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Pamy
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01-02-2002

Saturday, April 02, 2005 - 6:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Did ya all notice that all of them are smoking again!

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Saturday, April 02, 2005 - 6:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
The new funeral guy reminds me of the rabbi on Seinfeld , the way he talks.

Scorpiomoon
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06-06-2002

Monday, April 04, 2005 - 2:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I love this family, I really do. But why do they always seem so miserable? In every episode, it seems, someone is grumbling about something.

Watching2
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07-07-2001

Monday, April 04, 2005 - 11:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I keep missing this, too. Just can't get on the program with this time slot!

Scorpiomoon
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06-06-2002

Monday, April 04, 2005 - 11:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Don't worry about missing it, Watching2. This is A&E. They'll re-run the episodes a million times.

Watching2
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07-07-2001

Tuesday, April 05, 2005 - 4:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yeah, that's how I caught part of Intervention when they reran it later that night. I'll just have to make sure I remember to check for it.

Scorpiomoon
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06-06-2002

Sunday, April 10, 2005 - 8:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I need to vent about Shonna. I still admire her, but, this season, she's really getting on my nerves.

Why does she always give Chuck such a hard time? The guy is showing signs of aging. Just because he can't keep up to the pace she wants him to, doesn't mean she has to constantly freak out on him.

I know the editing favors Chuck, but geez. Shonna comes off as being downright mean a lot of the time.

Juju
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08-26-2003

Monday, April 11, 2005 - 4:01 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I totally agree with you Scorpiomoon. Shonna needs a Valium. She needs to chill out some.
I have noticed that the new guy has not been in the last several new episodes. Poor guy probably couldn't take all their cursing and fighting.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Monday, April 11, 2005 - 5:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I am finding this season is not as fun as last. They all seem so unhappy and it is depressing to watch.

Fruitbat
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08-07-2000

Monday, April 11, 2005 - 7:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I agree Pamy. I think the novelity has worn off and there is just not a lot going on.

As for Chuck? He would drive me nuts. I am with Shonna all the way on this one. Dad has had one too many sharp blows to the head. He acts like a rebelious teenager and has a major problem with authority. Give him something with a time constraint and he drags his feet muttering and complaining to the camera with every step. ARG! He does not respect Shonna's position as funeral director. Working with family is difficult especially if a parent is taking direction from a child.

Watching2
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07-07-2001

Monday, April 11, 2005 - 12:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I caught this last night and I have to agree that Chuck acts like a kid. He'd drive me nuts in a work environment. It wasn't a difficult task to go and buy vacuum cleaner bags and he took something like 3 hrs to do it? He may be getting older, but he also enjoys mugging for the camera.

I also don't find this show all that interesting this season. Maybe they shouldn't have had such a long break between seasons since now it doesn't really matter to me whether I see it or not. Too bad.

Fruitbat
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08-07-2000

Monday, April 11, 2005 - 1:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Juju, Chuck is an ex boxer so his addled brain is probably not due to aging but a low IQ coupled with many blows to the head. Shonna is either a saint or stupid for hiring him in the first place. I suspect he needed a job and she is kind.

The first season shows him arriving late to pick up bodies etc, on purpose, with an I don't care attitude and great disrespect for Shonna's position above him. I really dont find him at all appealing.

Juju
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08-26-2003

Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - 7:07 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Fruitbat, I just started watching this show this season, so I am a little behind. I will say, a guy off Real World, came to my daughters high school and he told them, the producers encourage them to fight on these shows. They think it is good TV. They totally edit these reality shows to their way of thinking. So after hearing that, it has changed my opinion some of "reality tv". I knew the editing favored the producers, but to find out they encourage these behaviors and fights. I don't care for that. Maybe that is why everybody liked it last year. They let them be themselves, and this year they are influencing their behavior.

Scorpiomoon
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06-06-2002

Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - 3:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
They let them be themselves, and this year they are influencing their behavior.

I don't believe that is the case with this show. Last year everyone was happy. Melissa and Rick were in a serious relationship. Emily was married. John was married.

Now, not only did Rick and Melissa break up, but Rick has been a jerk about the break up and treating everyone badly. Emily has left her husband. John left his wife.

These people are dealing with a lot of change and stress in their personal lives. And with Rick being insufferable and business picking up, they are under stress at work as well. It's expected that they would fight a lot this season.

Aus10
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09-28-2000

Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - 8:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I can't believe I've missed this season. :-( Too much travel.....Hopefully I'll be able to catch the re-runs. I was so looking forward to continuing my "I've been there" commentary. Sorry gang!

Scorpiomoon
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06-06-2002

Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - 10:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Aus10: I'm sure you'll be able to catch the re-runs. And please do comment on the episodes when you get a chance to see them!

Lurkin
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02-15-2002

Wednesday, April 13, 2005 - 12:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
During the wedding show did anyone notice Melissa snarling about Rick and she said he just wanted a young trophy wife in her. Whaaaatt? Okay I am not the best judge of age but they look pretty close in age to me but I sure wouldnt call her young trophy wife material unless we are talking Anna Nicole's ex.... maybe his dad

I was glad to finally see Shonna's husband a while back. I was always curious about him. She spoke of being married but he was never around family functions

Theowl
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09-28-2000

Sunday, April 17, 2005 - 10:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Tongiht's show was extremely tragic and sad. If you've ever lost a baby, it will be hard to watch. I never did, but it was SO heartbreaking and hard to watch for me!! Keep a whole box of kleenex handy...

