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Archive through March 16, 2006

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Ketchuplover
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08-30-2000

Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 5:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ketchuplover a private message Print Post    
I'm giving it a shot. Who's with me?

Jewels
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09-23-2000

Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 5:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jewels a private message Print Post    
I'm going to watch it tonight...but only because Survivor and CSI aren't on.

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 5:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
I'm thinking of watching it, too!

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 5:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
We're going to watch it. Might be fun!

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 5:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I think it might be enjoyable.

Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 6:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lexie_girl a private message Print Post    
I'm "down with it"... or is it "I'm up with it?" I don't know if I can "hang with it" when CSI and Survivor come back on.

Whoami
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08-03-2001

Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 6:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Whoami a private message Print Post    
I've got it scheduled on the DVR. Will try to watch it tonight.

Ketchuplover
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08-30-2000

Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 6:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ketchuplover a private message Print Post    
I like that shovel. Hard to believe no one else has thought of it.

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 6:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
I thought the shovel was really a great idea, too. Some of this show seems a bit contrived...like the loser kind of people who try out for American Idol that make me say, "you've GOT to be kidding, right?"

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 6:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
That woman who was just on, "Cathy," was on While You Were Out some time ago. Her husband re-did their bedroom in a tantric love nest or something like that. Remember them covering the naked Barbie dolls in various positions, in plaster? Another "media wh*re" as they say...

Ketchuplover
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08-30-2000

Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 7:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ketchuplover a private message Print Post    
I switched to Earl at the top of the hour. How's the 2nd hour going?

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 7:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
I can't decide if I like it or not...or if it is worth taping once it goes up against Survivor. The woman cries waaay too much and I just can't see why one guy will LOVE something and the other guy HATES it...then they basically reverse.

Lori
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04-18-2003

Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 7:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lori a private message Print Post    
I like it. The woman is way too emotional...she's making me cry!

Which one was Cathy...was she the edible snow globe lady???


Colordeagua
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10-25-2003

Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 8:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
EM:HE / After the Storm is going to be opposite Survivor for a few weeks.

Lilfair
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07-09-2003

Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 8:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lilfair a private message Print Post    
Same format as AI.

Doug is an <77>. I don’t care about his think tank…<77>.

Mary Lou…seems nice enough but not in an outer space Paula Abdul way.

Ed E…the ad guy. I like him. He’s Simon with a little bit of class.

Peter…he’s tall!

These judges are asses to each other and potty mouthed. The networks usually only use bleeps for talk shows taped live. There were a bunch of bl@@ps.

Bathroom Buddy….heehee. Coulda used that once or twice in my adult life. They actually have a similar device used for camping.

In put jack….people get pissed when they accidentally unplug (doesn’t happen that often). I’m not sure that an adapter of some sort isn’t available…I think I’ve seen them.

Walk buddy…it’s a STICK! Lions and tiger, oh MY!

Arm shades….LOLOLOL

Sandbag tool….I liked it! Not that I ever filled or used a sandbag.

Space cockroaches….gross.

Tandem bike…Zzzzzzzzzzz. Kids are always spicing up their bikes.

Edible snow globes…is that really an invention?

Car cover-up…I found that concept intriguing., really.

Pit jar….LOVED it!

Exercise suitcase thingy…aren’t there similar things out there?

Smoke gun…..needs refinement but interesting idea.

Social Skills dvd…hohum. She’ll do fine without the show. But it may be a small market.

Fresh end….I’m never using this product.

Tizzy Tube…shoot that woman!!!!!!! I’m speechless.

Solar cooler/generator…YES for me. I think it would be affordable.

Better pouch…never heard of that scam….wow.

Tree cutter thing…didn’t look or sound easier. But liked the Oz schmaltz.

Portable Doggie air conditioner…why not…haven’t seen one of those before.

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 8:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
It's not a bad show. I just can't believe that they haven't found anyone with a better invention yet. The inventions are pretty bad.

It is interesting how the inventor on the panel seems to be on a different page than the other panelists a lot of the time.

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 8:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
Yes, Lori, it was an edible/craft

Brenda1966
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07-03-2002

Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 9:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Brenda1966 a private message Print Post    
I missed the tube thing that the woman made and they accused it of being abusive. What was it? I saw when they told her no, but I missed seeing what the contraption was.

