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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Monday, January 11, 2010 - 9:26 am
I'm watching Worst too. It's barely ok, for me. I'm not sure we'll see a second season unless they tweak it. It would have been a better show if they had bad cooks who think they are good, like my sister in law- instead of these culinary imbeciles. Family members could have sent in their family members in for the auditions. With this bunch it's almost as if it's all staged.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, January 11, 2010 - 10:01 am
Me and Kota watched the first one (missed the one last night but I know it'll be on again this week.) A lot of the dishes they made the first episode had me flashing back to my childhood.
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Monday, January 11, 2010 - 4:13 pm
I couldn't make it through the first show. It was too painful to watch.
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Konamouse
Member
07-16-2001
| Monday, January 11, 2010 - 4:25 pm
Getting on a game show: If it's about a quiz you have to be in the top 80% scores on a practice test (Jeopardy is considered the most difficult test). That's the first elimination, the written test. Second, they have to pretend play the game - they are looking at poise, presence, and being comfortable under pressure. Third will be the one-on-one interview with Production Assistants. Now they are looking at personality and do you have an interesting story (how do they introduce you to the audience & the host). Getting on Love Connection: Fill out a personality profile (it was about 5 pages). Sit around in a circle with other people and interact, answering questions, with PA's watching you for outgoing personalities, people comfortable with strangers. Make a video answering the same questions in your profile - but expanding on them as cued by the PA. Get a phone call (you never knew when it would come) to be a picker (drive back to the studio to read profiles and watch videos) or be a pickee (get a phone call from PA that you were selected and are you interested on going on a blind date).

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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Monday, January 11, 2010 - 6:17 pm
I've only seen bits of Worst Cooks, but I don't think it's staged much. My SIL and some of her co-workers from Panera got together before Christmas to make cookies at one of the mid-20s gal's houses. She had No baking sheets, no hand mixer, no mixing bowls and did not even know that there was a TIMER on the microwave (one that did NOT turn ON the microwave). My SIL had brought the utensils knowing this gal rarely cooked, but the microwave ignorance about sent her over the edge! LOL
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, January 12, 2010 - 2:28 am
That's one of the things that cracked me up about the show, a lot of those dishes in the first episode could have come straight out of my moms kitchen! If asked to go cook a signature dish, I'm pretty sure she'd still head straight for the box of Kraft mac n cheese and maybe a pack of hotdogs to cut up and toss in it. My bil still laughs about the time she screwed up a jar of spaghetti sauce. I didn't think much of it was staged cuz I grew up with a cook just like them, lol. There was one woman who when questioned about her dish said something like her kids wouldn't eat that...I could relate to the kids! Once we moved in with step dad and he took over the cooking, the rare occassions mom would do it sis and I would suddenly lose our appetites, lol.
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Cablejockey
Member
12-27-2001
| Tuesday, January 12, 2010 - 6:49 am
Thanks Kona for all that info. Sounds you like to have to go thru a lot to be on some shows.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Thursday, January 28, 2010 - 7:11 pm
Jeff Probst hosted the special reality show tonight - Live For the Moment. I found it more sappy than inspiring.
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Panda
Member
07-15-2005
| Friday, January 29, 2010 - 9:20 am
I thought the last segment was weird with all the people just standing around.
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Moderator
Moderator
06-29-2002
| Friday, February 12, 2010 - 11:39 pm
Let's continue this discussion in the General Discussion (Various Shows) thread. Thank you. ../156/3967246.html"MB">
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