Everything posted by Gray Bunny
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Bravo's The Real Housewives of....
After watching a couple episodes of "Fire Island" (produced by Andy's BFF Mark Consuelos, of all people) I sure as hell hope not. Bitchy divas fighting over stupid crap is one thing. Bitchy queens fighting over stupid crap is pure torture. I'd die of glee if Kim Zimmer joined the Real Housewives of New Jersey. No cracks about her weight, though. We've already had Caroline Manzo and Tootie, so plump 'wives are welcome Welcome back! Dive in!
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Bravo's The Real Housewives of....
I can't with this. LOL Katie is such a moron. I'm tuning out til they pair up Lawrence St. Victor with a lady or without a shirt. Either one will do I hope they don't go there with Jenna Jameson. If you thought Brandi brought the class factor down, just wait til they add porn queens to the mix. No. Ooooooooh! OC is looking good! Feisty Lydia, fat Shannon, f'cking hot-mess Kelly. All the ladies are coming to play. So that's a new excuse for obesity... "I'm fat because I'm stressed. I'm stressed because of Vicki Gunvalson." You haven't filmed with her in six months. You just eat a lot and don't exercise.
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Bravo's The Real Housewives of....
I love that terrible woman (Jill). I'd love to have her back full-time, and she knows she'd love to be back too. Wow, 7 ladies for OC. I'm glad they have a large cast because they need some relatively sane women (Lydia, Meghan) to balance out the crazy (everyone else). I agree @Nothin'ButAttitude that Meghan finally grew on me at the end of last season. We'll see how she fares this year, but she's starting off in the right place. Crazy Kelly, the OC edition, will be interesting to see how/if she redeems herself in the viewer's mind. It's too bad Heather from Whoville leaves without anyone ever taking her down a notch (she holds herself way too high on a pedestal), but whatevs. She got her wish; she's out. Hubby got his wish; he's famous and can use it to continue his cosmetic surgery empire. As for Tamra, I hope the temperature heats up on her to at least 98 degrees...
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"The Conners" Discussion Thread
Nah, it was still before his E.R. days. It wasn't until he was on "SISTERS" as Falconer that he landed the role and thus Falconer was killed off That'd be pretty damn awesome if he came back for a cameo and Booker and Jackie reunited.
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"The Conners" Discussion Thread
Didn't Laurie Metcalf win an Emmy for the abuse episodes? I thought they were well done on all counts, and not just an "all men are asses" stance. We still had the good guys represented in Dan. Love how when Dan learned that Jackie was beat by Fisher, we see him simply grab his coat and leave the house and we knew where he was going... Different topic: I always thought it funny the timing of Jackie's pregnancy vs. Roseanne's due to real life. Jackie was already showing in the episode where she gets knocked up, and is the size of a house by the next episode. Meanwhile, Roseanne announces her pregnancy at the start of season 7 (September), but doesn't give birth until season 8 on Halloween.
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Bravo's The Real Housewives of....
I thought it was funny how they included that. They broke the 4th wall in a very casual manner (as opposed to someone getting into a physical altercation), but at least it adds something new to the story. They made her look so naive meanwhile, all smiles in the kitchen. Monique and her husband remind me of this funny meme...
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Bravo's The Real Housewives of....
Meanwhile, this past Sunday, POTOMAC dropped to 1,069,000 million without Atlanta for a lead-in. For me, Tinsley is flapping around aimlessly. There's no roots to her, whereas Kristen and Jules were married (and Kristen had kids). Tinsley doesn't even have her own home. It feels like she's just bunking with Sonja for a few weeks to film the show and then she'll jet back to wherever.
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Bravo's The Real Housewives of....
Ooh, that'd be delicious. I wonder if Bethenny will bolt beforehand though since she's joining two other shows (Shark Tank and I think a Bravo show with the realtor-ex-porn-star dude) Kristen, Jules, now Tinsley... Other than the delicious Dorinda, NYC's additions in recent years are always a generation younger than the vets, and it just seems too forced to insert them into the show. (Okay, so technically Tinsley is like 5 years younger than Bethenny, but she carries herself like a twentysomething).
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Bravo's The Real Housewives of....
That's a really good assessment, and I forgot just how good Season 7 was when I saw the recent reruns and reunion (the reunion was a beautiful blend of snark and humor... "wake up, mama!" to a sleeping Ramona). Dare I even say that Kristen Taekman wasn't that bad. Pretty harmless and took no sh** from NY's Frick 'n Frack (Ramona & Sonja). Looking back, who was more intimidated by the other -- Heather or Bethenny? I originally thought Heather, but now I'm thinking the latter, and she just uses that hard-edged, fast-talking ice queen approach. Also, I don't get why she hated Kristen and her "pop of color." At least in season 7, Bethenny wasn't sporting that horrible, choppy wind-blown hair-don't.
