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Clutterfree
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10-24-2003

Friday, October 14, 2005 - 12:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Clutterfree a private message Print Post    
I am puzzled, has no one started a thread for Three Wishes yet? Does that indicate lack of interest in the show?
I am back to deciding whether to watch Friday night: it's a show that I FEEL I should like, but it just doesn't grab me yet. I'm trying to figure out if it's partly because the focus is split among THREE wishes, or what? Last week, the youngster going for the singing career was never even brought together with the town at the end.
I think the show is doing "good works", but it also keeps NOT holding my attention, unlike Extreme Makeover Home ED, which has a similiar goodworks/feel good basis. Any thoughts? How is it doing in the ratings?

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Friday, October 14, 2005 - 12:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
Clutter, I've watched it every week. I've just posted about it in the random discussion thread since it didn't have a thread of it's own.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Saturday, October 15, 2005 - 7:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
Anyone think this show is weird? I admit I get totally choked up, but it seems like they manipulate us so much. Like they try to find the most pathetic situation so we will be touched. I am happy for the people that they help, I really am, but it seems like they exploit them or something...

Taterheadtwo
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09-29-2005

Saturday, October 15, 2005 - 8:02 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Taterheadtwo a private message Print Post    
i cried , but yes i agree, exploiting..
also im white, think im open minded and not racial.... but this show is not showing the true population yet?? if it is to suceed i hope they will go to all parts, ethnics, to show these 3 wishes... i would much rather see a helping your fwllow neighbor , reality based then most shows out there, just wish they are for all ethnics,people.. maybe im just a dreamer but i wish america would care more for their neighbors, would be alot less people holded up, adfraid of neighbors and neighborhoods

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Saturday, October 15, 2005 - 10:01 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I don't see it as exploitation at all. I see it as spreading some kindness and love all around. I think that we live in such a cynical world anymore and it's nice to have something that's just nice. As for the racial issue, I think it's just the small towns that they've been to so far. I am sure there will be races of all kinds in other shows.

Mameblanche
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04-13-2005

Saturday, October 15, 2005 - 10:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Ditto what Mamie said. I love this show. Its a nice contrast to all the ugly, violent forensic CSI type shows out there that provide nothing to the universe at large. THIS is a family show. There aren't many of those around any more. And if its a tad manipulative, to make us cry, I don't mind. I'd rather cry over someone else's hardship than my own. Its called compassion. And hopefully they will provide stories of other races and cultures.

Mind you, to be honest, I'd be surprised if they showcase/help-out a Jewish/Budhist/Hindu/etc family anytime soon. This is basically a CHRISTIAN show, reinforcing the North America Is A Christian place, falacy, rather than a melting pot. But I'm used to it, being part of the minority. On the other hand, it would be nice. But the fact that the lovley hostess is a popular Christian Country singer, kinda slants the show for her fans... (shrug). Regardless, I enjoy anything that features the best in people, whoever, wherever they are.

Taterheadtwo
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09-29-2005

Saturday, October 15, 2005 - 11:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Taterheadtwo a private message Print Post    
dont get me wrong, i much rather see these type shows, lighter, helping out, makeing life better for someones, then the crap, drama, volience that so many watch now.im diffently the minority for tv shows i guess, the ones i like, look forward to seeing, dont seem to last.. its the shock value, high sexual, crime, voilence one the networks all promote.... me i would much rather sit and watch a feel good tv show every time

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Saturday, October 15, 2005 - 4:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
Manipulative-yeah Mame, that is more what I feel than exploitative (is that the word?). I also don't mind too much as the end result is all good.

However, I did think the HS graduation thing, was a bit stretched, I mean, she really didn't walk. I think it was great that they recreated the night for her, but to make us think that they could create a real miracle (her walking on her own) was kinda stretching it.

For a real honest to goodness feel good show, you guys show try that dad show on NBC. The name escapes me. Something like "Meet the Dads" though I know that is not it.

Mameblanche
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04-13-2005

Saturday, October 15, 2005 - 5:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
I think the guy from the show with the dark hair is so cute, and compassionate. The blond, seems a bit vague-pretty-boy. But the show is still new, so my first impressions may not be worth much.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Saturday, October 15, 2005 - 5:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I really changed my attitude toward Eric after watching him with the family that was displaced from the hurricane. He was so touched and he touched me as well. Maybe I'm a sap but I will continue to watch this and be touched by people's generosity whatever the reason.

Mameblanche
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04-13-2005

Saturday, October 15, 2005 - 5:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
IS Eric the blond? And what's the other guy called? I've only seen two eps of it.

