Tonight's Show- 9/10 Finale (contains spoilers)
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Maryk

Wednesday, September 10, 2003 - 02:20 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Wohoo!!! Can't wait for tonight! Crossing my fingers.

Go Cousin Mike!

Pamy

Wednesday, September 10, 2003 - 05:47 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I can't wait!!! I love this show!!!

Hermione69

Wednesday, September 10, 2003 - 07:31 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I hate to tell you guys, but Anthony won. I'm SO bummed.

Foliage

Wednesday, September 10, 2003 - 07:31 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
bummer!


1) Can't believe they picked that weasel Anthony to re-enter the game
2) Can't believe Mike trusted Anthony to tell the truth.

Hermione69

Wednesday, September 10, 2003 - 07:34 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I think Mike was hoping Anthony was double-bluffing him.

BLEAH!

Hermione69

Wednesday, September 10, 2003 - 07:37 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Okay, the ending is better than you would expect. Anthony shares the money with EVERYONE! $100,00 to all. I'm cool with that. He gave a beautiful little speech at the end also about what he had learned and the meaning of family.

Good show!

Spot

Wednesday, September 10, 2003 - 07:56 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
What a great show this has been. I almost hope they DON'T do another one - I can't imagine finding another family with the same entertainment value. This show gave me the biggest laugh I can remember in network tv - the blind golf cart race! Congrats to all the family and thanks for letting us watch all their antics.

Mydogbuffy

Wednesday, September 10, 2003 - 08:11 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I had wanted Mike to win so badly but I do believe Anthony made a better winner because Mike would have given it to his family and this way all of the members that competed got $100,000 for themselves or their families. Way to go Anthony you really grew up tonight.

Maryk

Wednesday, September 10, 2003 - 08:29 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I also wanted Mike to win so much.

But I'm glad of the happy ending and was pleasantly surprised by Anthony. I think he did grow up with the experience. It turned out best anyway!

I hope there is a second season of the Family! It was a great show.

Scorpiomoon

Wednesday, September 10, 2003 - 09:30 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
As much as I was pissed ABC pulled this show earlier this year, I'm glad they brought it back over the summer (to lessen the blow of a bad season of BB).

This show ROCKED! I think one key thing this show had that not many do is a genuine sense of humor. Not only that, in their own way, everyone was so likable and endearing. This is one of my favorite reality TV shows by far.

I hope "the family" are all healthy, happy, enjoying the money and repeating the rewards of the bit of fame they will receive.

Curlyq

Wednesday, September 10, 2003 - 10:12 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Aw, I really wanted Cousin Mike to win, but I'm glad he's at least getting an equal share of the money. I have to admit Anthony has impressed me a few times during the course of this series. He was the sharpest at that Price Is Right competition. He was able to charm Susan Lucci during the party competition. He really worked the room during the Disney World competition. He definitely has his strong points.

I'm glad that they put him on the spot by making him decide right then and there whether or not he'd share the money, because judging from his earlier comment I don't think he would've if they had just let him go home with it and decide later.

In retrospect even though I wanted to see Dawn Marie get a second chance, there's no way she would've made it through those exotic foods. Why do the rich eat nasty things anyway? You'd think part of the joy of having money would be buying food that doesn't make you gag. Anyway, I loved that Dawn Marie was the first to go over to Mike and make him feel better. Class.

I really hope they give an interview somewhere so we can find out their reaction to the TV show.

Tabbyking

Wednesday, September 10, 2003 - 10:23 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
i would have picked the two on the left, not the right side one at all. show's not over here yet, there are the black and the red safes left. i would go for the 'black' because when it comes to money 'being in the red' is not good!
i see from the above posts that mike doesn't win. oh well! he must choose the red one!
i absolutely could not stand aunt donner and unka mike and i wouldn't give them one penny! they decided this money was going to be theirs no matter what. hello, no one has to share with anyone! it's nice if he does, but i would only give a little to each person, say 10k.

Max

Wednesday, September 10, 2003 - 10:27 pm EditMoveDeleteIP

Ladytex

Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 05:44 am EditMoveDeleteIP
The thing that really disappointed me about the show was that the final words from the family were from Aunt Donna being the beyotch that she frequently acted like.

Tabbyking

Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 07:01 am EditMoveDeleteIP
aunt donner looks like she routinely 'chews nails and spits'em out'.

Crazydog

Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 07:20 am EditMoveDeleteIP
What a great result, how mature of Anthony to split the money evenly. He even gave Cousin Mike a share. I bet Mike felt a little chagrined, considering he said he wasn't going to give anything to any of them.

I liked Cousin Mike up until this episode - I thought he acted very greedy, saying he wouldn't share anything. If it hadn't been for them he wouldn't even have gotten the chance in the first place.

Brenda1966

Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 07:48 am EditMoveDeleteIP
What a great ending to a great show. I also wanted cousin Mike to win, but after Anthony decided to split the money evenly, I knew the right person had won. I had tears in my eyes.

Rslover

Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 10:17 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I wanted Mike to win too, but who knows if he would have shared the money. It was sort of implied that he wouldn't. Also, it was probably Uncle Mike, Aunt Donna or Anthony who first heard about the show and rounded up the family. So, I guess it is just as well Anthony won.

Crazydog

Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 10:20 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Actually, according to the ABC website, it was Jill who applied for the family. It makes sense that she was the only one who was connected to Mike - they probably asked her to list all of her relatives.

Ladytex

Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 11:00 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Well, crud ... what do we watch now?
and pls don't say BB because that's not doing it for me this year

Meli456

Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 01:06 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I fell asleep during the commercial after Mike chose the safes... Thanks for the spoilers!!

Rslover

Friday, September 12, 2003 - 11:01 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Crazydog,
Oh, thanks for the info. Never went on their website. I'll check it out now. I just assumed it was the trio. If I had known that I would have been rooting for Jill!

Jhezzie

Saturday, September 13, 2003 - 01:12 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Great. First ABC screws up the show and now Cousin Mike ain't the winner! Waaaa! Oh well. At least Cousin Anthony shared the wealth. That was a very nice gesture. Sigh.

Angelsluv

Tuesday, September 16, 2003 - 04:02 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
ABCFamily showed all the episodes on Saturday. They included spots with some of the family comenting on what was going on during each episode. Hopefully they will repeat this again.

Max

Tuesday, September 16, 2003 - 05:06 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
So, how did Aunt Donna and others feel about how "the editing" unfairly portrayed them?

Crazydog

Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 07:05 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I taped it and have made it through seven episodes. For the most part so far, all six of the family members doing the commentary (Robert/Melinda, Jill/Mike, and Aunt Donna/Anthony) have been very gracious and at times funny and charming.

There was one comment from Aunt Donna where she said she didn't think the board knew what they were talking about. After seven episodes, Aunt Donna said that Jill Swid is the only one who has been able to figure the family out. Anthony said she even figured you (Donna) out and Donna just kind of rolled her eyes. But I guess the answer to the question is no, so far nobody has complained about the editing or how they appeared on the show. I think Donna has a "what you see is what you get" attitude, much like Dawn Marie.

Except for the one comment by Aunt Donna, I haven't seen anything negative expressed by them. In fact, at one point Aunt Donna was gushing about the glass slipper ball and how wonderful it was, and how nice the people were. She talked about how great all the fantasy prizes were. She seemed like a completely different woman.