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Costacat

Friday, October 04, 2002 - 07:47 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
An interesting article in the San Diego Union-Tribune today. (I didn't know where else to post this...)

For the article click here.

Some key points:

1. Mike Boogie hugs "girlfriend" Chiara.

2. Belly is like a halfway house for reality show
contestants. Survivor, BB, Fear Factor, and so on.

3. Most are NOT gonna get more than the 15 minutes of fame they've already received; Boogie is more 'n happy to help 'em come back to real reality.

4. Some mention of the BB3 finale party, and a pic of Monica (BB2) and Tonya (BB3). The pic is not in the online article, but looks like Tonya is wearing the same thing she wore for the live finale.

5. Some VERY interesting info on the bios of BB3: Josh the "waiter from NY" actually had been waiting tables at Dodger Stadium; Roddy the "writer from Morristown NJ" was actually a "struggling screenwriter living in LA for the last two years".

6. Both Roddy and Marcellas seem to think that they've got "something on the table" that is gonna make 'em even more famous.

7. Chiara got mobbed outside supermarket in Hollywood but Charlize Theron walked by unaccosted (this is talking about how they are not like bona-fide celebs are are not off limits).

Byline: HOLLYWOOD VINE NORMA MEYER

Shortnsweet

Friday, October 04, 2002 - 08:55 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Good article - Reality TV meets the real world! Thanks for the link.

Meggieprice

Friday, October 04, 2002 - 09:21 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks Sue! Noticed that Will and MIke were both at the wrap party,and was thinking some of what the article said!

Oregonfire

Friday, October 04, 2002 - 10:00 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Great find Costacat! Thanks for the article.

Zachsmom

Friday, October 04, 2002 - 10:10 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
<sniff> they have somewhere to go..but <sniff> where do WE go <sniff>

Scorpiomoon

Friday, October 04, 2002 - 10:18 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
According to the article, Chiara had "no offers".

Ha ha. It's back to that desk job she hated so much. :)

Meggieprice

Friday, October 04, 2002 - 11:10 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Zachsmom- I hear you! I was thinking about it today- we spend so much time with these people, get to know them so well in a one-sided way...and then we basically never hear about them much again. It's hard! But you have US! And all the other boards...

p.s how is your Zach? Mine is fine- 10 now and so tall it is scary. I was zachysmom for BB1 and you and I corresponded a bit...

Zachsmom

Friday, October 04, 2002 - 11:17 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hi Meggie!! my zachary is doing great..he's 4 now..YIKES!!

My gosh I cannot believe yours is in the double digits!!!

This might be silly..but I still miss George from BB1!!! gosh he was a hoot..

can't believe I have to wait until next JULY! until BB again..it goes too fast..

Toolhound

Saturday, October 05, 2002 - 03:04 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I am suprised Mike has not thought of Live feeds from Belly. For $9.95 a month you can watch for your favorite has been reality show person come in to drown their problems.

Ocean_Islands

Saturday, October 05, 2002 - 05:04 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Boogie says he went from being a 'nobody to a 'quasi celebrity'. He forgot to say he went back to be a nobody again.

Meggieprice

Saturday, October 05, 2002 - 10:11 am EditMoveDeleteIP
OI- I think this is they way he keeps his quasi going-glomming on to the new batch of HG. For someone who didn't even last that long in the BB house he still manages to stay in the public eye.

Zachsmom-I miss BB1 too- it was a kinder gentler time! I am in serious withdrawal here as, bedridden, BB was an all day thing for me this year.I've been seeking solace at Survivor, AR, and General boards... Are you still sewing?

Costacat

Saturday, October 05, 2002 - 10:15 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Glad y'all enjoyed the article. I didn't hafta look too hard for it... I opened up my paper yesterday and whoop! there it was! <grin>

I find it interesting that Mike manages to retain some small amount of celebrity by hosting other small reality-show contestants at his bar. I also found it interesting that he 'n Chiara hooked up so quickly (I'm sorry, but I think that girl is one o' those desperate types that always hafta be with a man).

I noticed that he was running a taped copy of the finale at the bar. (You couldn't see it in the article, but the pic of Monica and Tonya showed the two of 'em looking at a TV screen with Danielle and Lisa on the finale). I wonder if he's paying royalties? <grin>

Scorpiomoon

Saturday, October 05, 2002 - 01:12 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
LOL! Good one, Toolhound!

