Archive through August 05, 2003
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Archive through August 05, 2003
Fruitbat | Tuesday, July 22, 2003 - 01:39 pm     She does look like Marcia Gay Harden! |
Kellirippa | Tuesday, July 22, 2003 - 03:23 pm     The whole "mini bangs" bohemian look isn't working for me...aahhh, she's probably not trying to impress me anyway... |
Guminherhair | Tuesday, July 22, 2003 - 09:38 pm     I think Cynthia is kind of scary. She tries too hard to look cute but to me it comes across as contrived, controlling and rigid. I think she could be the psecret psycho of the bunch. She's a "ticker." I saw the dad and kids on a morning talk show earlier this week (sorry, can't remember..maybe Katie Couric?) They are a very tight knit group and all the kids speak to or see one another and dad every day. They talked a little about the parents' divorce and it sounded like they did a nice job of putting the kids' needs first during and after the divorce. They had no rigid custody arrangement and the kids stayed were allowed to decide with whom they would stay, whenever. |
Realfan | Thursday, July 24, 2003 - 10:19 am     I kinda think they bounced the lady who is Jewish because of that. Maybe not, but I still don't get why they put her and Cynthia through the lie detector thing again when there were two others they seemed to think were questionable (the aggressive blonde and the one who was really stiff and awkward with him = no chemistry.) It's too hard to get worked up one way or another, though, it's all pretty silly. It's funny because the early promos made it sound all sentimental and all with the one girl crying and the sappy music. But as soon as they whipped out the lie detectors, I knew this would be about as emotionally wrenching as swiss cheese--on a par with its related show, "Meet My Folks." |
Lori | Monday, July 28, 2003 - 09:12 am     I hate the whole lie detector angle. It is totally off-base. A lie detector test takes a long time to administer. They ask tons of base line questions - they will ask you to deliberately lie to see what the response looks like. I know this because my brother uses lie-detector tests in his work and when he was first learning he tried it out on me. Furthermore, after the test is administered, you just do not look at one question and know the person is lying. The lie detector results are studied and read. It is not an automatic truth or lie thing. If they kids are basing their decisions on this test...look out Daddy! |
Keepers | Monday, July 28, 2003 - 08:13 pm     Is there anyone out there that can give a spoiler? |
Dahli | Monday, July 28, 2003 - 08:33 pm     Did anyone catch how old Kathy said she was before she eliminated herself?? I thought she said 39 first and then the second time she explained she wanted kids I thought she said 49!! Does she think she'll get pregnant at 49!? |
Eliz87 | Monday, July 28, 2003 - 08:40 pm     I thought it was 39. Anyway, I think the editing on this show must be really f*ed up because I have no clue as to why they eliminated Lori yet still keep Christi around who they constantly seem to be complaining about. I just don't get the logic. |
Foliage | Monday, July 28, 2003 - 08:45 pm     I think Kathy said she is 39. I found it interesting that Dad kept saying SHE made a decision. In my view HE also made a decision to say he absolutely did not want more kids. Kathy did the right thing to bail out! Keepers as you can tell Kathy basically eliminated herself, saving the kids from the mid show elimination. My favorite part of the show was when the woke the women up and said first one to the breakfast table gets alone time w/ Dad. Have to go on date as you arrive at the table. Lori got there first, quickly followed by Bangs (Cynthia). Smart girls only brushed teeth, hair, splashed water on face and came down in PJ's. The pretty girls strolled down half hour or more later. They all went to a Penn and Teller (magicians) show, live audience. Kids put up Cynthia and Lori for elimination. Each had to face lie detector in front of audience. Cynthia was very truthful and indicated she was falling for Dad. Lori didn't test well...I hate that they have to answer Yes or No questions when the true answer is I'll try or time will tell....aarrrgghh. Anyway, Dad put in his two cents that Cyn was sweet but he doesn't feel anything for her. Long story short Lori gone, Cyn safe, Dad ticked off, feeling slightly betrayed. |
Snee | Monday, July 28, 2003 - 11:42 pm     yeah, but dad DID seem to like kissin' on cynthia! |
Seamonkey | Tuesday, July 29, 2003 - 12:38 am     I really don't like the way this show purposely humiliates people and now they upped the ante with a comedy club audience.. Bleh. |
Lori | Tuesday, July 29, 2003 - 07:46 am     I too do not care for the humiliating way they eliminate the women. Dad is starting to give me the creeps. There is just something about him I do not like. I guess I feel at his age he should make his own decisions regarding whom he should marry...the whole premise of the kids choosing is weird. What man would want his kids choosing his mate. Shudder! He really did enjoy kissing Cynthia...he said as much! I do not care for Christy...there is just something about her that sets off my nerves! |
