Archive through August 21, 2003
TV ClubHouse: Archive: The Family (ABC):
Tonight's show 8/20:
Archive through August 21, 2003
Scorpiomoon | Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 07:16 pm     Just thought I'd start a new thread for tonight's show so posting won't be confusing... |
Reader234 | Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 07:52 pm     So I cant spoil!!! LOL it just ended, I can say alliances are made to be broken!! And I still dont like Aunt Donna, but ROFLOL, I loved her and her son w/ the golf cart!! And George was a great sport!! |
Awareinva | Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 08:29 pm     I watched this show before its hiatus, then haven't watched it since. But flipping around tonight I saw the golf cart game. I don't remember laughing so hard at anything on tv for the longest time. Aunt Donna driving into everything.... including George Hamilton was so funny. Poor George- he told Uncle Mike that he was outta there if she came his way, but it happened so quickly, all he could do was sit there and be pushed along. Classic reality tv moment!  |
Fruitbat | Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 08:36 pm     I loved Anthony's comment. The course looked like a small Kentucky town hit by a tornado. That had to be one of the best Reality moments to date. I love this show. What is with the guy who nominated his best friend and then proceeded to tell her to trust him, he had a plan. What plan!? There is no plan that will benefit Jill! The family members all have one vote for who will return to the game. That is it. Very little strategy is needed for that one. He probably managed to eliminate himself from the choice. |
Fruitbat | Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 08:38 pm     ............and leaving Uncle Mike in was one, big, fat, big, bad, idea. |
Scorpiomoon | Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 09:14 pm     Tonight, I laughed and laughed up until the Uncle Mike/Melinda incident. The fencing part--them getting dressed and Aunt Donna and Mike going at it--was hilarious! We have waited FOREVER to see the golf cart scene and it was worth the wait! That was just too funny. They replayed it three times and I laughed and laughed. I love this show!!!! When Uncle Mike got into the car, George says something like, "Do you like the soft leather? It's just like my skin." LOL! Uncle Mike telling Melinda to "shut the f-ck up" was so uncalled for. And the fact that none of them thought it was that bad says a lot about these people. I have mixed feelings about what Robert did. It was surprising that he put up Jill. But at the same time, the guy thinks he has this clever strategy and he wants to win. The truth is, that's what he's there for. I've said it before, I think Marie (Maria?) is so stunningly beautiful. |
Fruitbat | Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 09:15 pm     So.........about 5 of us are watching this? I LOVE this show. |
Sanfranjoshfan | Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 10:57 pm     I watch it, too, Fruitbat! I think of it as that real life "Beverly Hillbillies" show I keep hearing about....only with meatballs. |
Pottedplant | Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 11:01 pm     make that 7 I LOVE this show, & tonights was a classic. I am so glad I taped it. I will be watching Aunt Donna drive blindfolded for a long time LOL. But hey, they came in 4th. How come they didn't get more penalties? Nominating Jill after she gave him the briefcase was nasty. |
Dee | Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 11:02 pm     Make it 6! I wish "The Family" wasn't up against "Paradise Hotel". Maybe that's where everyone else is at. I loved the cart episode! Especially when Anthony was saying, "Go that way" and then POINTING! As if Aunt Donna could see, LOL. Or when he'd yell out, "Leftrightleftrightleftright" in one breath! I'm surprised Aunt Donna didn't make it to the nearest freeway! I agree with what everyone said - I can't believe Jill was put up and Robert told her not to worry because he had a plan. Yeah, right! I'd be ticked off too. The only smart thing is he didn't put up Cousin Mike. I thought he'd put up Ed and Dawn Marie. I really like this show - it's too bad it's doing so poorly. |
Buttercup | Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 11:43 pm     I watch it too, and find it to be hysterical. Not only was Aunt Donna's driving getting my attention, but her sunburned/overly tanned nose kept me giggling too Okay, maybe the nose thing was just me, but at least I was amuzed
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Seamonkey | Thursday, August 21, 2003 - 12:42 am     I cannot believe he didn't put Uncle Mike up.. total idiot!! And stabbing his friend inthe back?? pfft! And SHE, Jill, is the person who got the gig for the family.. or at least applied. That competition was a HOOT! Dawn Marie.. telling Mike after it was over, she didn't know it was timed.. God, I love this show... |
