Archive through January 26, 2003
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Meet My Folks:
Archive through January 26, 2003
Grooch | Wednesday, January 22, 2003 - 09:58 am     Herm, I was thinking the same thing about it being actors. Just like they do on Jerry Springer. But it is still creepy. <shiver> |
Conejo | Wednesday, January 22, 2003 - 10:14 am     This lie detector test is so stupid and looks rigged to me. Didn't the mother ask one of the girls if she would like to have her husband as a father-in-law? I thought this was about going on a vacation with their son - not getting married! |
Hermione69 | Wednesday, January 22, 2003 - 10:27 am     From what I heard last season, it is all supposed to be based on that Ben Stiller movie with Robert DeNiro (Meet the Parents?). That's where the premise came from and that's why they have the lie detector. And I agree, the lie detector is one of the reasons I think it is mostly fake. Many of the questions are obviously scripted. That and no "friend" would rat on you the way these "friends" rat on the girls. |
Realfan | Wednesday, January 22, 2003 - 10:36 am     I know, Conejo! That was a real catch-22 question, wasn't it? (The one about the father-in-law.) I can tell the girls want to say "I don't know" a lot of the time, but the administrator won't allow it. Reminds me of the old no-win question, "How often do you beat your wife?" If they're all actors, that makes it only a little better, but I don't think it's true. That Shannon girl was really messed up by the whole thing. And yeah, what kinds of friends are those, anyway? Eeewww.... |
Wink | Wednesday, January 22, 2003 - 10:42 am     Grooch said: >>>>>>What normal parents doing this show would continue doing it when having to do stuff like that?<<<<< Grooch the operative word here is "normal". |
Wilsonatmd | Wednesday, January 22, 2003 - 11:40 am     The lie detector stuff is actually done a little diffrently than what is shown....The following is part of an interview with one of the executive producers of the show, Scott Satin, from Reality News Online: http://www.realitynewsonline.com/cgi-bin/ae.pl?mode=1&article=article2197.art&page=1 Andrea: But what about the Lie Detector? Surely you won't be changing that. Scott: Of course not. The polygraph machine is our trademark. I'm going to give RealityNewsOnline a real exclusive here. This is how our polygraph test really works: First, you have to understand that in real life, when a polygraph test is given, a suspect is handed all the questions in advance. Questions like, "Did you assault Joe Blow with a hammer?" Things like that. The suspects reads over the questions, and fifteen minutes later, the exact same questions are asked, with the suspect hooked up to the machine. Then when a question is posed, all the body's reactions can be measured more accurately, because the suspect has had time to ruminate and think about them. A suspect who knows the questions in advance gives the polygraph administrator a more accurate reading of a truthful response, not less. But with Meet My Folks, we want to see the boy's reactions as the questions are first posed, because that's the fun part! We want to see them squirm or laugh when they're asked, "did you flirt with my wife this weekend?" or "will you try to sleep with my daughter?". So, we film the entire test with the boys hearing the questions for the first time. As soon as the exam is over, production completely stops. Parents, daughter, and the boy are all sequestered. No one is allowed to say a word to each other. This is when Nick [Savastano, the show's Polygraph expert] and I take the boy aside. We go to a quiet, cool, secluded spot. He's given something to drink, if he wants. We try to make it as calm as possible. Then, he's hooked up again, and I re-ask every single question. Of course, I change the wording to, "Did you flirt with Mrs. Smith this weekend?" and so forth, so it makes sense. When that is done, I take the answers I have, and meet with the parents. If there is any discrepancy between an answer from the first test and the second, that question is tossed, and completely edited out from the show. The parents are asked to disregard that particular answer, much like a judge would instruct a jury to do in certain situations. We have found for the first test, the accuracy rate is 80%, and for the second, it's 98%. So, all this is certainly worth the trouble… the audience only sees accurate "thumbs up" and "thumbs down" to the lie detector answers, while getting the real surprised expressions from the boys at the same time. Also, keep in mind that even though the audience sees only six or so questions per guy, we usually ask about twenty-five. So, that's fifty questions the guys are put through, all together. [Author's note: no wonder they all look so exhausted when the test is over.] |
Mygetaway | Thursday, January 23, 2003 - 12:48 am     I just saw Tawny on a commercial fot the Blind Date uncensored video...LOL |
Ark | Thursday, January 23, 2003 - 04:16 am     Realfan, I think the classic no-win question is "Have you stopped beating your wife?" I don't get this show at all. As someone pointed out, it seems that it's OK to have a dark past as long as you don't lie about it. I liked Lisa so was glad that she got the heck out of there. She appeared to be a 12 year old innocent to me and then the boyfriend showed up and painted her as a golddigger. I love Tawney even though I wasn't thrilled with her makeout session with Steph. She's funny and doesn't seem to be taking the show too seriously. She really hasn't done anything horrible in the past. Her X brought her handcuffs but when asked if he enjoyed it, he said yes so it sounds like they were both agreeable to whatever went on. |
Hootyhoot | Thursday, January 23, 2003 - 06:49 am     Aren't some of the people shown in the video clips supposed to be friends of the girls? Or are they ex-friends? |
Conejo | Thursday, January 23, 2003 - 07:15 am     I thought they were supposed to be "current" friends. They sure don't seem like friends the way they talk about them tho! Some of them are probably ex-friends now!! |
Hermione69 | Thursday, January 23, 2003 - 07:18 am     They probably recruit all these people from Blind Date except for the parents who probably come from lines at the DMV. Yeah, Hooty, they are supposed to be "friends" which is part of why I think most of this show is made up, staged, or coached. |
Hermione69 | Thursday, January 23, 2003 - 07:20 am     The more I think about it, the more I think this "reality" show is not!!! Wouldn't it be interesting to find out for sure? |
