BB1 BB2 BB3 ? which was your favorite? I still love the BB1 houseguests and always will.
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Rain

Wednesday, September 25, 2002 - 08:27 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Of all the Big Brothers my heart still belongs to the BB1 houseguests. They were charmingly innocent most of the time. I loved Curtis and Eddie and Brittany and Karen and Chicken George.

I remember Chicken George telling a story of how he lost his cat one night, and him and his son went to the shelter and there were hundreds of cats, and they spent a long time looking and looking and looking. They finally gave up, and when they got home there was their cat. I don't know why I remember that (maybe cause I love cats lol) but it was just so charming.

But my favorite memory of them was when near the end they were all dancing in one of the bedrooms. The BB music was playing (different music then) and they were genuinely so happy.

They were a good group, and usually pretty kind to each other.

Klm72

Wednesday, September 25, 2002 - 08:58 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Well BB1 holds a special place in my heart- we were all so innocent back then, LOL!! Remember when scandal was "Will Brit and Josh ever actually KISS?" and "Will the camera ever catch Jamie without her lipgloss?" Remember "Jamie is 2-facing Brit in the DR" LOLOL And we had the big debates- Josh- in the closet or not? Eddie- was he massaging his leg or something else?? Remember George digging up the vegetable garden looking for treasure?? ROFLMAO!!

BB2 was fun while it lasted but I didn't really miss any of them once it ended. It just lacked something somehow.

I liked this season more then last yrs. Yes it got cut throat and sexy at times, but I also think the people were in general more likeable and fun.

It was no BB1 cast though...

Planochick

Wednesday, September 25, 2002 - 09:02 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I loved BB2 the best. Will was the funniest and Bunky and Kent Not to mention watching Nicole and Oh that Krista. They were much more interesting last year!!

Jimmer

Wednesday, September 25, 2002 - 09:04 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
BB1 was innocent and fun. BB2 was practically all Will (and maybe Nicole). He really made the show. BB3 was much more balanced with many more involved and interesting players. I would have said BB3 up until tonight, when the houseguests had that love in with each other. So overall, I'd have to say it's pretty much even, though as much as I loved BB1, I can't see it ever going back in that direction.

Rain

Wednesday, September 25, 2002 - 10:02 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
And I even miss chicken cam--it was better than FOTH ! lol

Lombadier

Wednesday, September 25, 2002 - 10:07 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I'll always have a soft spot in my heart for the BB1 cast. I only liked three or four of the BB2 people, and five of the people from BB3. My all time favorite BB HG is from BB3...... Roddy.

Jimmer

Wednesday, September 25, 2002 - 10:11 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Wow ... Lombadier. It takes courage to say that around here. I found Roddy very entertaining as well.

Misslibra

Wednesday, September 25, 2002 - 10:16 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I had said BB1 at first because that is the show that started it all. But BB3 had everything in it. And I think BB3 was the best one so far.

Lauren

Wednesday, September 25, 2002 - 10:17 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
BB3 is by far my favorite. I will miss JASON soo much. My son asked me tonight which one was my fav... including all the Survivors. BB3 is first and Survivor 2 is 2nd! Thank goodness the new Survivor is on ... how else will I spend my time??

Lilkimishot

Wednesday, September 25, 2002 - 10:26 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
BB2 is prolly my fave BB (and with the exception of S3 my fave reality season)

I liked Nicole and all the stupid crap that cast did.

This year was great and it may surpass BB2 as my fave but it needs time to settle. I mean right this moment I'm like "wow" but that's just the excitement of it ending like 4 hours ago.

P.S. - I love this messageboard cos I don't feel so alone in the fact that I like BB more than Survivor. :)

Countrymeadow

Wednesday, September 25, 2002 - 10:37 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I think BB2 was the most fun to watch because our banners ( at another site ) really really changed the game. They made it more interesting and caused quite a stir within the house. And lets not forget Will. I found a site recently with BB2 memories and some Will-isms. I laughed and remembered. Remember Will's shorts? LOL

This year was kinda boring. Not only with the HG's but our constant aggravation with the FOTH.

BB1 will always be special as well. 2 things I remember is Pugita and Jamie's lip gloss. LOL

Muse

Wednesday, September 25, 2002 - 11:04 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I liked BB2 best. They had such an interesting group of people - all very distinct and entertaining individuals. I think Will may always be my favorite reality show contestant, too, just because of his great sense of humor and the fact that he ended up playing such a great game after nearly being evicted in the third week (and forth week, and fifth week, etc). I thought the show ended with a bang, too. Nicole's meltdown, Monica and Will turning on Hardy and Nicole, Will winning...it was good stuff. And I usually have fond memories of reality shows that end with the person I was rooting for winning, too. :)

BB1 was fun and innocent, and I really enjoyed it. But it was *so* different from BB2 and BB3 that it almost feels like a different show. It's hard to even compare them. But if I had to, I guess I'd put it on the same level as BB3. Maybe a little higher. I think I enjoyed it more, but it wasn't nearly as addictive.

