Gerry said it was scripted for the fireman to win!!!!
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Cndeariso

Monday, August 12, 2002 - 10:40 am EditMoveDeleteIP
What is that all about? Did BB give them a script of how they wanted things to be played out? Or is Gerry just putting out theories?

Flyonthwall

Monday, August 12, 2002 - 10:42 am EditMoveDeleteIP
It was just a theory comment.
Off the cuff remark.

Nermal

Monday, August 12, 2002 - 10:43 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I didn't take that comment to be serious. He was just complaining with Marcellas over the fact that the first four get a break and a second chance. They were both hoping it wouldn't be Eric who returns. I didn't think that Gerry was serious that it was scripted for Eric to come back. He was just throwing it out there as a remote possibility.

Jaysgal

Monday, August 12, 2002 - 10:53 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Sometimes I get suspicious that Gerry is some mole for CBS. Things just don't seem to add up. I am so suspicious that this show is manipulated or scripted. They are getting too much. And if it's too good to be true, it's gotta be.

Flyonthwall

Monday, August 12, 2002 - 10:57 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Gerry makes a lot of comments about scripting, due to his past doing plays and such.
Every year someone uses this term.
It's a buzz word of sorts.

I don't think Gerry is a mole for CBS.
If anyone it might be Jason, he's watched the show, knows the most about how it works and such.
But I don't believe there is a mole.
It's not been proven in the other two shows that there was one.
It would be a cool twist to the game though!

Sanfranjoshfan

Monday, August 12, 2002 - 11:03 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I really believe that truth is stranger than fiction....that's why these shows are so much fun. If these stories were all scripted, it would be so obvious. I recently made the mistake of seeing that "Real World - the last Season" movie. It was a scripted fictional account of a "Real World" season, with kidnappers and other lame stuff. The thing is, the interactions they scripted for the cast were so silly and lame I couldn't believe it. If they can't make a 90 minute movie with realistic dialog lasting more than a minute, then they'd never be able to pull off three hours a week for 100 days.

Besides, if they were written and scripted, then the writers could be up for emmys. Oops...but if they are scripting it, then they have to do it in secret, so no emmy nods. That doesn't sound like a secret the writer's union would want to keep!

Eden

Monday, August 12, 2002 - 11:23 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Well, at least they are starting to consider what might happen if certain HGs return. This is a great step to having them realize Roddy needs to go!

Mygetaway

Monday, August 12, 2002 - 12:03 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I think they(CBS) have a general idea of things they want to happen during the season. Then they cast people they think can make that happen. Then they(CBS) prode and probe the right hamsters at the right time in the DR sessions, and viola! an unscripted script!

Bmh

Monday, August 12, 2002 - 12:11 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I hate when Gerry does that..he freaks me out...like he is working for AS or something..he refers everything to a script because he use to be a "actor"

Cndeariso

Monday, August 12, 2002 - 12:38 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Did you notice that after the 'expect the unexpected' screen came up that both Marcellas and Gerry guessed what it meant before the HG were told? And, Marcellas was immediately called into the DR.

Car54

Monday, August 12, 2002 - 12:47 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Funny, I have been thinking this about Eric's return.

Firefighters are so beloved right now, the producers must have been thrilled to have a nice hunky one...one who also brought romance...
and when they announced he might come back, I kinda wondered!

Curlyq

Monday, August 12, 2002 - 01:25 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I thought his joke that they were sending a HG back in to fix the mistake he made in ditching the fireman was funny. I love that the HGs are as suspicious of a behind-the-scenes conspiracy as we often are. I love it when they start voicing the same suspicions we have, like when they were wondering if the Roddy/Chiara fights are staged.

Niceguy

Monday, August 12, 2002 - 01:29 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
BB is more soap opera than it is a real contest Bmh. IMO. But its improv psychodrama built around greed.

Seanflynn

Monday, August 12, 2002 - 01:30 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
We went through this last year.
If there is a CBS plant unknown to the other HGs, each one gets to go to court and collect $500,000. You wouldn't need a lawyer to get it, it would be so open and shut. And the civil fines by the FCC against CBS could run into the multiple millions.
The networks are EXTREMELY careful about the rules on game shows; they have to be.
To allow this, the contract that each of them signs would have to allow CBS to cheat, no recourse allowed.

Justin42

Monday, August 12, 2002 - 02:14 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Is BB officially considered a game show? There is an article on American Idol in the latest Entertainment Weekly that says it's not, and as such isn't held to the same rules as game shows (which is how they can get away with not revealing voting totals and such).

Gentoo

Monday, August 12, 2002 - 09:40 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
SeanFlynn, actually each player would not collect 500,000 bucks if there was a plant, or even if CBS decided to end the show and tell the house guests "Shows cancelled, nobody wins".

The best recourse is "loss-of-chance" doctrine. A small body of case law exists on this. The best they could get is what their shot was worth. They'd likely split the prize money between those left in the house.