A two-hour special tonight on CBS (don’t you love sweeps?).
So – who’s gonna take the bullet for us, watch it and report back?
I’ve got DVR set.
Liberal, you’re a brave, brave man.
We will remember you fondly…
I’m going to a Braves game at the Ted tonight. However…
…I’m taping it.
Survivor All-Stars and the Amazing Race have made me tired of these two so I won’t be watching it, but I’ll probably check back in this thread to see how it went.
I appreciate that, but I’ve honestly always liked Rob, and lately have come to like Amber as well. I love Rob’s gaming mind. If he were a chess player, I believe he would play in the style of Tal.
You are a brave (or crazy 
) man, Liberal.
Isn’t there something better on, like a zillionth rerun of Law & Order, or maybe a Friends repeat that I’ve only seen 40 or 50 times? I’d rather just sit and watch the turned-off TV for two hours than watch those two get married. I just a headache just watching the ads for it.
I have it DVR’d, but I doubt I’ll watch it. Though I like Romber (they got hosed on TAR!), I really only like them in a competitive setting.
Unless they have a cake eating contest or “Do a Striptease” challenge, I’ll probably erase it.
And absolutely no mention of Amber’s smokin’ ass.
Some people have no priorities.
I thought we were talking about Verrain and TruePisces.
Then I realized that Verrain’s name is Rich…
Nevermind.
I’m only watching to see if any of the more likable Survivors are featured.
I’m thinking of something like Lex punching out the cameraman who comes to get his thoughts about the happy couple.
Two hours?!? :eek:
Some please report back with the times that something interesting happens so I can DVR to them.
Well, I could take one for the team. I’ll have some wine on hand to make it bearable. It’s how I got through The Bachelor Three-Hour Skank-A-Thon.
I have a feeling my eyes will be rolling more than they did while watching Tana on The Apprentice.
So…do you think Lynn and Alex will be there?
I will be watching…as long as I don’t fall asleep. heh. Our VCR is broken, so I don’t have much of a choice if I want to see it. Staying up until 11pm is late for me!
I am more eager for Lynn & Alex’s Wedding next Wednesday, right here in Ottawa. I am trying to win tickets to attend. If I’m successful, I would be more than happy to report on that! hehe
I believe that, when they showed the engagement just before announcing the winner, I vowed that Survivor had jumped the shark and if they actually aired the damn wedding, I would never watch Survivor or some such nonsensical, but highly principled, promise.
Let me know when they air the divorce.
We’re on a tropical beach. A small group of family and friends is gathered, sitting in deck chairs. Rob is wearing a sort of leisure suit tuxedo, white, with white shirt, three buttons undone, white pants, and barefoot. No tie. Amber appears underneath an arch of white roses, wearing a white dress (satin, I think), with a long lace train, and no veil. She is also barefoot. The first notes of Here Comes the Bride (yes, I know it’s from Wagner) begin to play on what sounds like a cheap nylon string guitar.
Amber begins her processional walk as her train becomes caught on the arch. An attendant in the background begins to flail like Lucy in a candy factory, and finally moves forward to pull the train free. Amber’s father takes her arm. She greets him with “Hi, Daddy!” He walks her toward Rob, and gives her away as Rob comes to meet them. Rob escorts Amber to the other arch of flowers, where they are to say their vows.
The presiding official, of a nondescript Christian denomination, briefly tells the story of how they met as competitors and became best friends. Nicole and Mike, the maid of honor and best man, present the vows. Rob notes that she has a nicer (as in fancier) piece of paper. Amber responds with, “I’m a girl.”
Rob reads:
Amber, I have never met anyone who has made me feel so special, until I met you. You make me smile. You make me laugh. You make me feel important and smart. Sometimes you make me crazy. [Amber giggles.] And then you make things all right again. You taught me patience. You taught me compromise. You brought me into your family. You’ve given me friendship. You’ve given me love. You’ve always given me the window seat. [Amber giggles.] And today, you’re giving me all of you. For this I am honored and privileged. And in return, I promise to always be true to you, to always treat you with respect, to always be your friend, to always put you above everything else, and to always love you with all my heart. Forever. And ever. And ever. [Amber laughs. The assembly laughs. Rob looks around like, “What the hell?”, grins, and says…] The end!
