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This couple annoyed me. As someone pointed out in another tiny house thread, the people this show highlights are doing it backwards. They should be living the "minimalist lifestyle" first before they decide they want a tiny house. You can't rely on a house to "make" you live the tiny house lifestyle, and that's what I think these people are doing. I mean, if you decide you want a tiny house, then you can't say "I need space for all my stuff I can't give up," "I need a studio," "I need an office," "I need work out space." And I would think that you would have already secured a place for your tiny house before you decided to build one, but this couple hadn't even done that. Then, we learn at the end that it was impractical and they had moved it to a friend's property where it was before. With the amount of difficulty they had moving it the first time, I can't see these people up and moving it whenever they want. Zach and John were having trouble with the trailer fishtailing or almost falling over (that's at least twice that's almost happened to a house on this show). When Zach was building the guest loft/study office/whatever, all I could think about was how uncomfortable it would be to be studying for hours with your legs straight out in front of you. The mother was, I thought, rightly skeptical, especially of the composting toilet. You still have to empty out your shit every week or so. And did John say "pot-able" water? Twice? It's "po-ta-ble," John.

OK, that's both funny and not funny.

I liked Anna Kendrick and Eddie Redmayne; I think they liked each other too and seemed to play off well with each other, and I think they had the most interaction between them. The cyclist was bored by it all, I thought, with those "show-biz" types. At at one point he seemed annoyed at Eddie for asking a question he must have answered backstage previously, but I thought Eddie was just trying to get him to talk (which is Graham's job). I've always thought Liam Nesson was classy (and hot), and yes, his becoming an action star in his late 50s is both hilarious (ironic?) and inspirational. I watched him on a news program last year talking about Natasha Richardson. It was heartbreaking how much they must have loved each other, and then she died in a freak accident. I couldn't understand the cyclist much either, but I did like his story about his wife and how much she could lift, and then them panning to the audience to pick her out. Also liked Eddie's exasperation/admiration for Graham's researchers.

Agreed. And even those tastes change in one person.

Then again, when he was battling his way to stop the wedding, he did tell one of the guards to "Fall!" and he obediently did just that, so there's some truth to his prowess as a knight. Presumably, Madelena has some affection for the jester (she's sleeping with him), but she's pretty nasty to him too. Someone mentioned upthread the one shot of her holding her stomach. Isn't that pretty much a time-honored way of indicating a woman is pregnant? So as I understand it, King Richard invaded Valencia, but then moved his court there? Princess Isabella says she was hiding in the basement because her father put her there, and that is the perspective we're given when she's caught. Did I miss where they explained who "Pearl" was? I presume it was a nursemaid or governess.

Ugh. I disliked her and her "designs." Out of the original designers on "Trading Spaces," I thought she was one of the worst. (Hildi Santos-Tomas takes first [last?] prize for worst designer.)

If I recall, "Pushing Daisies" also got hammered because of the writers' strike, so any momentum the show built was lost during that time. I watched "Doctor Who" when Christopher Eccelston was the Doctor. I liked him, but I hated Rose, and when he left and David Tennant took over but Rose was still there, I stopped watching (especially after the Doctor, in a fit of pique, ruins the prime minister of England because she defended Earth by violent means). I've watched a few episodes of "Modern Family," which are amusing enough, but it's not the greatest sitcom ever, and the over-the-top stereotypical portrayal of the gay couple (at least the effeminate one) is off-putting to me. The others, I just never developed a taste for or don't have the channels to streaming service.

Me too, partly because I paid more attention to it so I could get the jokes, plus I had on the closed captioning so I could read the lyrics. I don't think there's one just one rule to comedy. This was played very broadly because that's what was intended, with the actors in on the joke and letting us know that they knew. The only thing they didn't do was break the fourth wall, as Ted often did in "Better Off Ted." Breaking the fourth wall is also supposed to be "forbidden" in comedy. And sometimes a word is just a word. Then again, this is 21st century America, where everyone is offended by everything all of the time. The show had a lot of innuendo, but I don't think it was crude -- certainly not as crude as, say, "2 Broke Girls" or "Two and a Half Men." I think that was the joke that had me thinking "they can say that now at 8? Ok then." I'm not sure what you mean. Sir Jean says, "Nice beard. I mean her..." I think he was referring to the princess as "woman Galavant dates to show he's not gay, even though he totally is." Did you think "beard" meant something else?

"That's right, I burped."

Yes, of course, but there is always a learning curve, as your characters "speak" to you and you start to flesh them out and see how they (and the actors) relate to one another.

King Richard: "What's that smell?" Gareth: "Testosterone."

Count me in among the fans. I like silly things like this, where the actors don't take themselves too seriously and they seem to be having fun. I also liked Sir Jean Hamm's line to Galavant about "nice beard," and then following it up with something along the lines of "your facial hair looks good too." Also, King Richard going into Gareth's room and asking, "What's that smell?" "Testosterone." I got a kick out of Madelena being a social climbing gold-digger, who decided she'd rather be queen than poor, and that Princess Isabella is secretly working with King Richard.