Zachsmom

Saturday, October 05, 2002 - 07:41 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Toolhound:"I am suprised Mike has not thought of Live feeds from Belly. For $9.95 a month you can watch for your favorite has been reality show person come in to drown their problems."

What is really pathetic is I would pay..

Draheid

Saturday, October 05, 2002 - 07:47 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
It's OK, Zm, we'll share on the family network! :)

{{{{Daughter}}}}

Zachsmom

Saturday, October 05, 2002 - 08:11 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
LOL..

Alegria

Saturday, October 05, 2002 - 10:11 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
The article was great. I loved how it ended, with an update about Monica from BB2...


"The one-time candy store manager flashes an Oscar-worthy smile. So far, Monica has done health-and-fitness spots for a New York TV station and voice-overs for a PBS special. But the scheming houseguest who ate only peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for days on end wants most to do a one-woman play about her life.

"They say 15 minutes. I say 15 years," she confidently says. Then, she saunters up to the bar at Belly – for a reality check."
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I find it hard to imagine Monica doing voice overs as she was pretty hard to understand in the house (remember the subtitles?) LOL

Fabnsab

Saturday, October 05, 2002 - 11:52 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Belly has turned into the Island of Misfit Toys...Don't worry, Zachsmom, I think alot of us would pay to see a webcam from there. It is just a hard thing to admit. LOL

Keiffer

Sunday, October 06, 2002 - 06:36 am EditMoveDeleteIP
You know between Survivor and BB being around for 3 years I would think that contestants by now would know going in that their chances of any other entertainment fame are very small. Heck even the hosts (Probsts, and Chen) are not lifted by the shows into larger entertainement possibilities. For sure going onto a reality show as big as BB or Survivor is not worth it. You end up with "fans" yet do not have the money side of the fame thing that makes being recognized worth it. I am just glad that people decide to do it, because I like them so much.

On another note, and I can not believe the show is over and here I am defending again... but. I have not heard a quote from either Mike or Chiara that they are indeed a "couple" This girlfriend comment in the article apears to be opnion IMO. Mike being friends to her and helping her in LA does not mean hook up. Also I think Mike is not beyond making things seem tighter than they are just to get the article printed. Until I hear Chiara say she is with Mike I am going to doubt it.

Ginger1218

Sunday, October 06, 2002 - 07:25 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I think Mike and Chiara are perfect for each other LOL!

Fruitbat

Sunday, October 06, 2002 - 07:41 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Alegria >>>>I find it hard to imagine Monica doing voice overs as she was pretty hard to understand in
the house (remember the subtitles?) LOL<<<<

I am with you all the way. Amazing.

Keiffer

Sunday, October 06, 2002 - 07:43 am EditMoveDeleteIP
One other thought. I think that BB3 was for sure about the best one yet. WE had numerous alliances, a couple of romances, and a twist at the end. We didnt have the huge problems of BB2, and had more conflict that BB1. The ratings were higher for this version than either of the previous two.

Given all this it now seems that what 70-80% of the HGs of BB3 lived in the LA area, and were already struggling for a break into showbusiness when they got selected for BB3. My thought would be to get a show that all 12 HG's are stuggling actors, or wanna bees in the showbusiness world. They for sure seem to have motives to stay in the house other than just winnning the money. They want TV exposure, and the longer they stay in the house the more they get.

Either cast that way, or the producers should troll the BB web sites like this one and get all 12 from people that are like us. Could you imagine the strategies if all 12 people knew the game as well as Danny and Jason did this year?

Squaredsc

Sunday, October 06, 2002 - 09:10 am EditMoveDeleteIP
costa, i just read that article on sirlinksalot and was going to put it here, glad you got to it first. it was very interesting, esp the boogie/chiapet, i hope they don't procreate. but then again 2 wrongs can make a right. i am also glad that monica is doing great. she is my absolute favorite.

Meggieprice

Sunday, October 06, 2002 - 11:10 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Keif- a couple of different wrap party accounts also refer to Mike Boogie as Chiara's new boyfriend. It has a certain kind of sense to it...

I wish AS or somebody with BB would give us regular updates on these people- maybe a newsletter or something. As I mentioned before- once you get so involved in them it is strange to suddenly never hear about them again.

Draheid

Sunday, October 06, 2002 - 01:29 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I agree Meggieprice! I'd love to know how BB1 George's daughter did (or is doing) with the scholarship they were given on the show. I think that has to have been my all-time favorite moment from all 3 years. :)