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Rslover
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11-19-2002

Friday, February 06, 2004 - 11:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Think you've seen it all with reality shows?
Wait until Fox's "The Littlest Groom."

It's a reality show that's more than just a little, well, strange.

The wacky short-run series will have 12 female little people contestants competing for the affections of a 4-foot-5 bachelor.

But in the second episode, things take an "Average Joe"-like turn when women of normal stature show up to compete with the vertically challenged contestants.

In short, this show gives new meaning to the term "miniseries."

"The Littlest Groom," which airs Feb. 16 and 23 at 8 p.m., is another sign of how reality has become the main event in the highly competitive February sweeps period used by TV stations to set ad rates.

Sweetbabygirl
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08-31-2002

Friday, February 06, 2004 - 11:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'm so going to hell in a handbasket, but I am SO looking forward to this, LMAO!!

Rslover
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11-19-2002

Monday, February 09, 2004 - 6:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
The guy is kind of cute. Some of these women are also attractive. They are going to have a twist and include 3 taller women in the group. This should be interesting.

Watching2
Member

07-07-2001

Monday, February 09, 2004 - 7:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I dunno - when I first heard the promos for this I thought they had sunk to an all-time low. I'll probably have to at least check it out - kind of like a train wreck. LOL

Tobor7
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07-19-2002

Monday, February 09, 2004 - 11:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
HOW did they sell this show?

Some producer said, "It's going to be just like Average Joe... but with midgets. Get it? Then we'll bring in a few regular girls to shake things up!"

And a network exec said, "Great idea! Can't wait to see a show full of midgets. How fast can you get it air-ready? Will there be a bowling scene?"



Watching2
Member

07-07-2001

Tuesday, February 10, 2004 - 2:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
ROFL Tobor - a bowling scene!! I actually saw a preview of the show tonight and the guy really is nice looking. Maybe it won't be as much as what they're trying to protray as a "freak show." Anyway, that's the impression I got when I first heard about it and found it pretty distasteful. The guy also seemed really nice so maybe it's "US" who should broaden our horizens??? Or maybe just me. :-)

Tobor7
Member

07-19-2002

Tuesday, February 10, 2004 - 11:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
The next show will be...


"THE OLDEST GROOM"


The dude will be about 88 years old. All the women will be over 70. Then...

THE TWIST!


They will bring in 22-year-old strippers!


(Oh? Did I tell you the show is fully sponsored by Viagra?)




Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Tuesday, February 10, 2004 - 11:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
LOL! They are doing Joe Schmo again and rumors are it will be a dating type show this time, Tobor might have just guessed it!

Snoopsmom
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02-19-2003

Monday, February 16, 2004 - 6:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ok, I forgot all about this show, but found it while channel surfing. So far, it's being pretty well done, not really freakish at all, except for the tall blond female host who is also wearing stiletto heels. Glen is nice looking, and genuinely seems like a nice guy.
He's already made his five picks. They did a "bouquet" ceremony. He gave out mini rose bouquets.

Sweetbabygirl
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08-31-2002

Monday, February 16, 2004 - 9:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Glen is such a cutie, nice smile....however, watching it with my equally sick cousin was a frickin' riot!!

Passions fans, did you see Cracked Connie as one of the ladies?

Carrie92
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09-15-2003

Monday, February 16, 2004 - 9:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oh, SBG, you MUST post Passions-style recaps!!


I missed the first half - why only 6 women?

And pardon me for being insensitive, but what's up with those chicks? They all looked and acted crabby except for the cute one he had the private dinner with.

Sweetbabygirl
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08-31-2002

Monday, February 16, 2004 - 10:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Carrie, regarding the 'half-dozen' women <sorry, but me and my cousin were over the top with the jokes tonight, lol!>....he had to eliminate a few, leaving six.

As for the chicks, I agree that a few were a bit aggressive, particularly when they were line dancing....some of them just bum-rushed the one he was dancing with, I would have been line kickin' some ass, I can tell you that.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Monday, February 16, 2004 - 11:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I totally forgot to watch Fear Factor and watched this instead. Most of the time you forgot they were little people. They acted just like the people on the other dating type shows.

He is really hitting it off with the one named LeeAnn, and I think she will be chosen. They had a private dinner and compared families. Everyone in Scott's family is "average sized" but both of LeeAnn's parents are little people, as is her younger brother. Scott thought that was really cool.

Zgoodgirl
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08-22-2003

Tuesday, February 17, 2004 - 7:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
The show looks pretty cute. I was a little reluctant to watch, thinking that they were going to try to embarrass the girls. What I really didn't like was the fact that they threw in average height women into the mix.

