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Nala63
Member
09-20-2005
| Monday, March 24, 2008 - 3:09 pm
i noticed the stores that a lot shopped at was target, lol. great show, i love it. its a feel good show.
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Smokey
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, March 24, 2008 - 8:34 pm
I love this show, too. I loved how Kevin spent all his money and gave away all those appliances and electronics to the very poor neighborhood. I enjoyed that giveaway the most. How wonderful to have someone come to your door and give you a computer, new appliances and even a gameboy for a kid who probably never owned anything like that. I am glad to hear that the funeral was paid for. I wondered why he couldn't have given the $10,000 to the brotherhood of Police officers and told them to pay for the funeral that way. He could have found another way to pay anything left. It just seemed that the huge sum of money was very overwhelming for a few of them.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, March 24, 2008 - 11:26 pm
That is good news about the funeral.. and the brothers of course had leftover money since so few of them spent their entier allotment. I was very frustrated with the woman who kept driving around and talking about being lost.. she and her partner got lost and couldn't find their person in the first show. And she was almost proud of this disability.. kept making excuses and wanted to go pout and start over in the morning. I get the feeling that in life she has gotten by being the "helpless/hopeless but cute" one so she gets people to help her or gets a pass. I knew right away she'd be going home. And of course not paying for the funeral. Since there weren't enough people there, he simply shouldn't have promised. I loved the guy running through the neighborhood handing out appliances but sort of hope there was some behind the scenes vetting of who really was getting the stuff. That is the advantage of working with an organization that has already identified people in need and there were some wonderful choices made by several people. The emancipated foster kids.. what a GREAT program because those kids are often just cut adrift at age 18 and are at great risk. The bus passes and several others. But really there were lots of good ideas and lots of very happy people too. Filling the gas tanks.. would be even more exciting today.
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Tuesday, March 25, 2008 - 4:45 pm
Hey Snee I'm a people 
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Snee
Member
06-26-2001
| Sunday, March 30, 2008 - 1:36 pm
K.L., send me your address and i'll give you some....KETCHUP! seriously, email me!!!
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Sunday, March 30, 2008 - 7:52 pm
Anyone else think Stephen is going to win this? Of course, there can always be surprises, but he does well every week. And he is so likeable.
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Smokey
Member
07-08-2003
| Sunday, March 30, 2008 - 9:41 pm
I think it's quite possible, Color. I also think the beauty queen (I forget her name) is doing really well. I didn't really care for her at the beginning, but I do now.
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Cr8ofdata
Member
01-13-2004
| Monday, March 31, 2008 - 4:37 am
Well the Judges got it right again!! $500 on a party!?!?!? With the economy the way it is no one needs to spend $500 on a party when they needed so much more! Instead of planning the party, why wasn't he trying to get that family some real help that would last longer than one hour?!?!?
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Monday, March 31, 2008 - 4:54 am
I can see what he was thinking but he so missed the mark. I really felt for him when he went to the house to find out that the daughter had just died. i am not great with names, but I like the contractor.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Monday, March 31, 2008 - 6:47 am
The contractor is Stephen. Sheg was the giftor of the $500 party and cut last night.
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Cathie
Member
08-16-2000
| Monday, March 31, 2008 - 8:25 am
I expected the judges to call Ray (Rey?) out on her good deed for day one of this week's challenge - sweeping leaves for a woman who had already told her she didn't need or want help. The house was immense, looked to be in a really good neighborhood, so why didn't she move on to find someone who really wanted/needed her help? It was never even mentioned by the judges. Did we see her do anything else that day? The senior center the next day was her assigned work for day two, but sweeping leaves is all I saw her do on day one.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, March 31, 2008 - 11:11 am
Here are the contestants: The 10 contestants competing on Oprah's Big Give -- as well as their ABC-supplied bios -- are: - Angelo Adams, a 30-year-old West Point graduate and Iraq War veteran from Ann Arbor, MI - Olusegun "Sheg" Aranmolate, a 23-year-old pre-med student from Nashville, TN - Rachael Hollingsworth, a 31-year-old singer and actress from Los Angeles, CA - Cameron Johnson, a 22-year-old entrepreneur and dot-com millionaire from Roanoke, VA - Eric Klein, a 37-year-old former model who currently works as a disaster relief worker from Boston, MA - Brandi Milloy, a 23-year-old pageant queen from Chicago, IL - Stephen Paletta, a 43-year-old real-estate developer from Bedford, NY - Kim Prentiss, a 39-year-old NFL marketing specialist from Brentwood, TN - Marlene Snipes, a 37-year-old train attendant from Chicago, IL - Carlana Stone, a paraplegic 38-year-old author and media executive from Glendale, CA Site with pictures of each of them: http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/oprahs-big/photos/287962
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Smokey
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, March 31, 2008 - 11:50 am
Cathie--I expected the same thing regarding Rachel/aka Rae. Jamie (naked chef) said she was "cocky" and that's exactly how she's seemed to me. I don't care for her and felt she should have been cut a couple different times.
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Sugar
Member
08-15-2000
| Monday, March 31, 2008 - 1:27 pm
I've only seen a couple of episodes including last nights. I think Stephen is a winner. I rather hoped that Rachel would go, I don't get the feeling she is terribly interested in helping others. I that Sheg meant well but missed the mark. I think a party was a nice idea, but less spent on a party and more $ towards assisting the family in the long run would probably have been a better idea. Still don't like Brandi either. Both Brandi and Rachel just strike me as insencere in some way, more into this for exposure or personal gain. Perhaps that is unfair having missed a show or two but there you go....
