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Bella
Member
06-04-2004
| Sunday, October 03, 2004 - 9:18 am
I was wondering if anyone is planning on watching this new reality series (Cold Turkey)? I had planned on watching it but just found out it's going to be on PAX and unfortunately my cable company has dropped that channel. I wanted to know if someone would be willing to tape all of the shows for me? I am willing to pay for the tape, postage/handling and your time (a reasonable cost of course as I am disabled and on a fixed income). If you are willing to do this for me please email me (please put "Cold Turkey" in the subject line). Thank you!
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Hootyhoot
Member
12-18-2001
| Sunday, October 03, 2004 - 8:07 pm
This show is going to be interesting. What a varied bunch of people. I quit a few years ago after smoking for 40 years. Whew. It was one of the hardest things I've ever done, and one of the easiest.
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Nickovtyme
Member
07-29-2004
| Monday, October 04, 2004 - 7:08 pm
I seen it. I was channeling surfing and ran across it by accident. It really looks like it's going to be over the top!
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Nana
Member
07-24-2004
| Saturday, October 09, 2004 - 4:01 pm
I watched it, I thought it looked like it will be a good show... So far I have only seen the first show...Bella I wish I could tape it for you..but our VCR is on the blink... Plus it is on pax and its one that I have a hard time remembering what time and when is it on...Hope you find some one to help you out.
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Rslover
Member
11-19-2002
| Sunday, October 10, 2004 - 7:33 pm
Dr. Will Kirby is checking them. Too funny!
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Nickovtyme
Member
07-29-2004
| Sunday, October 10, 2004 - 8:14 pm
This show is starting to become a favorite for me. It's kinda hard to watch, because I quit smoking a few months ago and I know exactly how they are feeling. Almost makes me wish my wife had put me on the show. Next weeks show might be tough to watch. My dad smoked for many years and was diagnosed with Lung Cancer in 1999. He lost that battle in the spring of 2001. It was hard watching him waste away. Cancer is an ugly thing. I would recommend all smokers to watch it next Sunday when they have the lady dying from lung cancer on there. When I first seen Will Kirby come in the house, I was like, "He was really a doctor!?!?!" And here I thought it was a ruse he used during BB2. Too funny...
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Nana
Member
07-24-2004
| Monday, October 11, 2004 - 4:27 pm
I happened on this show again, I thought that I might have missed a couple shows but I guess not… I laughed so hard when Dr. Kirby showed up... I scared my son… I liked Will on BB... I have to say I was impressed with him and his professional input on this show... I hope they bring him back again. The show seems to be a combo, Big Brother, a Moley type with a little Amazing race, Survivor … I like the combination where they are out earning the winnings not just sitting around the house... going through withdrawl symptoms. I’m Looking forward to seeing what happens next…..
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Rslover
Member
11-19-2002
| Monday, October 11, 2004 - 5:44 pm
Dr. Will is working in L.A. doing laser tatoo removals (and probably botox injections!). Nana, Check your schedule. We get the show Sunday night and it repeats on Tuesday and Thursday. Couldn't resist

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Bella
Member
06-04-2004
| Thursday, October 14, 2004 - 4:20 am
Nana, I'm sorry I'm just now replying to your message (I don't get on here much due to my health). I wanted to thank you for responding to my original request. I appreciate the fact that you would have been willing to tape the shows for me. I'm sorry to hear that your VCR isn't working. I wish I could send you a new one! It sounds like this is a very good show (I'm sorry I'm missing Dr. Will!). I'm not a smoker but was still curious about how this program would pan out. Take care!
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Sanfranjoshfan
Member
09-17-2000
| Thursday, October 14, 2004 - 12:44 pm
Thanks for the heads up! I missed the second show....we have PAX on our cable lineup, but they don't list it in the TV Guide or the newspaper TV schedule! I had no idea that Dr Evil was on it this week....so thanks for letting me know it replays tonight!
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Rslover
Member
11-19-2002
| Friday, October 15, 2004 - 7:37 am
I'm on the east coast. Were you able to see it? Sometimes TV Guide on line is more up-to-date.
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Nana
Member
07-24-2004
| Wednesday, October 20, 2004 - 3:10 pm
Again I am sorry Bella, I did miss this last show too..Base Ball has been on at our house. Like Rslover mentioned it is on a couple times during the week..so is base ball.. Sorry to hear about your health, I can relate, two years ago I was in a bad car accident,suffered a real bad broken leg that the Dr. messed up and it has yet to heal proper. ended up with blod clots in my lungs... I don't smoke but the clots did effect my lungs.. it has been a hard couple of years...sold my business because of it... and now I am trying to redecover the artist in me... we never taped much just watched movies with our VCR we replaced it with a cheap DVD player, but it does not record, .... again sorry I could not help..