I also missed the beginning so I don't really understand what they are going to do with the inventions that made it through the first round. Will they give them money to improve their design? Not sure I get this show yet.

Donut
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07-31-2001

Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 9:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Donut a private message Print Post    
does this show know what it wants to be?? it would just jump from stupid, shlocky, serious, dramatic music, tears, fights, surrealistic, jerry springer level..all rolled into one bad show(not that that would stop me from watching.. yet..) yeah, and most of those "inventions" do already exist. Hasn't anyone seen a bicycle built for two before?? or an exercise pully thingie?
And why won't they tell us what 18 things we already own that the Ron Howard guy invented? The opening premise is to find something never seen, a TV, computer or space shuttle, and they come up with a stupid gingerbread house construction kit under a plastic bowl??? I expect we will see many of these people doing quite well on QVC though... That woman judge is really annoying. And that kid shouldve been asked to come back with a different invention that doesn't encourage keeping dogs in hot cars...He must have had something better...And I don't get the shovel. It looked like hard work still. Cant they just have a simple metal frame to open a bag over and lie it down, and just push dirt into it, instead of lifting the dirt in the shovel. Or else hubby said there should just be prefilled pods in pick up trucks that come around with a mechanism like you get candy from in a bulk store.. Just pull the lever and fill the bags.. Should we go on the show?:-)

Nickovtyme
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07-29-2004

Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 9:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nickovtyme a private message Print Post    
out of all the inventions they showed tonight...and it kinda makes you wonder about the inventors they put through but didn't make TV...I liked the Solar-powered cooler the best.

I'd buy one.

Had the Tizzy-Tube lady sold her idea as a toy, rather than a child psycho-babble, time-out contraption; she might have gotten better reception from the judges. The idea of putting a child in an inflatable tube, in order to carry out their tantrum seems a little over the top.

Unless, like the judges...I misunderstood her intent.

Donut
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07-31-2001

Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 10:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Donut a private message Print Post    
Brenda, you don't get the show, cuz THEY don't get the show! and the explaining and editing was really jumbled and incomplete. They presented it like they were picking a finished invention to help market, and then they refused someone cuz her idea looked already ready to market. So seems that they may be picking a product prototype to work on, improve on and rebuild. but it is very sparse in the explainations of what it is going to be... And the tubes were two things.. One was like a 3 ft tall inflatable kiddie pool turned upside down with the kid running around in it, and the other looked like a 4 ft tall tube of bubble wrap that the kid was in. they ran around and bashed into each other in the 'tubes' It didnt seem anywhere as heinous at they made it out to be. I work in a field where I have seen kids put thru a thing that looks like a giant wringer to give them deep pressure to help calm them. I would love to see that one show up on the show and freak them all out..

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 10:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
<Deep Breath>. I didn't see anything all that heinous about the tube thing either. Kid gets frustrated ... kid goes in tube .... kid crashes around .... gets out frustration .... and comes out.

It reminded me of one of those bouncing castles that kids play in.

I could see some adults getting some use out of that themselves!

Three of the judges hated it (and I mean hated it). The inventor judge kind of thought it had some sort of potential.

Maybe it was how she presented it. If it was just a way for a kid to get out his or her frustration then I think it would be okay. I wouldn't like it as a form of punishment.

Puzzled
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08-27-2001

Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 10:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Puzzled a private message Print Post    
I found this show to be very dull. The judges don't really have much personality and they didn't seem to have any real focus. Most of the inventions were pretty dreary.

Now, Simon, with the toilet thingy guy and some of the others, would have made the show hysterically funny.

Tabbyking
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03-11-2002

Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 10:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tabbyking a private message Print Post    
so far the shovel was a great idea. considering how much sand we had to bag a few years back, it would have been a big help.
the edible snowglobes? seasonal. who wants or needs more sugar for themselves or their kids?

Donut
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07-31-2001

Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 10:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Donut a private message Print Post    
the wringer thing i mentioned is at www.southpawenterprises.com and then search "steamroller deluxe" and read the description too. I couldn't figure out how to link or print it here. I am curious to see what anyone thinks the judges would have to say about it..