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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Saturday, March 05, 2005 - 9:29 pm
I am thrilled with the choice!!! Yes, not tasting the food was huge, but did we see Mitch taste? NO. she just happened to pick foods the judges didn't like. I like Mitch's presentation better..he's just a better showman, but I would buy her magazine. I agree with the assessment of her party, very warm, inviting an appealing. I felt Mitch was trying to be very "new york' with his. In alot of the 'showman' ways, Mitch was the best, but when it came to application, I just thought she was better and warmer. I think the bottom line for me was Mitch is male Martha Stewart, and I don't care much for her.
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Cousin_jake
Member
07-04-2002
| Saturday, March 05, 2005 - 9:38 pm
Kimberly also wasted all her time one show on decoupaging a single table (which they didn't even use) while Mitch did a lot of work on recovering a chair and painting a cabinet. On another show, Kimberly and Dawn spent hours stripping two doors which they ended up just painting anyway while Denise did all kinds of work. On another show, her cooking was terrible. Does anyone remember what she did well? I must be blocking it out. This girl is a slow worker with limited talents. Now that she's shown the world how to make ribbon flowers (over and over again!)what else can she do? (By the way, I've made ribbon flowers as decorations with my grade school kids for years - nothing new there)
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Alisons
Member
01-10-2003
| Saturday, March 05, 2005 - 9:41 pm
Did you ever see the movie "Impromptu"? It was about a group of 19th century artists including Chopin and George Sand. In it there is a hysterical scene where they make fun of a woman who makes velvet flowers and calls it "art" - I absolutely cannot look at Kimberly without thinking of that!
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Alisons
Member
01-10-2003
| Saturday, March 05, 2005 - 9:54 pm
Oh and another thing - if by "potential" they mean a person who does not have ideas of her own but who can stand up there and look nice putting forward ideas that a team of stylists working in the background come up with then I agree - she has potential.
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Willsfan
Member
09-04-2000
| Saturday, March 05, 2005 - 10:18 pm
Wow, I should have known it was rigged when they brought them all back for another chance and they picked Kimberley's topiary. A hat with a ribbon bow. I liked Mitch's pinks and reds. KK's room seemed so dreary and drab. (almost gaudy) Maybe it's because I enjoy bright colors that I would have stayed over in Mitch's part of the room. I also liked his MAP Directions for Living Magazine cover. But, then what do I know I live in the midwest, in the middle of nowhere. LOL
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Saturday, March 05, 2005 - 10:29 pm
I only watched the last 3 shows and even *I* was sick of Kim's flowers! Good gawd... those judges picked her personal project as one of the worst 3 times and now they're saying she's so talented? BS! I think they chose on looks and gender, personally. She looked good on TV and that was the deciding factor. Period.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Saturday, March 05, 2005 - 10:30 pm
I agree that Kim's drink looked like it had a cig butt floating in it..grosssssss!!!
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Jhezzie
Member
07-05-2001
| Saturday, March 05, 2005 - 10:41 pm
I think they picked Kim because she's totally moldable. What Alisons said, lol. Mitch has been at this a long time, and has an idea in his head about how things should be. He'll get a deal with as much publicity as he got. My only question is why he thinks he's so cutting edge. Why? I didn't really see anything that I haven't seen for 10 years in what he did. Boxes of grass? The colors he chose? Bare branches? Been done to death. Kim's was done to death too, but classic. Ah, what do I know. I wanted Darlene to win after she hung in there the way she did!
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Puzzled
Member
08-27-2001
| Saturday, March 05, 2005 - 10:44 pm
When they started this show, they were assuming that Martha was down for the count. Her stocks were dropping, and they thought they could tout a replacement. Well, CBS, her stocks are up and Martha's Back In Town!!! Kim or Martha, Kim or Martha--ROFL. I never was a fan of Martha's, but after this show, I've got to say that she outshines them all.
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Jhezzie
Member
07-05-2001
| Saturday, March 05, 2005 - 10:58 pm
I love Martha and am tickled pink to have her back!
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Saturday, March 05, 2005 - 11:08 pm
Agree w/ almost everyone -- Mitch should've won. And YES -- he did taste his own food! They showed him taking the biggest cheese puff on his way out of the kitchen! LOL Editing was rather blatant tonight -- too much of Mitch saying "I'm the best" for them to actually pick him. I don't care how many times they showed Kim's "fears" and "humble" attitude, it didn't make me like her nor did it magically give her talent! Not buying the book, not buying the magazine, not watching the show -- and not coming back if by some odd chance they do a second season. They blew it big time!
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Willsfan
Member
09-04-2000
| Saturday, March 05, 2005 - 11:18 pm
I wish they had done screen tests when Margo, Darlene and Denise were still there. That would have been more interesting than having them decorate a camp ground, etc. I am eagerly awaiting the return of Martha. I will be watching her show! LOL Oh, and I can not believe Heather wore that sweater for her test. She's such an attractive woman that she can wear anything but on air a more professional look is required. <self edited to add> Heather's purses were interesting to me because I know 2 women that make purses and they sell them for 75-80 dollars. Heather's skirt bag looked like one I had seen made last year out of denim. Not my style but very cute.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Saturday, March 05, 2005 - 11:27 pm
I liked Heather's look, it was funky and went with her handbags, cute and flirty. I hate these judges, they are so uppity!
