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Donut

Tuesday, July 09, 2002 - 02:39 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
why do you think you/we are so into BB?
what is it that makes you jump up and down for it?

i think imho that maybe its 3 things:

1--I think its kind of like we are packing our duffle bags and heading off to summer camp. We spend time with these people in one little milieu watching them giggle and share secrets in their bunks at night, and playing games and challenges and plotting little pranks, and it is like we are kids at camp again....

2--I think the live feeds gives us the the rare power to be free of the usual network editing and scripting that we get in all other shows, reality or otherwise. If you watch or read the live feeds you get the exhiliration of seeing what actually happens as opposed to for example, Survivor, where you are left frustrated wondering how much of what you just saw was invented by the producers creative editing powers...

3---Its a nifty chance to have pets to look at when your apt doesnt allow 3-D ones

Zachsmom

Tuesday, July 09, 2002 - 02:49 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I think we are all just sick perverted people who are secret voyers that without the benefit of "reality tv" we might succumb to our urge to peek into other peoples homes..

Mygetaway

Tuesday, July 09, 2002 - 02:55 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Donut...
I enjoy watching them go from the beginning with no idea really of what it's going to be like, and then seeing them change daily as they start to figure it out.

I love watching something live on the feeds, and then seeing how or why they show it on the TV version.

I like being the fly on the wall and seeing all the little things, kinda like you're camp analogy. Being a "part" of the in crowd...LOL

I like watching them because there is no way in *heck* I'd ever ever do anything like that in my lifetime. I'd never have the guts or self confidence or whatever it takes to be locked up in there for a few days, let alone 3 months if you make it to the end.

Once I start watching, I can't stop because I'm afraid I'm going to miss "THAT MOMENT" when something big happens....LOL

I think I could go on forever, so I'll stop with, I'm pretty much housebound, and I can't find any better entertainment inside my 4 walls!!

Halfunit

Tuesday, July 09, 2002 - 03:00 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm with Zachsmom.... except I'd be stuck cleaning rather than looking in the neighbor's windows (hubby would have to arrest me, lol).... This is my "official three month hiatus" from being responsible, lmao!!!

Plus, there are 3 other girls at work who watch and we can have our "debriefing / speculation" sessions first thing in the morning...

Oregonfire

Tuesday, July 09, 2002 - 03:06 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
For all the countless hours of boring playing cards/sleeping footage, there's an occasional nugget of hilarious weirdness or emotional intensity--usally of the pure hatred variety.

BB1: Brittany being grilled by Will for her "inherent racism."

Chicken George gone loopy in the shower while being interviewed by Jamie.

Josh preforming his homoerotic dance for Curtis and Eddie

BB2: Will with the evil Nicole craft voodoo doll

Shannon having her "most cowardest" moment at the kitchen table.

The infamous "What happened in the hottub?" conspiracy.

What will it be this season?!

Grannygrunt

Tuesday, July 09, 2002 - 04:26 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I know I'm sitting here hoping to see or hear something that CBS would NEVER show on the air. Just so we can be the "first to know". I'm with Half about the part of discussing at work. Of course gossip at school is always a good reason to be addicted. And with Zachsmom I would never in a million years consider doing something like this.

Delilah

Tuesday, July 09, 2002 - 04:48 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
BB is purely brain candy for me and an escape from the hum drum every day. I guess I am a little bit of a voyeur and unlike the real world on MTV, the HGs are adults around my age and are supposed to be at that stage in life where they know what they want and where they are going. Yes it is dumb, brainless TV but we all need that sometimes, especially when we are bombarded with what is going on in our world since Sept. 11th. The world is different and so are we. We need a break, something where we don't have to think, where we can laugh and scrutinize every move the lil hamsters make. It takes a very diverse group of people and basically locks them up with no TV, phone, books etc... they are stuck with each other, just like in prison. It is fun to watch them unravel (that is the sicko in me LOL) right before our very eyes. The Live Feeds are the most important part of it for me, we see 99% of what is going on, no editing, no bleeping, no candy-coating. We see it as it happens and we become part of their lives. We compare ourselves to them and how *we* would react. Most of all, it brings all of us together here at the TVCH and there isn't another place on the net I would rather be

D - another great thread! Cheers!

