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Needmylifeback
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08-14-2000
| Tuesday, March 02, 2004 - 9:04 am
They probably had it in their contracts to say they were still together....but, then again...they are both so shallow that they think they could be together. When he had his "temper tantrum" I was ROTFLOL...you know if she HAD had an inch of integrety and had picked Brian and told him her previous boyfriend was Fabio...Brian would have had the greatest comeback ...probably along the lines that now she was with him and he was glad she wasn't with Fabio anymore.... I thought I missed the Today interview because I had to take DS to school...but, the segment is coming up next...
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Needmylifeback
Member
08-14-2000
| Tuesday, March 02, 2004 - 9:11 am
They probably had it in their contracts to say they were still together....but, then again...they are both so shallow that they think they could be together. When he had his "temper tantrum" I was ROTFLOL...you know if she HAD had an inch of integrety and had picked Brian and told him her previous boyfriend was Fabio...Brian would have had the greatest comeback ...probably along the lines that now she was with him and he was glad she wasn't with Fabio anymore.... I thought I missed the Today interview because I had to take DS to school...but, the segment is coming up next... O.K. did anyone else get this out of the Today interview ...what wasn't said..."We plan on taking this relationship as far as we can...to promote any acting career that we might achieve"?
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Lauram
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07-13-2000
| Tuesday, March 02, 2004 - 9:48 am
Call me dense, but I really don't understand why Gil got so upset about her having dated Fabio. I would have expected any man to inflate himself and think "oh yah I am better than the american heartthrob" Did he think that he couldn't measure up to Fabio? Or, did he detest Fabio so much that he couldn't trust her judgment? I don't know it was just plain weird. And Gil didn't do a very good job of explaining himself.
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Becjo
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09-04-2001
| Tuesday, March 02, 2004 - 9:58 am
I couldnt stand Larissa the whole season - from the beginning. You could tell she was NEVER in any of the Average Joe's and was the happiest person alive when the hunks came. The whole thing was a joke! Add me to your crowd of not getting the "Fabio thing" - I had to ask my husband this morning- if I dated Fabio before we were married would you be mad? He just laughed at me and said "That wimpy guy" - now, know my husband is 6'0 and 135 - tiny, skinny man - calling Fabio wimpy - Fabio gets no respect. What was Gill's problem? That was so STUPID!!! I'll only watch Adam because I liked him so much in the first AJ - but I agree - why not give him Average Jane's? This show has just broken all hope for anyone who is just average looking? I'm making my plastic surgery appointment today! haha!
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Yuhuru
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09-27-2001
| Tuesday, March 02, 2004 - 10:02 am
I agree with what you said Uhoh. She may be shallow, but not pickiy Brian doesn't prove that. I don't feel sorry for Brian and I didn't feel sorry for Adam. They went on this show and gave their all for a beautiflu woman. I wonder how the treat the average woman that they come in contact. I'm not impressed with a guy he gives his heart to some woman that he barely knows just because she's beautiful. Especially, when the woman is someone he wouldn't have the guts to approach in a bar. The guys are just as shallow as the women IMHO. Adam will prove this during his show(that is if he has average janes, but I suspect the women will be above average)
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Lauram
Member
07-13-2000
| Tuesday, March 02, 2004 - 10:08 am
So if Adam isn't going to have average janes, how will that show be any different than The Bachelor? All the girls on that show already know Adam -- so it doesn't become a question as to weather they will be able to fall for him (the average joe). Seems to me they will have to bring on average janes halfway through. I'm guessing that the initial women will be beautiful, but shallow. Then they will bring on average janes in hopes that Adam will connect with one of them.
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Realfan
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08-08-2001
| Tuesday, March 02, 2004 - 10:31 am
So Fabio has leprosy?? Poor Fabio. We never knew. I actually felt sorry for Fabio. Gil was acting like he had contaminated Larissa! That was the stupidest ending ever to a reality dating show. When we saw them following them on their reward trip, Mr. Realfan speculated that it was all fake--that the big secret would make Gil dump her and they'd fly in Brian for a romantic ending. Well, he got the first half right. But the ending was so lame, it's pretty clear it wasn't fake. Except we learned this morning it WAS fake! Both Gil and Larissa were on the Today show holding hands. They're "still together". Apparently he was mad, but it was time to leave the island anyway. She says they left with some questions and tension between them. In any case, they got back together right away. Matt Lauer didn't get the deal with Fabio, either--he asked Gil if Larissa had said she had dated HIM would Gil react the same. Gil repeated his drivel from the show, about Fabio has a "certain connotation". Whatever that means. He wouldn't explain it. Maybe he thought Fabio was a porn star? He was briefly the spokesperson for "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter" (or bah-tah, as he said in his Italian accent). Other than that, Gil and Larissa chalked it all up to "stress" from being on a reality TV show. (Not as long as Brian was on, Gil!). They also said there was a lot the producers didn't show revealing how much they were into each other. Whatever. I hate these producers. They sell us a bill of goods and don't deliver. I didn't mind it so much last time because Jason seemed like a genuinely nice guy, and Melana was obviously into him. This time Larissa came off as a spoiled, shallow brat, and Gil is so boring (and stupid with his Fabio over-reaction) I hope to never see him on my TV again. I feel bad for Brian. I hope Larissa hasn't sullied his memories and experience of Fenway Park forever. And I hope he finds twuu lurve. He deserves it! On the Adam show--from what I saw, all the women looked like MODELS. UNFAIR, I say!! This SUCKS, like they're saying Adam is now cool enough to ascend to the "next level" of female companionship. Why the double standard? They don't have to get ugly women, but average-ish women would be great to see.