Saps of the World Unite! I am a card-carrying Sap! I cry at commercials. LOL.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Saturday, October 15, 2005 - 6:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
Carter is the other guy. He is quite adorable. He's the carpenter on Trading Spaces and Eric is the carpenter from Clean House.

Halfunit
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09-02-2001

Saturday, October 15, 2005 - 8:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Halfunit a private message Print Post    
Gaaaaahhhhhhhh!

This show has been in my town and won't leave, lol...

Story 1

Story 2

Story 3

Story 4

Story 5

We even get a concert Tuesday from Amy Grant and a "to be named" artist/band. Too bad I'm not a huge fan, lol.

I joke, but actually I'm glad that this is the BIG story in our town - it sure beats reading about missing kids, fires and crimes.

They have indicated that the Marine who got the house in Dover will be some sort of Thanksgiving special, and the other stories from Dover and New Philadelphia will be shown in the next two months or so.

The 'tourism' folks have concerns that NBC will butcher our county name, Tuscarawas, lol. When I first moved here, Unit told me to remember tusky walrus.

tus ca RAW us
tusca RAWus
tuscaRAWus
Tuscarawas

Easy, right?


Watching2
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07-07-2001

Saturday, October 15, 2005 - 10:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Watching2 a private message Print Post    
Wow Half - I'd love it to be in my town. I live in a HUGE town which is a suburb of a large city and they'd never come here!

I'm a total sap and love this show. I had tears actually "falling" off my face onto my shirt watching this past week. I know the girl didn't "really walk" but I have kids about her age and to think what can happen to one of them in an instant just really got to me. I've always loved Amy Grant - esp. because she's more "worldly" (and has been criticized for it) than some other Christian singers. I like that's she's always been positive and not judgmental. I can't help liking her! She and Michael W. Smith were two of my favorite Christian artists back in the day when I actually spent money on music, mainly because of how they acted in being non-condemning of people. :-)

Ok with a nephew in Iraq, I'm going to be a major crying mess when that show airs! His first anniversary is right after Thanksgiving and he's been in Iraq since January (with a 2 wk leave in Sept) and he'll be there until January. I always cry when I see anything with military people these days.



Metoo
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02-22-2005

Friday, October 21, 2005 - 3:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Metoo a private message Print Post    
I haven't watched Three Wishes yet, but I will tonight because it will be featuring a young man
from my area. Following is an article published Thursday in our local paper.

Warner Robins family's story featured on NBC show

By Becky Purser

TELEGRAPH STAFF WRITER


WARNER ROBINS - When Anthony Johns Armstrong of Warner Robins was a child in San Antonio, he and his parents were told he needed to be enrolled in special education classes.

But today the 21-year-old junior at Texas College, a four-year historically black college in Tyler, is running for class president and dreaming of anchoring the nightly news and writing motivational books.

He and his family in Warner Robins attribute the remarkable change in his life to God working through a new network television show "Three Wishes."

The show, hosted by Christian singer Amy Grant, will feature Johns Armstrong's story at 9 p.m. Friday. It is aired locally on NBC affiliate Channel 41.

When Johns Armstrong, a 2002 graduate of Houston County High School, was a young boy, he stuttered so badly that many people assumed he was mentally retarded, his parents say. The condition resulted from a physiological problem with his ear as a child.

Throughout his young life, some teachers told him he would never go to college - and certainly never become a broadcast journalist.

But his family's strong faith - both his parents are ordained Methodist ministers - pushed them to motivate their son to believe that nothing was impossible with God.

The family moved to Warner Robins in 1997 after Kelly Air Force Base closed. His father is an aircraft electrician at Robins Air Force Base.

"The faith that we have teaches us not to look at the circumstances," said Anthony's mother, the Rev. Sheryl Armstrong, who is pastor of Mount Olive Christian Methodist Church in Fort Valley. "We walk by faith and not by sight."

Houston County would provide a school system that would nurture their son, then a high school sophomore, and a church, Warner Robins Christian Methodist Church, that would love and support the family.

Yet despite the family's strong faith, speech therapy and the overcoming of numerous obstacles throughout his young life, Johns Armstrong still stuttered severely. He hid the pain and tears behind closed doors, putting on a happy, jolly face for his family and friends, he said in a telephone interview Tuesday. He prayed that he would wake up one morning and not have a speech impediment.

Suddenly this summer, Johns Armstrong said, he was scanning NBC's Web site and saw a promotion for "Three Wishes," an upcoming fall show.

Everyday people were encouraged to write in and share their wish. A few would be selected for their wishes to be granted.

Johns Armstrong said he immediately e-mailed the show. There was an expensive speech device, the SpeechEasy, that would allow him to speak more fluently and without stuttering so badly, he told the show's producers. It cost $6,000, which he and his family could not afford.

