[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: The Weakest Link and other game/reality shows...

[Sheryll Townsend]

--- find_sam at hotmail.com wrote:
> Scott wrote:
> > Has anyone seen the new show The Weakest Link on
> NBC? I understand 
> > that it's yet another British Import right? I
> actually rather 
> enjoyed 
> > it. (You ARE the weakest link! Good-Bye) Though I
> hate to see 
> people 
> > leave with nothing....
> 
> It started a few months ago here in Australia, and
> it's hosted by 
> Cornelia Frances, a lady who used to act on Home and
> Away. Hmmm. (For 
> the record, H&A is a really awful Australian soap
> opera)
> 
> Personally I find that the Weakest Link is getting
> old fast. The 
> smart people get voted out first so that dumb people
> don't have any 
> competition, the host is nasty and scathing, and
> some dumb person 
> wins because they're marginally more clever than the
> other person in 
> the final two. This is what usually happens, anyway
> <g>

I have to agree with you. I watched it once and can't
bring myself to tune in again.
> 
> > It's still IMHO better than "Who Wants to be a
> Millionare?" since 
> > Regis is so big headed. Argh! 
> 
> Meanwhile we get Eddie McGuire, who is so smug it
> annoys me. And 
> don't you just *hate* the contestants who ummm and
> ahhh for about 
> half an hour over a question? And I really hate the
> ones who go 'I 
> think I'll risk a quarter of a million dollars on an
> answer I'm not 
> sure of'. That really irks me.

I got tired of this one, as well. I check it out every
now and then, but not often. My daughter is a big fan
of both, but she's never home (either at work or sign
language class). She's a huge Survivor fan, too, but I
have to tape it for her.
> 
> > I really want to watch Survivor. I know I would
> love it (from what 
> > I've seen) but I'm never home and I certainly
> couldn't follow it 
> now. 
> > Is there going to be a third season?
>  
> There will apparently be a third AND fourth season
> of Survivor... 
> yay! Apparently the next one might be set in the
> Amazon. Personally I 
> don't think you can get a better locale than
> Australia (and that 
> isn't a biased opinion at all ;))
> 
> It'd probably be too late to start watching the
> current season of 
> Survivor... oh well, there's always the planned
> third and fourth 
> seasons! I had an endorphin rush when I heard about
> that ;)
> 
> --> Sam

For some reason, this shows just keeps me tuning in.
Too bad there isn't a show like this that Canadians
can be contestants on, I know tons of people who would
love to participate!

Tonight will be a serious toss-up - Survivor vs.
hockey play-offs (MY team is playing tonight and if
they don't win, they're history!)

Sheryll

=====
"Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with ketchup."

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