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Seamonkey
Member
09-07-2000
| Saturday, October 23, 2004 - 11:25 am
The show is pretty good.. Dr Will contributes! When they went to meet the woman with cancer, it was at Chapman Medical Center.. a place I passed daily for years when I lived in Modjeska Canyon .. and it is also right by the freeway exit where I get off (and go the other way) to see my own doctor. (City of Orange, County of Orange.. SoCal). Star98.7 here (LA station) likes to talk about reality shows (but they refuse to mention any of the major ones on CBS..) and they interviewed a producer of this show and he wouldn't say at that time if someone quit the show.. sounded like someone might.. but he did mention the older woman and how he still gets thank you notes from her for changing her life!! Heck, if any one of them stopped smoking for good, this show has done more good than the majority of reality shows. Of course I'm coming from a skewed point of view, never did smoke and Mom had her life affected by having emphysema/copd.. affected Dad, too, since for the last 15 years he didn't have a day where he didn't worry about her.. Anyway, I'm always really happy when anyone stops smoking. Sanfran.. same here.. I have PAX, but had to just go channel by channel to FIND it.
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Seamonkey
Member
09-07-2000
| Saturday, October 23, 2004 - 11:27 am
OH, btw.. I use a DVR and have no capacity to create tapes.. and my VCRs have died, as I recently found out when I needed to watch something on tape..
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Nickovtyme
Member
07-29-2004
| Sunday, October 24, 2004 - 8:21 pm
Nobody posts much in this thread...I must be the only one watching it. Soo...here's a few thoughts. This show is not an eviction type of show. I think it should be, because that Francesca chick is crazy! I can't believe she flushed that guys film down the toilet, nor can I believe that she was upset about the pictures he took of her...when She was the one that let him do it! Also, I can't remember these peoples names, but that chick that keeps telling everybody that she will light up as soon as the show is over...there should be a clause in their contract that states if the start smoking when the show is over...they are uneligilbe for the prize money. Lastly...I like this show...I like the premise...why is it that every Tom, Dick and Harry on a reality show thinks they will be famous when it's over? Did you see how excited they got when the heard they were featured on Extra? Or was in Entertainment Tonight?
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Sanfranjoshfan
Member
09-17-2000
| Monday, October 25, 2004 - 11:57 am
"Did you see how excited they got when the heard they were featured on Extra? Or was in Entertainment Tonight?" Huh? That makes me wonder if this show is taking place in "real time" or if it was already finished and in the can when it premiered. I had assumed it was already completely filmed when it started, but if they saw themselves featured on "Extra", and that was actually in one of the episodes, it sounds like the opposite is true.....that they saw a story about them airing while they were still filming. I don't remember anything at all about this show being "out there" on the promotional circuit until after it started airing. Oh yeah...I've been watching it, but I tend to forget about it because PAX isn't listed in the TV Guide. Also, I just happened to notice while channel flipping that the newest episode was on last night (Sunday), but I thought the first run, newest episode aired on Tuesday nights. Go figure. I tuned in just in time to see them all getting after the girl for flushing that guy's pictures down the toilet or something. In any case, it's supposed to air tomorrow, so I'll catch the whole thing then.
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Nickovtyme
Member
07-29-2004
| Monday, October 25, 2004 - 7:26 pm
SFJF...you'll see when you watch the show on Tuesday. They were Interviewed while in the house and at the end of the show they get to see how the interview was protrayed on TV. Now...whether the show is in Real Time or this happened while they were filming...I don't know. It does make ya wonder...
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Daphnematthews
Member
07-22-2004
| Wednesday, October 27, 2004 - 4:40 pm
Nick, I missed last night's re-airing and the extra footage bonus show that followed. I saw the episode show on Sunday night but was there anything interesting in the bonus show? Will Sunday night be picking up where last Sunday's episode left off or where the bonus show left off? I've never smoked but have had friends who have either tried to quit or quit. They didn't have an easy time of it. It made me glad I never had a puff...but strange, when I get really stressed out I want a puff. Maybe that "desire" came from growing up with both parents that smoked?
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Nickovtyme
Member
07-29-2004
| Wednesday, October 27, 2004 - 7:10 pm
Sorry, Daphne. I didn't realize there was a bonus show with extra footage. Seems like I missed it too... Darn it!
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Daphnematthews
Member
07-22-2004
| Thursday, October 28, 2004 - 4:07 pm
Maybe PAX will rerun the extra bonus show and pick up Sunday night where it left off last Sunday. I think it was promoted to air the second hour, after they re-aired Sunday's episode Tuesday night. LOL, I figured there were more clips of the Francesca upheavel with taking and flushing the film down the toilet.
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Nickovtyme
Member
07-29-2004
| Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - 3:52 pm
Could somebody give me a quick overview of what's happened the last couple of weeks. I've been working every night it's on and haven't kept up with it. thanks.