Now I'm not a little person, but I believe that this show was an opportunity for these women to meet and try to capture the heart of a pretty good catch that would be otherwise almost impossible to do. I mean how many times do we actually see a little person everyday? It's not a common thing. Could you imagine how hard it probably is for them to fine a decent catch who is also a little person, let alone their soulmate? And for them to remove 7 girls in a matter of a couple of hours just to have them be replaced with regular size women who are only there to probably get on TV (I mean, did you hear what Amy said when she came in, something about being awkward or weird?) kinda ticked me off. Just like the Average Joe, why to they have to take a pretty good idea that would probably get viewers anyway and than they shake it around some more?

And the finale is next week already? What? They only got a weekend or something? That was weird also. But now I see why these women are being aggressive, they're just not getting enough time with him.

Rslover
Member

11-19-2002

Tuesday, February 17, 2004 - 9:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I agree that the mix of the taller women was stupid. I'm sure they aren't really interested in him, just the screen time. It looked like he didn't have that much time with the women, and then had to eliminate some. I felt bad for the ones that looked broken hearted. Glenn does seem like a nice guy, though. I wonder why they only taped two shows.

Carrie92
Member

09-15-2003

Tuesday, February 17, 2004 - 10:03 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
What? It's already over next week?

Why should anyone waste their time then?


Puttergirl
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08-11-2000

Tuesday, February 17, 2004 - 11:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I've seen some documentaries about little people and they have a very active community. They have enormous gatherings several times a year, so that many of them already know each other. I didn't watch much of it, but I did wonder how many of them may have already known each other before this began??

Realfan
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08-08-2001

Tuesday, February 17, 2004 - 1:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I don't think the timeframe reflects reality--I think it's over a longer period than the two days it airs.

I also felt bad for the little women when the tall girls showed up. They weren't even petite "average" girl--they were on the tall side, which only emphasized their difference. One of the little women was pretty agressive, though--the others don't like her all that much.

Glen seemed interested in them, though. I wonder if it isn't a real appeal for little men to date an average-sized woman.

Speaking of their active community, I saw an episode of CSI that revolved around a Little People Convention. I was also thinking that there must be specialty clothing catalogues for them. Their little evening gowns were so cute!

Fluff
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07-25-2002

Tuesday, February 24, 2004 - 2:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Maxi had very sinister eyes, it scared me! LOL! She also reminded me a bit of Kimberly Locke.

I liked Mika though, and I'm glad he chose her. Their personalities appeared to be compatible.

Brenda1966
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07-03-2002

Tuesday, February 24, 2004 - 4:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
No wonder they only aired this show for 2 nights. What a lame ending! He spends 5 mintues telling the girl he picked what a great time he had with the _other_ girl, then he spends about 30 seconds telling her that she's great. He gives her a "thank you" ring, not an engagement ring, not a promise ring, but a "thank you" ring?! This was worse than Bachelor Bob.


Abby7
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07-17-2002

Tuesday, February 24, 2004 - 6:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Glen was on yesterday's morning news. When asked how can he get to know the women in only 2 weeks: he said he only spent one week with them.

I watched the ending. It was terrible how he spent so much time telling her how great his date was with the other girl. He even told her he didn't want that date to end! After another minute of praising the other girl, he just says...but you know what, I picked you.





Ladybug007
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08-13-2000

Tuesday, February 24, 2004 - 10:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ok I was watching the show 'Til Death Do Us Part' and the bachelorette party for Carmen Elektra had a "little person" stripper..I SWEAR it was Mika...anyone else see this?

Abby7
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07-17-2002

Tuesday, February 24, 2004 - 10:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ladybug: I didn't see that. However, when I first saw Mika I could have sworn I had seen her on Howard Stern before (just doing something a bit kinky).

I didn't want to mention it here because I didn't know for sure.



Dynair
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01-06-2004

Wednesday, February 25, 2004 - 1:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I agree with you all on the lame ending--praising the other girl to high heaven and then saying "but I picked you." Did anyone else think it took her a while to even believe it, even when he gave her the ring?

This ended up being a meh show for me--could have been much more interesting. First mistake was bringing the tall women in. Second mistake was getting into the lives of little people and of the women's histories, then abandoning that completely to focus on a dating show theme.

And Glen seemed to end up focusing on women who were "fun." No problem with that really, it's his life and he's young--but some of the women who were so interesting, complex and mature got little time. The entire second show seemed rushed and in the genre of "Dating Game".

Tabbyking
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03-11-2002

Friday, February 27, 2004 - 5:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
how many episodes did this air? i swear it was on one week and then it was over. my dd said it best (although the pun was not intended and she blushed after she said it!) "wow, it's a short show!"