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Knightpatti

Thursday, January 30, 2003 - 06:36 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
What a show tonight!

Cyn

Thursday, January 30, 2003 - 07:37 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
WOW * me too + one * loved it!

Faerygdds

Thursday, January 30, 2003 - 09:16 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I MISSED IT!!!!!!!!!!!!

Can someone recap???

Seamonkey

Thursday, January 30, 2003 - 11:35 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Well, they took a fancy bus to Las Vegas.. Vince was really excited because his girlfriend would meet them there. The bus took a bunch of wrong turns and Vince turned into Sharon Osbourne without any charm.. bleep bleep bleepity bleep.

So Corey decides that in order to calm Vince down he should go to the back of the bus where the women are getting dressed for their night on the town and tell the women they need to come out and diffuse the situation. Gabrielle gets into an argument with him.. he feels victimized and pouts, loudly. He continues to pout and whine, calls his fiancee and whines more.

Inside a casino, Vince is over his snit, without any help from Corey, and all see ok except Corey.. Corey insists on dragging Gaby out to talk, she talks but tells him he is always playing the victim, he disagrees, she leaves, he whines more.

So, Vince is with his girlfriend, MC and Manny decide to go to Fatburger, Corey decides to go along.

The women go to a club with male strippers.

At Fatburger, Cory tells us there are all these gangsters (camera pans around to totally normal looking people, some are black.. ) MC is instantly "on" and loudness and dancing ensue.. MC gets Manny to do his little man dance..

Back to the women, Jerri is thrilled/embarrassed to have blurred out body parts thrust in her face, as does the playboy bunny.. Gaby is way too embarrassed and goes outside to wait for the other two women. The three of them are returning to the bus and hoping to sleep but it seems that they now must return to LA and go to church in the morning.. so all are rounded up and put on the bus.

MC starts talk about prayer they each talk about that .. Vince says he stopped praying when his daughter died. Corey, not to be outdone announces that he's never BEEN to church, since he is Jewish (has he ever been to synagogue?) so he seems to expect something scary and traumatic.

Gaby says she gives daily thanks for what she has and what she hasn't been given.. Corey says he prays about what he has and what has been taken from him (victim)...

They pull up at the First AME church.. turns out Hammer is going to be part of the service.. all of them "get down" with the service and MC decides to announce that Vince needs prayer about his daughter.. it ended well, Vince was very touched (but to me seemed like a real breach of privacy without asking permission)...

Next episode, well it has totally slipped my mind.. don't think it had to do with Corey's wedding.

Jenhavins

Friday, January 31, 2003 - 05:36 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Great episode last night. I was not planning to be dragged into this yet another television show, however, I love it!

Corey will always be the VICTIM. He will never change. He is an attention hog and wants all eyes focused on him all the time. He just icks me out to no end. I hope my opinion changes of him.

I definitely had a change of heart about Jerri. Best thing she could have done. Also, time seems to heal opinions. Nevertheless, didn't like her in Survivor...Love her in Surreal.

Have always liked Vince. He was my rock God at one time. He has a good heart. A lot more toned down than 10 years ago, but still a little bit of the wild side left. Very calm unless you take a wrong turn!

Hammer...what a wonderful person. I would imagine some kind of permission was asked that we didn't see, but even if it wasn't and that would have been me, I would have been touched that Hammer cared enough about what I was going through that he wanted to help.

Manny...good guy. He seems like he lives a good life and is happy with doing that. He loves to fish and camp and is happy in his own shell. The laugh grows on you after a while.

Gabrielle...Like her as well. She's a caring mother and that shows. She seems like she is well grounded and her priorities are in place.

Brandy...Don't really have an opinion of her. I guess I will next week. She's pretty. That's about it.

Kady

Friday, January 31, 2003 - 05:48 am EditMoveDeleteIP
It is over just when its getting good. That is my only complaint is the show is way too short!!!

Azlen

Friday, January 31, 2003 - 07:00 am EditMoveDeleteIP
While it did seem like Hammer put Vince on the spot, I wouldn't call it a breach of privacy. What's Vince gonna say "Hey Hammer, that was between you, me, the roommates and the millions of people watching this show."