Kuchi

Tuesday, July 09, 2002 - 04:57 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I also like to watch to catch something that wont be on the tv show. After watching the live feeds for 2 years---you definately get a better feel for the players through the live feeds. Go bb3

Webkitty

Tuesday, July 09, 2002 - 05:03 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Delilah, I agree, being "here" at TVCH is a big part of it for me. Can you imagine if you were REALLY into this show and had no one to discuss it with? Would anyone enjoy it as much? I remember season one, before I found my way here, I felt so all alone in my new found obsession!

(No one else in my ~other~ life "understands" like TVCHers)

Spunky

Tuesday, July 09, 2002 - 05:32 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm curious to see how "different" BB3 is from BB1, since BB2 showed a remarkable difference in both behaviour and format and not for the better, so I'm curious to see how "bad" it can get... We all have a dark side and through BB and the internet we feel compensated, we are "secretly" watching...and my neighbour doesn't know it...

Bigfan

Tuesday, July 09, 2002 - 06:38 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Well, I started watching BigBrother1 while on vacation. You see, I'm not much of a tv watcher. When I do, it is a talk show or news, never sitcoms. I can't tell you of anyone I've watched since MASH. BigBrother had REAL people, acting like real people act. Under presure the real person shows up and I like watching it!!
Bring on a new mad house!!=)

Zachsmom

Tuesday, July 09, 2002 - 06:48 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
BigFan,

I am the same way. I don't like to watch TV. I don't find anything stimulating that is currently on TV. For some odd reason, I saw the 3rd episode of BB1, found this website (when it was just a baby) and I was obsessed!!! I have already told my boss and co-workers that tonight is my last night bringing work home. For the next three months my work is going to suffer, I am going to be tired and totally addicted to a TV show. These people on the show, though they don't know me, are going to be my life. HOW pathetic am I?

Bbwatcher

Tuesday, July 09, 2002 - 07:25 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Zachsmom - HOW pathetic are you? Apparently just as pathetic as the rest of us. I'll blush while I admit that when BB1 & BB2 were over I truly went through withdrawal. I told my niece who watched with me that I felt like all my friends had gone away. I caught myself still wondering what they were doing "right now". We ARE pathetic, but we have each other. :)

Angelbleu

Tuesday, July 09, 2002 - 07:35 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
BBwatcher I was the same way.....I think I had my worse withdrawals after BB1 though...for some reason I really got attached to that group...

Iceprincess

Tuesday, July 09, 2002 - 07:46 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I have to agree, I felt like I lost my friends after the first one. The second one I really didn't get attached to anyone. I really thought the lot of them were spoiled brats. They whined about the ratings they whined about the food, they whined about everything. I think the majority should have been more attuned to the game rather then worrying about how many people are watching.

Oregonfire

Tuesday, July 09, 2002 - 08:00 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
It would be nice if they continued to pick "ordinary folks," like the BB1 group. Even Jamie and Jordan seemed like minor league prima donnas compared to some of the BB2 group's antics.That second group could be pretty cold. {Shudder}

Let's hope the best from this next group! Drama, but with a heart.

Maris

Tuesday, July 09, 2002 - 08:04 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I think it is all about being voyeurs. We get a secret thrill turning on that computer at all hours and peeking in at the hampsters. If you live in the east coast as I do, tehre is nothign like getting up in the middle of the night (3:00 am) and just taking one peek, just one peek at the old computer.

I think we have a very interesting mix with this group and not all is as it seems. so it will be fun to see the layers peeled off. I think Gerry will win it. (going out on a limb)

Ryn

Tuesday, July 09, 2002 - 08:31 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Donut - my main reason is the second one you listed.

I think its very interesting to see what REALLY happens vs what CBS decides to show.

