# Am I Hot or Not **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 14, 2003, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-hot-or-not/154979 "2003-02-14T02:24:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-hot-or-not/154979/21 "2003-02-14T13:36:50Z")
Lorenzo Lamas? are the other members of the panel a blind woman and a Native American? ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-hot-or-not/154979/22 "2003-02-14T13:44:58Z")
I remember being shocked and horrified when I heard about _The Bachelor_. I posted about it here. Unfortunately, I think I used up all my outrage then. After that, I don’t anything would surprise me. TV panders to basest human interests. In other news, Pope Catholic, Bear Shits in Woods, Frog’s Asses Found To Be Watertight. ---
**Author:** ![Mothchunks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@Mothchunks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mothchunks)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-hot-or-not/154979/23 "2003-02-14T14:49:57Z")
I thought it was a slave auction, especially when they checked that guys teeth like a thoroughbred race horse. His teeth looked fine to me. I’m surprised Lorenze didn’t pull out a tape measure and calipers to measure dick size. ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-hot-or-not/154979/24 "2003-02-14T15:08:49Z")
Yes, but on the bright side, this show was responsible for one of the funniest pieces of unintentional comedy I’ve seen in a while. I’d like to quote (as best as I can remember) one of the contestants during one of those pre-auction interview portions: “Well, what surprises a lot of people is that I’m this attractive and I’m also highly intelligent. Most people just assume that I’m shallow and not very smart because of my looks, but then they are totally shocked at how smart I am once I begin to conversate with them.” And no, conversate is not a typo. I was rolling on the floor it was so funny. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mermaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@The\_Mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mermaid)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-hot-or-not/154979/25 "2003-02-14T15:10:29Z")
I just can’t bring myself to watch this. It brings back horrible high school flashbacks. I just can’t imagine a more complete and utter humiliation than to have my entire being scrutinized by a panel of judges who then point out each flaw with a laser pointer. Then again, I secretly would enjoy seeing some people getting taken down a notch. Preferrably some of the same aforementioned fellow high school tormentors. If not them then some of the “don’t hate me cause I’m beautiful and I can’t help it if I have flawless skin, enormous breasts, and a size 2 just hangs on me” bitches that seem to be everywhere. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-hot-or-not/154979/26 "2003-02-14T15:19:07Z")
It was like a cauldron full of the most reprehensible specimens known to humankind. I don’t have words for what a shitty concept this is. I saw it for the first time last night, and I won’t watch it again. ---
**Author:** ![Kayeby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de0a6/32.png) [@Kayeby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kayeby)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-hot-or-not/154979/27 "2003-02-14T16:01:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Neurotik \* > \*\*Yes, but on the bright side, this show was responsible for one of the funniest pieces of unintentional comedy I’ve seen in a while. I’d like to quote (as best as I can remember) one of the contestants during one of those pre-auction interview portions: > > “Well, what surprises a lot of people is that I’m this attractive and I’m also highly intelligent. Most people just assume that I’m shallow and not very smart because of my looks, but then they are totally shocked at how smart I am once I begin to conversate with them.”\*\* That reminds me of a sound bite I heard on the radio from a Miss Australia (or something similar) pageant contestant. It was something along the lines of: “You don’t just get judged on beauty. They judge you on your articulation (“your articulation” sounded like “reticulation”), diplomacy and intelligment. Those are the four things that you get judged on.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-hot-or-not/154979/28 "2003-02-14T16:39:41Z")
> [@](#): > > Frankly, the only thing left that I can imagine for a reality show is people fucking on stage and being rated by a panel of judges on their performance. From what I understand, that is an actual show in Japan. No kidding. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-hot-or-not/154979/29 "2003-02-14T16:44:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by KidCharlemagne \* > \*\*That show was as compelling as it was painful. They clearly told Lamas to play the part of Simon from American Idol. And what’s with Lamas’s comments about the guys??? “Your body is hot and I really like your lips. You got it going on.” > I felt really bad for the guy with the bad teeth. Did you see his lips quivering on close-up when that judge told him to open his mouth? “Wider! Wider! I can’t see your teeth!” I thought he was going in to apoplexy right there on stage. Like a preview at a horse auction. \*\* I thought the other guy was more _Simon_ish, he seemed like an even bigger jerk then Lorenzo. I liked show where they would take your car, and you gamble it, but if you lost they would crush it. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-hot-or-not/154979/30 "2003-02-14T16:47:37Z")
