BB5 - The Filial Factor
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Drypelia | Thursday, September 04, 2003 - 03:40 pm     Hi- I'm emerging from 4 years of lurkdom because I (finally) had an interesting thought. In my perfect world, this would be the cast of BB5: The first 6 people in the house would all be 20-something, attractive, a bit neurotic, and a little narcissistic (shouldn’t be too hard to find). Let them get to know each other for 4 or 5 hours. Then bring in: THEIR PARENTS. First through the door would be Marion, a high school English teacher from Waukesha, WI, who believes that profanity is a verbal crutch for people who refuse to think. She will not allow the overuse of “like” or “you know” in her presence. Her son, Jonathan, is a college drop-out who works on-and-off as a roofer in Toledo, OH, and long ago forgot how to string together 3 words without throwing in f*** or s***. Next comes Monty, a former Marine boot camp instructor from Beaufort, S.C., who now runs a home for delinquent boys. His son, Geoff, is a street artist/beach bum living in Venice Beach, CA. Geoff is extremely proud of his most excellent tan. Then we have Earl, an auto mechanic from Port Arthur, TX. Earl is a chain-smoker and definitely likes his beer. His son, Topher, is a buyer for Macy’s in San Francisco. Topher is a vegan, and no longer answers when his father calls him “Chris.” Next comes Ruth, an over-weight housewife from Buffalo, NY. Ruth is determined to get through menopause without hormone replacement. So far, it’s not working very well. Her daughter, Christie, is a college student in Syracuse, NY, which is not far enough away from Buffalo for her comfort. Christie is very pretty, but a little on the “plump” side. Next through the door is Georgia, a cosmetician from Las Vegas, NV. When Georgia was in her 20’s, she was a model, but she gave it up when she got married and had children. Her daughter, Bethany (who now goes by “Bet”), lives in Manhattan, and sports a black-dyed buzz-cut and several facial piercings. Bet will want to die if anyone ever finds out that, as a child, she won several “Little Miss” beauty pageants. Finally, we have John, an accountant from Omaha, NB. John has been a deacon at the near-by Baptist church for the last 20 years (his father was a minister). His daughter, Candy, is a waitress at Hooters in Seattle. She has a (tastefully small) tattoo on her left shoulder that says, “bite me.” Will any of the parent-child pairs form a secret alliance? Will the youngsters vote out their parents in 6 weeks flat, or will the parents band together and whup ‘em? How many people will make a voluntary exit? Who will be the first person removed in a straight-jacket by the nice men in white coats? My children think this is delightfully diabolical. My 20 year old daughter, who has no interest in BB says she would definitly watch this one. So, Arnie and Co., take this idea, completely free of charge, and run with it! You would hardly have to do anything! Imagine the dinner table conversations in the house(Robert, how many times have I told you to stop picking your nose? It makes you look like an idiot!) (Jun, have you gained weight since last year? I think you're starting to get my thighs). Trouble is just built right in to this situation. The only down side is that you'd have to have at least 3 psychologists on call 24/7. Then BB6 could be titled, "Revenge of the Nerds." I think it shows promise. drypelia P.S. Filial: adj. of or due from a son or daughter. |
Meggieprice | Thursday, September 04, 2003 - 03:58 pm     Love this read! My DH and I are working working working today and I read this to him for a big lol! Thanks! |
Ketchuplover | Thursday, September 04, 2003 - 04:08 pm     Brilliant idea |
Friktion | Thursday, September 04, 2003 - 04:08 pm     Hmmm - my son would take the door in 2 minutes flat! He thinks I embarrass him just walking beside him in public (OK, I'm not that heinous looking - he's 16)!~ everything I do embarrasses him! (including probably writing this post LOL). And see how much it bothers me ? |
Puzzled | Thursday, September 04, 2003 - 04:14 pm     LOL--if my mother had walked through the door, I would have run out of the side door, scaled the wall and run like h*ll. If my Dad had walked in, we would have formed an alliance and whupped them all. |
Sheilaree | Thursday, September 04, 2003 - 04:14 pm     Excellent Idea I love it |
Beruthiel | Thursday, September 04, 2003 - 04:41 pm     Drypelia, that's a really hilarious and brilliant idea, LOL! As a Mom who tries NOT to embarrass her adult kids, I can see all sorts of delightfully comic situations resulting from your scenario. Just a thought though - Please change Christie's Mom's name from Ruth to anything else, maybe Naomi... I'm kinda fond of my name and don't fit your description above, LOL!  |
Jadarville | Thursday, September 04, 2003 - 04:56 pm     Drypelia. I think you should take back that offer you made to AS, keep your idea and write a book! lol |
Drypelia | Thursday, September 04, 2003 - 05:27 pm     Thank you all for your kind words! Now it's time for me to get to work on BB6! |
Happycamper | Thursday, September 04, 2003 - 05:32 pm     I love it!!! Email it....now! LOL This would be too funny! |
Tobor7 | Thursday, September 04, 2003 - 05:35 pm     I like it a lot. |
Konamouse | Thursday, September 04, 2003 - 07:27 pm     i could never last more than 48 hours continuously with my mother, much less anything more than a week in the BB house. what a diabolical casting idea. give Arnold a call!!! 'squeek' |
Sisalou | Thursday, September 04, 2003 - 07:58 pm     Great idea! Glad you came out of lurkdom. |
Closetfan | Thursday, September 04, 2003 - 08:11 pm     I LOOOVVVEEE IT!!! I hope Arnie and gang see this! What an excellent idea...now THAT would be a TWIST!! You're a genious! |
Kmjm | Thursday, September 04, 2003 - 08:16 pm     Too good, Drypelia! |
Ladytex | Thursday, September 04, 2003 - 09:11 pm     This was great! How funny! Thanks for sharing this with us! |
Prism72 | Thursday, September 04, 2003 - 09:22 pm     omg, this was so funny to read! ROFL |
