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Neko

Monday, June 17, 2002 - 06:57 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Anyone else see this??

I caught the final few minutes..it looked okay.

Anyone want to tell me what happened at the beginning??neko

Muse

Monday, June 17, 2002 - 08:47 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
It was okay. Of course I think Fear Factor is better, and a lot of people hate Fear Factor, so...

Anyway, there were six contestants. The guy who won (Skylar?) was selected by all but Widow (goth musician guy) to do the first stunt, since they said he was annoying the day before (making bad jokes, trying to be the center of attention - he admitted they'd probably feel that way). The women were pretty upfront about how they felt about him. Anyway, he was dropped face first into a pool where he had to grab a certain number of tubes (floating in the pool) within a certain number of drops. He succeeded, and got rid of one of the women he thought was nice to him before...he surprised everyone by not voting off the black woman, who was most antagonistic towards him. He said he liked that she was upfront about it.

Then the truck driver did a trivia contest with celebrity names...he lost (just barely). Then one of the women got a challenge where she climbed up on a tower, and had to sway it back and forth to grab flags hanging a certain distance away. She couldn't get enough momentum to grab more than one, so she failed. Finally, Widow was selected to answer trivia on celebrities while on a treadmill suspended from the ceiling. Every time he got one wrong, the speed increased. He got a lot wrong, and ended up maxing out on the speed, and eventually fell.

So it came down to Skylar and the last remaining woman. They had to hang far above a pool with water coming down on them. I would've thought the woman would've lasted longer (less weight to hold up - they did the same sort of thing on Fear Factor before, and the women did much better than the men), but surprisingly, she fell first.

Finally, the people in the "dog pound" had a chance to win the money from Skylar by answering trivia. I'm guessing you saw that. :) I was amazed by how they didn't know some very basic information. I mean, I would think that one would know that Harvard isn't in New Haven.

Anyway, decent show, but I don't know if I see it lasting. It'd be better without the studio audience, and with a change of setting (seems like the studio will get old). And the host is gorgeous, but a bit bland otherwise.

Sia

Monday, June 17, 2002 - 09:00 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Actually, I found the "hostess" of the show the most annoying part of "Dog Eat Dog." She was simply bursting out of her laced-up leather top. What'supwiththat? I found her to be really whiny and annoying, and visually distracting for my husband, who couldn't keep his eyes of Ms. Cleavage. I'd never heard of her before? Is she an established actress, this Brooke Something-or-other?

Spygirl

Monday, June 17, 2002 - 09:29 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
She was on Bay Watch

Sia

Monday, June 17, 2002 - 09:50 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Oh, Spygirl, that figures! Now I know why they picked her: she looks fabulous in tight clothing. (Can you smell jealousy in the air tonight?)

Spygirl

Monday, June 17, 2002 - 09:58 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
hehehehe

Mygetaway

Monday, June 17, 2002 - 10:14 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I thought it was ok too. I felt like Brooke was sounding too much like Anne Robinson. Not so much with wiity comments, but with the, "So, Sklar, why Erica?"
I guess I missed the first few minutes. How much time did they spend together BEFORE the stage part getting to "know" each other?

Muse

Monday, June 17, 2002 - 11:14 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I don't think they specified. They said "the day before", or something like that. So I'm guessing it'd be a good part (most?) of the day. :)

Tess

Tuesday, June 18, 2002 - 12:22 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Mygetaway, that's exactly the impression I got. I think I watched all of maybe 23 seconds of this show tonight but the part I caught was where they were showing the votes and the hostess did indeed say, "So why Skylar?" I switched over to my tape of Trading Spaces instead since I had no idea what this show was supposed to be.

Crazydog

Tuesday, June 18, 2002 - 08:44 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I saw all of it, and I liked that it seems to be a combination of various game show elements. I believe they spent maybe two days or so "training". This lets the contestants get to know each other's strengths and weaknesses.

Brooke Burns was on Baywatch for a few seasons. She seemed a little stiff, and I agree that her "Erica, why Skyler?" bits sounded just like Weakest Link. The "when we return, one of these contestants will be facing the tower". I hated the ooh suspenseful commercial delay about Weakest Link. I wonder if they are (well, were, for WL) produced by the same team. Also, I think Brooke is a little too tall, she seemed to tower over some of the guys.

It's an interesting concept - choose the person you think will fail. Like they did, I would have chosen the blonde ditz to do that swing the tower thing - she just looked so small and weak and I figured she wouldn't be able to do it.