BB3 was okay. It took me a long time to get into it, since I wasn't fond of the dominating group in the beginning (Chiara, Roddy, Tonya, Josh, etc). Most of the HGs didn't really seem all that likable...I sort of still feel that way to some extent, actually. It got better when some of the "outcasts" started taking control (Marcellas, Amy, Gerry, Danielle, Jason), since that added some drama and gave me some people to root for. But then even some of them ended up being pretty nasty. And the finale seemed *really* dull, and almost all of the evicted HGs seemed so insincere. Not the way a show should go out, IMO. It doesn't have me all excited about BB4 like I was about BB3 when last season ended.

Silversamba

Wednesday, September 25, 2002 - 11:07 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I definitely liked BB2 the best. I liked a lot more of the hgs and you can't beat Will for entertainment.
I wish I had discovered this board last year to discuss it!

I liked BB3 ok but I didn't like as many of the hgs this year. They seemed more immature and mean. There was a better mix of people and personalities in BB2. I didn't see BB1 do I can't comment on it.

Northstar

Wednesday, September 25, 2002 - 11:32 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
BB1 for many reasons. OMG, digging up the garden, Chicken George blasting off in the shower, Josh working out (yummy), 36"s-Stereo, so many things.

Eden

Thursday, September 26, 2002 - 01:10 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I do not understand the affectionate nostalgia for BB1!?!?! That is the WORST of the three. So bad I wouldn't even mention in the same sentence as the other two, since it was so completely different in concept. I didn't like any of the HG other than Curtis, I guess. BORING!!!! I guess the attraction must be a part of why some watch these shows in the first place. For me, BB1 had none of the aspects that make me enjoy this show.

BB2& 3 a tie!

Fabnsab

Thursday, September 26, 2002 - 03:16 am EditMoveDeleteIP
What I want to know is why CBS has completely written off BB1? I know it wasn't a success. It was a joke even, but they have to know that, we, the hardcore fans are out there and still want updates. I think it is unfair to us and to those original 10 who braved that house and the bad publicity for CBS to disregard them like red headed step children.

John32070

Thursday, September 26, 2002 - 05:20 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I too mis BB1. If I could go back in time to be a part of one of the three Big Brother's, it's the one I'd choose. I also enjoyed the live audience deal when they were evicted over the quiet deal from the last two. BB2 was ok, but I only really liked Sheryl and Kent. BB3 was better than 2 I have to say.

Mack

Thursday, September 26, 2002 - 07:52 am EditMoveDeleteIP
To me there have always been two distinct BB's. The format for BB1 was so different from BB2 & 3 that I can't compare them. BB1 was fun, for the most part, as it was the first of its kind on American TV. The group dynamics were totally different because the HG's were really not pitted one against the other....at least not like BB2 and now BB3. That was BB's fault. They dug a hole early in BB1 and it became the HG's versus BB with the viewing audience basically on the HG's side. I guess I'd say I've liked them all but for different reasons. The one I like the best overall is probably BB3 because the dynamics were more intense across a larger number of the HG's. For one-on-one conflict the Will versus Nicole conflict is still probably the best. BB1 was a great group study in and of itself so it has its own merits.

Turgon

Thursday, September 26, 2002 - 08:41 am EditMoveDeleteIP
i just think with the new rules weve lost sight of what big brother is. in the basic form its a sociological experiment on normal people in crazy circumstances. shapiro and cbs have mutilated big brother beyond recognition and turned it into a wimpy survivor. BB in europe and most notably in the UK is monstrous, i would love to see some of the episodes to see how they still pull off the old format. if we started over with BB1 with the hg's from BB2 or 3 it probably would have been a different story.

i just think they need to do some serious brainstorming for next year and totally overhaul the show, look at survivor this year its different already and im sure burnett is gonna slap us in the face a few times for good measure.

Bigsister

Thursday, September 26, 2002 - 08:46 am EditMoveDeleteIP
My favorite is BB1 hands down. That is because I enjoy watching people, studying personalities, observing how they interact with each other. BB1 was the best chance I ever had to just watch without having a personal involvement. I loved the way those complete strangers lived together and got along and learned to love each other. To me that was not boring.

BB2, with all the splinter groups and all the bickering was a complete letdown. BB3 was a little more interesting to me than BB2, but I did not really "like" any of the people other than maybe Jason and Lisa.

Lurknomore

Thursday, September 26, 2002 - 09:00 am EditMoveDeleteIP
&$@#@$%^*(! darn it you took my opening line Bigsister. Hate when that happens lol. But it's true.