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Realfan
Member
08-08-2001
| Tuesday, March 02, 2004 - 10:50 am
<<When Gil stomped off like a little kid I said to dh what's the problem who cares (I think Fabio is icky as well), still not sure what his issue was, I guess he was afraid he wouldn't measure up.>> ROTFL--My husband actually said the same thing, but meant it literally! BWAH!! He also didn't get it. I said if he told me he had dated Christie Brinkley, I would have thought "How cool is my guy?!" then asked what she was really like. I just don't get this hangup Gil had. He needs to explain it better because, no, Gil, all the men in America DON'T agree.
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Kimmykm
Member
08-26-2003
| Tuesday, March 02, 2004 - 10:54 am
maybe there'll be a twist in the next average joe where a bunch of plain looking women are brought in......then we'll see Adam's true colors, huh?
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Imbewitched
Member
03-08-2002
| Tuesday, March 02, 2004 - 11:02 am
That's it! I am done with all of these "reality" romance shows. They are all a bunch of B.S.
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Realfan
Member
08-08-2001
| Tuesday, March 02, 2004 - 11:13 am
I still love the Bachelorette show. Meredith and Ian are in love. I think the reason that show works is because the contestants are picked carefully to be potentially compatible matches. This show is such a farce, with it's shocker of Average Joes, then Models, it would be a sheer miracle if it resulted in any real love connection.
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Puttergirl
Member
08-11-2000
| Tuesday, March 02, 2004 - 11:21 am
I think the whole thing was scripted from the first moment. Last night proved it. That was like a bad B-grade movie!!!! With very bad acting. I could see a guy getting turned off by the Fabio thing, but come on, they had him having a temper tantrum!!!! He actually kicked the waves!! I had said I wasn't going to watch this one after this first one. I thought it was completely fake too. I didn't watch most of it, but I got sucked in again last night. I feel like a mackeral that keeps getting reeled in!!!!
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Tuesday, March 02, 2004 - 11:42 am
There will be no average (or geeky) Janes with Adam. And I bet the only reason he even gets to be the "star" is cuz he is loaded! (and not quite as "geeky" as many of these last "joes!") I'd like to see Brian get his own show!!! Yeah right, like that would ever happen!
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Realfan
Member
08-08-2001
| Tuesday, March 02, 2004 - 11:46 am
I don't think it was completely scripted (or it would have had a much more satisfying and sensible ending--this was worse than any B-movie I ever saw!), but I do think the producers scrambled to come up with an ending different from the first one. I wouldn't be surprised if Gil was told to act angry about the "big secret," for instance. And I do think the show was far too contrived, with the Fredo/Sub walkoff and the stupid boat blow-up bit. Dumb antics designed to interest the audience in an otherwise dull dating show.
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Lauram
Member
07-13-2000
| Tuesday, March 02, 2004 - 11:47 am
Realfan: I agree with you that The Bachelor(ette) shows are much more real. But I don't think they are necessarily picked to be potentially compatible. Didn't Ian say he was chosen to do the last bachelorette, turned them down, then they came back to him and he agreed? And, wasn't it Matthew's sister who said they were so happy when they found out Meridith was going to be the next bachelorette, because the family knew Matt was going to be on the show. So somehow I think they have a pool of show-worthy guys ready when the star is chosen.
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Madelane
Member
08-20-2001
| Tuesday, March 02, 2004 - 11:53 am
Realfan, I was thinking the same thing, that Gil had Fabio confused with a porn star or Tommy Lee or something. I always figured if you dated somebody famous for almost anything, most people would be somewhat impressed, rather than horrified. Shouldn't Gil be thrilled that Larissa has a connection in Hollywood? Ha. Anyway I agree with everyone, LAME ending. I was actually rather angry last night, and let down, and bored, and embarrassed, and disappointed.
