005 - 7:42 am
Not me! But I am excited for the new season....is it this week or at the end of the month. I read online that she was at a restaurant here (Miami) and they spilled something on her and the MTV crew and restaurant staff started laughing and that Nick was livid and demanded an apology to her.............
|
Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Monday, January 17, 2005 - 9:37 pm
~~I read online that she was at a restaurant here (Miami) and they spilled something on her and the MTV crew and restaurant staff started laughing and that Nick was livid and demanded an apology to her.............~~ If this is true I sure hope they sue whoever threw crap on them. Even if it's a hassle they shouldn't allow people to act that way without consequence (sp-yikes). Shout, yell whatever you want at them, but once you cause physical harm/hassle you've crossed a line.
|
Max
Member
08-12-2000
| Monday, January 17, 2005 - 9:43 pm
well, it could have been an accident that would make most people (crew included) laugh and Nick just overreacted. I'm just sayin'. "Spilled something" sounds like maybe a waiter/waitress slipped rather than someone intentionally threw somthing.
|
Gina8642
Member
06-01-2001
| Monday, January 17, 2005 - 10:10 pm
I've had stuff spilled on me in restaurants and I've yet to sue a soul. LOL. I've recieved free food that way though - good enough for me. I like this series, even though I think it is edited pretty carefully. This and Ashlee's were engineered by the girls' dad. I think it only shows positive and funny stuff. I think Nick and Jessica's marriage is doomed. Their careers and attention brought to them are/is too uneven. Even the most committed couple's don't usually make it through that sort of situation. They both seem like sweet and good people. Both have real voices and a lot of talent unlike another simpson we know Ashlee*cough*Ashlee. I wish them the best.
|
Bbfanatic
Member
08-14-2000
| Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 4:19 pm
Sounds like the "spill" was probably a setup for the show. These shows become more and more unreal as time goes by. Maybe Nick wasnt in on the "spill" for dramatic reasons. just a thought.
|
Meli456
Member
05-01-2003
| Wednesday, January 19, 2005 - 12:52 pm
After Nick and Jessica went stumping for Bush, I lost what little respect I had for them after watching their disasterous relationship (show). I thought it was funny and ironic that the most famous spokeswomen for stupid was a Bush supporter. IMO, Nick is disrespectful towards his wife and I really think he married her so that he could finally get some. He's obviously got some sexual obsessions going on that I'm NOT comfortable watching, like constantly begging for ... self-editing, but anyone who watches should know what I mean.
|
Danzdol
Member
04-21-2001
| Wednesday, January 19, 2005 - 1:57 pm
I think it was probably an accident but yo unever know with MTV....it starts next week!!!!
|
Chieko
Member
11-20-2003
| Wednesday, January 19, 2005 - 5:23 pm
meli456 the political aspect of your post aside, I have no idea what you meant---I do watch the show and I don't remember Nick acting disrespectful, I'm not sure what sexual obsessions you think are going on with him and I don't remember ever seeing him beg? Can you elaborate?
|
Meli456
Member
05-01-2003
| Wednesday, January 19, 2005 - 7:37 pm
To use a political aspect to describe Nick's whining and begging: Like Clinton, he's a taker, not a giver.
Cheiko, political aspects aside, I watched most of the first two seasons and I don't think he treats her like she's the love of his life. He still acts like a frat boy and he doesn't hide the fact that he dislikes all of her family and friends. The last episode I remember watching was when Nick went on vacation with Jessica's dad and he kept trying to ditch him. Her dad's a piece of work, too. He's gone on tv a little too often talking about his daughter's sex life and how sexy she looks. I can understand why Nick doesn't like him, either.
|
Kaili
Member
08-31-2000
| Wednesday, January 19, 2005 - 8:44 pm
I've not watched the show a lot...mainly because I don't have cable- but I've always felt that he really, really talks down to her and is kind of a control freak. Or tries to be anyway. There are nice moments I'm sure- and she's not really the brightest- but he comes across as kind of, well, mean to her sometimes i think. My opinion on this formed when they first talked about his little 4 year or however long plan to more or less grow her up, get her in line...whatever it was. I didn't like it. He doesn't treat her like an equal as far as I can tell and I don't think he has a lot of respect for her.
|
Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, January 19, 2005 - 9:06 pm
I've watched the show and I just don't see this at all! I see a guy who truly loves his wife. Yes, he gets impatient with her ditziness but heck, didn't we all love Ricky for forgiving Lucy? and before there are tons of posts, no, they are Lucy and Ricky, I am just saying that tolerating the 'dumb' wife has it's precendent.
|
Meli456
Member
05-01-2003
| Wednesday, January 19, 2005 - 9:29 pm
The archived thread (on THIS site) for this show had a lot more opinions like mine. I believe I stated something similar before and didn't get anyone riled up.