Like Rain said we WERE all so innocent then but so were they. We had free feeds that ALWAYS WORKED. They actually cared about the internet audience. We were allowed to hear Big Brother, which I think was an important componant of the game. And top of the list we had REAL PEOPLE not a house full of wannabee's producers went after and coached. Mostly we had Curtis. Ah the good old days.

Problem is they brought in Arnie, who decided he was going to totally revamp the Big Brother concept, not just see what was lacking in BB1 and fix it. Gone were any long, real conversations. Gone was seeing them get to know each other the first few days so we could get to know and maybe care about them too. Gone, for the nice part, were any demoographics that did not include young, hot, sexy or, to quote Arnie, "eye candy." Certainly gone were personalities and humor.

I think the casting this year was better, in that I didn't want to spray my computer down with lysol EVERY time I turned on the feeds, but it still was so hard to like any of these people. The first year I felt I knew them...who they were, what made them tick. Last 2 years I knew the FOTH. sigh.

So give me BB1 anyday, but with some better casting and tighter production. And someone get the feeds away from Real PLEASE!!!!!!!

Niceguy

Thursday, September 26, 2002 - 09:26 am EditMoveDeleteIP
There's been a conscious effort on CBS part to have cuter and less inhibited people on the subsequent shows since BB1.

The BB1 HG's were definitely more 'real people' looking. They were also more reserved and I don't think that's just because of the game's format. George was an extrovert and couldn't hold back if he tried. Eddie could be funny in a misanthropic way. The person who would have benefited the most from the recent changes is MEGA.

Max

Thursday, September 26, 2002 - 09:32 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Arnold Shapiro didn't come on as producer until BB2. His mission when he was hired was to "spice things up" and try to cast the show so it would get better ratings. He did succeed at that. Did that make the show "better" for those of us who are die-hard fans? Well, it depends on your perspective. I still liked the first season best. Arnold's approach to casting just seems manipulative and stereotypical to me and the goal seems to be creating tension of every kind, especially sexual. This year was the worst from that perspective. I didn't watch nearly as much as I did last year and last year I didn't watch as much as I did the first year.

Different strokes for different folks, I guess. :)

Trulyscrumtious

Thursday, September 26, 2002 - 10:15 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Well, I have to say BB3 for one reason and one reason only...AMY!

She has ran me through the entire gamut of emotions. Literally! Even before she walked in that house I absolutely DETESTED her, lol. The beginning of the very first show showed her fixing her make-up in her new house key (i couldn't believe my eyes !!! was she for REAL???) and saying if I pi$$ you off...frankly I don't give a damn. I was yelling at the TV..."Frankly, GO AWAY!!!"

Then, like 20 minutes into the first show my heart started to soften a little, by the time she pouted over the others hiding her cheese that was it, I officially liked her. I never had any intention whatsoever of getting the live feeds. I didn't last year, and never regretted it (okay, well except for the hot tub shenanigans that is, lol) but I just had to see what this girl was gonna do next. I was hooked...hook, line and sinker. She's made me laugh hysterically one day, and cry with her the next.

So BB3 has to be my favorite. It's the only one that ever made me not only care about one of the houseguests, but also want to see them succeed in life/love/work...whatever their little heart desires.

Baronna

Thursday, September 26, 2002 - 12:48 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
BB1 characters were so boring to me. I didn't like Britany or any of them. Sorry. BB2 was better and BB3 was the best, IMO.

Bmh

Thursday, September 26, 2002 - 01:23 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
BB1..awful

BB2..much better!

BB3..hands down the best BB season thus far!!! :)..even though my girl Dani didn't win

Cheetah

Thursday, September 26, 2002 - 01:28 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
BB1 was okay but I thought that Brittany was a little annoying. BB2 was crazy! I didn't like Mike, Krista(ugh), and Shannon. Will & Nicole were definitely the best! The hg from BB2 did not want Will & Nicole to be there and they ended up going all the way. What were they thinking?
BB3 was different all together-my favorite was and still is AMY! And I don't think Roddy is THAT horrible. Jason is cute but too wishy-washy for me. Everytime Chiara was on the air she had this big pout. Anyway I did enjoy this one because there was no one that totally disgusted me!

Meli

Thursday, September 26, 2002 - 01:34 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
BB1 was kind of boring, but at the same time fascinating in concept. So I did enjoy the whole new Orwellian thing during the first season.

I'm torn between BB2 and BB3 as far as favorites. I think I enjoyed it more last year, but watched the live feeds much more this year. Sometimes I couldn't take Nicole and had to turn the feeds off! I am truly glad that a nice person won this year, though. I really didn't think it would be possible in a game like this.