What was up with Vince's girlfriend?? She looks like she should be on a poster warning about the dangers of too much plastic surgery.

Hammer definitely has one of those magnetic personalities who seems to have a good perspective on things. I still love how he called out Corey so perfectly in the camping episode.

Brande definitely knows herself. On the first episode she said she didn't know why she was there because she was boring. No arguments here, but she is nice to look at.

Rslover

Friday, January 31, 2003 - 09:40 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I think Jerri is coming across. She's acting nice and is also funny. Did anyone think that Vince's girlfriend was weird looking? She looked like a transvestite.

Brenda1966

Friday, January 31, 2003 - 10:29 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Did any one else think Corey's tears were fake? It looked like bad acting when he was out by the pool. He's a mess and I dislike him more and more with each episode.

Jerri is surprisingly likable. I agree that Brande is boring. Manny seems like a great guy.

Hammer is charismatic and his gesture at church was moving. Even though I'm not religious, the humanity of it got to me. Vince handled it well, probably better than I would have after being put on the spot like that. His f-word tirade on the bus was hilarous. I can see where he has the potential to be a big jerk.

This show is like a train wreck -- painful to watch but you can't tear yourself away!

Jedisan

Friday, January 31, 2003 - 11:17 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I feel that Hammer did not breach a privacy issue (DH and I disagree on this)regarding Vince.

It is not as if what happened to his daughter is a secret that was only revealed for the first time on this show.

I agree, he could (maybe he did?) get his "permission" before making it into a whole thing at the church. It didnt look like Vince was caught off guard at all though, so i suspect he knew prior.

I have to agree with all the comments regarding Vince's girlfriend too. Whew!

Corey - well this board has said it all.
I agree with other posters that Jerri is the biggest surprise. I really like her on this show, and feel that we see more of her true personality than "survivor jerri".

can't wait till next week!

Whoami

Friday, January 31, 2003 - 12:16 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
What's sad about Corey is he's surprised at the reactions to him across the Internet. He needs a huge reality check! And what the heck was that "whaaaa rant" to his girlfriend on the phone? Something like, "Gabby is just so fake, and so Hollywood." Egads my boy! Whaaaaa, she's being meeean to meeeee!


One think sort of puzzled me. In the previews leading up to the Vegas show, they kept showing Vince telling a woman to "get the *bleep* away from me." I swear they never showed that in the actual show. Why make a big deal of it on the preview, and then not include it in the show?

Niceguy

Friday, January 31, 2003 - 01:29 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I think Hammer may get HIS OWN show out of this. At first I wasn't really that crazy about him being on but now the show is clicking.

I'm still not sure how much of this is scripted or story boarded. Corey just goes on way too much. In his defense, I'll say that of all the performers he's been shoulder to shoulder with really talented people in the past. Its a situation where they've moved on to better things and he's been spinning his wheels since GOONIES.

Gerry seems to be a cool person in this enviornment.

Lyn

Friday, January 31, 2003 - 02:23 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks for the recap - I was on the phone with Mom (long distance) and missed the show

Shortnsweet

Friday, January 31, 2003 - 04:54 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Whoami, I noticed that scene wasn't in the show, too. Strange editing, but I love this show! Isn't it strange that we haven't seen Hammer or Gabby on the phone with their families? I think that if the show was longer they could show us even more about these people.

Vince's girlfriend was very "Vegas", but I think Vince likes her just the way she is. He seems to really care about her.

Jhezzie

Friday, January 31, 2003 - 11:08 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Yeah, the service at First AME was great and very touching. There wasn't a dry eye to be seen, unless you count the time before Corey noticed that everyone else was misty and then proceded to "cry" too.
I wonder what did happen with whoever that girl was that Vince was yelling at. I never saw it in the show either.

Pamy

Sunday, February 02, 2003 - 02:16 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Vince's girlfriend looked like Pamela Anderson female impersonater!! She/he was scary!!
I love Vince!! What a sweet soul he has. At first I was horrified that Hammer was singling him out but thank God it all worked for the best. Vince showed what a good person he is cuz a lesser man might have been pissed that Hammer did that. I think Hammer never meant to embarrass him and did what he did out of love. I never thought this show would make my cry, but he has twice!

