# That cute host from TLC's "While you were out"! Real/Fake? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 7, 2003, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-cute-host-from-tlcs-while-you-were-out-real-fake/166964 "2003-04-07T01:14:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![InLikeFlynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f19dbf/32.png) [@InLikeFlynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InLikeFlynn)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-cute-host-from-tlcs-while-you-were-out-real-fake/166964/1 "2003-04-07T01:14:08Z")
I hate her eyebrows but the rest of her well makes up for this flaw unless she’s artificially enhanced! I know this may be taken as a sexist non-tasteful thread _(it is)_ but, I’d love some DOPE on this little hottie host! ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-cute-host-from-tlcs-while-you-were-out-real-fake/166964/2 "2003-04-07T04:47:08Z")
Her name’s Teresa Strasser. Go forth and Google, son, and all will come to you. I’ll get you started. [http://images.google.com/images?q=“Teresa+Strasser”&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi](http://images.google.com/images?q=%22Teresa+Strasser%22&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi) ---
**Author:** ![Spit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/76d3ee/32.png) [@Spit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spit)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-cute-host-from-tlcs-while-you-were-out-real-fake/166964/3 "2003-04-07T06:21:09Z")
I like the other chick better. (The one who actually works) I think she and the carpenter have a ‘thing’ going on…look at how they are always arguing. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-cute-host-from-tlcs-while-you-were-out-real-fake/166964/4 "2003-04-07T07:47:27Z")
I agree she’s cute. I think the female carpenter, (Leslie I think), is why I tune in every now and then though. ---
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-cute-host-from-tlcs-while-you-were-out-real-fake/166964/5 "2003-04-07T12:39:16Z")
But she always gets stuck with the sewing and craft projects while Andrew gets to do all the hard core carpentry projects-- what up with that? And has Andrew **ever** not fallen behind? Plus, he gets so many measurements wrong you think he needs a remedial course in using his tape measure. . . . ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-cute-host-from-tlcs-while-you-were-out-real-fake/166964/6 "2003-04-07T12:47:37Z")
I kinda liked the original host of _Trading Spaces_. The current ones are nice enough, but nothing special… ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-cute-host-from-tlcs-while-you-were-out-real-fake/166964/7 "2003-04-07T15:44:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BrotherCadfael \* > \*\*I kinda liked the original host of _Trading Spaces_. \*\* Back off! Alex McCloud is the future Alex Munch. That deep, gravely voice is soo sexy. InLikeFlynn, which “While You Were Out” host are you talking about? There have been two. ---
**Author:** ![Spit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/76d3ee/32.png) [@Spit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spit)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-cute-host-from-tlcs-while-you-were-out-real-fake/166964/8 "2003-04-07T16:59:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by elf6c \* > \*\*And has Andrew **ever** not fallen behind? Plus, he gets so many measurements wrong you think he needs a remedial course in using his tape measure. . . . \*\* Uh no…In the rare instance when it has been his fault, he has sucked it up and said as much. The blame usually lies with the wimmin making bad measurements, or whichever half-cocked designer they have that week. The times that he does _not_ fall behind, are the times when the designer actually listens to him. (“What, you mean I can’t get this 7 foot by 9 foot entertainment center to fit on this 5 foot wide wall?! It’s the centerpiece of the room!! What kind of carpenter are you?”) ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-cute-host-from-tlcs-while-you-were-out-real-fake/166964/9 "2003-04-07T17:17:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by InLikeFlynn \* > > \*\*I’d love some DOPE on this little hottie host! \*\* Teresa Strasser is (or at least was) a contributing writer for the Los Angeles Jewish Journal. You can learn more about her from [this piece of hers](http://www.jewishjournal.com/old/tstrasser.5.5.0.htm). Go to [this search results page](http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/result.php?search=teresa+strasser&type=body) to find a whole bunch of other articles she’s written. ---
**Author:** ![swannguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@swannguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swannguy)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-cute-host-from-tlcs-while-you-were-out-real-fake/166964/10 "2003-04-07T17:36:11Z")
I don’t really care who presents it…what I like to know is how with a budget higher than Trading Spaces, they still manage to make crappy/shabby looking furniture/drapes/etc?? They never buy furniture, where in the hell do they spent their money on?? I believe their budget is 1500, up 500 from Trading Spaces but from the looks you would guess it’s the other way around… ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-cute-host-from-tlcs-while-you-were-out-real-fake/166964/11 "2003-04-07T19:02:06Z")