Oh, there are so many, I don't know where to start. Someone mentioned "GCB" upthread, and "Homefront." On ABC, there was also "Invasion," which was slow and weird; "Don't Trust the B---"; "The Neighbors"; "Better Off Ted." Even though it got three seasons, I would still count "Happy Endings" on the cancelled before its time list. On Fox just last year, there was "Surviving Jack," Chris Meloni's sitcom, and "Enlisted," which got better and better. I'm sure I could go on and on.

At least they acknowledged that he'd be having sex in the tiny house. In previous episodes, that facet of human life has seemed to get short shrift, especially with married couples with children. The most egregious example (in my opinion) was the newly married blended family, where the teenage son and daughter would be sharing a loft and the parents would be sleep in the living room Murphy bed. Because nothing is more awkward for a teenager than hearing their parents have sex.

The Cheerios Dad commercial was pretty good. I liked at the end, when he's trying to catch Cheerios in his mouth that the kids are giving him the "please stop, Dad!" embarrassment face. Exactly how many kids did they have? I think five: two girls and three boys (older daughter, older son in the room, broken arm kid, baseball cap kid, little girl). Cheerios has put out some great commercials. (But I'll still with original recipe Cheerios, thank you, or maybe honey nut Cheerios.) I also like the cheering dad one.

I liked the barber episode. Well, specifically, I liked his bearded, beary friend. However, I also was glad the friend talked him out of the shed. I don't get people who don't take into consideration a second person or the fact that their child will grow up one of these days, so I was happy that he realized the houses he had seen were really only made for one person and that he was going to build his own, with separate sleeping lofts for himself and his son. I'm glad they went into a little more detail about how composting toilets work. So basically, you have to empty the shit out every few days and dump it in the manure pile. As "hippy-dippy" as the barber was, you could tell he was kind of skeeved about having to empty his chamber pot.

Regarding musical numbers on shows that aren't musicals, "Scrubs" also pulled off a successful musical episode, in my opinion. The patient du jour had a brain tumor. Its effect on her was that she heard everyone singing their dialogue. If you watch it closely, you'll see that the characters sing only when she is in the frame and listening to them.

andyourlittledog2, you hit the (tiny) nail on the (tiny) head. These people aren't really "living the tiny house" lifestyle as much as it's trendy and hip. The only advantage I could see to towing your house to an RV park is then you have the use of your vehicle (even if it is a commercial truck) without having to drive the RV every time you needed to run errands, or alternatively, tow one on the back of the RV. What channel is that on? That one I would enjoy seeing. Yeah, John's like the convert who keeps shoving his beliefs down your throat. The other guy (Zach?) seems much more laid back, and from what the show has said about him, he really does live the tiny house lifestyle. The wife in this episode was already complaining about having the husband on top of her (figuratively) all the time, plus during the show's version of the "Newlywed Game," it seemed like they got only one question right about the each, so I really wonder how long the marriage and/or tiny house is going to last. To make it worse for the couple with the four children, I believe they were also newlyweds (with two children each), so they were trying to blend a family and have marital relations when their bedroom was the converted living room.

I don't read a lot of fanfic, but I read "X-Files" fanfic, and particularly slash. I think I was going through a re-watch at that time and really into the show again, so I was devouring anything I could find. I just read on another thread that Krycek is popular as a slash character, because you can slash him with anyone. I think that's true. My favorite slash pairing was Krycek/Skinner, and there were some fantastic writers in the fandom. Josan, especially, wrote wonderful stories. Here's an old archive of hers on the Ter/Ma site: Josan. Her story "Endings" can still make me cry, but that's me.

And I disliked them -- or at least Glasses. I didn't think they were "bantering" as much as Glasses was berating the boyfriend continually. As a gay man, I'm tired that the only gay men we see on shows like this are drama queens, and Glasses was quite the drama queen. Did they say why they were buying a house in Wisconsin? And if they were tired from all the upkeep of their home in Boston, of course the logical answer is to buy another home that they will have to manage remotely. Even "tiny" homes need upkeep.

Actually, I believe she said "Rosary rattlers." And speaking as Catholic-raised, I thought it was pretty funny.

I really wish Caroline would shut up about being a Wharton graduate. She had proven over and over again that she is a terrible businesswoman.

What was up with Ricky's fangs? Just bad British dentistry? Why was Rebel's dress so tight? She looked uncomfortable. Normally, I don't like Ben Stiller, but I think he makes a good guest. I turned it off after they left. I don't care for Jamie Foxx, and after Cameron Diaz's tirade about shaved vaginas the last time I saw her on this show, I have no desire to see her again.

If I had the money, I would love to live in that third Manhattan apartment in "Tiny House Hunting." That was just a stunning place -- the private outdoor space alone was worth it. I knew, however, as soon as the wife said, "We're both going to have to make some small compromises" that the translation was: "the husband is going to have to make some big compromises," and I was right. They picked the place he liked least. Given that she's a realtor, I wonder how much get preferences skewed the search.

I didn't care for the Christmas episode. Alyson Hannigan was awful and completely unnecessary. I think she was there only to give Sean a partner at the end. I don't understand why she was the tenant at all. Didn't they say the upstairs apartment was empty in an earlier episode, and that Jackie could move in? The fiancee was hideous, again. I was hoping they'd drop her. If the show lasts, I hope they break up her and Gerard.