Seamonkey

Sunday, February 02, 2003 - 05:22 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hammer is very outgoing (to say the least) but he DOES tend to include others instead of waiting for them to be outgoing.... at Fatburger he was bellowing "Manny MO!" over and over before Manny danced. I think Vince was very gracious, as he was when Corey roped him into singing backup.

I like Hammer but, well, he's well named and a bit manic for me. Brande and Gaby, shrug..

Jerri.. I still don't care for her, the cackle and the in your face stuff, competitive, I guess.. like just because she got a nice tent and didn't have to compete didn't mean she had to take such joy or that she couldn't have helped them pitch their tents, BUT she's acting better than she did on Survivor, without a doubt. Manny bugs me at times but I think this will be good exposure for him, you feel like you know him so much more and he's a good spirit. Vince is the big surprise!! I do like him best. Corey.. wow, I cringed when I heard he'd be on this show and he is so much worse than I had imagined.

Squaredsc

Monday, February 03, 2003 - 12:32 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
thanks for the many recaps guys. i missed it again, i was looking at the previous episodes then totally forgot about the new one and changed the channel. darn and it seems that i missed a good one. hope they show it again because i would really like to see it.

Laura11103

Monday, February 03, 2003 - 12:40 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Yeah this show is awesome. I so love Manny Mo... he's so cute, he grew up really cute, unlike poor Gary Coleman. I love the part in the diner when Hammer did his dance and Manny came and did a dance too... they're a great team.

I love how they're all bonding, it's great to watch these relationships grow.

Vince is a great sport and I kind of felt that it wasn't ok'd with him beforehand, I think he's just a cool guy who took it for what it was, someone who cares and wants to help him. I got the feeling he was very touched.

Kathat

Monday, February 03, 2003 - 04:07 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I agree w/you all...this was a very good show. What you have to remember is that Hammer is a minister and he was, I am sure, called in his heart to pray for Vince and show him the power of prayer and bring Vince back to God. It seems to me Vince felt that and I pray that he is now blessed w/peace in his heart.

Magikearth

Wednesday, February 05, 2003 - 07:09 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I don't post here because everyone here is doing a great job articulating exactly how I feel about the show.I also love it and hope they are making plans for another installment!

There are so many times I wanted to say,"Yes!" or "I agree!" after reading so many great posts here. So,just in case the producers are lurking through internet message boards to find out whether this show is well-recieved,I'm here showing my support for this wonderfully fresh and different program.I really,really hope they are wrapping up the next one right now!
That said,I have to say-
Great posts,Laura and Kathat! I totally agree!
I felt the Spirit just watching that church scene!

Kaili

Wednesday, February 05, 2003 - 07:23 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
On Jimmy Kimmel last night, they had Corey on (as well as Kathy Griffith). Corey was just as irritating as ever, but not a lot was learned exept that Kathy LOVES the show and considers it the best show concept ever. I think she wants to be on it.

Oh!! Jimmy asked who Corey likedthe least and asked if it was Jerri, but his least favorite roomate was Gabrielle. Not that surprising but he was pretty rude about her. Don't remember the exact words, but they weren't too kind.

Seamonkey

Wednesday, February 05, 2003 - 07:31 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I don't think "kind" is one of Corey's functions.

Magikearth

Wednesday, February 05, 2003 - 07:49 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Kaili,thanks for posting that info.I really thought that Corey's strangely antagonistic behavior was all an act he was putting on to create friction for the show, playing to the camera for dramatic effect.
I was thinking maybe he was just an overly sensitive,misunderstood guy in real life,if that makes any sense!
I guess it wasn't all an act,after all.

Mygetaway

Wednesday, February 05, 2003 - 11:52 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Something has made me miss almost every single episode of this show! I missed the camping ep because of the time change. Then last week when they aired all 3 episodes, I ended up with two copies of Columbo instead of Sureal Life. I'm just waiting to see what happens tomorrow night. I really wanted to see the Vegas one. I saw the first one, and the talent show only.