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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Thursday, December 06, 2007 - 8:51 am
I thought it was SO mature of Zack to say something to the effect of, "I wake up and try to contribute at least one constructive thing for the town every single day." I just wanted to hug him. Even I'm not that responsible! And I'm an adult!
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Allietex
Member
08-16-2002
| Thursday, December 06, 2007 - 9:28 am
One of the things that endear Zach to me is how happy he is for every one of the kids that win the gold star. Jared did not look happy.
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Denecee
Member
09-05-2002
| Thursday, December 06, 2007 - 11:50 am
Zach is endearing! My heart went out to him last night when he had to nominate himself, I hope he wins the big star. Jared cracks me up, after he said "Pelvis has left the building" he then said, "I know it's corny." That was too cute. Alex was such a cutie last night saying about the $20,000, something like "his grandchildren wouldn't have to worry about money" LOL, so cute! I don't believe that they actually finished the challenge in 60 minutes, but I'm glad they got the reward and that Sophia chose the hot air ballons. I have very much enjoyed this show but can't really seeing it be an every year kind of show.
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Y2krazy
Member
09-17-2002
| Thursday, December 06, 2007 - 12:34 pm
I missed so much of last night's show because I went out for dinner with my co-workers, then went to pick-up DS from his place of work later (when time-shifting episode was on) so I'm glad I am picking up so much here.
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Seattlemom
Member
05-10-2005
| Thursday, December 06, 2007 - 5:18 pm
No way Taylor should get the Gold Star It is for the to one Pioneer who has contributed the most to Bonanza City over the 40 days** for about the first 30 at least she has contributed the most in lessons of vanity and how to avoid work!
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Cricket
Member
08-05-2002
| Thursday, December 06, 2007 - 5:31 pm
Toofus won a Gold Star! Toofus won a Gold Star! Yippie Cay Aye!! That adorable little guy finally won a star. What a smart little cookie he is. His family seems very nice. I just love him. I'm not sure at this point who my favorite is for the final star. I definitely agree with some of you that it shouldn't be Taylor. Every week I see more children that I haven't seen previously. I kind of hope it's one of them that wins the final star.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Thursday, December 06, 2007 - 8:31 pm
I just had a bright idea. Maybe they are building it up for Zach to win the BIG gold star.
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Thursday, December 06, 2007 - 9:02 pm
From your lips to the voters' ears!
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Biscottiii
Member
05-29-2004
| Friday, December 07, 2007 - 1:29 am
I do HOPE they're setting us up for Zach getting BIGGEST gold star of it all! He truly deserves it! I don't think the kids & council realized how much Zach wanted and emotionally NEEDED the Gold Star until they were still standing in line when he burst back in and witnessing his meltdown and his tears. It might give them a tiny 'wake-up' call - especially IF the whole town this time gets to chose the GoldStar Winner! When he's vocalizing that he feels disrespected and unrecognized time and again, it's NOT about the money. It IS about the recognition for the fact that he worked his tail off constantly!!!! Later, Zach's sweet and totally REAL smile when little One-Toof got the star, instead. Warmed my heart, frankly!! These kids are smart and I'm so hoping they will be thinking hard. Of ALL the kids, Zach has been working since Day-1, even before the Gold Star was suggested, despite being dragged down by the Albatross hanging around his neck of the least willing to work team (Yellow) that he was stuck with. Remember when Zach diplomatically pulled the WHOLE town to pitch in to do dishes after he couldn't get Yellow Team to work? So many times Zach stepped up to the plate. And I STILL believe that he was the major power in helping the Yellow Team doing well in the challenges, before Blaine moved to their team!
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Biscottiii
Member
05-29-2004
| Friday, December 07, 2007 - 1:47 am
Can't remember, does anyone else? Is this the 1st time that Yellow Team is doing the Laborer Job? Maybe we will get to see Taylor doing grunge type stuff. I also think they must have given a little extra time to complete the challenge (come on, the time alloted was not realistic anyways!) Glad Sophia decided to shoot for the Hot Air Balloons (Lordy, their parents MUST have had heart attacks watching!!!!) The kids worked their hearts out and deserved the Once in a Lifetime adventure, instead of some Rock [that Adults will be hauling in with bulldozers later anyway]!!! Nobody's going to let that ol' talky rock go to waste, good PR and tax write offs to boot. PS-one of my dearly loved, and THE most gentle, ear surgeons from my childhood died in a hot air balloon accident years ago after he retired. He was getting a test ride before a county fair he was helping to organize (blew into electrical power lines). We always believed that he would have preferred that ending, rather than having some ticket paying innocent in the balloon later. Have to tell you, I was holding my breath watching this part of the episode! Didn't see any power lines around Bonanza. Whew, THAT part was scary!