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Rslover
Member
11-19-2002
| Friday, November 19, 2004 - 5:11 pm
Nick, It wasn't on this week. Here's the recap from the website. Next show is Sunday, 11/21. Episode 6 Originally Aired: Tuesday, November 11th A "smoking" hot model/actress, Hannah, arrives at the mansion with luggage in tow. Could she be a new addition to the cast? The guys - Danny, Keith and DJ - can't take their eyes off her. For Calvin and the ladies of the house, however, the claws come out. The group bombards Hannah with questions as they try to figure out her reason for being there. Soon enough, the sparks really fly after Hannah lights her first of many cigarettes. The smell alone wakes up the entire house and drives all the nonsmokers out of their rooms and into the hallway. It's war! Calvin and Francesca play a practical joke on Hannah, while Karen and Carol treat her like an unwanted guest. DJ is especially drawn to Hannah. The two bond over a backrub, and Hannah makes DJ an indecent proposal, "If you want one of my cigarettes you can have one." After a couple of tension-filled days, Hannah announces that she's been asked to leave. The guys are the most disappointed by her sudden departure. Christmas comes early to the mansion as the group receives care packages and letters from home. A disappointed Chechulae is the only one who doesn't receive a package. The housemates later discover the real reason for Hannah's visit to the house and win more money toward their jackpot by answering questions about their temporary houseguest.
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Rslover
Member
11-19-2002
| Sunday, March 13, 2005 - 10:33 pm
Cold Turkey 2 is starting on Tuesday.
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Seamonkey
Member
09-07-2000
| Sunday, March 13, 2005 - 10:57 pm
Thanks, Rslover!!
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Rslover
Member
11-19-2002
| Tuesday, March 15, 2005 - 9:51 pm
It wasn't on tonight. The website says it has been postponed until further notice.??????????
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Seamonkey
Member
09-07-2000
| Thursday, March 17, 2005 - 11:42 am
ut oh.. well maybe they decided to wait until March Madness is over?
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Rslover
Member
11-19-2002
| Monday, April 11, 2005 - 9:32 pm
Cold Turkey II premieres on Tuesday, April 19th, 9/8c. Last year, PAX TV asked ten unsuspecting smokers to quit the habit in front of television viewers across the country. “Cold Turkey” was born and set a new benchmark in reality television by addressing a complicated health issue that affects millions of Americans. The second installment of this unconventional series is one again hosted by A.J. Benza (E! Entertainment’s “Mysteries & Scandals”). The weekly one-hour series will begin with a new twist that artfully lures ten unsuspecting participants to a smoke-free San Diego mansion. “Cold Turkey II” premieres with ten new unsuspecting smokers who think they have joined the cast of the latest adventure reality show called “Pushing the Limits.” After the participants are dropped in the middle of the Grand Canyon, decoy host Jordan Murphy (NBC’s “For Love or Money”) convinces them that what they are about to experience is the real thing - but the cast soon discovers the host is bogus; the challenges are fake; and the eliminations are phony. Two undercover actors playing non-smokers are embedded among them to keep suspicions at bay as the smokers compete in physical challenges that secretly test their lungs. Three days later, when host Benza arrives, everything changes, and the smokers must decide whether they want to lose their cigarettes and transform their lives forever.
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Seamonkey
Member
09-07-2000
| Monday, April 11, 2005 - 11:03 pm
I just checked that new url on top of the thread and they have pictures of the cast with bios for each up on the season two site! I'm really looking forward to this one.
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Nickovtyme
Member
07-29-2004
| Tuesday, April 19, 2005 - 8:05 pm
I never got to see all of last season, had too much going on. I tried to watch it tonight but got caught up in the TAR...hopefully, I'll be able to catch it in a rerun.
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Seamonkey
Member
09-07-2000
| Thursday, April 21, 2005 - 10:52 am
Did it start? I totally forgot! Rats.. well I now have it set up to record starting on next Tuesday.
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Rslover
Member
11-19-2002
| Thursday, April 21, 2005 - 7:47 pm
So did I and I posted the info!!
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Seamonkey
Member
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, April 27, 2005 - 2:46 am
I caught episode two.. YIKES!! That woman who left was.. well I'm speechless, but SHE certainly wasn't..
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Hootyhoot
Member
12-18-2001
| Wednesday, April 27, 2005 - 5:43 am
I find this show very interesting. Actually I find all the bunch-of-people-in-a-house shows intriguing, because no matter how odd the group, it seems like some breakthroughs will be made, some prejudices overcome, some lifelong friendships made. I quit smoking a few years ago, on my 22nd try! It took a long long time before I made the transition from "they want me to quit" to "I want to quit." But I finally did it. Whew.
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