Ezgoing | Thursday, September 04, 2003 - 09:25 pm     Drypelia, you just may have launched a new career as a writer for Shapiro and Company, and we'd ALL be bettered for it! Thanks for a great read, and now that you've come out of hiding, hang around and share more of your creative, worthwhile thoughts! |
Drypelia | Friday, September 05, 2003 - 08:33 am     It does make me wonder how I would do in this situation. The only way I could stay in the house with my mother would be if BB gave me lots (and lots) of tranquilizers. I wouldn't be able to compete, but I'd at least be happy until they booted me out. I think I'd be OK with my daughter, but only if BB gave HER lots of tranquilizers. In fact, I wonder if they'd send some to me now? My son and I would form a secret alliance and laugh our way to the money. Well, we'd laugh, anyway. Also makes me wonder what the parents of the BB4 crew are like. Is Allie's mother just like her? How about Dana's parents? Do Nathan's folks see the moon and all the stars shining in his eyes? What about Jack and his kids? (I have a suspicion they'd do pretty well). Just a little food for thought. |
Goddessatlaw | Friday, September 05, 2003 - 08:57 am     Dang, Drypelia - way to come out of the closet LOL!! Great post - well thought-out, creative and presented in a literate, organized fashion. Most importantly, it is devoid of misspellings. I give it a 10 out of 10. PS I'd watch the hell out of that show. |
Toolhound | Friday, September 05, 2003 - 11:48 am     Sign me up for those live feeds Drypelia. I will also offer myself and my daughter as alternates. 50 year old male construction worker former drinker,smoker,doper (10 years straight) and my 29 year old daughter drinker,smoker,doper with a genius IQ that she prefers to not use at this time. |
Earthmother | Friday, September 05, 2003 - 01:58 pm     I know my boys and I would form an allience immediately, because they would expect me to share my winnings with them....lol |
Katlady53 | Friday, September 05, 2003 - 02:09 pm     Great scenario! My son watches BB, and I think we'd do fine together. My daughter watches BB with me (when I beg her), and I have a feeling she'd begrudgingly take me to final 2; otherwise, she would not have a home to return to when the show ended.  |
Bracken | Friday, September 05, 2003 - 02:49 pm     Drypelia, so glad you finally came out into the light and posted this wonderful scenerio. Thanks for giving me a great big belly laugh. PS: I forwarded your post to ASPProductions, thought you should know. |
Drypelia | Friday, September 05, 2003 - 06:35 pm     I'm so flattered, Bracken! It would be nice to think the folks at AS productions might listen to people outside of their own little world. I'm not going to hold my breath, though! |
Sunshyne4u | Friday, September 05, 2003 - 07:26 pm     GREAT IDEA! But it is kinda like what the Amazing Race tries to do...put a few family pairs in the race and watch the bickering. ******** The interesting part about your idea is that the kids may get along better with a house of stranger than the parents. I could honestly see the parents turning on each other, especially if there was one "COOL" parent who joined in with the youngster's shinanigans(sp?) Competitions would be a RIOT!! |
Whoami | Friday, September 05, 2003 - 07:34 pm     That's a brilliant idea. One problem though, if it turned into a Mall Rats vs Old Folks, I'd be done with the show the minute the bratty Mall Rats got the upper hand. How about 6 very young, just moved/"escaped" from home HG's, and....let's say 8 parents. That way, if "cool" parent joins up with the Mall Rats, the Old Guys still have a fighting chance. Of the 8 parents, I'd have a young one (maybe a young lady who had a child while in her teens. She's still young, and probably wanting to re-live her young years. Do we have each kid related to an adult, and vice/versa? If so, then it should be one adult per kid (for four of them). Of the remaining two kids who will have two adults in....how 'bout one pair of parents are divorced (with joint custody), and maybe the other set of parents includes a step parent? Or, if we don't want someone currently married, the other pair of adults could be a parent and a grandparent. Careful chosing of those two could be where the parent/grandparent are not as close as the kid/grandparent. |
Whoami | Tuesday, September 09, 2003 - 12:21 am     Man, you should have never got me thinking Dry! How about this.....recent HS grads and their teachers! LOL. You can have some with slightly younger teachers who were "real hip." And have a couple of older more traditional teachers. Students range from the jock, to the nerd. Will the younger HG's call the teacher Mr. Smith or Ms. Brown? Or will they call them by their first names, since they aren't in school any more? OK, so we have: Barney: Nerd. Greg: Jock Bill: Class president Julie: Cheerleader Barb: Gymnastics team Samantha: shy "wallflower" Mr. Evans: Science teacher, likes to be called "Joe." Mr. Chandler: History teacher and football coach. Mr. Perkins: Principal for X years, after a lifetime of teaching. Ms. Parker: Home Ec teacher Ms. Carter: English teacher, young and one of the "cool teachers." Sister Elise: Private Catholic School teacher (gotta have one of those!) Maybe each student went to the school of one of the teachers (but may or may not have been in their class). |
Boberg | Tuesday, September 09, 2003 - 07:42 am     Drypelia glad you came out of lurkdome I would definetly be glued to that version of BB however could never be on it..As a mom of a 20 and 25 y.o. I have to say that while it is ok for me to critize my kids, I have a big problem if someone else does (unless I already know that person loves my kid and has their best interest at heart). I could never turn on one of mine and boot their hiney out of the house (my whole life has been supporting them and helping them to succeed) Surely most other parents feel like I do and the psychological harm this game could do to relationships scares me..so while I enjoyed your post, I hope it never becomes a reality. |
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