> [@](#): > > I just want to say that being chosen this month’s Miss August is, like, a compliment that I’ll remember for as long as I can. Right now I’m a freshman in my fourth year at UCLA, but, my goal is to become a veterinarian 'cause I love children! > –Julie Brown, _'cause I’m a Blonde!_ ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mermaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@The\_Mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mermaid)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-hot-or-not/154979/31 "2003-02-14T16:48:18Z")
Now I would kinda like to see that. [sub] Ok I’d like to be a contestant providing there are no laser pointers allowed[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-hot-or-not/154979/32 "2003-02-14T16:48:49Z")
I don’t have a TV. A while ago, my mom sent me some money and told me to go out and get myself a TV, as a present from her. So I did. A couple days later, I returned it. I didn’t get any reception, so I would have needed cable, and I honestly couldn’t be bothered. I am so not regretting this now. (Although I suspect that someday I will see this show at **CrankyAsAnOldMan** ’s house: she has previously exposed me to _The Bachelorette_ and, horror of horrors, _Showgirls_. I hear she made **magdalene** watch _Glitter_, too.) ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-hot-or-not/154979/33 "2003-02-14T16:49:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by alice\_in\_wonderland \* > \*\*Good lord - it just came on here. > > Frankly, the only thing left that I can imagine for a reality show is people fucking on stage and being rated by a panel of judges on their performance. > \*\* Up next on Fox, “Fucking for Dollars.” Two strangers go at it, and **you** pick the position! ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-hot-or-not/154979/34 "2003-02-14T16:52:42Z")
What show is this? ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-hot-or-not/154979/35 "2003-02-14T16:55:47Z")
What made me sickest, when I reflect on the TWO HOUR SHOW, is that when they narrowed it down to 32 people from “HOT ZONE 1” (the Northeastern U.S.), they brought them out and made them stand under a big sign that said HOT/NOT and the audience would cheer or…and here’s the best part…BOO or LAUGH at each contestant. So here’s a woman, not a supermodel, but, in my opinion ‘pretty’, relatively thin, nice curves, nice chest, healthy hair, and the audience actually POINTED AND LAUGHED at her until the sign BLINKED NOT. “I’m sorry, you are NOT HOT” is what the host said. ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-hot-or-not/154979/36 "2003-02-14T16:57:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by OpalCat \* > \*\*What show is this? \*\* Am I Hot or Not. It was on ABC last night. ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-hot-or-not/154979/37 "2003-02-14T16:57:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by OpalCat \* > \*\*What show is this? \*\* Here ya go: [http://abc.abcnews.go.com/primetime/areyouhot/index.html](http://abc.abcnews.go.com/primetime/areyouhot/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-hot-or-not/154979/38 "2003-02-14T17:08:28Z")
Looks like the show is called “Are You Hot?” Am I Hot or Not is a website… that is why it seemed weird to me… ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-hot-or-not/154979/39 "2003-02-14T17:12:11Z")
Well, I apologize then. But the whole concept of the show hinged on the phrase “Are You Hot Or Not” ---
**Author:** ![Lux\_Fiat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc79bd/32.png) [@Lux\_Fiat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lux_Fiat)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-hot-or-not/154979/40 "2003-02-14T17:14:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jarbabyj \* > Am I Hot or Not. It was on ABC last night. The same network that brought you a show about relatively normal-looking people getting cosmetic surgery, and called it _Extreme Makeover_. Owned by Disney, of course. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-hot-or-not/154979.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-hot-or-not/154979.md?page=3)