Spot | Thursday, August 21, 2003 - 04:09 am     I must post here, too - maybe the execs will be moved by the fact that there are 8 or 9 of us who adore this show - LOL! That episode was emmy-worthy. I could hardly see the entire cart episode, as I was laughing so hard I was crying. I lost it when the camera slowly panned over the devistation which once was the cart course - there wasn't a wall standing! For some reason uncle Mike is growing on me. Yeah, I know he swore at the lovely and innocent Melinda, but that girl can't shut it off - then for her not to accept his apology - what a brat. Ya know, even aunt Donna is rising in my list of favorites. She seems to be able to laugh off a lot of the craziness around her. She has bottomless love for her nasty son,who treated her so poorly after the last elimination. Of all of them there, I think Donna and uncle Mike are the quickest to forgive and forget all the many barbs that are slung their way. |
Spot | Thursday, August 21, 2003 - 04:37 am     Another comment on tonight's show - Did you catch the scene where Jill, the staff stylist, was flirting big time with our favorite, counsin Mike? Jill apparently isn't as diciplined in the service industry as the other staff. But it can't hurt Mike's chances to stay in the game unless he acts on her flirtion. Another good "staff" moment was when the houskeeper commented after the "race" that Donna and Anthony's brains together don't make one good idiot. Love that woman! |
Fruitbat | Thursday, August 21, 2003 - 04:58 am     Spot, yes that was priceless. She has come up with some zingers. The fact that Donna and Anthony did not come in last illustrates just how slowly the team in final place drove. Uncle Mike may be a tough one to beat if you are Anthony or Donna, but I am not sure of the others. I think he knows the staff is the Board. He does not realize the depth of their comtempt for yelling and carrying on though. That is a huge part of their family culture and thinks nothing of it. In fact he probably thinks this behavior just shows how powerful he is and respect him for it. His family does. He bullies them into submission. |
Fruitbat | Thursday, August 21, 2003 - 05:00 am     Meatballbillies. You may have coined a new phrase Sanfran. |
Pamy | Thursday, August 21, 2003 - 05:10 am     I love this show!!! It is my favorite reality show!! I just wish ABC would have promoted it better. I would love to see another installment, but we can forget about that! How sexy was Mikey flirting with the staff girl?? mmmmmmmm |
Maryk | Thursday, August 21, 2003 - 06:49 am     I too love this show! The obstacle course will be one my all time favorite reality show moments. What a hoot! I wish this was on another network other than ABC. They suck in promoting any reality show other than the Bachelor. |
Jan | Thursday, August 21, 2003 - 08:03 am     I love this show too! Cousin Mike is my fav..and I have trouble understanding how Robert thinks that stabbing Jill in the back will help him..unless he feels that the rest of the family don't care about her and her cousin, Mike? I was sure he would pick Dawn Marie! Also I noticed that one of the staff was aghast that he would nom his "best friend". I wish there would be a family2. Sigh |
Fruitbat | Thursday, August 21, 2003 - 08:06 am     I think everyone was aghast at the choice coming on the heels of his declaration of friendship. |
Brenda1966 | Thursday, August 21, 2003 - 08:08 am     I love this show too. This family just kills me. Robert putting up Jill was so cowardly! "A plan" -- yeah, right. His plan was to whimp out and not topple one of the strongest men. Does he really think anyone will vote him back in? The deck is stacked so high against cousin Mike I just don't see any way he can stay there long enough to win. Does he have anyone in his corner? Uncle Mike was less offensive overall in this episode, except for telling her to shut up. I can't believe these adults spew the f-word at each other. I would have been furious too. But he apologized and I don't think he realized how hurt it made her or he would have done it sooner. I still don't want him to win. |
Seamonkey | Thursday, August 21, 2003 - 08:35 am     He should have gone with his plan and nominated those two guys.. OR make a bolder move and put up Uncle Mike and Mikey.. to see if Mikey could beat Uncle Mike.. and make sure Uncle Mike was taken OUT. |
Fruitbat | Thursday, August 21, 2003 - 12:19 pm     My thought too Seamonkey. |
Prisonerno6 | Thursday, August 21, 2003 - 12:20 pm     Regarding Cousin Mike: "Does he have anyone in his corner?" The staff. |
Seamonkey | Thursday, August 21, 2003 - 12:23 pm     Yes.. some of the staff and many of us viewers too. |
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