Zoe: Yeah? Thought you'd get land crazy that long in port. Wash: Probably, but I've been sane a long while now, and change is good.

'Shindig'


Non-Fiction TV: I Reject Your Reality and Substitute My Own

This thread is for non-fiction TV, including but not limited to reality television (So You Think You Can Dance, Top Chef: Masters, Project Runway), documentaries (The History Channel, The Discovery Channel), and sundry (Expedition Africa, Mythbusters), et al. [NAFDA]


kat perez - Feb 20, 2013 3:48:30 pm PST #20368 of 23273
"We have trust issues." Mylar

Amen. I think not knowing Ms. Ross (The Boss) might just be grounds for turning in your "I'm fabulous" card in general, gay, straight, whatever. Who doesn't know Diana Ross? Sad, sad little people. That's who.

Now I will go light a candle, let the wax drip on me and my silk bathrobe and scream out "I'm a winner, baby" while blithely tossing Billy Dee aside. Or something like that.


Nora Deirdre - Feb 20, 2013 5:35:54 pm PST #20369 of 23273
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

Dude, I'm just freaked out by twin OB/GYNs. Had they really never heard of "Dead Ringers"?


Vortex - Feb 20, 2013 5:39:35 pm PST #20370 of 23273
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

What the fuck, chefs? If you are on Top Chef and have had six months before the finale, why would you not have developed a dessert or two? It's Top fucking Chef.


kat perez - Feb 21, 2013 7:03:59 pm PST #20371 of 23273
"We have trust issues." Mylar

I'm pretty sure that all the Buffistae have long since given up on AI being the good and sensible people that I know you to be, but I just have to say that all these guys are sucking just tremendous amounts of ass and the only moment that made me sit up and say "Work!" was when the sparkly boy came out and sang Adele and even then I felt like he should be on RPDR. Ugh. Make it stop. These guys are booty.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled good reality TV.


SuziQ - Feb 21, 2013 7:06:16 pm PST #20372 of 23273
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

Kat, I've been watching and tonight was just not good. Sparkly boy is the only one who made me smile. All glammed up with a five o'clock shadow.


kat perez - Feb 21, 2013 7:08:49 pm PST #20373 of 23273
"We have trust issues." Mylar

He was giving me life! And then all the rest of them systematically stole it from me. I know they want a girl to win this year, but good gravy. At least make it a fair fight. None of these boys could win a HS talent show, let alone AI.

ETA: The weird kid in the black velvet singing Rocket Man also filled me with a strange kind of joy, again not because his singing was really all that great but I was in love with the song choice and just his whole weird vibe and he brought energy to an otherwise dead night. As Mariah said, strangé.


Lee - Feb 24, 2013 7:30:20 pm PST #20374 of 23273
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

Amazing Race: I still want to go to there. NOW


Theodosia - Feb 25, 2013 3:24:12 am PST #20375 of 23273
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

I have a new TAR RULE: you need to know HOW TO SWIM. Possibly get some quick snorkeling experience if you know you've been chosen for the show. That's now right up there with Driving Stick.

OTOH, Team Dead Ringers did try to overcome their problem together and didn't play any blame games. Admitted their mistakes in the after-interview, too.

The sad thing is, if they'd switched to the underwater assembly sooner, it would have kept them competitive, since the whole "swimming" part of the problem was eliminated.

You can tell a whole lot about these two teams by how they reacted to the underwater assembly: Team Evil Newlyweds complained about the helmets and general experience. Roller Derby Moms just loved it and had fun.

Whoever thought up the tuxedoed diver with the clue has my admiration. I'd have laughed my helmet off.

I also admired the Asian-American girlfriends' reaction to adversity -- finding the humor in the situation. They may be Type-A achievers, but they're not getting rattled by setbacks. That can take you far in a game like this.

Bad luck for the dad/son team -- if it is an ACL tear, that could be finito for them.


Jesse - Feb 25, 2013 3:26:29 am PST #20376 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I was glad that my initial thought was validated -- that the underwater-with-a-box-on-your-head task would be easier for someone who was afraid of water.


Theodosia - Feb 25, 2013 4:53:29 am PST #20377 of 23273
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

Yep, also that it was not a treasure hunt task -- you'd think after the sandcastle task last episode, the teams might have learned.