Episode 4 (August 13th) Discussions!
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Denecee

Thursday, August 14, 2003 - 02:49 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I can't believe that I forgot to watch last night's episode!! I fell asleep bf it even came on. Wahhhhh! I'm Dawn Marie!
Thanks people, for clueing me in on what happened. I'm so glad that Aunt Donna had to choose between her DH & DS. hahaha! I love cousin Mike too and not just because he's bald but because he looks good bald. LOL

Gemma120in2002

Thursday, August 14, 2003 - 03:52 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
My favorite part of the show was when Aunt Donna was upset that Cousin Ed was saved over her husband and son. She made the Dana/Donna battle cry: "I'm PISSED!" LOLLL! Gotta love it!

Pamy

Thursday, August 14, 2003 - 07:07 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
LOL Denecee!! Go to www.realitynewsonline.com they have a really great summary of last nites show, complete with recipe for Aunt Donna'a bricole!!!!
Tabby, I too have ended my ABC boycott, but only til this show is over! lol..because ABC is still run by idiots, they have the best new reality show and they don't promote it!! (They should have been running ads for this everywhere, but nooooooo!!) and they put it on at 10, when most other reality shows are in the 8 or 9 timeslots.

One of my fav parts was when Dawn marie said the sex thing at dinner and the sound effects people did the record scratching followed by complete silence, and then showed those looks on Susan and hubby's faces! LOL!!

Pamy

Thursday, August 14, 2003 - 07:09 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
BTW..I think the writer of that realitynewsonline summary might be someone from here because he mentions the Aunt Donna/Dana connection!!!
OK...fess up, are you here??

Tabbyking

Thursday, August 14, 2003 - 10:52 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
pamy, i agree that dawn marie was very funny with her sex talk at dinner--my favorite part was that after the looks on susan's and hubby's faces, they gave the award to that team for dinner table 'conversation' LOL
also, i was really hoping someone would call the aunt's dinner event "the donner party", but alas, i had to make all the jokes myself!! my kids were just looking at me. not quite the look i gave dawn marie when she took her life jacket off when she was afraid in the water, but close....LOL

Realfan

Friday, August 15, 2003 - 01:44 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I think the sound effect after Dawn Marie's comment was supposed to be crickets chirping. I love when they do sound effects like that on these reality shows. Joe Millionaire was one of the best for that.

Ladytex

Friday, August 15, 2003 - 03:44 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Wilson, I think, posted the link to this interview in chat. It is with John Platt, the producer of The Family.
Jokers Updates Interview

Pamy

Friday, August 15, 2003 - 03:45 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I forgot to add that I actually liked Aunt Donna in this episode!! LOL You can tell she is a great hostess, I bet the party she gives each year is a blast. She came across as very caring of her guests and I didn't get the feeling she was just doing it to win, it seemed very natural.
The writer of that article also mentioned about the love you could see between AuntDonna and her DH, and I must agree, when he came in and waved to her in the kitchen she was laughing, she didn't seem as pissed as the others were to eat in the kitchen. I think it would have been harder for her to watch her DH eat in the kitchen.
I know this sounds funny but I actually hope she gets some money out of all this, I still want Mike to win, but Aunt Donna is growing on me.

I wish BB left all the evictees in the house like Family does, that way you still get to see the interaction with the nasty ones. Imagine Dana still being in the BB house, that would be goood!!

Scorpiomoon

Friday, August 15, 2003 - 05:01 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
A bit from the Joker's interview Ladytex graciously supplied the link to:

"JohnPlatt: It gets harder each week...and the finale is heartbreaking and incredible. I really FELT for these people!"

WOW! I can't wait to see what he is refering to!

Pamy

Friday, August 15, 2003 - 06:07 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Oh WOW! I wonder what happens! This show is sooo good! Damn ABC for not promoting it better, this show should be in the top 10. It is so much better than BB!!

Scorpiomoon

Friday, August 15, 2003 - 08:17 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I agree, Pamy! It makes me sick that this show seems to be lost amongst other reality TV trash. This show is so cool. Shame on ABC for wanting to get into the reality TV loop yet treating these shows like crap once they air.

Pamy

Friday, August 15, 2003 - 09:28 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
and yet they promote their prostitute show every chance they get!! ABC sucks!
LadyT..thanks for that article it was really interesting!