The challenges are interesting, as is the concept that the losers can take away the winner's money at the end. I'll keep watching.

On a side note, I really disliked that "Widow" guy. WTF was up with the leather minidress, the black pantyhose, the makeup? I wanted to see what would happen if he was selected for one of the water challenges. Did his white face makeup extend only to his face? This person is obviously very concerned about his appearance. I'm sure his makeup was waterproof but it would have been funny to see him get dunked. When he fell off the treadmill I was disappointed he didn't go into the pool.

Neko

Tuesday, June 18, 2002 - 09:06 am EditMoveDeleteIP
He's Goth. It's a type of style for them.

He's not concerned about his apperance..he's goth.

Neko

Tuesday, June 18, 2002 - 09:07 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Just as "preppy clothes" are for the "prep" group.

It didn't bother me one bit. I was happy they weren't all handsome or beautiful model people...

Ryn

Tuesday, June 18, 2002 - 09:56 am EditMoveDeleteIP
The show...... not as good as I had hoped actually, everyone was all smiles and laughs. They made it out to be a bit 'meaner' than fear factor (or maybe that was all in my head). Notice the winner only gets $25k? 50% of what the fear factor folks get.....

Shows like that and Fear Factor are kinda like "Reality Candy" to me, I will see it when its on and I think about it, but I am not going to TRY to remember its on.

Now a show like American Idol, The Mole, Amazing Race, Survivor, and others (BB of course), keep you coming back for more :)

Bottom line, I will watch it, but if nature calls, I might not wait for a commercial - lol (too much info?).

:)

Juju2bigdog

Tuesday, June 18, 2002 - 10:13 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I don't think the show will last. It seems to be of The Chamber variety and what was that other one with McEnroe? Flash in the pan. Or is it still on? Reminds me a bit of Greed for some reason. Is that one still on?

Imbewitched

Tuesday, June 18, 2002 - 10:13 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Ryn - my thoughts exactly!! Thanks for doing the hard part and putting it all down. lol I'm lazy today.

Tess

Tuesday, June 18, 2002 - 11:05 am EditMoveDeleteIP
The other one was The Chair, I believe.

Karuuna

Tuesday, June 18, 2002 - 11:43 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Crazydog wrote: <I think Brooke is a little too tall, she seemed to tower over some of the guys. >

Karuuna straightens up to her full 5 feet, 12 inches and says mischievously:

Hey Crazy, you really think there's something wrong with that?

Enbwife

Tuesday, June 18, 2002 - 01:17 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I caught it and it was okay. I didn’t think much of the host either and the way the contestants were acting towards each other seemed a bit fake to me. I’ll watch it again though.

Kaili

Tuesday, June 18, 2002 - 01:20 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I just saw the preview and it seemed like it would be a lot like the Chamber which lasted what...3 or 4 episodes?

Juju2bigdog

Tuesday, June 18, 2002 - 02:49 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Heh, Karuuna, I was going to jump on that "too tall" thing too. I thought "too tall" only counted in airline seating.

Ketchuplover

Tuesday, June 18, 2002 - 02:55 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Where were the dogs?

Dahli

Tuesday, June 18, 2002 - 04:38 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm with you Sia, it's so annoyingly obvious that the host of this was some 'baywatch babe'. At least you knew Anne Robinson got her gig cuz she could 'dish' it out... so many of the networks get lazy and just stick a half naked 'dish' in where and whenever possible, knowing it should keep that all important male demographic tuned in... yuk

Theowl

Tuesday, June 18, 2002 - 05:19 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I watched it and really enjoyed it, but that's only because Skyler was from Kalamazoo, Mi. When I watch it next week, they probably won't have anyone from my home town, so it won't be as interesting.

Discoinferno

Tuesday, June 18, 2002 - 10:16 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Am I the only one who heard that there was a celebrity edition taped of this with Rich and Sioux Hawk and Ytossie and Taheed from Temptation Island?

Floridagirl

Wednesday, June 19, 2002 - 07:30 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I don't see this show lasting either...the host is a barbie doll and has no acting ability or personality...they need someone fun and who can be more natural. Does anyone watch Spy TV?
The girl that was the host last night was just as bad or worse...they pick models for this stuff when they should be hiring comedians...the models look like they are modeling...strutting and flinging their hair...it's annoying to watch!