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She had plenty of chances, especially as a nurse. She could have joined the military (Vicki nixed that), she could have been a traveling nurse and picked the locale (Vicki picked the locale--the OC) or she could have moved to another state and gotten a job in a minute. She obviously didn't want to. Just like children growing up in the White House. Until they find out you're a Yankee who believes the Bible is a fairy tale and thinks guns should be banned!

You win the internet today!!!!! LOL!

She is a former Russian coach whose students included the sublime Oksana Omielianchuk ('85 champion w/ Elena Shushunova) And you never know what Chinese 11-year-old will show up and steal the show.

Absolutely! The show also doesn't mention that if you win $1 million, you end up with $600,000 AFTER taxes.

I always figure that some NBC executive is sleeping with the "who-the-heck-is-this" announcers. There was absolutely no reason for Sandra Bezic, a CANADIAN skating choreographer, to be NBC's main skating announcer for decades when we had women gold medalists all tripping over each other. At least NBC now has Nastia Liukin doing gymnastics.

I dunno ... I found it more interesting than RHoBH and RHoOC. If I hear the word Munnschausen's ONE MORE TIME, I will throw my lemon cleanse at the TV. Ditto for people's cancer tests, fake cancer tests, fake baptisms etc. At least with SC, you get a lot of house bling, lavish parties and a real-life butler. Say what? Not even here?! I hope you can at least provide details!!!!

At least someone has convinced him to SHUT UP during floor exercise. I hate when commentators just chatter.

Paying people fairly is a good incentive because it's the right thing to do.

Of course we don't REALLY know that they don't get any money ... Dancing with the Stars winners are always "competing for the Mirror Ball Trophy" but the reality of the cash payments has come out in recent years. Every competitor gets $5,000 a week for the pre-show practice weeks, $10,000 a week for each week they last after week 4 (or something like that) and $25,000 after they reach Top 5.... The winner gets $250,000. And I find it difficult to believe that any Indy 500 winner shows up just for the fun of competing.

I will not rest until Bravo gives us Scary Island Uncensored.

I bet Kacy gets an appearance fee and expenses ... Otherwise, I seriously doubt she would show up at EVERY city qualifier. And if NBC is making money (it must since it now repeats the segments on both NBC and Esquire), there's no reason why Caldiero shouldn't get an athlete's share too. This isn't college football. Good for him.

It's on NBC on Sunday night, 9 - 11. Maybe your local station is pre-empting it for some Memorial Day show? Usually, they re-run these things on Esquire (or whatever it's called) or later that night if it's pre-empted.

The show is definitely better than last year's edition ...

Well ... it's usually not that personal. People just want to tweak the producers, who usually end up giving "winnable" celebrities to Derek while poor Tony usually gets the older women with no chance of winning or the celebrities with "attitude" (yes, Kate Gosselin, I'm speaking about you).

Enjoyed the Survivor edition of TPIR... They didn't dumb down the game for the Survivor contestants ...

I bought a package. It was super-sweet, but OK when you mixed it with plain yogurt ... It also lasts forever in your fridge ... Last summer, I mixed it with Cool Whip to use as a frosting on a white box cake.

I hope things they learned from Team Ninja Warrior flow back to the Mothership. Oh, please, YES!!! From your post to the producer's/director's/advertisers eyes!!!!!!

I'm ambivalent about colorizing the old episodes, although the quality is getting better ...

Do we know where the Beadors moved?

I know!! When a storyline was over, IT WAS OVER. No endless talk of Munnschausens! No who's-on-whose-side! And gee, those ladies back in the early seasons had more adventures in ONE EPISODE than an entire season now.

I agree with many of your selections, but I would have added ALISON KELLY from Season 3 ... she designed an origami/papier mache top out of newspaper for a recycling center challenge that Tim Gunn thought should have won, and instead she was eliminated because the judges thought the top "was too stiff." Those were the days when real designers with real talent were promptly eliminated. In the Lifetime version, she would have won.

I love this show, but PLEASE STOP WITH THE SHAKY CAMERA!! I don't know who directed it ... but the episode was giving me a headache. Blurry zipping across the room ... bobbing heads ... THAT is so 2003! Geez ...

Or they could buy a Cone Buddy -- a plastic holder for traditional pointed cones with a one-inch rim around it. A couple of women in Rochester NY invented it a couple of years ago.

FINALLY! Somebody got AL TRAUTWIG to SHUT UP during the women's floor routines. I LOVE the fact that the commentators allow us to simply enjoy the routines without Al prattling on about some nonsense ... (Hear that, skating commentators?!)

No, it's on NBC. After all, it's an Olympic year.