RETURN TO THE REALITYROUNDUP INDEX	REALITY ROUNDUP WEEK OF 2.23.04 Let’s check out this last week in reality television…. -So just to let everyone know, the spoiler who seems to know who the final four of "Survivor" are, is now 4-for-4 in correctly predicting who's getting voted off, as my favorite, Mr. Cesternino got the boot last week. One of the most underrated players in the history of the game, and probably one of the smartest players ever, couldn't convince the Boston Rob/Amber lovefest he deserved to be there. Damn. -The funniest part of last week was watching his face while getting voted off. Most people don't have a reaction one way or another, but Cesternino always started throwing his toys once he realized he was getting the boot. Classic. -Did anyone else think that although they were blindfolded, it seemed like a lot of those people knew where they were going last week during the Immunity Challenge? Tom got knocked down, tripped on, or tripped over, yet kept immediately getting right back up and seemed to know where to go. And if I got tagged with a supposed puzzle piece as big as that, I don't think I'd be able to bounce back up that quick. He got de-cleted for christ sakes, and next thing you know, he's walking in a straight line. Those things must've been made out of foam. -Did you notice Jeff Probst referred to Colby as "Donaldson" last week? Did ya' catch that? Donaldson? Since when does he call people by their last name? Hey Probst, your bias towards your guy Colby is making me sick. Quit being "BFF" with the contestants. For those of you who haven't looked at your high school yearbook recently, that's "best friends forever". Yeah, right. Until they got to college, then you never heard from them again. -Is there a reason Troy from "Apprentice" rides his pants up to his neck? Not the greatest look last time I checked. Smart guy. Horrible dresser. And why are the men still wearing that Pilgrim hat? Where did that come from and when is it going away? -The best part about Donald Trump is how humble he is. For a guy who's worth so much, you'd never know it by how little he talks about his wealth. "I live in the most beautiful house in Westchester County. And you get to spend the day there!!!" Thank you, Donald, thank you. We're not worthy. We're not worthy. -Is there a reason Omarosa is still around? Can she be the first person booted off before the actual board room firing? I understand to a certain extent that you've gotta be a prick sometimes to get ahead in this world, but who would ever put her in charge of something? And she just loves serving everyone a piece of her humble pie every once in a while as well. "I've gone from the projects to the White House!" Uh, huh. Thank you, honey. -And how come the black guy has barely done much since he blew it the only time he was Project Manager? Does he have any sort of storyline? Will he end up hooking up with Omorosa? Does he have a pulse? -Nick and Amy's relationship apparently gets even steamier tonight. Oh boy. Can't wait. Any relationships formed on television are always long lasting ones, and I expect this to be no different. Outside of the first couple "Real World's", which shouldn't even count since they weren't any good, has any of these reality relationships lasted? Trista and Ryan? Please. Doesn't count. Erin and Chad? Ok. I'll accept that one. Will and Hayley from "Mr. Personality"? Kind of like the "tree falling in the forest theory". If a couple stays together from a reality show that no one watched, should it even count? Didn't think so. -I'm really looking forward to the "Average Joe 2" finale on Monday. Once again, you got the geek with more of a personality, better chemistry, and who's way more into her vs. the meathead with the good looks and dirt for brains. So she'll obviously pick Gil. There isn't a single person in America that isn't cheering for Brian Worth. NBC is building it up as "can the huge underdog win Larissa's heart". Bottom line: Twenty-four year old hotties just don't date guys who look like him. -I know it's shallow, but its true. Doesn't mean it's right either. Can you honestly see her making all the television appearances and magazine photo shoots next to him? Exactly. He's the guy who's proven himself to be much more into her, he's the guy everyone wants to win, he's got a personality, he's got everything she should want in a boyfriend.....and you know she won't pick him because of the way he looks. Sad, but true. And if by some miracle of God she does, I'll apologize til' I'm blue in the face for pre-judging her. But I won't need to. Gil will win. -Along those same lines, I’m interested to see how “Average Joe: Adam returns” plays out. What kind of women are they going to bring on this show for him? He’s average, but does that mean they bring on “average” women? There won’t be much of an audience if they do. Let’s face it, most of these dating shows involve attractive women. -Of the 25 women who make it on the “Bachelor”, most of them are at a minimum, 7 out of 10’s. Will Adam’s show have the nerve to bring on 5’s? Even 4’s? It’s not shallow, but let’s face it, people don’t want to watch unattractive women on television. And obviously putting overweight or ugly women on television as opposed to men is a huge difference. The guys didn’t