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Cousin_jake
Member
07-04-2002
| Sunday, February 06, 2005 - 12:41 pm
The baseball cap in the house was too much! If she had lived in my parents'house, she would never even think of wearing a hat indoors!Margo's egg disasters were a hoot. Since the three judges all wanted a different type of egg (poached, over easy and scrambled) why didn't the team members each make one kind of egg? At least they'd all be prepared at once. I used to cook for a fairly large family, and she should have done the poached egg first and kept it warm in the top of a double boiler. You slide them out of the water onto a paper towel to get rid of excess water and then put them into a warming area till it's time to serve. The scrambled eggs can be kept warm in the same way and then do the fried egg last. I couldn't believe that chicken pot pie - it looked inedible. Who serves chicken pot pie for breakfast anyway?
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Sunday, February 06, 2005 - 12:54 pm
My heart broke for Margo when she was crying, poor thing, she was totally exhausted.
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Alisons
Member
01-10-2003
| Sunday, February 06, 2005 - 3:10 pm
I have met plenty of Margos at work as well as the Kimberlys - the Margos always take on way too much because they are insecure about their place on the team, and then can never ask for help and end up failing. The Kimberlys are insecure too but go with the philosophy "the best defense is offense" and go after other people before the other people can turn on them. Really if Margo cannot figure out how to cook eggs she should be gone, and ditto with Kimberly and the baseball hat. Hey, if you know you are heading into a stressful, no sleep situation where you have to look good, bring a WIG!
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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Sunday, February 06, 2005 - 3:35 pm
I don't cook much these days because it's just me and the Mr.. But honestly poached eggs really is a no brainer...considering you've made them before. I doubt Margo ever made them before. I agree with the poster who taklked about not understanding why people aren't willing to accept help. I agreed with the judges that the wreaths weren't anything special. I love soup but would not enjoy having served with out sitting at a table. They had to hold the bowl in their hands. Not cool, if you ask me.
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Puzzled
Member
08-27-2001
| Sunday, February 06, 2005 - 8:43 pm
It seemed that both teams were a disaster, this episode. Margo charges in and takes over and can't admit she doesn't know something--so last episode it was undercooked turkey burgers, and this time it was the disaster eggs. The hat, the soup, the icky chicken pot pie, not manning the phones, and leaving the guests alone in the dining room were all bad. About the only good things were the cinnamon rolls and Darlene's appetizers. Don't see any Martha Stewarts in this bunch.
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Monday, February 07, 2005 - 2:02 am
Why act as a team? why organize using teamwork when you are truly judged individually? I noticed both teams basically working as every man for themselves. With solid organization (who will do what when) both of these teams could have accomplished so much more...including REAL sleeptime. What is missing in this show is trust. WHY would anyone trust a teammember when it is in that other Teammember's best interest NOT to help you?? Imagine if someone didnt bother waking up a teammate? or if person #1 helped person #2 with a problem yet person #2 decides to mislead person #1 when advice is asked for. Confusing eh?? Oh well, I guess I am not very articulate at 1am
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Puzzled
Member
08-27-2001
| Monday, February 07, 2005 - 10:30 am
You're right about the teams, Sunshyne--they make no sense, especially since as you said, it all comes down to the individual projects. Those individual projects are just too ridiculous. Can you imagine Martha Stewart slapping something together, with no time for thought, from the cr*p lying around on a campsite, or throwing together a wreath with the stuff they had to work with?
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Jasper
Member
09-14-2000
| Monday, February 07, 2005 - 10:46 am
Who lost and who left? This show has lost me, when is it on now?
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Alisons
Member
01-10-2003
| Monday, February 07, 2005 - 11:27 am
Puzzled, Martha Stewart really could do it in my opinion - she actually lived next to a friend of mine's parents and according to her Martha really can make something out of anything. Now granted Martha has plenty of help these days but at one time she really did stand out on her own skills.
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Gen
Member
08-22-2003
| Monday, February 07, 2005 - 1:00 pm
Jasper, Margo was voted off. The show is on Saturday nights at 8:00 EST. Go here for a summary of last Saturday's show: http://www.cbs.com/primetime/wickedly_perfect/
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Puzzled
Member
08-27-2001
| Monday, February 07, 2005 - 1:37 pm
Well, Alisons, I just don't see her throwing something together in the middle of the night in a few minutes--she gives thought to what she does and doesn't just slap things together. Not saying she couldn't do better than this bunch, but I don't think having them make their projects in such conditions is at all representative of someone who is "wickedly perfect."
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Jimmer
Member
08-30-2000
| Monday, February 07, 2005 - 2:10 pm
That more or less follows with what I was saying earlier. So many of these shows (Wickedly Perfect, The Apprentice, The Rebel Billionaire), set unrealistic goals with unrealistic time constraints. I agree that being able to work under pressure is an important quality, but with the goals being so unrealistic it’s hard to judge who really has talent. I was also wondering about the dirty room exercise in the last episode at the Inn. First of all, I’m surprised that the Inn agreed to this as it made them look bad. Secondly, how is the ability to clean a room relevant to determining the winner of a contest like this – they aren’t in a contest for the best maid service! 
