Vortex, wasn't your friend going to be on one of the first US episodes? I can see it taking a while for them to get their act together, attitude-wise.

It was 3 or 4 years ago, so possibly. I knew what the show was when they told me.

They had a different guy in the early seasons didn't they?

yeah, this bitchy guy with long grey streaked brown hair.

eta: I found this pic [link] , but it doesn't have a name

One of the first WNTW eps I saw years ago was one where a woman had gorgeously long, extra curly hair, and she flat out refused to let Nick touch it with his scissors. There was no way she was going to change her mind, so he ended up just adding some goop that made it curl even nicer and look even better. She was happy enough with that, but that was the only time I've ever seen Nick out-stubborned when it came to someone's hair. She was young enough that she got away with it, but there was another ep with a lady in her 40s (a horse trainer, IIRC), with a pony tail that went down to her butt. It was pretty, but she looked much better with the short 'do she ended up with.

There was a nanny with super long hair - like down to her butt or longer - that refused to cut her hair at all. So they ended up styling it the best they could.

OMG, what about the terrible woman -- a nanny, I think? -- who refused the hair cut, so Carmindy gave her a TON of makeup as a punishment! That one was bananas.

Nice crosspost.

Also, Vortex, I'm retroactively embarassed by how avidly I followed your friend's story, via meara. (It is the same friend, right? I figure not that many people walk off the set!)

OMG, what about the terrible woman -- a nanny, I think? -- who refused the hair cut, so Carmindy gave her a TON of makeup as a punishment! That one was bananas.

Bwah! Freakishly Long Hair! !!! If you have to make special arrangements when you are using the toilet, your hair is TOO LONG!

Wow! I can't believe I missed that one -- it sounds like a classic.

I'm retroactively embarassed by how avidly I followed your friend's story, via meara. (It is the same friend, right? I figure not that many people walk off the set!)

hah! I totally remember that too! And was thinking it wasn't Vortex' friend but someone else but that makes sense if it was also meara's.

(It is the same friend, right? I figure not that many people walk off the set!)

yep! I forgot that we talked about it here!

I suspect that more people than we think leave.

OMG, what about the terrible woman -- a nanny, I think? -- who refused the hair cut, so Carmindy gave her a TON of makeup as a punishment! That one was bananas.

That woman was freak-ay. The thing that really, deeply baffled me was that she nominated herself -- showed up at a shopping mall casting session and begged for help with her drab nanny wardrobe and drab overall look, and then was incredibly resistant to absolutely everything. She wasn't shanghaied into it; nobody nominated her and cornered her and made her feel she had to do it. She volunteered, and then she dug in her heels about, well, everything.

And, Lord, did her hair need cutting. IIRC, Nick even offered to just go to midback (it was down around or below her ass, with the last 9-12 inches all raggedy and split-endy and shapeless), which is still pretty damn long, and she refused.

Also, I didn't mean to get Emmett hooked. I didn't even think he was paying attention to the show, and then last night I kept offering the Tivo remote to him and he kept waving it away.