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Chieko
Member
11-20-2003
| Saturday, March 05, 2005 - 11:54 pm
I liked Heather's look, also, and I really liked her bags. The tablescape wasn't anything I couldn't do by accident. Stuffed snakes might not be very popular---lots of kids don't like snakes, and last week she made a button bracelet. Amy's crafts seemed a little like elementary school to me. Mitch's centerpiece was very simple but I really did like it----then there was Kim and her ribbon flowers---give me a break, they were not impressive at all. Stick one on a straw bag--blech, stick one on a box---you can buy stuff like that at the dollar store --and cheaper than you can make one. I really feel cheated by not getting to see Darlene tonight. I was totally impressed by her skills in every area. She really did fascinate and entertain me. The judges for this show were just a joke--I have no idea what made them experts--it was just their opinion and it's like my grandmother used to say "There's no accounting for some people's tastes."
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Prisonerno6
Member
08-31-2002
| Sunday, March 06, 2005 - 3:28 am
quote:Oh they probably figured the Great American Midwest would go for a married Southern Belle before they would go for a male florist.
You know, I'm usually not one for conspiracy theories on these types of shows. After all, if they are looking for the person who will make them the most money in the long run, it behooves them to keep the process on the up and up. But the public had no say in this choice -- it was strictly the producers, and the above theory actually makes a sad bit of sense to me. It is just far too convenient for me that Kimberly was voted out by her peers one week, and then the rules changed the next to allow her to come back. The rules change so she can come back (picked by the judges), suddenly three people are eliminated in one episode (picked by the judges), and then she wins (picked by the judges). The show was filmed and in the can before any episode aired, so the producers would have no idea that many (perhaps even most) viewers really did prefer the male florist to the married Southern Belle. All the discussion boards and website polls didn't mean a thing, because the winner was in the bag (or in the can) before we even saw Kimberly's first ribbon rose. And may I just say those wired ribbon roses are so 15 years ago? Because that's when I was making them to decorate fabric covered boxes for craft shows. In fact I finally got rid of the last box of wired ribbon I had when I moved into the house a few months ago, having barely touched it in the 10 years I was in my last apartment. And the party planner picked the drink for Kim...
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Prisonerno6
Member
08-31-2002
| Sunday, March 06, 2005 - 3:32 am
And did y'all notice that during her screen test, Kim prominently displayed with its wired ribbon rose, the pillow the judges picked as a bad personal project?
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Alisons
Member
01-10-2003
| Sunday, March 06, 2005 - 5:57 am
Yes, noticed that about the pillow. I thought the craft was especially poor for TV because you could not really see what she was doing, the flower was too tiny and they did not show a close up. Isn't she the same contestant who served the lame apple pie?
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Alisons
Member
01-10-2003
| Sunday, March 06, 2005 - 6:05 am
Yes, just went back to check. Kimberly was the one who could not make a good apple pie AND was the one who had the silk flowers instead of fresh. And the SERIOUSLY think that we want advice from this woman??
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Sunday, March 06, 2005 - 6:57 am
I wish Heather had kept on that brown jacket with the top that she wore for the interviews. I think it was the off shoulder that looked so messy, but with the jacket on, it was a really great look. Puzzled, yes and no on how successful Martha Inc is.......from cnn.com e shares are near their all-time high, a big boost for Stewart. Through her daughter Alexis, Stewart controls about 60 percent of the company's stock -- an equity stake valued at more than $1 billion. The stock sank 8 percent Friday as investors who had bet on big gains for the company took profits. ...... As for her company, there's much work to be done turning it around. Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia just posted its second straight annual loss after losing advertisers, a television show, and investing in products minus Stewart's name, like "Everyday Food" magazine
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Xsurvivor11fanx
Member
03-05-2005
| Sunday, March 06, 2005 - 7:25 am
Looks like I'm the only person who's happy that Kimberly won. I've been rooting for her from the start, finally, a good winner!
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Sunday, March 06, 2005 - 7:33 am
No, she was my choice over Mitch too!!
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Alisons
Member
01-10-2003
| Sunday, March 06, 2005 - 8:04 am
Well, I am sure the winner of the dinner party will enjoy their mushy appetizers (finale), undercooked lamb dinner (formal dinner challenge) and tasteless apple pie (apple challenge). The setting will be decorated with silk hydrangeas (apple challenge) and pillows with fabric flowers (country estate sale challenge). (I would make fun of something she did at the B&B challenge, but beyond snarking at Margo, I can't recall anything that she actually did.)
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Penguinchic
Member
11-05-2003
| Sunday, March 06, 2005 - 8:09 am
I have wondered if the producers had anything to do with the food issue in order to create drama before the parties started. When you hire a caterer usually you do taste the food when you are picking your menu, but many times you hire based on reputation and count on them to be able to deliver. As she said, if she had tasted the food and it was bad there was nothing she could do. I really was so tired of hearing Mitch's ego that I am glad that he didn't get it, but I think there were others more talented than Kimberly that should have made it to the end. However, I felt like a couple of times the crafts they did were too difficult for the average person, especially during the screen test. When I heard Bobby say the word "potential" I knew she had been selected - she can be molded into what they want rather than try to fight Mitch's ego to do something. Besides, isn't it funny that on a lot of the reality shows we remember the name of at least one or two people who lost better than who won?
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Puzzled
Member
08-27-2001
| Sunday, March 06, 2005 - 8:48 am
Interesting, TexAnnie, but I'm betting on Martha over Kim.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Sunday, March 06, 2005 - 9:10 am
I wondered how the same caterer could have really great food for Mitch and really lousy food for Kim.
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