Scorpiomoon
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06-06-2002

Sunday, April 17, 2005 - 11:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yep. Tonight's show was so incredibly sad.

I'm glad the show had the good sense to not show the body of the baby. It felt like they came close several times. If I remember correctly, during last season, they did show one--briefly.

I think Matt was perfect for the service. Matt may seem kind of creepy, but I think, at a time of loss I'd want the guy around.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Monday, April 18, 2005 - 5:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Tonite's ep reminded me of why I fell in love with these people.

My heart goes out to the baby's family.

Seabreeze
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09-05-2004

Monday, April 18, 2005 - 7:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Why are the men on the show edited to appear like sleezes? I can not believe that they act that way in real life. The dad was wanting some hot young girl and he did not want his daughters matching him up with a dog...He actually acted like he could get with a woman half his age. I so like the preacher guy.

Fruitbat
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08-07-2000

Monday, April 18, 2005 - 7:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I liked this show last year but it is leaving me cold this season.

There is too much focus on the grieving families for me. I am more interested in the family dynamic which is dull on second look. This may have been a one season wonder. Showing them vacuum the chapel is a clear indication that not much is going on.

Seabreeze This is their real life and one would think they would put their best foot forward in front of a camera so take it from there. Chuck is just not very bright. Is it is IQ or too many punches to the head (most likely both).

Scorpiomoon
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06-06-2002

Monday, April 18, 2005 - 12:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Chuck is just not very bright. Is it is IQ or too many punches to the head (most likely both).

During a recent episode, they showed a photo of Chuck when he was a teenager. It was the wedding photo belonging to him and his ex-wife. Back in the day, Chuck was quite handsome and the "bad boy" type. I suspect, years ago, women were really drawn to him. As he got older, attention from women waned, but his ego didn't.

Scorpiomoon
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06-06-2002

Sunday, April 24, 2005 - 6:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Tonight's episode was so totally not fun to watch.

Man, Rick is so <sr>. The "big shirt and big ass" comment, especially coming from him, made me cringe.

Fifteen women in ten months? It's like the guy is freaking obsessed with being in a relationship and can't handle being alone.

And Melissa is no better. "I'm truly in love for the first time in my life." ...to a guy she only sees once a month?

And she's 41? Looking at her face makes me want to never go out into the sun again.

And finally we got to see what a <sr> Chuck can be. He really can be nasty. Yikes.

Countrydaze
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11-07-2003

Sunday, April 24, 2005 - 7:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Scorpiomoon, I totally agree with you about Rick's comments, only a real <sr> would make a remark regarding the big ass and it sure made him look like the big ass! Also agree that Chuck can be very nasty, but the whole family is. That fight started because his daughter was making fun of his grey hair and then his ex wife started laughing about it and then his grandson started making fun, he seemed to be trying to keep his cool and then just lost it. The whole family is to blame, and I sure don't like the language they use in front of that little boy or even the way they act. What kind of lesson are they teaching him?

Watching2
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07-07-2001

Monday, April 25, 2005 - 5:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Geeeze.. now I don't feel bad I missed this one.

Texasdeb
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05-23-2003

Monday, April 25, 2005 - 10:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'm wandering about Melissa - we're led to believe that the only job she has/had was the assistant job she had because she was the owner's girlfriend. Now, he's trying to weed her out & she is bragging about all of her material things (shoes) & how she gets guys to buy them. I'm wandering if she is nothing more than a high class um...um... well you know.

Countrydaze
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11-07-2003

Monday, April 25, 2005 - 7:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Texasdeb, you are right about Melissa, what I don't seem to understand is that she truly believes that she is quite the catch, maybe I am missing something but I don't see it. And she is sorry that her family even bothers with Rick, but she knows they really aren't that close....well they sure looked close to me in last nights show.

Texasdeb
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05-23-2003

Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - 2:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'm wandering why she is so materialistic. Doesn't seem like anyone else in her family is nor that she was raised that way. Is she divorced? I'm thinking maybe she has an x husband that is/was loaded. I don't know.

Fruitbat
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08-07-2000

Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - 3:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I have stopped watching this show. I saw one episode this season and that was it. I have it all on Tivo but I just don't bother.

I stopped in to see if I should reconsider but it sure doesn't look like it. These people are not interesting enough to carry a show. The new guy (minister, I believe) is creepy and not a good addition.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - 6:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
This show fizzled just like the contest Ryn started last year did.

Scorpiomoon
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06-06-2002

Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - 8:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yeah, this show and Airline followed the same path. It would have been better to keep the show at one season just because it was a novelty at the beginning. But both shows have run out of steam fast.

Yankee_in_ca
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08-01-2000

Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - 8:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Scorpiomoon, I totally agree with you. I really enjoyed this show in its first season, as I did Airline.

But once the producers aim mostly for the "gimmicks" -- concentrating on the really obnoxious moments over any of the more quiet, interesting moments that really let you know who people are -- it loses it for me.

I think maybe what happens with reality producers is, in the first season, they see that the really over the top moments get people talking. So they try really really hard to make every new episode over the top. The problem with that is then it just becomes a bore, and a parody of itself.

These shows need a balance.


Pamy
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01-02-2002

Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - 8:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
and I am still waiting for my damn lip embalm! LOL