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Tishala
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08-01-2000

Thursday, July 22, 2004 - 10:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ummmmmm. The Chappelle Show is a comedy show on Comedy Channel. It's not "reality" TV, just a great sketch comedy show. It's famous for punch lines like "I'm Rick James, B*tch!" "Is Wayne Brady gonna have to choke a ho?" and, my favorite sketches, Clayton Bigsby, the blind African American white supremacist and "Black Bush." You can check out many of his sketches here; just click on "featured video"

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Thursday, July 22, 2004 - 12:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Then what did you mean when you wrote:

<<His is the only versrion of this show that could possibly work.>>

Howso?

Tishala
Member

08-01-2000

Thursday, July 22, 2004 - 12:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Because it's humorous and includes conjugal relations!

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Thursday, July 22, 2004 - 12:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
oh, like SNL?

Mamie316
Member

07-08-2003

Thursday, July 22, 2004 - 12:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Tishala, my son just went to see Dave Chappelle live and Dave said that the show is ruining his life. Everyone expects him to always do his characters. A funny line he had was that whenever anyone sees him anywhere they always shout "I'm Rick James b*tch" so his son thinks everyone is named Rick James b*tch! Too funny. I bought my son the first season on DVD and I sat and watched it and just cracked up!

Willwillbee
Member

09-20-2001

Monday, July 26, 2004 - 2:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
This first episode is being repeated Monday, with a new show airing Tuesday.

Realfan
Member

08-08-2001

Monday, July 26, 2004 - 3:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
White mom bugged the crap out of me, but not because she made up words. She didn't, as positivism is a word. From Dictionary.com:

<<3 entries found for positivism.
pos·i·tiv·ism ( P ) Pronunciation Key (pz-t-vzm)
n.

1. Philosophy.
1. A doctrine contending that sense perceptions are the only admissible basis of human knowledge and precise thought.
2. The application of this doctrine in logic, epistemology, and ethics.
3. The system of Auguste Comte designed to supersede theology and metaphysics and depending on a hierarchy of the sciences, beginning with mathematics and culminating in sociology.
4. Any of several doctrines or viewpoints, often similar to Comte's, that stress attention to actual practice over consideration of what is ideal: “Positivism became the ‘scientific’ base for authoritarian politics, especially in Mexico and Brazil” (Raymond Carr).
2. The state or quality of being positive.>>

I also wasn't bugged by her being crabby in the a.m. (why DO they get up so early?) or needing coffee, but I think she should have made her own coffee. Could she have gone out for a latte, or does she have to live within their budget?

But what bugged me most was her expecting the little boy to babysit her circuit breaker. Why not try another circuit? Better yet, why not GO WITHOUT the stupid curling iron? Geez, impose much? But, I don't blame her for not doing puzzles with her kids. Some people don't like them. I'm a jigsaw maniac, but the hubster and teenage son won't ever help me. Not that I want their help! We bond over other things.

Hippyt
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06-15-2001

Monday, July 26, 2004 - 5:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oh,boy,I am ten minutes into the show,and the white mom is driving me up a wall!

Curlyq
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07-10-2002

Monday, July 26, 2004 - 5:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Some transparent attempts at manipulative editing. They used a voiceover of her saying she enjoyed cooking breakfast for the kids (obviously recorded on a different day) and used it for the scene where the boy is cooking breakfast.

She probably was a bit unbearable, but they're definitely editing things to make her look even worse.

Even more telling was the husband's remark "I know the role she was brought here to play."

Ladytex
Member

09-27-2001

Monday, July 26, 2004 - 5:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Okay, Essence is trying to make me watch this show. I'm ready to b!tch slap the princess ....

Jennabeesmommy
Member

06-06-2004

Monday, July 26, 2004 - 5:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Wow, the white mom is super obnoxious. Right now, she's butting in about the girl's weight. Ok, it's not really your kid so maybe you need to be quiet. Sheesh. Plus, she's awfully demanding of the new family.

Ketchuplover
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08-30-2000

Monday, July 26, 2004 - 6:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
She's giving mommies every where a bad name :-(

Tishala
Member

08-01-2000

Monday, July 26, 2004 - 6:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
LOL Ladyt.

