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Ryn

Sunday, July 14, 2002 - 04:28 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
NBC

Episode #101 - THE BLANKENSHIPS
10pm 07/22/02

MEET MY FOLKS -- Forget having to impress the date of your dreams, first you have to pass parental inspection in this one-hour reality game show coming to NBC in July.

In the first episode, three eligible bachelors spend three days with their potential Miss Right -- and her family in their home. During the course of the long weekend, each contestant's character and intentions are put to the test through a series of revealing conversations and interactions the parents of their potential love match.

The ultimate victor will enjoy a week in Hawaii with the woman of their dreams, with her family's blessings.

"Meet My Folks" is from NBC Studios and Nash Entertainment. Bruce Nash ("World's Most Amazing Videos") is the executive producer. TV-PG

Dahli

Thursday, July 18, 2002 - 03:00 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Oh yes could TV get any more tedious... some of the lie detector questions I've seen on promos for this piece of work... 'do you want to sleep with my daughter' or the other jewel ' have you ever slept with the mother of any of your girlfriends?'
Puhleeeze I am so tired of the networks obsession with sex, it's exhausting and depressing - how far is the pendulum going to swing before they 'move on already'!

Muse

Sunday, July 21, 2002 - 11:27 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm guessing it'll probably focus on sex a lot, but maybe not. I might check it out if I'm home. And remember that it's on. :)

*cough* I found the lie detector segment on the commercial sort of amusing. *cough*

Ryn

Monday, July 22, 2002 - 10:05 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Premire Tonight

Puttergirl

Monday, July 22, 2002 - 05:54 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm gonna watch it. We'll see- it could be a hoot!

Therock

Monday, July 22, 2002 - 08:10 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Did they search for the scumiest guys to make this show interesting? I can't believe the parents were getting all teary-eyed over a liar, cheat and hounddog (Chris), who they picked to take thier daughter on vac.

Wink

Monday, July 22, 2002 - 08:15 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Why are the parents of a 24 yr. old deciding who she can go on vacation with? Or am I missing something?

Pamy

Monday, July 22, 2002 - 08:22 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
cuz it's summer Wink, and there ain't anything better to show on tv

Crazydog

Monday, July 22, 2002 - 08:29 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Flipped through for literally just 30 seconds. The guys are uninteresting. The girl is not attractive. Is this a one shot thing? How many weeks is it on?

Iceprincess

Monday, July 22, 2002 - 08:39 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I found this show absolutely positively comedic relief. My god this was just tooooo much!!! I was ROFLMAO all during the show!!! Do they have a new family every week?

Muse

Monday, July 22, 2002 - 08:53 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Well, I watched. And I thought the show was very entertaining. I'm not entirely hooked at this point, but I enjoyed it. It was sort of refreshing in that it was a lot more funny than most reality TV. Although I do find shows like Bachelorettes in Alaska and Temptation Island amusing...that's a different kind of humor, though. :)

Anyway, I thought the girl was attractive enough. Not gorgeous, but pretty. The guys...well, not that impressive. I thought the first one out (Jason?) was sleazy and had no personality. The "winner" was obviously a bit of a player, and he seemed a bit boring. The other guy was the best of the bunch, IMO. He probably did fib a little here and there, but he seemed the most "real" somehow...like he was showing his true personality most of the time. He was also the only one who seemed to have any sense of humor whatsoever. I liked the parents as well. :)

I was surprised by the set-up, too. Anyone know if there will there be a new girl (and parents) next week? I thought it was a series, so I'm assuming so, but I haven't heard anything.

Kady

Monday, July 22, 2002 - 09:33 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I found the show somewhat amusing. My favorite part was when the 3 ex-girlfriends showed up. It will be moving to Wed nights before BB so I'm sure I will watch it again. :)

Max

Monday, July 22, 2002 - 10:18 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Okay, how desparate do these guys have to be to go on this show? Finally we have a show that humiliates the men more than the women!

Car54

Monday, July 22, 2002 - 10:37 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
And what are these parents thinking?