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Mack
Member
07-23-2002
| Tuesday, March 02, 2004 - 12:27 pm
Besides many of the above, and I may have missed even this idea, my DW and I thought after 3 days Gil was looking for a way out. Maybe he'd had enough and seen a side of Larissa he didn't like. Of course, that would indicate he was into her in the first place which we both doubt, now and during the show. All in all the whole end of the show stunk of a fix. Too bad too as we were just kind of starting to like Larissa...but not now.
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Max
Member
08-12-2000
| Tuesday, March 02, 2004 - 12:34 pm
I really should have stopped watching after the episode with Fredo in the submarine 'spying' on Larissa's date on the beach. It seemed to me that it was a blatant setup by the producers to ensure that Fredo was gone. That was my thought as I watched it, before the elimination ceremony where she said he was the one she was going to send home anyway. Yeah, right. The more they do this stuff, the more likely they are to kill off the reality-show genre. Maybe the whole genre is in the process of jumping the shark.
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Realfan
Member
08-08-2001
| Tuesday, March 02, 2004 - 1:40 pm
Lauram, "show-worthy" is the key. By compatible, I mean men the girl would clearly consider potential dating material. Not like the average joes, which made both women run in fear when they saw them.
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Azlen
Member
08-27-2000
| Tuesday, March 02, 2004 - 2:16 pm
The truth has finally come out!! I found this out from my cousin's friend's sister's realtor that knows someone who knows someone who worked at NBC. What we didn't see on TV was the true reveal, Larissa ripped off her mask and revealed that she didn't date Fabio....but that he/she was Fabio. No wonder Gil was so upset.
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Tuesday, March 02, 2004 - 2:32 pm
ROFL Azlen!!
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Bob2112
Member
06-12-2002
| Tuesday, March 02, 2004 - 3:12 pm
I know all there is to know - about the crying game Iīve had my share of the crying game First there are kisses - than there are signs and than before you know where you are - youīre saying goodby One day soon Iīm gonna tell the moon about the crying game and if he knows maybe heīll explain -why there are heartaches - why there are tears Say what to do - to stop feeling blue - when love dissapear First there are kisses - than there are signs and than before you know where you are - youīre saying goodby Donīt want no more - of this crying game Donīt want no more - of this crying game Donīt want no more - of this crying game Donīt want no more - of this crying game
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Tuesday, March 02, 2004 - 4:23 pm
I am not sure what Gil was supposed to be upset about! ** Fabio is supposed to be a sex symbol but could he be really over-endowed or something>??! THAT is one thing that guys really can't get over. Especially if the girl they are interested in have been involved with a well-known stud!! ** LOL Now I am thinking that maybe this 'big twist' was 'paid for' to try to get some NEWS attention for Fabio and his new career!! SIGH!!! ** I am DEFINITELY not watching ANY of the next 'Adam' show! He is a very average guy who is filthy rich and there is no doubt that the producers are going to line up a bunch of skinny pretty girls for him. Adam was crummy infront of the cameras during that first Average Joe.....I hope they have given him acting lessons! LOL ;-)
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Tuesday, March 02, 2004 - 5:06 pm
And a shave! 
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Tuesday, March 02, 2004 - 5:14 pm
I saw them on Today and good grief... "they're together" but haven't seen each other until a few days ago and weren't allowed to for months AND they are having a long-distance romance? Sounds like how my son had a "girlfriend" after they met once and then talked online a whole bunch of times and have been together only once since then. Not even sure if they've "broken up" since he's too busy playing his music w/his buddies after school. At least he's only 16 and never dated before. I said to him, ummm don't you usually go on a few dates and THEN become boyfriend and girlfriend ? He hadn't heard of THAT. LOLOL We think it's sweet because he's so not like other teen boys and we didn't even know he was that interested in girls. At least with him it's CUTE. With grownups, it's rather pathetic. Actually, I don't think Brian is hurting too much anymore. He was cracking jokes and seemed perfectly content on The Leno show AND he was sitting there with Larissa and Gil. There wasn't a trace of the broken-hearted Matt - ala The Bachelorette! I also didn't think Brian was a match for her anyway. I would have eliminated him way earlier. But since this was all scripted anyway, they could have made her pick the Avg. Joe, although he seemed to be really into her, and I wouldn't want him to be more hurt. It would only work if he was in on the script to begin with. I can't believe I keep wasting my time watching CHEESEY shows like this one. Sometimes I think I just want to see how ridiculous they can end up being. They did say there would be some twist on Adam's show, but my money is on him turning out to be as shallow as the next guy. If he has a chance to pick between the type of Avg. Janes they'll come up with (i.e. not all that average!) he'll pick the hot chick, no doubt. All of those guys - including the Avg. Joes were all wrapped up in how beautiful the two women were. Yes, these shows have just shown how superficial people can be, no matter what they themselves look like!
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