Hippyt
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06-15-2001

Monday, July 26, 2004 - 6:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Lol,Lady,I said the exact same thing to Mocha in her folder!

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Monday, July 26, 2004 - 7:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
as a Princess I take offense to that!! LOL

Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Monday, July 26, 2004 - 9:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
WOW! that woman is a piece of work!!!

It was so sweet watching the mom do the puzzle with the kid and when she told him he was good at it you got the feeling he never hears words like that from his mom..very sad.

I wonder how they will spend the money...I also think in the end they will get another 50,000 to do what ever they want...I am hoping the rich family says to give them their 50,000..that is like 10 bucks to them



Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Monday, July 26, 2004 - 11:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
OK...I caught part of this episode, but have NO clue how the "prize" is determined. Can someone clue me in? If it's the one who does the best in the switch, I'd say the "nice" mom has it in the bag! (and could someone else take Miss FancyPants out and boot her in her fanny?)

Lkunkel
Member

10-29-2003

Tuesday, July 27, 2004 - 1:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Each family has $50K, and each family was making plans to spend it.

Mela planned to pay off $30K worth of debt, give each kid $500 (and the oldest pointed out that church got 10%), and then buy a car with what was left.

Tammy is planning on buying a boat for the lake house.

The twist, however, is that Tammy decides how Mela's family will spend the money and Mela decides for Tammy's money. So, Mela COULD say that Tammy's family is going to learn about generosity by taking THEIR $50K and paying off MELA's families bills, and start college funds for the kids.

It would take guts--but I think Mela has them.

Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Tuesday, July 27, 2004 - 5:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
From the previews it looked like it ends tonight..is this only 2 eps long???

Is tonight the finale?

Lkunkel
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10-29-2003

Tuesday, July 27, 2004 - 5:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
No.

There are 10 families. Each family switch (5 total) lasts for two weeks. This is the end of the FIRST family switch. Next victims volunteers are a week from today.

Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Tuesday, July 27, 2004 - 5:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks LK!! Oh I like that, we only have to wait 2 eps to see each one end.

Reader234
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08-13-2000

Tuesday, July 27, 2004 - 7:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Rich mom was on Good Day Live yesterday when I watched it, and Steve (the host) made a comment that the other mom had been on the day before, and had positive things to say, but Steve had read she didnt feel the same way? She replied, that they edited her to fit a "part" she went in for the experience, and while she didnt know the mom, she certainly loved the family, and that she was critizied for saying the boys looked alike - she meant not the color of course, but their body builds, etc... she went over how she was not a morning person, and couldnt believe how they voiced over certain things and took things out of order, but again, she signed up for the show, and had positive things about her experience. Steve asked what they didnt show about her "character" and she talked about all the volunteering and organizing she does for the business, the school, and for her sons sports teams (including hockey - and that I know is demanding hockey runs from August to March, then comes the summer league)

Well again, Steve mentions that they cant get footage and make her something she's not, and she agreed and went for the what is "real" in reality tv... again, saying she is not a morning person, and did come across as lazy, mainly because she did different things, and doesnt feel she is lazy, she talked that she was raised in a poor family and didnt always have lots of financial freedom, and knew that was why she was chosen...
(oh and she didnt come across as whiney, just answered the questions, she didnt put any 'spin' on it, or was coached, she shrugged from time to time... and tried to laugh with the hosts about the 'real of reality tv' - she was video live - not in studio)

Realfan
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08-08-2001

Tuesday, July 27, 2004 - 9:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Interesting. I agree, I don't think she's as awful as she was portrayed. I'd be pretty crabby at 5 a.m., too. I hope she comes up with a good way to spend the money--that will be the most important indicator of how she thinks.

Hippyt
Member

06-15-2001

Tuesday, July 27, 2004 - 10:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I think she will probably say the money should go to a college fund for the kids. Seems like the thing to do to me.

Realfan
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08-08-2001

Tuesday, July 27, 2004 - 11:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I think that's what I'd do, too, Hippy, unless I learned about their $30K debt, especially if the debt is something other than the mortgage on the house.(Does the family get a chance to give input, or are they only told the moms make the decision after they both return home? We'll see tonight, I guess!).