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Riviere
Member
09-09-2000
| Friday, August 06, 2004 - 10:00 pm
Count me among the economically challenged, too! I don't have the plasma tv, a pool, or a walk in closet. How ever do I survive with only 1 full bathroom that desperately needs remodeled? If I was Lisa, I'd make the best of my week by doing what Samantha would have. As soon as I'd ascertained Samamtha likes to shop, while her family is off doing their own things, I'd have asked hubby for some money and gone shopping!!! That's probably not in the script, however. The women must be required to spend most hours in the temp home, and dine out with temp family once, then host the party at week's end, etc.. I'd be going my own way too much and breaking all the rules! Seriously, I'm practically a hermit, if you take a hermit out of their element you only get a hermit in a new locale. Anyone used to any sort of luxuriant lifestyle would have a nervous breakdown in my home. I'd tell hubby to pick her up in our 16 yr old car so things could only improve from there for her! She'd be so relieved she wasn't being driven to a 3 room shack with an outhouse. The rest of her week would be a test; if she was an outgoing people needer she'd be unhappy. Hubby spends 2-6 hours most every night working, after his full day job 7-5.. Our only kids at home are 3 big male Greyhounds, so she'd have to be very good with super friendly & spoiled dogs! Then she'd have to wash her dishes by hand, and share the 1 tub/shower.. She'd probably say to give "that poor woman" the $50k to use any way I want just to get herself home and forget the whole experience!!!
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Sunday, August 08, 2004 - 2:53 am
Hahahah Rivere! Well, we have a "powder room" in the basement, but people only use it in an emergency because they don't like sharing it with the kitty litter pan! So, we have 5 people sharing the same shower/tub and oy.. sometimes I think our cars look a lot better than the house since we need to repair a lot. LOL
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Mssilhouette
Member
07-11-2001
| Sunday, August 08, 2004 - 9:31 am
I like this show. I'm getting tired of seeing poor vs rich which seems to also be fat vs thin. As a big girl, I'm already done listening to the Rich Moms talk about nurtrition. C'mon now, the first woman's hubby was a plastic surgeon...yeah nutrition...right. The only person exercising in that house was Nana. I'm wondering how the producers got these so called "well off" families to even participate in the first place. I mean do they really need the 50K, or did someone think it was a quick buck? If they thought it would be a quick buck, it also seems as if the wives thought it would be fun. If that's so then they should be able to put up with a guest for a week and know that they'll probably have to do things a different way for 1 week. But the way they're acting, you'd think the switched Mom had asked them to fly off the roof. Clean up your own mess and do some chores, how difficult is that. I know there's eiditing going on but in the first show that woman was being a spoiled b*tch, you can edit scenes all you like but her attitude is still there. The 2nd Mom switch "Cali Girl" is not as bad but she has her issues too. I see the "poor" large family has treated her as a guest. Also I can see that the family is used to talking to each other in humorous ways. I think that's how they relate to each other. I also don't think the Dad was that bad. Yes he could have encouraged the boy but it was a game and they seemed to be used to teasing each other in a fun way. All I got from that house was that they all seemed to enjoy spending time together. Now I agree that Lisa transplated Mom, was rude and shouldn't have gotten drunk but i actually don't think she as that drunk. I think she used it as an excuse to say what she felt. And frankly from what I saw of the family she didn't seem that far off the mark. That family is about not spending time togther. The hubby the Skipper, has some anger issues. I mean sure Lisa is loud, but she was right about putting cooked meat in a bowl that had raw meat in it already. But to freak out and not give her the bowl was uncalled for. The beach scene seemed to be scripted but it was rude. I can't wait to see the end of this 2nd show and see how the next one turns out. When are they going to start switching Dads?
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Sia
Member
03-11-2002
| Sunday, August 08, 2004 - 10:49 pm
Mmm, let me be the first to volunteer my husband for the Trading Spouses show!! MsSilhouette, I think the Yakamura family will get a lot more than $50,000 in increased business due to the exposure of the doctor's practice. He got some serious free advertising, imo. He has a web-site, and I'm sure he will pick up some new plastic surgery patients as a result of their being familiar with his name. That's worth a lot of money. I just hope that poor guy watches the show and realizes how little his wife actually does at home. Yikes!
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Mssilhouette
Member
07-11-2001
| Sunday, August 08, 2004 - 11:08 pm
LOL Sia. Offering up your hubby, aren't you afriad of what you might get in return? You're probably right about the added exposure. But since when does a plastic surgeon really need advertising. Actually I didn't even remember his last name until you wrote it. LOL
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Sar711
Member
06-11-2002
| Monday, August 09, 2004 - 11:42 am
There was an article in the Dallas Morning News on Friday but I don't know how to do a link. It was about the Biggins family being filmed for another reality makeover show. Their home was knocked done and a peach hued two-story McMansion was put up in seven days. They received new wardrobes and arrived via limos to cheering friends, relatives and neighbors for the reveal. The reveal sent Al-Mela reeling and jumping up and down for a couple of minutes before she charged the front door and began screaming and flailing with joy. They were being filmed for a show called Family Time hosted by Jay McGraw, son of Dr. Phil, to air this fall. The article goes on to say that Fox found the Biggins at a dog show in Dallas and cast them to appear on trading Spouses. Just wanted to share the info cuz I think it's terrific when the good guys come out on top.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Monday, August 09, 2004 - 11:59 am
Who's Al-Mela? (I know Mela is the wife and Anthony is the husband.)
