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Demeter

Wednesday, July 02, 2003 - 07:16 am EditMoveDeleteIP
It looks like a whirlpool tub to me and I think it is in the HOH room.

Could this house be any uglier? The furniture looks absolutely uncomfortable. The FOTH is ugly as well. Yuck.

Ladytex

Wednesday, July 02, 2003 - 07:19 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I guess I'm just not "hip" enough to enjoy the decor of this house ...

Faerygdds

Wednesday, July 02, 2003 - 07:19 am EditMoveDeleteIP
They should get hermit crabs... make a really cool crabitat...

I have hermit crabs.. they are really easy to take care of.. a bottle of food could last all summer, especially if they add a bit of fruit occasionally, they MOVE, and they can be "played with". They also love to climb and such. Of course, I could just see the stress of the HG if one of them were to suddenly decide to molt -- it's much more stressful on the owner!

Babyruth

Wednesday, July 02, 2003 - 07:21 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Spygirl and Bill, eh? LOL. This is how rumors get started...

Laisey

Wednesday, July 02, 2003 - 07:45 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Does anyone know if the E News Live show that is on at noon (eastern time) is a repeat of the previous evening's show? If so, we could get a second chance at the tour. I plan to watch and will let you know if they rerun it and, of course, what I thought of it.

Laisey

Wednesday, July 02, 2003 - 08:39 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Reality411 has a link to the E video with Jeff Varner. It's about a third of the way down the page. If I had any idea how to post it here, I would but . . . . .

Shadowkat

Wednesday, July 02, 2003 - 09:27 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Here is a link to the video

Mustang7

Wednesday, July 02, 2003 - 09:37 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Did I understand the last thing she said correctly on the video ?? Even though there are four x's, no one is safe from their x visiting ?? Hmmm. Sounds like another possible twist . . . :)

Shadowkat

Wednesday, July 02, 2003 - 09:38 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I heard that too Mustang. Sounds like we have more twists ahead!! :)

Conejo

Wednesday, July 02, 2003 - 09:56 am EditMoveDeleteIP
This is gonna be great! Thanks for the video link!

Laisey

Wednesday, July 02, 2003 - 10:17 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Shadowkat, Thanks. It's so nice having people around who know what they are doing.

The noon showing of E News Live is a repeat of the previous evening. The only thing not on the video clip was that at the end of the segment Jeff commented that if he were in the house and an ex came in he would leave. One of the hosts said that they must have back up people just for that reason and Jeff replied that they had cast 13 people this year and he felt it was for that reason and ended with a we will see.

Conejo

Wednesday, July 02, 2003 - 10:31 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Scandalous!!!!

Lurknomore

Wednesday, July 02, 2003 - 10:36 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Did you guys SEE the video? I opened my video player, I can hear it but no video. GRRRRRRRR

Conejo

Wednesday, July 02, 2003 - 10:41 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Lurk, I saw the video. Do you have Windows Media Player installed?

Laisey

Wednesday, July 02, 2003 - 01:02 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Ooops, forgot to mention that in the introduction of the segment on E the host referred to the latest twist in dating reality shows. Obviously the orginal idea of BB has been long forgotten. Now it's viewed as a dating reality show. Oh well (sigh).

Sia

Wednesday, July 02, 2003 - 01:22 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hey! Among those pictures (link above) is one of Jeff Varner. I would LOVE for him to be the host of BB4 instead of Julie Chen!!!

Draheid

Wednesday, July 02, 2003 - 07:55 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
For anyone not able to see the video, I've taken a shot at transcribing the audio for you. It's not 100% accurate, but it's pretty close.
E! News Live segment audio transcript.

Note: Patrick & Giuliana are the hosts of the show.

Giuliana: "TV's summer reality shows are in full swing. Survivor brought us the battle of the sexes. Now Big Brother shocks us with a battle of the Ex's."

Patrick: "Speaking of Survivor, former Survivor, Jeff Varner, is here to fill us in on all that stuff."

Jeff: "Ya'll had to go there."

Patrick & Giuliana: "We had to!"

