Can't stand the host!!!
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Can't stand the host!!!
Beachcomber88 | Thursday, February 27, 2003 - 01:18 pm     Anyone else bothered by the very annoying host? I can't pinpoint exactly what bothers me. His fake "LA" way of talking. His delivery. His constant repetition of everything. His painfully drawn out way he tells the celebrities who's been picked next. His "we're standing outside the celebrity camp ... and I'm about to go in!" If anyone at ABC is following these boards, get a message to him to just be real, man! |
Curlyq | Thursday, February 27, 2003 - 01:32 pm     I'm sure a lot of his part is scripted, since he gives the same speech before every bushtucker trial. What I do find annoying about him is the way he gets so disproportionately upset at the thought of Nikki going through a trial. He was kind to Alana and kind to Julie but he wasn't nearly as concerned about them as he was at the thought of Nikki having to do another trial, which I find weird since her 2 trials didn't involve real danger of any kind. He must be trying to score points with her for after the show. I also find it a bit annoying that he acts like he's so afraid to deliver news to the celebs. They've never once taken any anger out on him, so why the fear? |
Bastable | Thursday, February 27, 2003 - 01:44 pm     He has an inability to create tension when he's about to deliver results. He's like your sister's high school boyfriend, not a network TV host. |
Crazydog | Thursday, February 27, 2003 - 02:01 pm     Beachcomber, you rock! Isn't this the guy who played the very annoying mute brother on the Christina Applegate show "Jesse"? He was annoying then and still is now. |
Beachcomber88 | Thursday, February 27, 2003 - 03:03 pm     Crazydog: Very sharp - I think you're right! That's where I've seen his bland mug before. I did however find him more annoying on Jesse. He didn't even talk... I could have been on that show! After seeing him now on IACGMOOH, NBC may have been on to something back then...As my eighth grade english teacher always said, it's better to keep your mouth shut and just look stupid than to open it and remove all doubt!!! |
Dogdoc | Thursday, February 27, 2003 - 03:31 pm     I am annoyed by the way he says "bushtucker trial" far too many times each show. |
Texannie | Thursday, February 27, 2003 - 04:08 pm     I like him. I think he really roots for the celebrities. |
Fluffybbw | Thursday, February 27, 2003 - 04:48 pm     I like him too, he's cute and he seems geniually concerned about the celebrities. |
Bastable | Thursday, February 27, 2003 - 06:21 pm     I agree that he has excellent rapport with the celebrities. |
Hummingbird | Friday, February 28, 2003 - 05:51 am     Isn't he that little guy who is in the Queer as Folk series on Showtime? The blonde from Cagney and Lacy plays his mother if he is the same guy. I could be wrong because I don't get Showtime and don't watch this show but I saw them talking about it sometime back on something. |
Texannie | Friday, February 28, 2003 - 06:03 am     From ABC website John Lehr was born in Overland Park, Kansas, and attended Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. After graduating, he stayed in Chicago and trained at The Second City. Theatre credits in Chicago include ED at the Remains Theater, The Filmdome at Victory Gardens Theater and The Chris Hogan Show at the Organic Theater. In 1993 John traveled to Los Angeles and signed a holding deal with NBC and Tri-Star. He wrote and starred in the pilot Electronic Highway. Other writing credits include News Weasels, for E! Entertainment, the short film Inland Empire and the features Ride, Jamboree and Play Life. He co-wrote, co-starred in and directed a short film, Cracks, with Carlos Jacott and Justine Bateman. He also co-wrote and starred in Humanoid, a feature comedy produced by David Schwimmer, and recently completed a series of shorts entitled Conrad & Butler. John is a member of Slotnick, Katz and Lehr, a theatrical improvisational company which has performed in New York, Los Angeles, the Montreal Comedy Festival and the Chicago Improvisational Festival. The three recently starred in Inland Empire, a short film based on the group's improv material. His film credits include The Sweetest Thing, with Cameron Diaz, Bug, Since You've Been Gone, Kicking and Screaming, Mr. Jealousy and Highball. TV credits include a recurring role on Once and Again and a regular starring role on Jesse. John's six distinct solo performances, entitled A Series of Comedic Lectures by John Lehr, sold out this past fall, and a new show will be mounted in Los Angeles this spring. |
Bastable | Friday, February 28, 2003 - 09:23 am     Oh my god! I went to college with this guy! |
Ryn | Saturday, March 01, 2003 - 12:55 pm     I posted a link to a fan site of his in the original thread for this show - here it is again : http://www.geocities.com/johnlehrfan/main.html I think he is doing the best he can, you can tell he is getting a lot of instructions in his ear while he talks, the way he pauses, I have a feeling they are giving him a ton of directions. Its a live show, you can't compare his 'preformance' to anyone else on the reality shows except maybe BB when its live, everything else is taped and they have the benefits of re-takes, and adding music, etc. |
Hummingbird | Saturday, March 01, 2003 - 04:15 pm     So he's not the guy from "Queer as Folk"? |
Twiggyish | Saturday, March 01, 2003 - 05:15 pm     I'm liking him more and more. |
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