Hearty laughter ensues all around. Amber says, “Amen! That was very good. I didn’t know […unintelligible…] do so good! Okay.”
Amber reads:
Robert, I want you to know that even though this wedding has turned out to be more than I ever dreamed, it would not be perfect without you standing here in front of me today. You are what matters most. Today, I stand here telling you that I am yours. My heart is filled with love for you and our future together. I promise to be patient and giving, understanding and truthful, and dedicated to your every need. I promise to always be there with you to laugh, or even cry, and to learn and grow old. Thank you for making my fairytale wedding come true. And by that I mean, thank you for giving me you.
And then the ceremony goes on, and yada yada yada… After the rings, the official speaks:
Rob. Amber. Surrounded by the love of your family and friends, it is in their name that I bid you both and pray God may you always love like you’ve never been hurt. [I am not making this up, people.] May you always comfort with gentle whispers. May you always dance like no one is watching. And may God, ever gracious, grant you peace. Peace in your hearts. Peace in your home. Peace in your united lives. Indeed, peace unto eternity. And now, by the power vested in me, it is my honor and sweet delight to pronounce as, and to present for the first time, as husband and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Mariano.
Amber giggles.
When I got home from the Braves game last night, I rewound the tape while making a sandwich. Then I sat down to watch and eat.
I got maybe ten minutes into it. The only reason I wanted to watch in the first place was in the hope I’d see other Survivors or other interesting guests (Julie Chen, perhaps?), but as Romber were descending toward Paradise Island I decided I wasn’t interested enough in that to bother with the rest of the tedium.
So, Liberal, were there any celebrity guests? Were even Jeff Probst or Phil Keoghan there?
Small correction: the arches were covered with shells in keeping with the beach theme. Rob’s outfit was Tommy Bahama, all silk. And I didn’t see any lace on Ambuh’s train.
There were no celebrity guests of any kind.
The poor kids had to cut the guest list from 500-600 to 250. Damn CBS cheapskates!
The wedding took place at the Atlantis resort on Paradise Island in the Bahamas. Colin Cowie was the party planner. He freaked because a friend of the bride’s mother designed the gown. . . and he didn’t know her.
It was a beach theme and it was really quite beautiful, but rather windy. The wedding part of the show occupied only about the last 15 minutes. The other hour and 45 minutes was made up of wedding plans, secret gifts, visits to each other’s parents’ homes. And the bachelor and bachelorette parties.
I was surprised that Rob’s parents appear to be wealthier than Amber’s. She lives in a tiny ranch style house in Beaver, PA. That’s outside of Pittsburgh. Rob’s parents have a really nice, large colonial in or near Boston. Rob’s father had built a house in Pensacola, Florida, for Rob and Amber. And Rob’s gift to Amber was that he and some buddies decorated and furnished it for her. I find it hard to believe they did it without a decorator hanging on every decision, but it was really swell. And Amber was totally floored!
Amber, on the other hand, bought a pretty hideous painting of the Boston Red Sox then shlepped it to the Red Sox spring training camp and persuaded the players to sign it for her. Rob was totally floored, but he appeared to be nonplussed that Amber had gone to spring training and he had never been there.
It was a harmless couple of hours. I was surprised at how tender and romantic Rob is with Amber. He is a very emotional guy. I suppose that’s his Italian heritage coming through. Amber doesn’t seem to be very interesting, but I did like Rob’s comment that “she is very conservative with money.” Now, that’s interesting!
I thought it was pretty good, as far as these things go. The actual stuff they had them do was really contrived. They’re planning a wedding from scratch in 4 weeks, and they fly them multiple times to the Bahamas, LA, NY, Pittsburgh, and Boston. You could tell Rob & Amber thought it was pretty stupid. I guess the freebies were worth it though.