Jeff: "Ok, well CBS kicks it up a notch with a groundbreaking premier guaranteed to shock. It is so naughty, it is so evil, you reality fans are gonna love this."

Julie Chen (voice over): "This is it."

Jeff VO: "On Tuesday, July 8th, 13 people will voluntarily lock themselves inside this groovy new abode. And eight of them are in for the shock of their lives. They have no idea they are about to be confined for three months with their Ex."

Allison: "It's all about relationships. Why not start from square one with a relationship."

Jeff VO: "It's an unpredictable concept being tested on TV for the first time."

Allison: "The relationships run the gamut from, you know, maybe the one that got away and maybe there'll be a rekindling of an old flame TO I never want to see that person again."

Jeff VO: "For it to work, the contestants have to be clueless, and the casting team a bit sneaky."

Allison: "Secrecy has been of utmost importance, of course, because neither side of these relationships know what they will be walking into on July 8th. We tell the people who apply to Big Brother, who go through the casting process, 'Expect the unexpected'. And now we'll emphasize the 'Ex'."

Jeff VO: "So will the five non-coupled houseguests use this twist to their advantage? "

Allison: "From a singles perspective, this could be an advantage or disadvantage as well. That is that, couples sometimes are targets in this house as we've seen in the past two years. You had Will and Shannon and they were immediately targeted. Then you had Eric and Lisa and they were targets. So they're seen as power structures and targeted."

Jeff VO: "There are only TEN beds for the thirteen unsuspecting contestants, while one receives a plush private room, others are forced to sleep with turtles on burlap sheets. The new home, complete with two-person bathtub, hides 42 cameras and 56 microphones. All of them will capture these relationships gone bad as they fill our summer once again with nominations, vetoes, and evictions."

Allison: "Not promising anything, but, this is the Ex factor after all. And, even though those four Ex's are coming in on that night, not everyone is safe from their Ex visiting."

Jeff: "It's wrong! It is so wrong, I swear it is. It's a fascinating idea that guarantees the drama people love reality TV for. For the facial expressions alone, you've gotta catch the premiere of 'Big Brother 4: The Ex Factor' one week from tonight on CBS."

Patrick: "I love that idea!"

Jeff: "I'd walk out. I wouldn't, I don't think I could do it."

Patrick: "Or just pass out when you walk right in and see your Ex right there."

Giuliani: "Speaking of walking out, they must have people, like backup people, just in case."

Jeff: "Well, they've cast 13 people this time, instead of 12, and I have a feeling that 13th person is for that reason."

Giuliani: "Yeah"

Patrick: "Somebody's gonna walk in and go 'Whoa, no, huh uh, I didn't read the fine print here. Gotta go!"

Thank you's and on to the next segement.


Enjoy. :)

Curlyq

Wednesday, July 02, 2003 - 09:15 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
A two-person bathtub? Ick. And only 10 beds. They're trying way too hard to make something happen. They always try to create couples only to have them targeted and separated anyway.

I think it would be a little more fun if they'd keep the 13th person out of the house until and unless someone bolts. That would keep the other HGs worrying about whose ex will show up next.

Seamonkey

Wednesday, July 02, 2003 - 09:56 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I don't see the point to the burlap sheets, either.. just plain mean.

The house is Fugly, IMO.

Hildi would adore those chairs.

The new couches look pretty UN comfortable; probably to keep them from napping on them..

Cjr

Wednesday, July 02, 2003 - 10:00 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I'd take the burlap sheets with the turtles before a bed with my ex!

Sunshinemiss

Wednesday, July 02, 2003 - 10:35 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
The house is very "mod", maybe they picked up some old Austin Powers sets on the cheap. Nice for 2 hours but 3 months...it would get old.


They do look like mirrors rather than portholes. Oh well! Makes more sense but the other was kinda provocative.

Turtlecam...yawn.

Iceprincess

Wednesday, July 02, 2003 - 11:09 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
After looking at the pic on a better monitor (the one at work sucks) I see that it is a bathtub....sorry for being such a dork....