Momiee43

Tuesday, July 09, 2002 - 08:32 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I can't say for sure what it is about BB that really gets me excited, but it has a hook and once it gets hold of you, you just can't get lose. You have to keep watching even when nothing is going on, because any second it could all change. This are real people with real emotions. There is no way of knowing when someone might snap. The Drama is intence, they are all locked up together and must get alone yet, it is a game and only one can win. Yep BB has it's hook in me and I'll be watching every summer as long as they keep putting people into that house. Vicki

Necie

Tuesday, July 09, 2002 - 08:44 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I like watching Big Brother because it is unlike anything I have ever seen before. I don't get the live feeds (web tv bites) and am really looking forward to reading all about what is going on that I won't get to see on the tv show. I am the only one in my home that is hooked on this show. I know that the BB2 team should have not been worried about the ratings but I sure was. I wanted this to last and will be sad when it eventually ends. I wish it could go on and on...

Misslibra

Tuesday, July 09, 2002 - 09:20 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I haven't watched sitcoms either since I started watching BB. I never considered myself a voyeur, but I guess that is what we are to some extent. But I have always enjoyed seeing the interaction that would go on between people who come from different backgrounds, and cultures living together 24/7.

It's a study in human behavior that I find very interesting. That was the big attraction for me I also believe we learn a lot about ourselves as well, watching them and how they react to certain situations.

There is also no other show like it on TV, where you can continue watching it, even after it goes off. No fake laugh tracks, no scripts, no contact with the outside world, no privacy and Big Brother is in control.

Think of how many reality shows has come out since BB, after so many tried to talk down about it and how reality tv would never go anywhere. We knew all along there was something there. Now everyone want to be like Mike!! :)

Twinkle

Tuesday, July 09, 2002 - 09:38 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
For the past two years I tried to figure out why I have such an addiction to BB and gave up. There's no rational explanation. I guess it's just part of my -and many other peoples'- personality and preferences to enjoy sit glassy-eyed and slack-jawed in front of a computer monitor for 14+ hours a day, watching a group of people inside a house, waiting for something amusing to happen while drinking too much coffee and only taking breaks to run to the bathroom, get the mail, feed the cats and find quick meals.

One of the most entertaining things to me is what the hgs did and said when they thought the cameras and microphones couldn't catch the action. Maybe this time the hgs will be more aware that nothing, with the possible exception of Jamie's book pointing, slips by us. I hope not. I also enjoy seeing what sort of creative editting will be done on the TV shows and what "major" events will be left out. And there's nothing like watching the facades the hgs come in with slowly start to crumble as time passes, they become accustomed to each other, realize it's a game, and their true personalities are revealed to the live feeders.

Like Webkitty, no one I know understands why I watch the show. I discovered during year 1 that BB is of no interest whatsoever to folks who don't watch it and am so thankful for boards like TVCH. It's like being with group of friends who share insider jokes and crack up over key words... like toothbrush and lip gloss. Uh oh. 24 hours from now the insanity will have begun.

Gadzooks

Tuesday, July 09, 2002 - 09:57 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I have to say that the BB experience would not be the same without TV Clubhouse. Coming here and reading all of the messages and live feeds make up 90% of the fun. During BB I feel a kinship with all of you. We are in our own little world. It's like being at Disneyland....it makes you forget your own problems because you spend so much time thinking about the "hamsters" and what they are up to. I don't even feel like going on vacation when this show is on. It's the best thing going and it could go on forever in my opinion.

Kmjm

Tuesday, July 09, 2002 - 10:03 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I totally agree that it is very exciting to be here with others who share my intense interest in and enjoyment of the show. There were times last year when these boards were changing by the second. Everything was so funny and insightful- it blew me away, and I was only lurking! I agree with the comment about brain candy. I find it totally mentally relaxing to watch the houseguest interactions, and to try to both predict and explain what's going on. I definitely think it is about voyeurism, but totally without guilt. These people know they are being watched, they signed up for it, and stand to profit from it. They can leave at any time. So it's so much fun!

Donut

Tuesday, July 09, 2002 - 10:11 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
this is really enjoyable reading!
nice to see some old faces back! and new ones!
i wish there was an audio track to this website, so i could hear the last few months of quiet footsteps of the residents of this home, turn into a rapidly increasing buzz of a crowd that would put grand central station to shame!

i am always fascinated that the tvch and bb has so many non tv watchers!