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The ClubHouse: General Discussion Archives: Archive Three: Protest Banner being flown right now! TVCH ANGELS STRIKE AGAIN!: Archive through July 13, 2002

Car54

Saturday, July 13, 2002 - 11:48 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Message from Moondance...

She met Jerry from Air Ads a little while ago and they just reached the BB3 house....(Moon also met 2 guys she thinks were CBS Spotters..)

The Banner says

"BB3 No Fair! No Free Feeds, No Votes, No Banners!

Moon is at the house taking pictures right now!!!! She will post them shortly!!!

Ryanc2002

Saturday, July 13, 2002 - 11:50 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Ok, so we know what the banner said. HGs didn't see it.

Jadeygurl39

Saturday, July 13, 2002 - 11:51 am EditMoveDeleteIP
OMG now this is exciting!!!!!!!!!

Jade

Cameltoes

Saturday, July 13, 2002 - 11:51 am EditMoveDeleteIP
LOL - that's great! Can't wait to see the pics.

Marysafan

Saturday, July 13, 2002 - 11:57 am EditMoveDeleteIP
YAHOO! *two fingers in mouth making a loud shrill whistle*

Now standing in front of my computer clapping hands enthusiastically......BRAVO!

Way to go Angels!


Thumbs ups and thank you!

Car54

Saturday, July 13, 2002 - 12:03 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Second message from Moon:

The plane has flown, she is at the BB3 house NOW and there is absolutely no security anywhere. The two guys she met who she suspects were spotters were at the airport where the banner plane took off! We need her to tell us the story of how she met and cozied up to them to find out what they were up to!

Correction on the wording of the banner:

"BB3 Robs Fans- No Votes, Free Feeds, Banners".

Moon says Jerry is a great guy! This was intended for the producers, not the guests anyway.
They are hoping to get the story out to places like Extra or ET.

She has pictures...she asks if anyone has a site she can use to host the pictures to post here.

She is on her way home now to post the whole story! Wahoo Ms Moon!

Ryanc2002

Saturday, July 13, 2002 - 12:04 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I'll host them Car54.

e-mail me at: ryan31@cox.net

Car54

Saturday, July 13, 2002 - 12:07 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks Ryan, Moon is on her way home now, she will
get in touch with you shortly!

Webkitty

Saturday, July 13, 2002 - 12:11 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
All right! Way to go MsMoon!

Urgrace

Saturday, July 13, 2002 - 12:30 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Love our BB angels!

Methinks Gerry might have read the banner anyway! The plane was clearly audible to the hamsters and on the live feeds.

Car54

Saturday, July 13, 2002 - 12:41 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Another message from Moondance: she says Jerry the banner guy saw some spotters on the roof and that they hurried the houseguests inside, so he might have seen it!

Ryanc2002

Saturday, July 13, 2002 - 12:44 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Actually, I think the HG hurried themselves in.

Keiffer

Saturday, July 13, 2002 - 12:44 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
GREAT news that the HG's are not allowed to awknoledge the banners this year. Sounds like they may actually even follow these rules. Maybe this year they will actually be able to plot, make voting blocks, and talk to each other without fear of being called out by a banner. Great news for the show!

OF course I like the idea of a banner bitching about the quality of the live feeds. For sure they could do a better job of avoiding the FDcam, and use all four feeds to show more going on, and not just two things.

Jesse

Saturday, July 13, 2002 - 12:47 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
GREAT JOB MOONDANCE . . . I love the message to AS!

Bridgetlovesbb

Saturday, July 13, 2002 - 12:48 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
no! i love the banners! anything to add excitement to all of the boring card playing, washing clothes, cleaning, and talking about kids and exes!!!!!!!! UGH!!!!

Pamy

Saturday, July 13, 2002 - 12:51 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Moon is awesome!!! I just wish the banner would have said 'GET JOSH OUT NOW BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE'

Bastable

Saturday, July 13, 2002 - 12:57 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I'd have 'em fly STOP OBSESSING ABOUT YOUR BODIES 24/7

Penpoint

Saturday, July 13, 2002 - 12:57 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I disagree, and I'm sorry to see Moon and others involved in this action.

Banners are a stupid intrusion into the game. If the producers allowed banners to influence house guests, then why not give the house guests internet access and telephone priviliges, and let them see the BB television shows? Each house guest could then get all the secret information they need from outside sources. Of course, then the game loses its premise, which is to cut the house guests off from outside influences so they have to use their own wits. This kind of interference in a game is inexcusable and sophomoric.

Two years ago everyone was all upset when one house guest's backers apparently flooded the voting. That caused the producers of BB2 to take the fans out of the voting mix--and I can't say I blame them. Unfortunately, George's fan base ruined it for others.

As far as free access to the feeds, I thought that battle was fought last year--and we lost. So why continue it? Be realistic; we are not going to get free feeds. We should be happy we get feeds at a fairly low cost. You know, the producers could eliminate them altogether, and much the same as Survivor and The Mole, show the series on television delayed from real time.

Bastable

Saturday, July 13, 2002 - 01:03 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Penpoint, fan voting for BB evictions has worked in every single country but America. The main reason it backfired during BB1 is not enough people were watching, so George's family (which was funded by an outside source) was able to make a difference. In the UK, so many people are voting that no one camp has the advantage.

I think you're entitled to your viewpoint, but it's a little chiding. I don't think we should consider ourselves lucky that the quality of this show is being slowly eroded by a producer obsessed with T&A and unbending control.

Banners have always been a part of the game in BB here. Shapiro should accept that--anything else will end up fomenting a rivalry between producers and the fans (who will ultimately win, since we're the ratings) as well as producers and the HGs (who can sabotage the show itself, as in BB1).

Azriel

Saturday, July 13, 2002 - 01:07 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Penpoint, what made this show different is that we, the fans, could interact with it. That's what hooked me on it in the first place. Now it is just becoming like any other 'reality' series.

Bridgetlovesbb

Saturday, July 13, 2002 - 01:15 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
the banners dont give ALL the info to the hg...just enough to get em riled up. thats the FUN of them!! for goodness sake!

Moondance

Saturday, July 13, 2002 - 01:15 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I am home... I need to download some pix and send them out to Jesse and other contacts... I will be back to fill you in:)

No matter how anyone feels about the banners, they were part of the game especially during BB1... the point is; it seems the fans keep getting more and more taken away from them... free feeds, voting and now banners:)

Jesse

Saturday, July 13, 2002 - 01:19 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
It is a shame that Shapiro is such a control freak (or too uncreative to work with spontaneous material) that the US BB totally leaves the fans out . . . it is becoming a scripted program, losing any of the essence originally intended by the developers of the BB concept.

Whowhere

Saturday, July 13, 2002 - 01:22 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Not only to they NOT give all the info, history shows us that the banners are usually NOT true. Even if they were allowed to read the banners, I would hope they would have enough common sense to take what the banners say with a grain of salt.

It doesn't really compare to giving them internet access or telephone priveleges. Banners just give them something to think about.

JMO

Penpoint

Saturday, July 13, 2002 - 01:23 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Bastable, are banners part of BB in every other country? I think the first year of BB was successful and attracted a large audience. The ratings were not as high as Survivor, so the critics, who absolutely hate Big Brother, said it was a flop. Obviously it wasn't or they would have dropped it after the first year. And from what I understand the T&A and sexuality quotient is an important part of BB in other countries, so that's not what is "eroding" the US version.

Azriel, I also liked the first year and wish we could have the same experience now. But everything evolves. We and the house guests are now more sophisticated regarding the game and its strategies. Some things change because they didn't work or were sabotaged.