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  1. OK, at first I thought you were confusing her with the AOL commentator (remember her, Regina Lewis), anyway Julie did offer them a briefcase full of money for someone to give up their chance at the $500,000, and no one took it. The critics said the show was doing so bad CBS was trying to send the players home early, which wasn't true. But I don't remember an alternate. I think you're confusing that moment with them voting Amy back into the house. I've got all my stuff from season one, but it's not in order, just a jumbled mess I've always said I was going to sort out and post, I'll look through it, but I'm pretty sure it didn't happen. -M
  2. They must be. In five years of coverage there are no cases that I know, of anyone posting "candid photos" supplied by a crew member. One of the cameramen from BB1 had a web site showing the construction the house and control room, and there are always stories from the cast party, but that's about all.
  3. The way I understand it, and I might be wrong, Justin gets paid up to his leaving. Still can't talk for four years, but can work any where he wants without permission. I heard that Cuff and Link were very disappointed in their options after leaving the house.
  4. If they don't break the contract by leaving, they get $750 a week for 13 weeks. Then afterwards, they must get permission from the production company for any non-CBS acting or public appearances for one year. They also sign a "trade secrets" clause that prevents them from talking about the staff, and procedures for four years. This is standard, same deal as Survivor.
  5. I didn't see that anyone posted that Diane and Drew did the house tour with Julie. It's expected to air on the 27th.
  6. I don't know what you mean. Are you Karma Electra?
  7. To me, this all seems rather early. They used to get notified and picked up in the same day so they couldn't talk to anyone, around June 27th. Then they'd lock them up with their handlers in a hotel, train them to use the microphones, change batteries, tell them not to sing, and all the other rules they'll break. I heard them say that on their first night in the house they watched the fourth of July fireworks from the backyard. So all this sounds early, but there might be 16 people which is more than usual, and a brand new house that they might want to test a bit longer than usual. I just hope they don't do too much before the live feeds start. -M Hanklee's right. We always got the house tour before they showed the pictures of the guests. Even seems early for that.
  8. morty

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    The rumor was, that they tried to get together an All-Star version, but couldn't get the guests. Some had "terms" that the producers wouldn't agree to, some just wanted a major stipend just to play, couldn't commit to 90 days, most just said "No" for one reason or another, and I heard one wanted the prize upped to $1 million, which I think is way overdue. You've got to remember, that when these people left the house, they said they'd never want to go through something like that again. During BB1, we heard that they had a couple extra guests sequesterd in case someone hit the panic button, a new guest would be brought in to CBS would be sure to get their 13 weeks. Not sure if that was true, we never heard from anyone claiming to have been a sequestered "spare." The rumor was that in the Dutch version (the first BB house) they had a couple guests bail on them. -M
  9. I loved that whole cast. You'll never see them back on CBS, Shapiro and Grodner pretend that season never happened because they were not a part of it. I noticed the British version did away with the chickens too. That first cast was the had the best mix of age and race. I had hoped the Endemol group would be back this year. Shapiro and Grodner made improvements, but I liked it better when they used real people like the rest of the world does.
  10. I remember last year I hated Holly's voice, and someone at BB must have really liked it (or hated me) because there were times she was the only thing on. Sometimes they put Karen on a feed and I thought she was great. I thought she was funny, smart, well rounded, I always tuned into her feed when she was on. By the time they kicked her out I couldn't stand her, I hated her voice, her personality, I'd yell back at the screen, begging her to shut up. Same with Marvin, really. I thought he was funny ("As cool as the other side of pillow.") but he never stopped bitching about Nat being sequestered. You just want them all to shut up after 90 days. -M
  11. I see your point, but by the end of every season they all start to look pretty bad, so maybe it's a good thing they load up on pretty ones. And would you really root for an ugly one? I say load the place with hotties like Nakomis, Karen the twins, and even Diane. And if they try to sneak in another Lori, we'll vote her out first (right after the old guy). :twisted: Let me look at Marvin and Cowboy for 90 days, now there's some good TV. :otay You know what would be better than looks? Brains! :idea:
  12. Exactly. You'll note that no where have I asked for a change in what or how you post. I don't want to make a blanket statement saying everything will be kept for 90 days (which sounds reasonable), when some threads (like obituaries) are more informational and if people want to make a discussion out of a death, then it would be better suited to "On Topic." I think a bunch of people just got all shook up because we were so far behind in housekeeping their post numbers dropped significantly because of all the old posts. We also carried the operation up to date so that we won't have to try to do this during BB when thousands of posts come in per day. Last year, we had a milllion posts in just 90 days. Unfortunately, I think everyone's efforts were in vain. I'm not up to covering BB this year, my plan to cover it as group doesn't look hopeful, so I'm looking into posting my commentary on another web site this year. -M
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  14. A friend of mine has been selling Pope John-Paul II DVDs for quite some time. I've wanted a Pope lawn sprinkler, but you can't even find them on eBay. I figure if Jesus Christ can be a SuperStar, the Pope is a celebrity. He draws crowds bigger than Clay Aiken...
  15. I haven't changed the poll question on the main page (Which is TV's Smartest Pet?) in almost a year. At first I was sure that TV Land was stealing my poll questions to make their "Top Ten" specials (Top 10 Theme Songs, Top Ten Cars...) then I had a list of ideas for future polls (Top Ten TV Hangouts, Top Ten Neighbors) and TV Land made specials before I posted the polls, go figure. So now I'm out of ideas for a poll question that TV Land hasn't used yet, one with some staying power so I won't have to change it for a while, and have about ten answers. So post a suggestion here, and maybe our poll will be which question was the best, or maybe I'll just pick one. -M
  16. I'm confussed. The first BB UK house was kinda urban and really nice. And what do they mean BB2? They've had about as many seasons as us (I can't remember, they're one ahead, one behind, tied), so BB2? And for those of you that are more confussed than me: We're talking about BB in England. I beleive their are 16 BB houses in differant countries. In Germany, they were going to try a one year long season of BB. In some countries they show nudity and showers. In one of the Arab countries the house was shut down for having single men and women living together. In Holland (where the show started) I think it was the first season that they had sex on TV, Dave Lang only holds the record for the USA. I watched some of the African BB house one year (it's in English), I lost interest after a while, you need the TV show to introduce the players, otherwise you're just watching strangers brushing their teeth. If you look around the net, you'll find links, many have free live feeds. If you want to start a directory, that would be cool, post them in a new thread.
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