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Ryn

Wednesday, February 19, 2003 - 08:04 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Ok, maybe I am in the minority (as far as even watching it) here, but I liked it. And I dont' care if these are "a" or "b" or whatever celebs, the show was put together well and I will enjoy tuning into it eveyr night for two weeks.

And I like that this is for CHARITY :)

Ericka1012

Wednesday, February 19, 2003 - 08:08 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Ryn, I agree, my dh and I laughed for the whole hour...hope it doesn't interfer with other shows we watch like SURVIVOR...but we'll watch...and Ryn NO >>> FOH's :)

Ryn

Wednesday, February 19, 2003 - 08:12 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
lol

the times are listed on their site and as I recall they have strategically arranged them NOT to compete with survivor. I still think its a bad choice to go with this line-up tommorow:

8 Bachelorette
9 Are You Hot?
10 Get Me Out!!

bad move - the middle show SUCKS!!!! They should have put it last.

Avrey258

Wednesday, February 19, 2003 - 08:16 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Melissa Rivers was a hoot. "I did not come on this show to be humiliated"! What? I'm sure that these people had some idea what this show was about.

When she said that, all I kept thinking was "that's exactly why I'm watching this show", "be quiet and do the challenge you volunteered for"!

Hummingbird

Wednesday, February 19, 2003 - 08:20 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I've never heard of some of these people.

Kaili

Wednesday, February 19, 2003 - 08:20 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Haha Avrey! I was thinking the same thing. And Nikki with her beauty supplies as a luxury item!

Donut

Wednesday, February 19, 2003 - 08:20 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
hey Ryn,
i thought they did pretty well with it too, although i cringe a bit at the "call in and decide which celeb you want to see be humiliated the most aspect"
although, the way Stern fans know how to flood lines, like they did for the People Magazine's most beautiful person poll, it could be John everynite and that could be fun..(I usually cant stand him, but this show has actually brought out a likeable side that i didnt know he had...)


I realized tonite that one thing that i like about the celeb shows is pretty ironic: Everyone complains that they want to see Real people, not celebs on the reality shows. The funny thing is that I am finding the celebs to actually be more like real people than the 'real people'. The participants in shows like Survivor are always so hard bodied and hard minded and so experienced and competitive, that i find the celebs, even tho rich and entitled, to be more real in their discomfort and unfamiliarity and emotional responses to what they are experiencing...

Sawheel17

Wednesday, February 19, 2003 - 08:21 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I liked it. Tried voting but lines were still busy. i'm hoping that means who i want to wrestle with the aligators WIll. I believe they would spit him out for cosmetic reasons.:)

Kaili

Wednesday, February 19, 2003 - 08:21 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I haven't heard of a lot pf them, and those that I have heard of it's more having heard of them- not really knowing who they are. I sure wouldn't recognize them on the street- some by their voices but that's it.

Ryn

Wednesday, February 19, 2003 - 08:29 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I knew most of them once I saw their 'bios'

But like I said above, frankly I don't care, they could have just called it "get me out" for all I care.

I like that its on for 15 nights in a row. I like that the voting is FREE (I voted over the net - I couldn't get through via phone either).

I like that its 'live'

And now that I have seen it I am very impressed with the editing. I remember the 1st season of BB where they had more time to edit their shows and they looked horrible, tonights show was pretty darn good for being live & using tape shot in the previous 24 hours.

Kaili

Wednesday, February 19, 2003 - 08:35 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
The format was great- the show is a graet idea! I wouldn't mind seeing more seasons based on what I saw tonight- celebrity or not. You are totally right, Ryn- those are all great aspects of the show. It was actually pretty refreshing after some of the stuff they've been putting on TV lately.

I think it's kind of cool that they're doing this. Look at the Surreal Life people with their 10 days in a mansion that wasn't even live? There was nothing at all difficult there for them! Not even PB&J days!

Can you imagine if they used the Surreal life cast with this one? Haha- Corey would have been doing the challenges every night!

Texannie

Wednesday, February 19, 2003 - 08:44 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I am really struggling with this being "in the outback" their camp really looks like a done up sound stage to me.

Donut

Wednesday, February 19, 2003 - 08:57 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
thats funny Texannie, cuz i found myself thinking that it looks like a jungle ride in Disneyworld!

Ark

Wednesday, February 19, 2003 - 08:57 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I thought it was funny, thus good, but I wish they'd show us more stuff and less "you get to vote" garbage. It seemed like the whole last half hour centered around showing us that gator pit and telling us to call in.

Texannie

Wednesday, February 19, 2003 - 08:58 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I think you are right, Donut!!!!! LOL

Donut

Wednesday, February 19, 2003 - 09:01 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
thats funny Texannie, cuz i found myself thinking that it looks like a jungle ride in Disneyworld!

Ryn

Wednesday, February 19, 2003 - 09:06 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Whoooaaaa deja vue donut ;)


I think that they have al kinds of lighting around for the cameras and they are saying its a Rainforest.

