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On 2/6/2018 at 12:03 AM, Gothish520 said:
:( I've always liked Donnelly Rhodes - Jake was a great character - I still think Blanche was a dummy for ditching him.
Yep, I agree. Jake was the one who got away, for sure. I would have snapped him up right after I was done with Ken Howard. Hard to choose, hard to choose......
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On 2/8/2018 at 11:57 AM, gonecrackers said:
Oh yes, I feel the same; she's a classic, for sure. She befriended one of the other brides who was all into the shots, & although much more polite, she was tacky as well.
The other NY bride who she called boring changed her wedding up to 'compete' more - she added 'rowdy reception' to her invitation (I highly doubt it was there originally), changed her buffet to a sit down meal, & took shots with them even though she wasn't into it at the other weddings - she also looked really stupid because she said she had to do that while her family wasn't watching. She was in her 30s, I believe - I was kind of floored by her stupidity, as if no one would see that even though it was being filmed! And why would a woman her age care anyway? Really odd.
The Chevron bride was the most authentic & nicest, I thought, but of course her wedding didn't compete well (typical).
Yes that is the same episode!!! (I was getting ready for a funeral so I was not 100% paying attention!) It was the black, red and white bride who placed first - her parents shelled out $50,000 to ensure that. (Geez.. isn't that what some people make A YEAR?) There was something about Kara that was so rude and abrasive. I can't imagine her at a party. "I need a shot of liquor! I need a shot of VODKA! Oh my stars the host is so boring!" When that poor girl's centerpiece fell over I though.....Karla is going to have A LOT to say about this one. And she did. Everyone's food was cold, everyone was boring, everyone was this and that. It was fulfilling that she fourth as she was the classic bride who thought she had it all sewn up. Nope, try again!
No, Chevron is not a theme, and it totally dates your wedding.
Karla might be beating BLAN Bride and Marie of Dracula's Castle for ugliness!! And by the luck of the draw I got to witness it......yay me. ;)
Edited to add: BLAN Bride is on next Tuesday!!! (Damn that full time employment......)
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Okay folks: I think I may have just witnessed a competitor for BLAN bride!!! Her name was Kara, she was in the "And A Taxi" episode. It was set on Long Island and she had the Long Island "honking voice" down pat. Not all LI Brides are like this, and two of the others were quite sweet. The other bride was outgoing but not like our friend Kara. She worked in a prison and she was CLEARLY used to bullying people and bossing people around. I will cut to the chase - I was SO glad she came in fourth. She bitched about everyone and good Lord above if she couldn't get a shot at a guest bride's wedding!! "Where are the shots? Let's do shots! What? No shots?" Ugh....shut it. Then she complained about a bride's Catholic Mass wedding. I have a real sore spot for any guest guest bride who are critical of anyone's church ceremony or ANY aspects of religion. That is their thing and HIGHLY personal.....so shut it. Our Miss Kara got out on the dance floor, whooping it up and being loud, then complained if another guest bride seemed "subdued." She was crass and tacky and I feel for the other brides who had to have her at their weddings. She called one bride "boring" while describing her. How rude. How mean! I actually fistpumped when she came in fourth!!!
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On 2/5/2018 at 10:02 AM, CoachWristletJen said:
I thought she might need at least four or five egg-like orbs inside her belly to make a dent into what she was eating all day every day.
You didn't miss much. As predicted, Janine sobbed and whined throughout the procedure. The woman who scarfed down huge fork-loads of food throughout the entire show had trouble swallowing the collapsed balloon which was the size of a large vitamin.
She was really a class A whiner about that, wasn't she? She shovels food in right and left but an object the size of a big vitamin that WILL ASSIST TO SAVE HER LIFE....whine whine whine.
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I am going to be in the minority here: Cam. Love him - the way he talks about Missouri cracks me up! Second place goes to Andy. His earnestness cracked me up every time. "Jeepers!" Least favorite.....drum roll.....Claire. Relax and enjoy your life Claire.
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On 2/4/2018 at 9:35 PM, Kohola3 said:
75K would have put some of those kids through college. Instead she blew it on ugly Pnina dresses. It was just stupid.
As someone with two kids in college that is really hard to read and or hear. Seriously. I help my kids as much as I can but to give them the gift of being debt free would be tremendous!
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19 hours ago, JudyObscure said:
We live in town but in Ohio farm country and our 97 year-old neighbors sold their farm for 8 million a few years ago. Another thing about the will that they didn't mention is that the parents might have had a few million in the bank to add to the money made from selling the things Saber listed, the money in the bank would be "above ground," I'm guessing.
What a sad and terrible thing. If Jason was failing at farming he could get a regular job. If he no longer wanted to be married he could get a divorce. Jason's imagination probably didn't take him much further than a vacation in Hawaii with that thin-lipped girlfriend and yet he killed his mother to do it. He reminded me of the "Before Dawn," guy who shot his pregnant wife while she showered so he could be with some co-worker who had sent him a topless photo of herself. Unbelievable.
