Oh, MAAAAAN! I just checked out Sheila’s bio on the CBS website…you know what kind of model she was?
She was the Penthouse Pet of the Year in 1984. And “[s]he lived the high life with Bob Guccione in his 35 million dollar mansion for 10 years.”
Ugh…she was Guccione’s personal playma…er, pet? Ewwwww…
Hmmm, and according to her myspace she dated Scott Baio
Wow…her dating history doesn’t get much better as you learn more, does it?
Too bad that Jonny Fairplay is off the market. They would make quite a couple!
I’m going to continue the week in this thread, like we did with BB before.
Jacob is a tool. A very pretty tool, but a tool nonetheless. Shitstirring in the early game does not work. Allison found that out in the All-Stars season. I’d petition for Jacob to return, but only if he’s required to wear a Speedo at all times and have his mouth taped shut.
Allison (this season’s Allison) is going to be trouble. She definitely had Ryan in her sights for more than just playing Big Brother. I think that if both couples make it far enough into this season, we’re going to see the catfight to end all catfights. Not that I wouldn’t join in with Ryan as the prize…
What’s with Sheila? Have she and Adam come to some kind of truce? During the competition she was all pushing her dirty pillows into his face. And when Parker called everyone into that house meeting, she seemed awfully close to Adam.
At least it wasn’t Fabio.
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I was disappointed there was no post-eviction interview with Jacob and whatsherface. What was he thinking? Was he trying to get thrown out, rather than being shackled to his incredibly pissed-off ex? Wouldn’t blame him, if so.
I was wondering about this too… My guess was that one of them flat-out refused.
Well, Chenbot interviews live on eviction nights, and I don’t think this was live. They’ve been in the house several days even before the premiere, so I’m guessing this eviction happened on Monday or Tuesday night. The normal evictions (of the nom, vote, leave variety) will be live, like every season before.
Oh, and incidentally, in re Sharon and Jacob, I accidentally read a spoiler on the LJ Big Brother community based on what some people saw on BB After Dark last night and:
Sharon will be back, apparently. Unfortunately, it’s at the expense of one of the cute gay bois, Neil. From what I’ve read, Neil has a major family emergency come up and has to leave the house, so they bring back Sharon to be Joshuah’s partner for the rest of the game. Which is disappointing, kind of…
Well, I finally got to watch an episode. I watched last night’s ep over my lunch break (fast-forwarding through some stuff). I agree that what Jacob did was really, really stupid. Anyone who has watched Big Brother knows that you don’t try to stir stuff up right away. Unless you’re, say, Dr. Will, you can’t get away with it. The first ones to go are traditionally the ones who don’t get along well with the others, since it’s before there’s really time to establish much in terms of alliances or strategy.
It appears that Sheila is starting to warm up to Adam. Perhaps she realized that there was a huge target on their backs because they weren’t getting along. There’s no dumber reason to be sent home than people thinking you don’t want to be there. If she wants to be there she needs to suck it up and I think she has figured that out.
I enjoyed seeing Eric and Jessica again. And they’re still together. Awwwww …
I hope I can keep up with this show, but I’m just not feeling that into it. Big Brother is a summer thing for me, you know? When there’s so much other stuff on that I want to see, I’m afraid this is the show that’s going to fall by the wayside.
I think it’s a case of the producers pulling them aside and saying, “Hey, if you want to play the game, you need to play along otherwise you are out…” It wouldn’t be a reality show without some outside steering, right?
Yeah, but producer interference typically goes the other way, doesn’t it? They try to increase, not decrease, the drama.
So was I the only person who watched last night?
Jen is a bitch – I hate her. Parker’s okay, but not as smart as he thinks he is. I’m guessing they’ll go this week and the BF will go next week.
And the chick who was head of household – God, her voice, yikes.
No, you’re not the only one who watched. But you may be soon! I know it’s early, but I am not liking this season very much. They seem to have dug up people who are even more stupid and vacuous than usual. The previous seasons have been pretty silly, but I’ve always watched. This season, with the forced ‘love-connections’ just seems too silly and I’m not sure I’m going to make the three-times-a-week commitment to the silliness.
Half the people in the house are just plain idiots, I swear.
Allison was an absolute fool. Couldn’t she see that Ryan having a girlfriend on another team gave them a foot up? They had a built in secret alliance. In fact, it already helped them once – Parker had mentally penciled Ryan in as a possible boot before he found out that he was Jen’s boyfriend. Allison took the whole Showmance thing way too seriously – it was like she was jealous that this person she’d just met 20 minutes before was dating someone else? I can’t blame the rest of the faction for worrying that she was going to spill the beans, and trying to do damage control by coming out with the truth themselves. Although that certainly worked out well for them, didn’t it?
Then Allison comes up with the brilliant ‘let’s pretend to be lesbian lovers’ idea with Sheila. Looking forward to seeing how that works out for them.
Sheila is an interesting character. It’s amusing to see how a woman who’s clearly been trading on nothing but her looks her whole life acts once she starts to lose them. Cautionary tale, there, girls – no matter how pretty you are, it’s a real good idea to cultivate some other valuable characteristics. Looks Don’t Last.
And why was Bike Guy wearing a leopard print teddy during that one scene? Did I miss something?
House guest mistake #1: Jen/Ryan telling their partners about their relationship
House guest mistake #2: Jen/Parker telling the rest of the house about Jen/Ryan
House guest mistake #3: Allison going around telling anyone who will listen that it isn’t her fault
House guest mistake #4: Allison/Sheila acting like they are partners, after swearing that they knew no one in the house
CBS Mistake #1: Thinking a short season with makeshift couples is a good idea to wait out the writer’s strike
That’s exactly what I like about this season. These people, with one or two notable exceptions, are just amazingly stupid. They simply cannot wrap their brains around the notion of partnership, and the fact that fucking up fucks your partner up. Or starting shit with someone is tantamount to starting shit with their partner. Last night’s meltdown was as intense as any I’ve seen. And speaking of stupid, Joshua missed the whole sympathy session and was acting like a jerk in everyone’s eyes just as the program ended, all the while thinking he was still the evening’s hero-slash-entertainment. This season is the most unpredictable I’ve seen. It’s turn on a dime every few minutes. I’m liking it.
The stupid people will be out of there quickly. It will be interesting to see what happens when the people who haven’t gotten any screentime yet are the ones left to actually play the game.
Lib – I missed the last five minutes or so of the show – what was Joshua doing?
They had all just made a sort of internally shared peace with Amanda in her absence, thanks to Sheila’s rememberances of her youthful past. You probably saw that part. Well, when Amanda finally emerged from the diary room, everyone was in the kitchen, rather contritely quiet and completely civil as she walked to the fridge. Alex gently asks her if she and he could talk after she’s rested. She says yes.
Then here comes Joshua, emerging from the bathroom or something, oblivious to what had just gone down. He taunts Amanda as she says goodnight to everyone and walks up the stairs. He’s paying no attention to the exasperated catcalls and disapproving moans from the kitchen crowd. “Hey, that’s too much, Joshua.” “Not cool, my man.” He presses on, and as Amanda walks down the HOH hallway, he yells out, “Bitch.” Or “Whore.” Or something like that.
Cue music. Run credits.