Of 3,000 hopefuls from Georgia, Johns Armstrong was selected, said his dad, the Rev. Eddie Armstrong.

"It wasn't nothing but the grace of God for such a time as this ... when you get that break in your life and God comes in to bless."

Johns Armstrong's grandfather, the late Edward Jackson, had first heard about the device more than a year earlier when it was featured on Oprah Winfrey's TV show.

He called his grandson while watching the show to tell him about it.

Months later, "Three Wishes " not only acquired the speech device for Johns Armstrong, but also provided speech therapy. The young man's story was taped in Covington, a Georgia location chosen by the show, and in Tyler, on the campus where his mother graduated.

On the show, his parents hear their son speak for the first time with the speech device.

"He's reading my Mother's Day poem," said Sheryl Armstrong tearfully. "You can't even believe that he stuttered."

The speech device, which fits into the ear, uses computer technology to mimic the choral effect phenomenon in which people stutter less when singing in unison, according to the manufacturer's Web site.

For Johns Armstrong, the speech device has opened doors that once seemed closed. He's now an intern at a TV station in Tyler.

He also plans to become a motivational speaker and author so he can encourage others never to give up on their dreams.

"It's just changed my life forever," he said. "I have confidence now and it seems like my whole soul is alive."



Watching2
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07-07-2001

Saturday, October 22, 2005 - 10:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Watching2 a private message Print Post    
That was so touching when he finally could speak fluently! I had a friend in college who stuttered except when he drank too much or sang. I could just feel the pain when the mom recalled how he was treated in school as a child. Kids can be so mean. :-(

Legalboxer
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11-17-2003

Saturday, October 22, 2005 - 11:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Legalboxer a private message Print Post    
(grumbling that the show is sending the wrong message last night - you dont need to be able to speak to run for class president - getting the device is great but technological advancement is not the trigger to get self confidence)

but of course i still watched every moment of the show :-)

Halfunit
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09-02-2001

Saturday, October 22, 2005 - 1:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Halfunit a private message Print Post    
I liked "Being Weatherlady For A Day". :-)

I guess the show on Friday will be the military special. This one will have our local Marine who was surprised with a home.

The show that will focus on my area is scheduled for the first or second week of November. It has caused a stir in the community - without giving it away, there was a 'group gift' that some folks were upset with and complained to the appropriate state department, but it looks as if this 'group' will be able to keep their gifts. I'll elaborate more after the show so I don't spoil it.


Herckleperckle
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11-20-2003

Friday, October 28, 2005 - 7:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Herckleperckle a private message Print Post    
Isn't anyone watching tonight--the military themed 3 wishes? I missed the first half hour and am crying already . . . the military wife who lost her husband when hurt in Iraq. (Gawd, great house and all furnished with Thomasville furniture--50 potted mums planted; a flag pole in the backyard (to honor her husband's memory.)

Watching2
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07-07-2001

Saturday, October 29, 2005 - 2:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Watching2 a private message Print Post    
I'm watching it for the 2nd time and crying AGAIN!

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Saturday, October 29, 2005 - 11:11 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
Very touching episode. My mom and I were kleenexing through the whole thing!

Bbrock
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09-13-2000

Saturday, October 29, 2005 - 8:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bbrock a private message Print Post    
Last nights episode was the first one I watched. I DVR'ed and burned it to DVD to send to my hubby in Iraq. The soldier, PFC Hines, was in my husbands company. My heart still goes out to Katy and the kids. She is a special lady and her husband was a wonderful soldier.

Rehtse
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08-17-2005

Saturday, October 29, 2005 - 11:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rehtse a private message Print Post    
I watched last night's episode for the first time out of curiosity and b/c there was nothing on t.v. I cried through the first half...but when the wishes started being doled out, I lost interest. I opted to watch The Waltons on dvd.

Watching2
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07-07-2001

Sunday, October 30, 2005 - 1:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Watching2 a private message Print Post    
Bbrock - Your husband and the rest of the troops are in my prayers. They never said what unit he was with in the army. My nephew is with the 3-69 Armor Regiment up in Samarra. I cried my eyes out when they showed the guys talking about him and I just wanted to hug Katy. I can't even imagine. Godspeed to your hubby and his unit.

Bbrock
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09-13-2000

Sunday, October 30, 2005 - 10:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bbrock a private message Print Post    
Watching2 - Thanks so much. God Speed to your nephew.

Tim was a military policeman with the 64th MP Co out of Ft Hood. You can check out our company website and read more of Katy's story. There has been such an outreach to her and the kids.