As for Bill being "controlling" because he didn't like the way she mowed the yard, my husband does diagonals while I say long straight lines on our narrow lot require fewer turns. Hope one of us doesn't turn up dead.
That just sounds like typical husband/wife bickering: no harm, no foul. My hubby and I? "How to Load a Dishwasher." Good Lord we have gone around the horn and back again over that damn thing. Him: It is not full enough! Me: It is squeezed to the brim!! Him: Look! There is an inch of space! Me: No, I can't wait for three days to run it, I want to run it now. "We can wait until dinner and put more dishes in" Well......you guys get the idea!! It is like he could come home with two prostitutes and as long as I don't have to hear about the dishwasher.....I'm cool.
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1 hour ago, atlantaloves said:
Well I love love love this show, and you wanna know why, because George is a doll and is so kind. I have missed him since he stopped doing the show Fashion Police. He did it when the wonderful Joan Rivers was still alive. He is a sweetie. Very talented too. Those people need help, and he actually does some good!
Thank you!! I could not figure out where I knew George from!!!!
53 minutes ago, gonecrackers said:In fact, there was one groom who George helped with choosing frames (I wonder if this groom preferred not to do Lasik). In the end, though, between the glasses & groom-chosen bow tie, George declared he looked 'too nerdy' & the groom was instructed to remove his glasses for the wedding.
Yep, I agree!! To many people (my hubby bring one of them) glasses are just a part of who they are!! My hub looks so different to me without his glasses. Let the groom where his glasses, for goodness sake!
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1 hour ago, gonecrackers said:
I wondered that too about the Lasik - what if something went wrong so close to the date... I suppose the contract they signed not to hold the show accountable for anything would kick in & they would be cancelled off the show.
It's so strange to me that people have SO much going on in their lives they can't plan a wedding, handle regular life & take care of themselves- all at the same time. I'm speaking of the two couples with ONE child each &, gasp- full time jobs! And 'households'! This all makes it way too hard to take care of themselves AND plan a wedding.
Then don't.
They should have a small ceremony & nice dinner somewhere & go back to their incredibly hectic lives.
And by all means with the second couple who couldn't handle anything as it is - add another child! Yeah, that'll work out well for two people already supposedly already so overwhelmed by life.
The fire couple I understood. But I hope that we're not going to see a bunch of entitled brats getting free makeovers all season just because they decided to get married.
No kidding, I mean ONE child sends you into a tizzy?
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2 hours ago, cooksdelight said:
Judy, I’m not buying the idiot daughter-in-law’s story about Bill being controlling. He loved her so much, and she loved driving her custom tractor. I think that was all coaching from Jason’s attorney, in their attempt to throw suspicion at Bill. A lame ploy.
I don't buy DIL's story either. By the way if my hubby complained how I mowed the lawn I would politely offer that he can do it himself! LOL!! (He wouldn't say anything though!)
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1 hour ago, gonecrackers said:
I have trouble believing he went around with his hair in that crazy mess, as they showed him 'before'. I think that was a bit of a stretch there.
I agree - that was some wild hair!! I am not that interested in people getting waxed, plucked and tweezed before their wedding day.
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6 minutes ago, saber5055 said:
Cooks, I teared up at the end of this show too. Bill was without a doubt a broken man, two years later he is still living the nightmare, red faced and crying. I've never seen ANY person do that on Dateline before, and my heart broke for him. I can see Jason being his favorite, the last child, a son who wanted to follow his footsteps and farm. That means A LOT in farm families when so many kids leave as soon as they can for city jobs. Writing the will the way they did ensured Jason could continue to farm, and the other two would get BIG MONEY from any equipment sales, or sale of the homestead. To sell everything and divide the money, as another poster suggested, means the family farm is lost. I live in Midwest farm country, on a farm, my neighbors are farmers. I know how it works.
If Bill was some "traditional" man, Shirley would not have gotten that custom-made John Deere ($$$$$$$$) nor be so thrilled to, and WANT to, work the fields. That Bill is a broken man, and let us see that on tv, tells me he was deeply in love and devoted to Shirley.
I can see him dying of a broken heart after Jason is sentenced. Even Dr. Oz says that happens to couples so in love they don't want to live when one passes away ... much less is murdered by their own son.
I didn't get any proof that Shirley knew Jason was cheating on his wife. Although it was common knowledge "around town," it seems.
saber5055: I totally trust that you know more about farm families than I do. When I heard that the land was worth 8 million and the other two had to split what was left above ground between them, I just winced. I know farm equipment is NOT cheap but to be fair and equatable that would mean there would need to be 16 million of farm stuff to sell. It just seems that there could have a more fair way to divide things up, that is all. I know that farming runs deep in families. It was Bill himself who said he made a mistake in the will, and I am sure he regrets that now, although that is the least of his problems. The family is divided beyond measure.
As for the favorite child thing: Hey - my two older sibs were my mom's favorite, I was my dad's favorite. No biggie, it was never really spoken but we all knew. We all loved each other to bits but no one murdered anyone!! (My mom and two older were just more alike, my dad and I were quite similar, that's all!)