Speaking of **While You Were Out** , the first episode I saw had a blonde hostess. What happened to her? I prefer Teresa, I just wondered. I didn’t care too much for either Kia’s or Hildi’s room in that episode, but Hildi’s was functional if sparse. Kia’s…I agree with the sentiment that it just looked cheap. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-cute-host-from-tlcs-while-you-were-out-real-fake/166964/12 "2003-04-07T19:46:14Z")
More on Teresa… [Her bio at the TLC website](http://tlc.discovery.com/fansites/wywo/bio/bio_01.html) and [http://www.teresastrasser.com/](http://www.teresastrasser.com/) > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by photopat \* > > Speaking of **While You Were Out** , the first episode I saw had a blonde hostess. What happened to her? I prefer Teresa, I just wondered. Anna Bocci is an actress, whose most recent television work has been in commercials for Pizza Hut and Earthlink. There’s a band who’s such big fans that they named themselves “The Anna Bocci Band”. You can read an interview one of their members did with here [here](http://www.innerpeacesecurity.com/annabocciband/index2.htm). ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-cute-host-from-tlcs-while-you-were-out-real-fake/166964/13 "2003-04-07T19:52:19Z")
I had a brain fart on that last post and responded to two different threads at once. Must’ve gotten the dosage wrong again. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Saxman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@Saxman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saxman)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-cute-host-from-tlcs-while-you-were-out-real-fake/166964/14 "2003-04-07T22:28:46Z")
She’s a friend of mine, so I feel like I have to defend her honor or something: she’s a totally organic beauty, no artificial sweeteners or other additives. ---
**Author:** ![Spit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/76d3ee/32.png) [@Spit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spit)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-cute-host-from-tlcs-while-you-were-out-real-fake/166964/15 "2003-04-07T22:38:57Z")
Well tell her to give me the dirt on that other girl. She can slipcover my furniture any day. ---
**Author:** ![Spit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/76d3ee/32.png) [@Spit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spit)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-cute-host-from-tlcs-while-you-were-out-real-fake/166964/16 "2003-04-07T22:42:14Z")
Not that I don’t think Teresa is attractive and all…The other girl just does something for me. (Trying to keep Miss Strasser’s honor intact or something) ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-cute-host-from-tlcs-while-you-were-out-real-fake/166964/17 "2003-04-07T23:19:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by swannguy \* > \*\*They never buy furniture, where in the hell do they spent their money on?? I believe their budget is 1500, up 500 from Trading Spaces but from the looks you would guess it’s the other way around… \*\* Sometimes it’s $1,000, sometimes it’s $1,500. I think for the outside makeovers, they budget more, because plants and water features cost so much. I know there’s a Mexican-themed deck makeover (the one that started with no deck, just the concrete support pillars because the HOs had removed the falling-down deck), Teresa specifically said they had increased the usual $1,000 budget to $1,500 for this project becasue of the lumber costs. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-cute-host-from-tlcs-while-you-were-out-real-fake/166964/18 "2003-04-07T23:58:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Spit \* > \*\*Well tell her to give me the dirt on that other girl. > > She can slipcover my furniture any day. \*\* Sadly for you, [Leslie Segrete](http://tlc.discovery.com/fansites/wywo/bio/bio_08.html) is married, so I doubt she’d take you up on your offer, no matter how flattering. ---
**Author:** ![Spit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/76d3ee/32.png) [@Spit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spit)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-cute-host-from-tlcs-while-you-were-out-real-fake/166964/19 "2003-04-08T03:05:46Z")
Exactly…I hate to have the woman go the rest of her life married to the wrong man. ---
**Author:** ![greenteeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@greenteeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/greenteeth)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-cute-host-from-tlcs-while-you-were-out-real-fake/166964/20 "2003-04-08T05:30:41Z")
It’s odd. I wouldn’t call her hot, but there is something very sexy about her. She has kinda big hip/thighs though if memory serves. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-cute-host-from-tlcs-while-you-were-out-real-fake/166964.md?page=2)