Yay George! He seems like such a lovely guy, making small talk and complimenting the other straight guys. I liked the inclusion of the hip tips during the holiday party; when they’re tacked onto the end of the episodes they always come off so forced. These were more conversational, and I loved the visual of the guests gathered around listening. I thought Ted’s and Thom’s were the best ones (a friend of mine wrapped our gifts in pornography last year); Kyan’s lame lip balm tip and Jai’s “serve coffee to get people to go home” were not so great. Has anyone tried Carson’s tip or knows if it works? I have no doubt I’ll make use of that one. I thought it diplomatic they called Adam an overachiever, so as not to make any of the other guys feel inadequate in comparison.
I wish I’d taped the video so I could study it frame by frame, especially Jai’s dancing.
My sides hurt from laughing so much at this episode. I really liked the interaction between each of the straight guys, it was almost like they knew about each other. Actually, if they started watching the show after their own makeovers, it’s not out of the realm of possibility.
I, too, forsee a “Queer Eye for the Straight Wedding” special or somesuch. However, after watching parts of the music video, I’m thinking this movement has gotten too big. It’s almost reached the “larger than life” stage.
And why did they visit those four guys in particular? There was no indication any of it was arranged beforehand, judging from the guys’ reactions. From the opening, they had already picked the guys to visit, not a matter of “let’s visit everyone and see who lets us in the door.” Maybe there’ll be another reunion special?
I do intend to get a doormat for my bathroom . . .
Poor Jai. They didn’t even let him do a home invasion. He’s wispy enough so he could have slipped himself through the mail slot [insert filthy double-entendre here].
I kept hearing “Come with me/and you’ll be/in a world of pure imagination…” while seeing him in that. He looked downright HOT in the music video, though.
At the beginning Ted explains that “Jai won’t be making a housecall because as you’ll see he has emcee duties”. Did I miss those emcee duties? He didn’t seem to do anymore than anybody else. (Ever notice what a big boot-ay he has for such a twinky guy? Doesn’t detract in the least.)
Much as I like Jai, I honestly think they should replace him with a cute nerd who really does do actual “culture” type stuff (e.g. beefing up their knowledge of current events/literature/music/art, etc.). Give Jai a spin-off doing… something else. (Perhaps a 30 minute reality show about Broadway shows would be cool and great press for the shows.)
I loved the show. Adam did surprise me the most. I figured the adults were all happy with the change to their house, but wondered if the kids stop exploding their toys all over the place without a fight! Likewise, I was glad to see George had a girlfriend. I wonder about poor Butch though. What ever happened with that friend of his that was kind of scoping him out at his gallery show?
I have to say, Thom has always been my favorite (though he loses points for that outfit). He always picks out quality pieces and his work looks professional. Some other home makeover shows have nice looking rooms for the photo shoot. But you can sometimes tell that the place was put together in a hurry by amateurs often on a shoe string budget. I wonder how well those rooms hold up to people actually living in them. Thom’s work, on the other hand, looks good and durable.
Did anyone else notice how much alcohol was flowing during that party? I was wondering if the guests would be able to walk by the end of the show!
(slight hijacke
I taped this but I’m not goi)g to rewind to try and find an exact qoute. But at one point the Fab 5 seemed to be giving answers to “What surprised/disgusted you about the straight guys homes?”
And the answers were:
Filthy bathrooms
Beds that were DNA collections (filthy)
“the porn”
I don’t get number three. Would it be the amount of porn? Is straight porn that different from gay porn? Leaving porn mags and videos just laying around?
I’m sure the visits were a surprise just like the four day make overs all happened in just one day.
IOW, they lie. Entertainingly so. But they lie.
Which leads to my theory on Adam’s shower stall. To clean the master bedroom in a hurry, they threw everything into the stall (their bathroom still had a bath, I believe).
They couldn’t revisit rock-and-roll guy and several others because they were Blaine episodes (whom Jai replaced). And they’re mad at Corey (Shaggy) because he lied about being an actor (they have a no actors need apply law).
Maybe the Fab Five were surprised because, after the faaabulous makeovers they gave those straight guys, they should have chicks falling all over them and, with such insanely rich love lives, they thus should have no need for any porn.
Why was Blaine replaced?
The show was aired last night in the UK - very funny. I loved the sight of them cheering anyone who buys ‘product’ - does this make you a good person??
Actually, Blaine was in Adam Z.'s episode, so that theory doesn’t hold. The only other episode Blaine was in was the Tom K. one, and I believe the reason Tom K. wasn’t revisited was that he and the now-infamous “hooker from Trenton” have broken up. Your theory about Alan C. doesn’t quite hold up either - they apparently do not have a “no actors” rule, because Vincent (the singer) and Steven (the Fuse host) were both found through casting agencies. Alan, in fact, was seen as a bumbling busboy on another Bravo series, The Restaurant.