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"The Conners" Discussion Thread
Yeah, I'm sure Mark will be mentioned as having died in some crazy freak accident, as only he could in his oafish ways. It was 20 years ago Roseanne ended, and next year 30 years since it began. Yikes, I'm getting old.
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"The Conners" Discussion Thread
Lecy looks great, quit hatin' Ron I noticed that too, it focused a lot on the first 6 seasons (it actually shows a lot of 5 and 6... "Dad is dead!"... smoking pot, the lesbian kiss, etc) and only had one from season seven (DJ kissing his black schoolmate). None from 8 or 9. I hope the reboot isn't heavy on the politics or heavy on the nasty (her humor got bitter seasons 7-9).
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"The Conners" Discussion Thread
Love that all the originals are back, including "the real" Becky. In true Roseanne form, Sarah Chalke will also appear as a different character (maybe a neighbor.. next door, living in the Bowman's and Tilden's old place; the snazzier replica of their own house... just throwing out fun ideas). I wonder if some of their peripheral characters, like Martin Mull's Leon and Sandra Bernhard's Nancy, will pop up.
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Bravo's The Real Housewives of....
Agreed, and thank goodness Cynthia has stuck it out on this show because I've come to find her way more refreshing to watch than half the other women on ATL nowadays. She was boring and kinda desperate to make waves her first couple years, but now she fits so naturally and is a sturdy anchor in the sea of housewives craziness. NYC: I'm finding this season okay so far, but nothing is really WOWing me. Indeed, Ramona's picking at Bethenny re: "soft porn" and daughter Brynn being accosted by Barbara Walters on the playground, seems too contrived and forced for the cameras. I like it better when the Big B & Big R are friends versus foes. Whatever work Ramona had done during filming does not look good, nor does whatever filter or lens Bravo is using on their talking heads. It makes Ramona, LuAnn, look too shiny and haggard. Ramona actually looked amazing a couple weeks back when she and Alex McCord (who still looks good, still kinda weird; some things never change) were on WWHL. Not sure if it was a combo of better makeup, softer camera lens, better cosmetic work, or what, but she looked really, really good at 60. Still, this season is making Ramona ugly, and the fact she supports Trump (and was quoted by another WWHL guest saying at a party, "He's gonna build that wall! He's gonna do this & that...") makes me not support her as a viewer. We'll always have "Turtle Time" though... Sonja's little jabs at Tinsley "stealing her friends" is too petty to even try to morph into a storyline. Just stop. I'm not sure what the real deal is with Tinsley's living situation. Does she really have no other place to stay in NYC? Is she really just a full-time Miami resident? She's nice, but seems like she's a generation younger than everyone else (and I just googled. She's 41, Bethenny is 46. If someone told me Tinsley was 31, I'd believe you). Thank God for Dorinda. 3rd season in and her personal story still seems fresh, and she's still a joy to watch. I liked the bonding scene with her daughter and parents at Richard's gravesite. The daughter still needs to work on her makeup and choose an entirely different lipstick color, but overall very nice and I loved the grounds of their Berkshire home. LuAnn's sister has the same smoky voice. "Love the lace. I love lace..." Ha!
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Bravo's The Real Housewives of....
Crotchfruit. Ha! I will say one thing: I don't think Rinna was wrong about someone doing coke at Dorit's. Was it Dorit doing coke? No. Was PK? Eh. Were some guests? I bet so. When Rinna asked Dorit again at the reunion if people were doing coke in her home at the party, Dorit's facial expressions betrayed her words of "No." of course, I get saying no because SHE wasn't and because any doubts could alert child protection services etc. etc. but I don't think Rinna pulled that claim out of her ass entirely. (Sidenote: geezus my spell check refuses to accept "Dorit" as a name!)
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Bravo's The Real Housewives of....
Yeah, if there's one thing we can count on from Nene, it's inconsistency. After years of dogging Sheree, she's been her champion for the past couple years. Kenya's another one where she's back 'n forth. I'm all for letting bygones be bygones, but she's definitely a fair-weather friend. I see the OG's (NeNe, Kim, Sheree) teaming up against Miss Moore for season ten.
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Bravo's The Real Housewives of....