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Sharinia
Member
09-07-2002
| Friday, December 07, 2007 - 6:32 am
I've been in a hot air balloon (not high up) but it seems that accidents are not uncommon, so I felt a bit nervous for the kids too. I'm glad that in general, all of the kids have managed to stay safe. The house building challenge concerned me - I thought that was too much to put on them and had too much potential for injury. I just gotta say that One Toof is soooooo adorable Some of these kids are so smart, they just kill me GO ZACK! GO ZACK! GO ZACK!!
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Skydiver6
Member
07-21-2006
| Friday, December 07, 2007 - 9:09 am
I was so glad that Alex won the gold star. I didn't care for how Zach was nominating himself and I'm surprised so many of you wanted him to get it after he did that. When that other girl (Divad?) was nominating herself everyone was against her for doing so. While Zach has been working hard and is a great kid I still didn't feel right with him nominating himself. It really made me want Alex to get it over him. I REALLY don't want Taylor to get any gold star. If she gets that big gold star I will be so disappointed in this show and will not feel the same about it. I feel bad for the kids who have hardly been shown. Surely some of them must also be working hard. I hope all the kids get something. Well maybe except for Olivia and Taylor. ;o)
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Denecee
Member
09-05-2002
| Friday, December 07, 2007 - 12:30 pm
I think Zach deserves a gold star because he is a hard working kid and because he is sweet to all of the kids. The other girl who was nominating herself again and again was looking out for herself more than the town. Zach puts the town first.
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Friday, December 07, 2007 - 1:18 pm
Biscotiiiiiii - I *think* the yellow ones were laborers once or twice before. I know they started off being cooks for a couple of weeks too. Green was spending a long time in the laborer position at first.
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Flyincows
Member
07-17-2005
| Friday, December 07, 2007 - 3:40 pm
There had to have been a lot of editing of those scenes during the baloon rides so that they did not show the adults piloting the baloons!! (If this has been asked & answered previously, I apologize!) There obviously are some shower facilities for these kids - has this ever been addressed??
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Foolscap
Member
09-04-2004
| Friday, December 07, 2007 - 4:05 pm
I also think there was a pretty big difference between Zach and Divad nominating themselves. Once the kids were made aware of the gold star, Divad began campaigning for herself, doing things like making posters and making snacks to sell to the other kids. The snacks seemed like an especially ill-advised idea given that the food already belonged to everyone, unlike Jared's souvenir necklaces which showed some creativity. Zach, on the other hand, has been working for the good of the town from the beginning (like Denecee pointed out). Although I'm sure he was hoping for a star, it didn't seem to be his primary motivation. His self-nomination and melt-down does seem more the result of his frustration at the lack of recognition and/or respect for how hard he's been trying to do the right thing. I also agree his happiness for the kids who do win is genuine and he is mature way beyond his years. I was happy for Alex, he's been one of my favorites, and there's other kids I really like and would enjoy seeing them win something. But if there's only one star left (though I do think there will be more such prizes), Zach surely deserves it, in my opinion.
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Konamouse
Member
07-16-2001
| Friday, December 07, 2007 - 7:20 pm
The hot air balloons appear to have been tethered. So pretty safe. I wish the Native Americans had visited the entire town. They might have all benefited from their wisdom. I heard there is more than one BIG gold star. I hope Sophia gets one of those as well.

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Sharinia
Member
09-07-2002
| Saturday, December 08, 2007 - 4:45 am
The hot air balloons appear to have been tethered. So pretty safe. I didn't notice that, but I was thinking about an accident I heard about earlier this year where the balloon caught fire and everyone had to jump out - some were badly burned and injured, and some died Zach was just so gosh darn cute when he cried. I know that most of us are really pulling for him at the end here, but it is worrisome that no one seems to be nominating him. The yellow team seems to have a tough time getting noticed (in a positive light), as do the younger kids. I have a feeling too that some of the things we are seeing are just not being observed by the kids there (Zack motivating Taylor, Zack smiling enthusiastically for other gold star winners, Zack's thoughtful comments on how much he really cares about the town)
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Sharinia
Member
09-07-2002
| Saturday, December 08, 2007 - 5:04 am
out of curiosity, I just did a calculation of what percentage of the older and younger kids have won gold stars kids 12+ -> 9/17, or 53% kids under 12 -> 3/20, or 15% (this does not even include the 3 munchkins who went home early) The only young winners were Alex and Mallory - the cute babies of the group, and Nathan, who had Greg pulling for him. It seems that the 10 & 11 year olds are having a really tough time here. I could see why they (Zack) might feel frustrated.