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Smokey
Member
07-08-2003
| Sunday, April 06, 2008 - 9:36 pm
I really am glad they unloaded Rae/Raechel. If she would have stayed and they sent Stephen home instead, I was ready to believe this show was rigged in Rae's favor. I felt she should have been eliminated a couple other times. Her behavior seemed very self serving to me, many times. I always sit and cry through most of this show. It was wonderful how they helped the dying people, really wonderful.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Sunday, April 06, 2008 - 10:36 pm
All I can say is finally! Rae enjoys helping others but she is a type you do see among volunteers, that type tends to stay in the spotlight, very dramatic and gracious but sucking up most of the praise at the same time. It isn't always "carnage" but usually there are hard workers tying up the loose ends, making sure things happen. And I thought it was a telling stat quoted at the beginnning of this episode, that everyone working with Rae had gone home.. hmmm. The other worked really hard and all four of them certainly accomplished some wonderful dream fulfillment. They guy who worked on the mortgage and truck, of course had so much help from Jada, but seemed like he was the one to talk to the mortgage company, and negotiate for the truck.. good job! The day in Manhattan was super and the young woman who worked that did a good job of pleasing the whole family. I have no doubt that the sweet family did insist on Rae singing, but they should have never heard that as a suggestion. The daughter said the family acted as choir.. so why not ask if family members wanted to sing, or maybe bring in the current choir at the church the mom attends.
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Llrpurch
Member
07-12-2006
| Sunday, April 06, 2008 - 10:49 pm
I've been lurking around checking posts here while watching the show and finally tonight just had to pipe up. I have spent weeks flabbergasted that Rae somehow managed to not only save herself but to do so while sounding arrogant and condescending during her "defense" of her behavior. I almost stopped watching when Carlana was let go instead of Rae. Tonight Rae even lied to the judges straight out. She "volunteered" to sing, was NOT asked to, and what recipient of a Big Give wouldn't go along whole-heartedly with the giver under those circumstances? Her best talent is how well she can manipulate others to gain not only her way but other's sympathies in the process. She's the kind of "giver" who would always ask for an itemized receipt for tax purposes and expect it to be for more than the fair value of the donation. I hope she someday realizes that giving is not about the giver, it's solely about providing a helping hand to the recipient in need.
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Cr8ofdata
Member
01-13-2004
| Monday, April 07, 2008 - 4:15 am
I couldn't believe it either when she said she could sing!!! I just flipped out and started screaming at my TV. Then to watch as those poor people sat and ate dinner on their laps in that hotel room!!! That was the night before, and the sun was still up! She couldn't have arranged for a table at least?!?!?!? Thank God Stephen stepped in at got plates and drinks! I thought she should have been gone a long long long time ago, I hope Oprah really "gives" it to HER today!!!
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Smokey
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, April 07, 2008 - 7:03 am
Llrpurch I felt the same way when Carlana (I forget her name but took this from your post--the woman in the wheel chair) was let go instead of Rae. I was really upset by that and wondered just what the heck was going on because it seemed very biased and unfair. I also thought it was very presumptuous of Rae to sweep that woman's drive way in that episode where the woman plainly said she did not want Rae's help. It always seemed to be about Rae's ego and not about giving. I am glad I'm not the only won who was fed up with her. And, I am so glad the judges finally got rid of her.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Monday, April 07, 2008 - 12:34 pm
Interesting . . . on Oprah today Raechel still insists she was asked to sing. Oprah said that is not her (Oprah's) perception or the audience's. She said their talk about it will continue on oprah.com.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Monday, April 07, 2008 - 1:08 pm
i absolutely believe the Rae thinks she was. she just can't fathom that she did anything wrong or inappropriate. and she is remembering the 2nd conversation where she said 'they are saying i shouldn't sing' and then the family 'begged' her to.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, April 07, 2008 - 3:38 pm
Well she WAS asked, but only after SHE brought it up and then later played the martyr, saying she wanted it to be their day, etc.. what could those gracious people do?. And then she snarked at the guy on the phone (limo), took lots of "me" time trying on jewelry and didn't do a good job with the food.. bad directions, food at wrong hotel, someone else having to deal with THAT, then the food was in styrofoam with no plates, no drinks and she left the other team mate out in the hall to fix her mess, while she was inside playing benefactor! Heck, I bet she could have gotten Natalie Cole to sing while the lady played.. how exciting would THAT have been? (Like.. even if you are a good singer.. Me? Natalie Cole? No contest!)
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, April 07, 2008 - 3:39 pm
I missed the first half of Oprah.. I suppose I missed Rae?
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, April 07, 2008 - 3:46 pm
OH, yay.. starting on BG stuff at 45 min into the show today! She would do NOTHING differently because the experience brought her here today (Oprah's couch). She was devastated, but sort of felt it coming, but the competitive part of it was hard, she shared emotional bonds with the people. Would you still sing on the stage at Carnagie hall.. yes she would. LOL Oprah.. not our perception of it (autdience agrees).. HOW DID SHE EVEN KNOW YOU COULD SING? (Oprah, that wasn't my perception of it and I'm the producer!) Rae says.. she was going to have family members sings, but she asked Rae if she knew this music and Rae told her she knew this hymn amd she sang and was asked do you sing? OMG you sing! Yes.. and she said you should sing! And it fell into place. Oprah says we didn't see it that way. LOL..Even if it did, Rae should have said, oh no, I want your family to sing, as you originally said.
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Texasdeb
Member
05-23-2003
| Monday, April 07, 2008 - 5:20 pm
I thought Rae was just a camera hog .... similar to <Omarosa> from Donald Trump's show.
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