|
Meli456
Member
05-01-2003
| Wednesday, January 19, 2005 - 10:03 pm
Regarding their politics and the comparision to Lucille Ball: I Love Lucy was a scripted series and Lucille Ball was the genius behind it all. She wasn't ditzy like Lucy, she was ballsy and extremely smart, if not a genius, according to everyone who knew her. Considering Newlyweds is a reality show and the show is subtitled "Nick and Jessica", one's opinion of them as people will have a lot to do with choosing to watch their show. If I thought they were a sweet, happy-go-lucky couple (which was what I thought when I started watching it), it would be the kind of show I would be inclined to watch. I don't like the Apprentice, Jerry Springer, or other shows where I perceive one person as being an active threat against another. I agree with Kaili that Nick gives some serious control-freak vibes, and the way that he alienates all of her friends and family sets off red flags for me. Since the old thread of dissent seems to have died out and been replaced with diehard fans (which I find nothing wrong with), I know when I'm not welcome. (c)
|
Chieko
Member
11-20-2003
| Wednesday, January 19, 2005 - 11:59 pm
Ah Meli, don't go. This is a forum not a fan club. At least you have livened up the board tonight. I gotta say though that I'm sitting here wondering if I am just so jaded or unattentive or what-- that these alleged sexual innuendos from Nick just went completely by me. Were they directed at his wife and if so, why did they make you feel uncomfortable?
|
Sherbabe
Member
07-28-2002
| Friday, January 21, 2005 - 5:00 pm
so, i take it no one knows if nick's brother drew is still with his wife. she was not on the christmas episode. nor, did nick introduce his dad. Anybody have any insight?
|
Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Saturday, January 22, 2005 - 2:50 pm
Quote: "I Love Lucy was a scripted series and Lucille Ball was the genius behind it all. She wasn't ditzy like Lucy, she was ballsy and extremely smart, if not a genius, according to everyone who knew her." __________________________________________ Um, Meli, I have to respectfully disagree with you there. If you read any of the history behind the show, Desi was the brains there. He was the one who virtually invented the 3-camera filming they pioneered on that show and which is now the standard for filming TV comedies. Lucy may have been a brilliant comedienne, but if you notice, she was never quite as funny or as successful once she and Desi went their separate ways. (Not that I'm comparing them to N & J, either. I do see how Nick sometimes gets exasperated with Jess's ditzyness--but then I think they play that up for the cameras, too. Don't think she's really as "dumb" as they make her seem on TV.)
|
Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Saturday, January 22, 2005 - 3:16 pm
I also read that Desi was the funny one off the stage. I got their scrapbook for Christmas and it is so awesome!
|
Meli456
Member
05-01-2003
| Saturday, January 22, 2005 - 3:18 pm
My grandmother grew up with Lucielle Ball, so I grew up hearing a lot of stories about her. There was also a movie based on her daughter's account of her parents lives on TV not too long ago. Desi and Lucy were both geniuses with different strengths, but most of the scripts and comic aspects of the show have been attributed to Lucy. There is a saying among actors that "it takes a smart woman to play a dumb blonde." I don't think Jessica is that smart. 
|
Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Saturday, January 22, 2005 - 5:29 pm
Well Time magazine seems to think Lucy was very talented. Lucille Ball The first lady of comedy brought us laughter as well as emotional truth. No wonder everybody loved Lucy By RICHARD ZOGLIN Monday, June 8, 1998 It happened somewhere between the clunky premier episode (Lucy Thinks Ricky Is Trying to Murder Her) and her first classic routine, the Vitameatavegamin commercial, in which Lucy gets steadily soused as she keeps downing spoonfuls of the alcohol-laced potion she's trying to hawk on TV. (Watch the spasm that jolts her face when she gets her first taste of the foul brew; it could serve as a textbook for comics well into the next millennium.) I Love Lucy debuted on CBS in October 1951, but at first it looked little different from other domestic comedies that were starting to make the move from radio to TV, like My Favorite Husband, the radio show Ball had co-starred in for three years. Lucy Ricardo was, in those early I Love Lucy episodes, just a generic daffy housewife. Ethel (Vivian Vance), her neighbor and landlady, was a stock busybody. Desi Arnaz, as bandleader Ricky Ricardo, hadn't yet become one of the finest straight men in TV history. William Frawley, as Fred Mertz, seemed a Hollywood has-been in search of work, which he was. Then magic struck. Guided by Ball's comic brilliance, the show developed the shape and depth of great comedy. Lucy's quirks and foibles — her craving to be in show biz, her crazy schemes that always backfired, the constant fights with the Mertzes — became as particularized and familiar as the face across the dinner table. For four out of its six seasons (only six!), I Love Lucy was the No. 1-rated show on television; at its peak, in 1952-53, it averaged an incredible 67.3 rating, meaning that on a typical Monday night, more than two-thirds of all homes with TV sets were tuned to Lucy. article
|
Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Saturday, January 22, 2005 - 6:03 pm
I've been watching the marathon on MTV and I had forgotten just how willing Nick is to do manual labor and get things done. You can tell that he wasn't brought up well and not spoiled. It may not always turn out well, but his first thought isn't 'let's hire someone'. I find it difficult for anyone to doubt the talents and contribution of both Desi Arnez and Lucille Ball. Many of the ways tv shows are shot can be attributed to him. He was one of the first actors to own and run a studio, he launched many other series and I believe was the one who came up with the royalty system.
|
Jen
Member
07-27-2003
| Saturday, January 22, 2005 - 6:09 pm
Drew, Nick's brother, is performing in Rent on Broadway in NYC. Maybe that is why they haven't been around?
|
Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Saturday, January 22, 2005 - 6:32 pm
How cool!!! What role?
|
Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Saturday, January 22, 2005 - 6:35 pm
found this http://www.theater-offers.com/rent_drew.php
|
Meli456
Member
05-01-2003
| Saturday, January 22, 2005 - 7:58 pm
I would assume he's playing Mark, the film-maker, unless he's a really incredible singer. I saw Doogie Howser / Neil Patrick Harris do a great Mark.
|