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Bonbonlover
Member
07-13-2000
| Saturday, December 08, 2007 - 6:56 am
I am not sure I like the idea of a Really Big Gold Star ... After all those that have already received one have done so for a reason... they were the biggest helpers of the show....(I know some may have been for only 1 week, but I think most have been consistently working hard) I don't think it would be right for them to not receive the Grand Prize, so to speak) simply because they were one of the 1st to come to mind when fold stars were given...
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Texasdeb
Member
05-23-2003
| Saturday, December 08, 2007 - 9:22 am
Has it been mentioned whether prev. gold star winners can also win the $50g gold star? Maybe they'll give one more $20g gold star. How are they going to choose the $50g star winner anyway? There's alot of unanswered questions with just one more episode on 12/12.
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Gonzilly
Member
07-09-2005
| Saturday, December 08, 2007 - 11:13 am
On the previews for next week it says there is one more $20,000 dollar star left, so one more to go Texasdeb. These kids all have to be getting some type of stipend each week. They can't be working for free. What a bummer it would be to be away for all that time and then come home to see yourself on a television show only to find out that you were not worthy enough to be put into the scripting. Quite a few of the kids have been used basically as extras to fill in space.
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Saturday, December 08, 2007 - 3:45 pm
Most movies, plays, operas, etc. have "extras," so I don't really see a problem with that - Our Centennial Youth Ballet danced a scene from the Mini-Nutcracker at the city's tree lighting ceremony Thursday night - in the FREEZING COLD! However, what made the news - on two stations - was a local school band playing a Christmas carol. That's show business -
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Curlyq
Member
07-10-2002
| Sunday, December 09, 2007 - 12:30 am
I would imagine these kids must be getting paid something. I also agree that there is a difference between Divad and Zach's self-nominations. In both cases I was sad to see them do it, but for different reasons. In Divad's case she didn't seem to have contributed much more than any of the other kids, and was guilty of trying to use community property for personal gain. In Zach's case I was sad because he shouldn't have had to nominate himself. As Zach's district leader, Blaine should've nominated him instead of just going along with two nominees from Greg's team. For that matter, all of those council members should be well aware by now of how Zach has worked hard for the town. I hope the disrespect he got from the lazy younger yellow members when he was the leader hasn't caused the current council to overlook him. Now that they've had to deal with Taylor's rebelliousness they should have more appreciation for the way Zach handled her, especially with the no work/no pay rule. I kind of felt like that scene between Zach and the council was chopped up in editing. It almost felt like things were shown out of sequence. There was probably quite a bit more that caused him to come back with that outburst. If they had given Zach a gold star already, I would have said Laurel or Sophia should get the big star. Sophia did a lot of work, even if she does like to use the kids as lab rats in her little personal experiments. Laurel seemed to be the driving force in the town council for quite a while, and usually made wise decisions for the town with the one exception. If Zach doesn't get a star, I hope he at least feels better now that the show has aired and he knows he was at least being considered for one early on. They did recognize his efforts at one point.
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Biscottiii
Member
05-29-2004
| Sunday, December 09, 2007 - 3:54 am
Curlyq said: "In Zach's case I was sad because he shouldn't have had to nominate himself. As Zach's district leader, Blaine should've nominated him instead of just going along with two nominees from Greg's team." Right on Curlq!!!! I didn't quite understand why Greg was reluctant & arguing about even considering Zach (until you pointed out that 2 nominees were from Greg's Team). Other than Blaine, not a SINGLE member of Yellow has yet received a Gold Star (okay, for the rest of the team that's not entirely surprising) but Zach has been in the serious running several times. Then again, considering Blaine (coming from the Blue Team and still walking in Greg's shadow) himself, maybe that's some piece of the puzzle. Zach, being a former council person himself, must have felt some humiliation at being forced to nominate himself. I'm afraid to say this (for fear of jinxing & it sure didn't help with last summer w/Big Bro) but still, gotta say it: Go Zach!
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