On Fri, 08 Feb 2008 23:51:19 GMT, "Brian Smith"
<dcg_brian@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> offered us these thoughts:
>"s0183616" <s0183616@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>> Brian Smith wrote:
>>> "s0183616" <s0183616@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>>>> Chaldean wrote:
>>>>> On Fri, 08 Feb 2008 06:51:21 GMT, "Brian Smith"
>>>>> <dcg_brian@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> offered us these thoughts:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm sort of surprised no one has mentioned the soul mates twist of
>>>>>> this season where they've paired up people and they will sleep
>>>>>> together, compete together and possibly be evicted together. Wonder
if
>>>>>> the possible double evictions was brought in to speed up the season
>>>>>> just in case there is a miracle with the writers strike and new
>>>>>> scripted material gets turned out very quickly.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If you haven't seen the commercial for the soul mates twist here is
a
>>>>>> YouTube link.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-ui6cZ0tQE
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Brian
>>>>> I've been in denial about it. The idea rather confirms my suspicion
>>>>> that Allison lacks taste, or rather, she cultivates poor taste.
>>>>>
>>>>> Well, at least the teenage boys who have looked to Big Brother as a
>>>>> source of titillation finally have their **** star.
>>>>>
>>>>> I fear this season will be even tra****er than the last. I turned
off
>>>>> a show last year; I wonder about this year. One good thing:
>>>>> Austrailia's BB starts in April. Foregoing BBUS doesn't mean
>>>>> foregoing Big Brother!
>>>> Doesn't Australia BB do that really stupid thing where the viewers
vote
>>>> people out of the house instead of having the houseguests do it?
>>>
>>> I think the US is the only place where viewers (assuming people voting
>>> actually watch) vote out people. I much prefer the US version because
>>> it's more of a game even if Allison and company have the ability to
>>> change the rules whenever they see fit.
>>
>> I think you misstated what you were trying to say. Viewers do not vote
>> the people out in the US.
>
>No kidding! Trying to do more than one thing at a time doesn't always
work.
>
>Speaking of BB1, it's interesting to note that the BB9 website has a
gallery
>of past BB seasons and it starts with BB2. Guess even including Chicken
>George on All Stars has not changer their minds about not wanting to
accept
>that BB1 occurred.
>
>Brian
As I understand it, AOL owns the rights to BBUS1, so even though CBS
aired it, they cannot use BB1 for publicity.
--
Bob
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