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Baylie
Member
11-13-2003
| Monday, February 07, 2005 - 2:52 pm
I think it would make a lot more sense to have the judges decide who goes home. That way the better people wouldn't be voted off by people who don't want to compete with them..
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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Monday, February 07, 2005 - 3:20 pm
Baylie, if this was "for real" the judges/employer would be deciding for themselves. Could you imagine having your competition deciding who stays and who goes? Ridiculous. But this is TV. At least the team doesn't decide on the 2 that goes up for elimination. The judges pick the least fave individual projects. I'm having some issues why some people aren't more concerned with their IP? I'm guessing as the numbers dwindle maybe the judges will make the final cuts.
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Cousin_jake
Member
07-04-2002
| Sunday, February 13, 2005 - 7:46 am
I guess not too many people are still watching this! As others have pointed out, the major flaw in this competition is that so much time and effort is spent on the team projects and it's the individual projects that get you booted off. If the workout room had been a bit stronger, I think that Denise's team would have won. Too bad she's gone, I thought she had all-round strengths. She was right about those damn doors. Those girls wasted hours on them that should have been spent elsewhere. When you've got 48 hours to plan, shop, paint, build and arrange three rooms, you can't waste hours stripping doors. Just a light sanding and a couple of coats of paint will do!
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Sunday, February 13, 2005 - 7:59 am
They were not thinking when they spent all that time on the doors -- and then ended up painting them anyways... CB's headboard did look like a coffin llid! To make it more "fair" or at least easier to compare, I think think they should have had to do the same two rooms downstairs. (like both teams do an office and a dining room or a workout room and a media room--or any combination as long as both teams did the same ones.)
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Sunday, February 13, 2005 - 8:13 am
I think they should have had to do the same type room too. I did love Crafty Beavers' room and couldn't believe that Bobby Flay kept dishing it cause it was monochromatic. Wonder what wild colors he has? LOL
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Lori
Member
04-18-2003
| Sunday, February 13, 2005 - 9:11 am
I also loved the Crafty Beavers rooms. Did not get the monochromatic criticism either. The whole door stripping was a total waste of time. I wonder how much time they actually wasted on this? I am really amused at what sly fox Mitch is! Never misses a chance to toot his own horn. I wondered if his person proejct (tuxedo) was a deliberate attempt to clue the judges that it was his. After all the girls would not necessarily have a tuxedo shirt at their disposal. Pretty smart if you think about it...make sure the judges know what great work he has done, then if they do lose, make sure they know which personal project is his!
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Sunday, February 13, 2005 - 11:07 am
These judges get on my nerves with their upity attitudes!! I agreee that voting them off based on ind. projects is unfair, they never seem to have time to wk on them. I did like Mitch's tux box the best
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Sunday, February 13, 2005 - 11:10 am
Lori, good catch, that never even dawned on me! That Mitch is a crafty beaver!!!
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Jimmer
Member
08-30-2000
| Sunday, February 13, 2005 - 12:31 pm
I agree that the show’s basic concept of having team members vote each other off is flawed. Now that Kimberly and her sidekick have that nice little alliance going, they are very hard to defeat. With respect to the judges, I really like Bobby Flay the best by far (I’m probably the lone member of that “fan club”). He just seems to have a more even approach. I was impressed that they awarded the win to the Crafty Beavers as I was sitting there thinking that they would just even things up (yawn). I couldn’t believe the amount of time that they wasted on those doors. I do think that the Crafty Beavers deserved the win. With respect to Mitch, I have to admit that I’m impressed with the guy’s talent. I’m not sure how far he can go though if they stick with the current voting scheme. It looks like he gets stuck back on the other team.
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Jan
Member
08-01-2000
| Sunday, February 13, 2005 - 12:51 pm
one way to get around that alliance..instead of adding a member to Kim and Dawn's(is that her name? I can never remember) team, why not split the crafty beavers into two teams of two and then add Dawn to one and Kim to the other!
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Willsfan
Member
09-04-2000
| Sunday, February 13, 2005 - 2:28 pm
Denise's gift wrap wasn't all that creative but I liked it. There were others that looked worse IMO, one gift was tied up with ribbons & looked awful. Mitch's tux wrap was cute and I liked it too, but reminds me of Valentine candy boxes with a tux on the lid that were designed for girls to give to their guy. Jan - I wish they would do that. An alliance of two (Dawn & Kim) in this game on teams with such low numbers spell doom for anyone on Kim's team.
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Sunday, February 13, 2005 - 3:07 pm
I think they should work on the indy projects first.
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Sunday, February 13, 2005 - 3:41 pm
Like the competition but I was surprised that the producers didnt throw EVERYONE together for that final vote off. Did anyone really think that the buddy would have voted the other buddy off?? Absolutely silly to have ONE person vote at this stage of the game
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