Yup. Just as I thought last week. Robyn's nice, and her and Juan are sweet, but that's the story. Every talking head, every story beat. This is all she got. Yes. Ashley is stirring the pot for the sake of the show, and it's looking a little desperate. I think Monique is the only one I really like, and she's the newbie! She's not into the B.S., she's smart, funny, and confident. Gizelle keeps making herself look like the old haggard have-not who's jealous of the new young rich girl who has it all. Karen is just a poser; I don't take her seriously. Everything looks put upon for the sake of the show, and her husband and son know it, and just smirk and deal with it while the cameras are rolling. I loved when the potential buyers kept saying her house was outdated. It definitely looked like it hadn't been updated since the 90's. Chaarriissee... ugh. I still think she's stank. And quite literally, on Gizelle's back porch, she was hiding some massive wet pit stains on her blue top; half-way through the conversation, her hair was magically covering just the right spots to cover up her sweat stains. She, like Porsha's mom on ATL, needs to learn to cover up her arms. Charrisse is another poser, and I LOLed when she gave that awkward speech at her sad party. I think part of the reason I watch this show is because I don't like half of them so I just spend the hour making fun of them.
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ALL: Soap Stars - Where are they now?
God bless her
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Bravo's The Real Housewives of....
I'm waiting for the shady frog to be exposed. She's had a guilty constipated look on her face for the entire reunion. Let's see what B.S. she tries to come up with for an explanation, if she gives one at all.
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Bravo's The Real Housewives of....
Yeah, Ashley is getting the gossipy, sh-it stirrer edit. Hey, they gotta talk about something. Okay Robyn, the ladies will mind their own business and stop talking about your maybe-yes/maybe-no relationship with Juan.... and then they'll have nothing to talk about with you and your story is over. I like Monique's friend. She's giving me a Lark Voorhies vibe for some reason.
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Bravo's The Real Housewives of....
Can't. Wait. Phaedra finally gets her comeuppance. Watch out Tamra from OC, you're next!
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"The Conners" Discussion Thread
I still maintain seasons 1-6 were gold. 7 was okay, 8 was ho-hum, 9 was awful.
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"The Conners" Discussion Thread
Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaas! This is the revival I've been hoping to see! I won't set myself up for disappointment, but I'm hoping however they do it is in line with how they're doing Will & Grace. I don't care if they pretend Dan never died. It could be a 10 episode arc of Roseanne's writings, just like the entire final season. That's their leeway. Thankfully, all the core people are still around and are hopefully on-board. We've lost Nana Mary (Shelley Winters) and Glenn Quinn (Mark). I wonder how Estelle Parsons (Bev) is doing. She's 89. I just looked her up, and they did a "Where Are They Now" on OWN with her 2 years back and she was a feisty New Yorker power-walking in the park, looking wonderful at 87. They could have a little fun with the two Beckys switching back 'n forth. Oh this makes me more excited than any of the other 90's revivals. I can't wait
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Bravo's The Real Housewives of....
Ooh. There ya go. The original Taylor McBride of Melrose Place, fired for being preggars... and the bigger-lipped replacement who played the role. On the same show to hash it out 20+ years later...
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Bravo's The Real Housewives of....
Wow, that'd be great! I'd love to see her in this setting, but I don't think she'd be open to that kind of personal scrutiny, nor bringing up her family's past... I love me some KKL, but I think she's the kind of actress who's really sensitive about aging, her looks, getting older, etc. just from previous interviews I've seen, and in this day 'n age of Twitter, they'd drag her for her botox, her son's past, etc.
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Bravo's The Real Housewives of....
I haven't seen Beverly Hills from last night, but I'm in agreement that this season really fizzled, even though it seemed to be in the right direction at the onset. I thought they'd wrap up "pantygate" when Erika & Dorit seemed to bury the hatchet half-way through the season, yet here we are, talking about Erika's puss right up to the season finale and through the majority of the reunion. Now, we've seen tiny issues blown out of proportion on these shows in the past for the sake of story, but this one reached a new low of desperation. On all sides. Clearly, they had nothing to work with and so they beat this issue to a bloody pulp. This was even worse than Kyle and Witchy-Poo Carlton's non-feud feud or the endless Munchhausen talk. Rinna threw so much spaghetti at the proverbial wall, hoping something would stick, and ended up with sauce all over her face (did ya like that pun? I feel like Carrie Bradshaw!). The cocaine comment was just so random and unnecessary, it really showed she'll say anything to spark up controversy for the cameras. Overall, the "pantygate" issue is a squabble that on another show like NYC would've been discussed for about 2-3 episodes max, then the arc would've completed and they'd move on to a new issue. Pretty indicative that a casting shakeup is overdue.