Jenhavins | Thursday, January 23, 2003 - 07:53 am     I told you!!!! Tawny has now been on 3 dating reality shows (if not more). So, I guess the age of dating where sincerity might be a factor is just tossed to the side and female on female action is the norm. God, I sound like such a prude. |
Kady | Thursday, January 23, 2003 - 12:11 pm     Someone tell me please, why they are making some kind of mini-series out of this show? Three parts is about two parts too many. With only 3 girls left what can they possibly show us Saturday night. |
Conejo | Thursday, January 23, 2003 - 12:31 pm     Kady, Lets see, more face suckin, more stupid lie detector questions, more of that disgusting mother, more of Tawny sticking her fist (or any other object) in that HUGE mouth of hers and probably some more water sports! |
Kady | Thursday, January 23, 2003 - 12:36 pm     Whoo Hoo!! I can't wait!!  |
Rslover | Friday, January 24, 2003 - 09:52 am     I couldn't believe how dumb those girls were when they gave the "intelligence" test. By the way, I took a lie detector test years ago and a lie appeared truthful and something I told the truth about appeared to be a lie. So, I can verify that they are not accurate and that is why they are inadmissible in court. |
Dahli | Friday, January 24, 2003 - 01:29 pm     Exactly Rslover, the way they put so much stock in this testing part really irks me, everyone knows they're open to a certain amount of interpretation and accuracy is questionable - thank goodness they are not admissable, can you imagine??! |
Mak1 | Saturday, January 25, 2003 - 09:29 am     I hate this show, I don't like any of the "characters" in it, and yet, I'll probably watch the final show anyway. It isn't even fun to hate this show! Gaaaaaa, HELP ME! |
Wilsonatmd | Saturday, January 25, 2003 - 07:54 pm     For the record: Chelsea won the trip, Tawny was 2nd, Stephanie was 3rd...Only saw bits and pieces of it, but Steph was really bitter at being eliminated, and trashed the other two on tape near the end, and the deciding factor seemed to be while Chelsea was not the most faithful person in relationships, the parents thought Tawny's "wild lifestyle" (she was the one whose ex gave her back her handcuffs, and Steph said she was into other things) was worse. |
Wilsonatmd | Saturday, January 25, 2003 - 09:01 pm     addendum....read a recap, and Tawny was the wild one, and it cost her, since at first the parents were leaning towards her after Steph was eliminated, but info near the end hurt her....apparently one of the secrets that was revealed was that she was in a "How to Bartend" video. It would have been fine, execpt that the parents saw scenes from the video, and it was a "How to Bartend TOPLESS" video....she also, on the individual date playfully tied the guy up and put a blindfold on him at a clothing store where she did a lingerie fashion show....both her and Chelsea didn't do too well on the lie detector test (Chelsea, not only has some commitment problems (apparently she had 2 boyfriends at once, and once had her current boyfriend take her to her ex-boyfriends house just for a one-nighter with the ex)..., she also has a mean streak, as she once trashed a friends hotel room after a fight, and has a tendancy to toss beer bottles at people)....But the guy prefered Chelsea (she thought Tawny was running out of things to say to talk about with him, and thought Chelsea clicked more with him and would be better to spend 2 weeks in Europe with) and in the end, no girl stood out to the parents, so they basically went with his judgement.... I'm gonna stick with "Iron Chef" on Saturday nights I think.... |
Pamy | Saturday, January 25, 2003 - 11:48 pm     Thanks WIlson, I forgot this was on tonite! |
Hermione69 | Sunday, January 26, 2003 - 05:29 am     That part about Stephanie on the TV spewing all that junk seemed very fishy to me. I thought that it was largely staged. It seemed obvious to me that it was set up by the producers, how else would she have gotten on the parents' television? I doubt she was on her way out and saw a camera and decided it must hook up to that TV set, so she would let it rip. Total set up. I don't blame them for getting rid of Stephanie. She is very material. Many of the things that came out about her involved what she would do for money or material things. If I was a parent, that would have made me suspicious of her motives. I don't even think it was Tawny's wildness that cost her as much as her lying about it in the end. Mom and Dad knew she was kinky as heck, and Tawny kept saying, "what you see is what you get," and then for some inexplicable reason she tried to come off more angelic for the lie detector. Mom and Dad didn't even need the machine to know she was lying through her teeth. With each question, she lost points. "Have you ever slept with a man you've known less that 48 hours?" "No." "Do you keep a journal where you sexually rate your lovers?" "No." COME ON!!!!!!! Mom and Dad shot each other looks before she even got the thumbs up or thumbs down. They knew! Chelsea was suspicious to me because, like some of the girls pointed out, why were her facts always "not true"? She didn't own up to one thing that came out about her. WTF? Also, while I admire her honesty on this score, I can't imagine having the confidence to think I am the prettiest girl around when there are other girls just as gorgeous (Lisa, for example). I think the parents ended up picking her for two reasons, one was the son preferred her and the other was that she passed the question in the test that asked if she was genuinely interested in their son. They seemed to like that. I think she probably was the best fit with their son of the remaining three. At least I would if I didn't think this show was so fake. Please, God, don't let me watch this show again!!!!!! I could have been reading a book!! |
Mak1 | Sunday, January 26, 2003 - 07:11 am     Hermione69 <Please, God, don't let me watch this show again!!!!!! I could have been reading a book!!> LOL Hermione!! I feel the same way. Maybe when it's on next time, we can start a support group to keep us from watching this stupid "non-reality" show! |
Serate | Sunday, January 26, 2003 - 08:51 am     Previews for next week's show said there were only 3 guys? Does that mean there will only be one show per set of parents? [nothing else on staurday nights that the bf will watch with me I tape trading spaces] |
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