Max | Tuesday, July 29, 2003 - 08:25 am     The kids,especially the girls, are ticking me off. Dad clearly told them there is no chemistry with Cynthia, but there was with Lori. So, who do they eliminate? Lori! Why? Because she missed running her fingers through his hair? Because the men she dates typically have money? Because of some other stupid question on that ridiculous lie detector test??? And why, oh why, do they keep ragging on Christy and then not even CONSIDER eliminating her? This show makes less and less sense (not that it ever really made any). For a grown man to agree to marry someone his kids pick out for him is so ridiculous. I can only hope that,at the end, there is no wedding. |
Fruitbat | Tuesday, July 29, 2003 - 09:09 am     Max, I missed this and the NBC site does not post any pics or summaries. Was Lori the one in the hammock with him last week? The ones the kids said had a connection with their Dad. Blonde hair and kind of quiet, she did not really stand out in the crowd. I had her pegged as the winner. This is a strange show. |
Max | Tuesday, July 29, 2003 - 09:25 am     Lori has light brown hair, about shoulder-length. I don't remember what he did with her last week. In this picture, she's the second one on the left. |
Fruitbat | Tuesday, July 29, 2003 - 10:06 am     Thanks Max. The one that was in the hammock is in the red dress. |
Faerygdds | Tuesday, July 29, 2003 - 10:35 am     OK sounding off... I kind of thought it was wierd that Dad let the kids pick too... until I read the interview on NBC.com with him. He said it seemed a little like this... It was like someone asked me, "Do you want to go to the moon?" and he answered in a "yeah sure, why not" kind of way and then next day there were NASA trucks parked outside his house! In other words I don't think the proposition was real until it WAS! As far as the women. I think what got Lori was the prenup question coupled with the "hasn't worked since 22" thing. There may have been more stuff we didn't see, but they may have read her as ppssibly a gold digger. I'm not saying she IS one, but I think that's what they meant when they questioned her "sincerity"... although why they kept the pageant queen is BEYOND me! |
Realfan | Tuesday, July 29, 2003 - 01:03 pm     Last week, Lori was the one the kids felt had no chemistry with Dad in the hot tub, that they seemed really awkward together. I was surprised she wasn't up for elimination last week, but whatever! ITA about the editing, Eliz. They're not showing the kids explaining their choices for the two to be considered for elimination, so makes no dramatic sense to us viewers. And the lie detector is just LAME. As Lori explained up thread, it's being misused completely, and the what-if questions are a huge no-no. But everyone reacts like the person flat-out lied, when if the person doesn't quite know how they feel, it might register as a "lie". Badly done. Stupid show. But I'm still watching... |
Max | Tuesday, July 29, 2003 - 01:23 pm     Oh, and why is it that the kids are all creeped out whenever dad kisses one of the women he's attracted to, but when Cynthia kissed him (it was definitely HER move, not his), they thought it was sweet? UGH! |
Miggles | Monday, August 04, 2003 - 07:14 pm     This show does have a humiliating way of eliminating the women. I think the first big elimination was the doggie bag? I simply don't see any authentic chemistry between the Dad and any of the women. It is just too contrived. However, that doesn't stop me from watching! |
Puckerbutt | Monday, August 04, 2003 - 08:12 pm     This is the biggest font of my life ... and I'm not even typing it! |
Reader234 | Monday, August 04, 2003 - 08:12 pm     I felt sorry for Cynthia, it was obvious that dad would never marry this girl, if the kids chose to keep her, it would have been sad. I thought it was cruel to keep her this long. I thought it was interesting that the fortune cookies had something really nice to day about Cynthia, but the other two, it was definately vain/selfish facts - was there not anything comparable? I get that it was a luck of the cookie, but that kinda got to me!! And it definately looks like dad made his choice, but another "Cinderalla" date?!! and this time I didnt think the lie detector was as cruel, or hard to tell, but the guys sure liked Ms USA!! |
Seamonkey | Monday, August 04, 2003 - 10:37 pm     I'm still watching tonight's show but I just don't get the mean tests that the kids take the women on.. bleh. |
Marameko | Tuesday, August 05, 2003 - 10:11 am     I also felt sorry for Cynthia, I think she and the Dad had true chemistry.Christy is so pretty, I think that is why the kids keep her around. When the "DAD" smiles I keep saying out loud: "Dad is a BABE". |
Seamonkey | Tuesday, August 05, 2003 - 01:44 pm     But, DAD told the kids that he liked Cynthia but didn't see marrying her and wanted to keep the two blondes, so.. they did the right thing this time.. Personally I think the "kids" need to get their own lives and not get hot over one of his potential mates. |
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