have a problem with it. Women are much more self-conscious about that stuff. I don’t think they’d go for it. Should be interesting. -How funny was it watching Fredo in a submarine spying on her and Michael swallowing each other’s face? It was like he was in that ride at Disneyland. I don’t think they have that anymore, do they? Did someone die on that ride too? -“The Littlest Groom” will definitely go down as the worst reality show ever. There was a reason it was only two weeks long, and it’s as simple as this: Normal sized people don’t have an interest in midgets. -How would you feel if you were Zoe? Think her self-esteem is a bit shattered right now getting dumped by a 4’5” guy? -Here was my biggest problem with the finale of “My Big, Fat, Obnoxious Fiance”. Tell Randi’s family to get over it already. After they broke the news it was a hoax, but before Steve told them he was an actor, they were still pissed. At what? It’s a joke. Get over it. -Your daughter didn’t marry a fat obnoxious guy you hated, and you got $500K out of it. Maybe I would’ve been shocked for a few seconds, but the minute I realized nothing bad happened to my daughter and I’m getting 500 grand for doing nothing other than showing up at a fake wedding for three days and maybe being the butt of a joke, I’m jumping for joy at this point. -Your daughter wasn’t sacrificed to a pack of wolves, your daughter wasn’t impregnated, she played a joke on you. Cruel? Kind of. Funny? Most definitely. What exactly are you upset about? That I’ll never understand. I wanted to choke that family. Especially her troll brothers in their kilts. -If my sister pulled that on me, here’s my reaction: “What? What’s going on? Awwwwww……you got me. Ha ha ha ha. Ok, where’s my money?” About 2.3 seconds it would take me to get over the embarrassment of having been played on national teleivision. -Big week of finale’s in reality television. “Surreal Life” ended as well in glorious fashion with Trishelle almost quitting before the final day because Sally Jessie Raphael called her out for being a whore. I see nothing wrong with that. That’s what she is. -It’s like we know it, Sally knows, her roommates knew it, SHE knows it, she just doesn’t want anyone to talk about it. Oh, ok. That makes sense. There’s no way that girl can think her actions on television can make her look like something other than a slut. -I was just in awe at the fact that Ron Jeremy and Tammy Faye Whatever became tight friends. There isn’t enough money in the world that you could’ve convinced me that would’ve happened. Not a chance. -I’m glad to see Hula Hula from “Plasticman” made it to the Final 32 of “American Idol”. One of the more underrated cartoons of our generation. Too bad he can’t sing and you can hear him breathing heavily into the microphone. Well, he’s not terrible, just isn’t good enough to win this competition. -Frankie’s back to her old tricks again. “I can remember getting kissy with Adam, but things got groggy after that.” Yeah, they usually do when you have a boyfriend back home. -Going to the clubs in downtown San Diego apparently wasn’t Jacqueseeseseseseses’ scene. Really? Could’ve fooled me. He seems to be like such the party animal of this group. Always bein’ the center of attention. Doesn’t that guy ever take a break? -Cameran meets a guy at a club, and this guy takes her downstairs to a room where everyone’s doing coke. No way! People do coke at nightclubs? And 19 year old Cameran is oblivious to it? Shut up. -Drunk Brad isn’t too happy Cameran can’t find Robin. “How’d you lose Robin? That’s your girl?” I’d ask the same question too. How can you lose that girl? Can’t be hard to find with the giant rack she has falling out all over the place. -Brad actually had a good line this week when talking about Robin. “This is just another episode of ‘Robin’s World’”. Please Brad. Don’t give MTV any ideas. It would be 30 minutes of tank tops, no bras, painter hats, her bitching at roommates, her bitching at bystanders walking by her on the street, and her waving her arms and fingers at people for no reason. -Damn. A second great line from Brad about Robin. “Robin, shut the f*** up.” You da man, Brad. Couldn’t have said it better myself. I still think you’re a putz, but you’re getting better. -Back to Frankie. “I hooked up with Adam to prove that Dave was for me.” Frankie, exactly what planet is that acceptable on? Of course, you didn’t tell Dave this. You also haven’t told your own boyfriend you have cystic fibrosis. Nice. -So after all the hooking up with Adam and fighting with Dave, what does Frankie do? She buys a plain mesh hat and has “Dave Rocks” sewn on the front. Is she serious? Where’d they find this girl? -Dave tells her to go outside and look at the moon and just know that he’s looking at the same moon. So Frankie goes outside to find it. “Where’s the moon? I’m not moving til I see the moon?” This girl is living so far outside the realm of the reality that we all live in, I don’t know how she survives. What an absolute nut job. She’s not long for this show. Definitely one that will leave because of an outside factor like the people from her planet are calling her back. Planet Frankie should be her new name. Return to the realitysteve.com home page
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