The guy that was barefoot told them they had been in clearing the site for the show, so it has been tidy'd up a bit. But no doubt they are roughing it - hehe!!!

Curlyq

Wednesday, February 19, 2003 - 09:29 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Donut, you make a good point. The celebrities do act more like the average person would in this situation. Well, they may be whining a wee bit more, but it's still more fun watching them freak out over bugs and stuff than it would be to watch the usual athletic types trying to out-macho each other.

I was a little disappointed that my vote for Melissa Rivers was voided, but she made up for it with that scene where she alerted the group that "this show is about humiliating us." That was too funny.

Since this was only the first show, I'm hoping that they won't always devote so much time to explaining the voting process.

I had never heard of that John guy. I hope the final winner isn't the result of a bunch of Howard Stern fans calling in and stacking the vote. That would kind of defeat the purpose of sending them all out there.

Cjr

Wednesday, February 19, 2003 - 10:09 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm 20 min. into this on the West Coast and am enjoying it so far. I can't believe Nikki brought an eyelash curler! That is too funny.

Justin42

Wednesday, February 19, 2003 - 10:22 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I love this show! I was in the UK last summer when the "original" show started, and they are doing it EXACTLY the same (same music, same format, etc) which is smart-- they're not messing with success. (the UK show did blockbuster ratings)

I was worried that the US one wouldn't feel "real"-- the UK celebs seemed to really forget the camera was there and were human (both in good and bad ways ;)... but so far this one seems equally good.

I wish it were on earlier, it's a bit gross but no worse than Fear Factor... I think they're going to lose viewers not having it on earlier. (although I guess ABC is really messing with their primetime schedules as is)

C1mag

Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 02:33 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I like it too but right off the bat I had the feeling I was looking at a sound stage as well and that it was scripted. I'm gonna watch though. I found Melissas cry session a bit strange and kept saying.."she's acting" Her comment about humiliation didn't seem to add up. So she never mentions humiliation with the open toliet, but the creepy crawlies in the plastic pants finally makes her realize they might want to "humiliate" them for the viewers sake? Yeah right I'm buying that drama ... hahaha... By the way I like her a lot I just don't buy her emotional melt down.

I also don't quite understand the voting process cause here on the westcoast they already said who the two were that got the most votes to take the crock swim. I thought for sure that Alana ( is that her name?) would be in the running for this one. Her or Niki. Well anyways, it looks like fun but again I don't think I'm buying if it's totally real. Swiming with a real live crock? hmmmmmm....

Fluffybbw

Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 06:07 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I loved this show!! It was hilarious!! Some of the celebraties I knew, but some I did not and that didn't really matter. Robin Leach is so funny! When Nikki said she got bit and right away he said; "let's check". Also I didn't buy Melissa Rivers saying this show was all about humiliation, don't these people watch reality shows?

I can just imagine Melissa freaking out when she sees the tape of the big spider crawling on her covers!

And I also love that they are playing for charity and I like that you can vote online and by phone, thanks Ryn for mentioning the online vote, I'm going to use that tonight because I could not get through on the phone last night.

Froggiegirl621

Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 06:27 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm not really loving this show, sorry to say. I agree that the "rainforest" looks a bit too much like a sound stage and too well lit. Some parts were funny like Nikki and her eyelash curler, and then Melissa freaking out about them being humiliated. Honestly, what did she think was gonna happen? Hello??? A few things I do like is that it'll be on for 15 nights in a row, and some parts will be live...but otherwise I'm giving it one more chance to win me over tonight.

Opie

Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 06:31 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I agree with you, Ark. I got tired of the crocodile pit shots. I kept thinking that they were going to explain the task further, but they just showed the same shot. I'd like a little more info about what they'll have to do.

I was confused about the online/call-in poll. Is John going to have to do another task, not the croc pit? So the pit will be shown Friday, not tonight? Or 2 tasks tonight?

And we are going to get to start voting people out, right? I'm assuming that's why they had the phone numbers on their backs.

Melissa Rivers was just far too dramatic about the whole thing - she cracked me up! "They should warn you that it's about humiliation (sniff) when other people's hopes and necessities are in the balance (sniff)" Necessities? They could live on beans and rice for a month. Melissa, was the pants thing anymore humiliating than those cheesy commercials they've been running of you for the last 2 weeks?

And the reactions of a few when they realized that they were going to have to cook their meals. I think they thought it would be chinese takeout or something. Too funny.

Pamy

Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 08:21 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I liked it and wish it was on earlier, I will have to tape it and watch it at 4am when I get ready in the mornings. The said it was on every night but I didn’t see one scheduled for Sat nite.
Like someone said earlier, Corey would have been great to have on this show! We could have totally manipulated him! He would be begging to leave!
I am not sure I am liking the host, I will give him a few more days, I kept thinking that this guy really makes me appreciate how great Jeff Probst is!!