Juju2bigdog

Monday, July 22, 2002 - 11:07 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Wait a minute! Did I miss the ending? I didn't think they picked one yet. When I left at five before the hour, they announced that upcoming would be clips from the next program. Did they come back on and pick Chris? You KNOW he failed the lie detector on the question about whether or not he had slept with a previous girlfriend's mother?!?! Or did they also clear that up? Ack! It did seem odd that they ended the show at five till the hour.

Ryn

Monday, July 22, 2002 - 11:09 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Looks like a new family every week. Makes it another "Candy" reality show - can pick it up and munch on it whenever - not a bad thing.

I thought the girl was very attractive, REAL, not some wannabe star.

The lie detector thing was stupid to me, I coulda done that, every answer you KNEW what he was gonna say.

I will tune in if I remember its on, but if I miss it - oh well.

Ryn

Monday, July 22, 2002 - 11:11 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
They picked the Blonde guy (Chris?).

Said he was the 'most honest' - and the mom said he was the only one that said he "cherished" fer daughter and that meant a lot (I think the word was cherished).

Thats it - next show is all new people, bet they don't even do any follow ups. Seems like the guys just met her for the show anyways.

Seamonkey

Monday, July 22, 2002 - 11:11 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Oops, I forgot all about it.. was watching Road Rules and passively left the sorority show on.. doesn't sound like I missed that much anyway.

Lostinthefog

Monday, July 22, 2002 - 11:39 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Normally I can sit through anything, but that show was BAD. I felt like I had two options: 1) turn off the TV or 2) pull an Elvis...and shoot out the picture tube.

I chose option 2...tomorrow I buy a brand new 32 inch HDTV.

Madelane

Tuesday, July 23, 2002 - 09:02 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Well I thought it was hilarious and extremely painful at the same time. They really tortured those guys! It's almost fun to see guys put through hoops like that - usually they get away with so much.

Juju I think your clocks are a little off because it ended at a normal time - the parents brought both boys into the living room and gave a little speech then sent Kory home and let Chris stay, then everybody cried and off they go to Hawaii. Then they said stay tuned for scenes from next week's show.

They did show scenes from next week and the next family looks as funny as the last one.

Dad was right that they needed all new guys. Or does every guy in the world have all this baggage?! And we just don't know it?!

One of you said you liked Kory better - and I would agree except for the SAT thing. I have a HUGE problem with cheating in school. I would rather go out with a guy who cheated on his ex-girlfriends than a guy who cheated on his SAT's. To me, that's just an unforgiveable character flaw. At least with girls it could be more about their relationship or youth or something. Cheaters in school are like that for life.

And Ryn, the word was "adored." I'm not sure if he really meant it or not.

Ryn

Tuesday, July 23, 2002 - 09:04 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Maybe it will at least look better on that ;)

Therock

Tuesday, July 23, 2002 - 09:27 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I was really disappointed in the "no followup". You know these were taped months ago; at least they could have shown some of the vacation and a blurb on if the couple was still together.

Julieboo

Tuesday, July 23, 2002 - 10:01 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I swear to HECK that I did not see any scenes from next week. Wow. How'd I miss them? I did see the end of the show, but no scenes. And I was specifically looking... (oh man, maybe I'm losing my marbles!) Anyways, was it a girl with 3 guys again, or the reverse?

I found some of it painful, but I laughed my butt of during the dinner scene (where the guys had to burp, wipe the mom's mouth and take food from the dad.) Did anyone else find this as amusing as I did? (But then again, if I ever had a lot of money, I'd spend it making people jump through hoops...)

Julieboo

Tuesday, July 23, 2002 - 10:04 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks Therock--now I know why I was watching the end so carefully (and am shocked to hear there were scenes for next week...) I wanted to see if there was follow thru. Like they have with A Dating Story. I, too, was disappointed that they didn't.

Max

Tuesday, July 23, 2002 - 10:05 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Oh, and the dad said that in the lie detector test, Chris showed an 80-something-percent reliability factor while Cory showed only 30-something-percent. That was what he based a lot of his decision on.