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Monday, August 09, 2004 - 8:28 pm
Why would they have a repeat of last week's show on tonight? how very irritating.
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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Monday, August 09, 2004 - 8:49 pm
Because the new episodes are on Tuesday. Monday is the repeat. Al-Mela is Mela's real first name; here is a link to the article: TV's traded spouse gets a new house.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Tuesday, August 10, 2004 - 6:36 am
Thanks Lk!
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Tuesday, August 10, 2004 - 8:47 am
I guess I didn't know what night that the original episodes are on. It is just so annoying to have everything on one night (okay, I'll get off my rant for now...LOL).
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Mssilhouette
Member
07-11-2001
| Tuesday, August 10, 2004 - 10:07 am
Lkunkel can you copy and paste the article here. I don't want to have to sign up just to read it.
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Tuesday, August 10, 2004 - 5:22 pm
mAN THAT one mom (poor) is mean!! SHe alienates the neighbors, and they were so rude back )"so where is your trailer?" At the batting cages she says whiffer, foul, come on that was a strike, hit something... I couldnt believe it!! The other mom took time with the family and took the daughter shopping and tried to give her a style that is not t shirt and shorts, she wasnt condensending from what I could see, and then with the son, she took him to a rest. he mentioned his passion is food and he wants to be a chef, so she arranged to meet the chef and he got to cook thier meal!!
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Floydsdad
Member
08-22-2003
| Tuesday, August 10, 2004 - 5:25 pm
TV's traded spouse gets a new house 11:33 PM CDT on Thursday, August 5, 2004 By MANUEL MENDOZA / The Dallas Morning News To star in a Fox "reality" show, the Biggins family of south Oak Cliff temporarily traded moms with a wealthy Colleyville household earlier this summer. On Thursday, they traded up – to a big new house. Film crews were back on the Bigginses' block to shoot the family for yet another reality series, this one a makeover show. Not only did they receive new wardrobes, but Fox also hired an army of construction workers to knock down their aging yellow ranch-style house and put up a peach-hued McMansion in just seven days. Anthony and Al-Mela Biggins and their three children – all done up in new duds – arrived in limousines one by one Thursday afternoon. Awaiting them were the cheers of friends, relatives and neighbors, who gathered in the street to provide atmosphere for the cameras. At first, a scrim depicting their old house blocked the view of the new two-story spread. Then came the big reveal, which sent 30-year-old mom Al-Mela reeling. After jumping up and down for a couple of minutes, she charged the front door and began screaming and flailing with joy. "I think she likes it," said Jay McGraw, son of Dr. Phil and the host of the show, tentatively titled Family Time. It's scheduled to air this fall. Fox originally found the Biggins family at a dog show in Dallas and cast it to appear in Trading Spouses: Meet Your New Mommy, which was shot in June and premiered two weeks ago. E-mail mmendoza@dallasnews.com
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Tuesday, August 10, 2004 - 5:35 pm
Lisa deserved whatever she got. She was rude and made no attempt to make the friends want to be nice to her. Samantha was fabuloso!! Lisa does have beautiful eyes. PS What did Lisa say disturbed her? (near the end)
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Tuesday, August 10, 2004 - 5:38 pm
Lisa sure does like to feel sorry for herself...
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Yellek
Member
08-22-2001
| Tuesday, August 10, 2004 - 5:43 pm
She does, but I think she has a right to for a lot of it this week. It was just plain rude how she was treated on the boat and to not be wished goodbye or anything when she left.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Tuesday, August 10, 2004 - 5:47 pm
You get what ya give...
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Tuesday, August 10, 2004 - 5:48 pm
too funny LIsa "I'll probably be bombarded when i hit the door " - the oppisite happened
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Yellek
Member
08-22-2001
| Tuesday, August 10, 2004 - 5:58 pm
Ok, I take it back, she was just as bad at home with her family. Lisa is just a pain in everyone's @ss.
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Yellek
Member
08-22-2001
| Tuesday, August 10, 2004 - 6:01 pm
And I didn't understand any of Lisa's choices for the money. She didn't seem to have asked any of them any questions about what they wanted.
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Lori
Member
04-18-2003
| Tuesday, August 10, 2004 - 6:03 pm
I really love this show...very entertaining! Lisa was rude, insecure and does feel very sorry for herself. On the other hand, the whole California bunch were awful. The family was rude, the friends were unbelievable and I bet Samantha will have a fit when she sees the tape of this show. The neighbors were snobby and rude beyond belief. Couldn't believe how the neighbor women thought they were all so gorgeous...give me a break! Samantha was terrific as was Lisa's family. Said it before...Lisa should stay in California with the rest of the drips and Sam should stay with Lisa's family!
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, August 10, 2004 - 6:11 pm
ARrrggg...I missed the money part and the end where they go back to their families! What happened? I thought the CA family was just awful, they made no attempt to be gracious at all. I wanted to snatch that blanket away from that daughter! I hope that that Lisa's husband remembers so of the positve reinforcement things.
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Lori
Member
04-18-2003
| Tuesday, August 10, 2004 - 6:16 pm
Samantha allocated the money to each child receiving $5,000, a t.v., a sectional sofa, a deck and a hot tub, a trip to Cancun (think that's all but could be wrong. Lisa allocated $10,000 for Katie's braces, a hot tub for zach, family room furniture, a slide for the pool for Katie...Samantha's hubby was not pleased with the kids getting specific bequests. There was probably more but that's all I can recall.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, August 10, 2004 - 6:28 pm
Why was he upset? I saw on the previews where Lisa's hubby got angry and walked out..what was that about?
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