Bolding mine: I agree. And I, too, have never seen anyone so broken on a Dateline. Or Forensic Files, 48 Hours, 20/20, anything on ID.....nuthin'!
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2 hours ago, Ohmo said:
Jason also gave himself away when Bill said that he was going to see his lawyer. I have no reason to doubt what Bill said about that. He is an older man of means, given the value of the farm. It makes complete sense that he would have to consult his lawyer for any number of reasons. Jason flipping out about a simple meeting was a major red flag.
Bill would not gain anything from killing Shirley. It's not like she came from money and her family owned the farm. They owned it together. There was also no mention of Bill taking up with another woman before or after Shirley died (and I can't imagine that Dateline wouldn't have poked around town to discover if there was such a woman.) If Bill was able to spend $1 million to finance an investigation, he clearly was not in money trouble.
Jason was in debt, had a mistress, and knew he would score big when his parents died. Maybe Bill seems "off" to some people because he's still grieving. Maybe he just comes across as a bit odd because he's an older man, but I think this is one of the most clear-cut cases that Dateline has done. To suggest that Bill did it means he knowingly shelled out $1 million to potentially facilitate his OWN arrest. if the PI had found something. No one would pay to potentially put THEMSELVES in jail.
Bolding mine: 100% agree - and as someone from the midwest and farm country, I can tell you all this: If Bill as much went for coffee on a Saturday with the local widow, the ENTIRE town would know by 3pm. I think Bill seemed a bit off as he is just still so stunned that his wife is gone and his son killed her! That would make me a little off, too. I mean, one day you are farming and plowing and planting, the next day your wife is shot in the kitchen and you suspect your son? Dateline has a FB page and some comments are as follows: "He was a traditional man, he wanted her under his thumb." - really? After how many years of a happy marriage, now you snap? He bought a custom built tractor for her and beamed with pride at how she drove it - doesn't sound like a Bossy Bobby husband to me.
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1 hour ago, sinycalone said:
The investigator said there was virtually no chance Bill could have killed his wife...considering the time of her last phone call, the distance to corn drop-off, etc. I never believed he'd done it in any case.
The attorney Bill hired for the civil suit pointed out that evidently Shirley did know about Jason's cheating...and if she had told Bill, that disinheritance was a sure thing. Combine that with the fact that Jason was broke and desperate....I believe he did it. And I believe Jason intended to kill both of his parents....but Bill's last minute decision to deliver the corn prevented that.
My guess is the two others (sister and brother) just did not want to go in front a camera to discuss the whole nightmare. The "tearing the familhy apart" probably referred to Jason and idiot wife being sued by the father. (Her testimony was just so rehearsed -- and not supported by anything else we heard -- that I was disgusted by her.)
Oy Vey- what a sad story. First off the dad is was never involved. Why would you hire a PI of you are guilty? When the dad said "We left all the land, worth 8 MILLION to Jason (our debt laden son) and everything else above ground to the two others, I just groaned. Way to sign your death warrants, Mom and Dad. (I will explain why I made that plural in a minute.) Why parents divvy things up unequally to kids I will never know. Sell everything, go live in Bermuda, Florida, wherever, prepay your funeral, spend what you want and leave the rest, IN EQUAL PORTIONS, to your kids.
I think Jason went there to kill both parents, dad was gone, Mom saw the jig was up and Jason killed her. He made a common error in the 911 call, which is explaining too much on the phone. I am paraphrasing here but it goes like this: "She looks like she has been dead for two hours and I just got here five minutes ago! It also looks like she was hit in the head from the right when I, the caller, am clearly left handed!!"
Dad was waaaay too emotional, still to be involved, Either he is the best actor in all of Iowa or he is not guilty.
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17 hours ago, ButterQueen said:
So true......??
Make way for the Victors!
Did you win?
No, we are all named Victor!
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6 hours ago, ThereButFor said:
He put a gastric balloon in her stomach in the hope that it would stop her eating so much and of course she whined non stop.
I was actually glad when that balloon was going down her throat as she had to stop yapping and whining for five minutes. "Bus to hell, seat for one.....paging Mrs Hanson!"
On 1/29/2018 at 10:31 PM, DNR said:“ I feel like my body has betrayed me”..... erm..uh..lady, the weight didn’t just appear despite your healthful eating .YOU BETRAYED YOUR BODY.
Janine can’t walk 5 feet to the bathroom from her bed , yet she thought she was just going to waltz onto a plane and sit in one position for x amt of hours?? Why didn’t she just rent a van with her useless assistant ? I only got that far in the episode and I had to come to Ptv and comment. I feel sorry for her so far but reading thru the msg board I see that’s not going to last ?
Bolding mine: she was really delusional about that, no? My hubby is six foot seven, not overweight and he realizes, "I need an exit row due to my height." Why can't these patients think: "Hmm....I am the size of five people....perhaps this flight might be uncomfortable?" "My body betrayed me" - what a total crock. You let your body and all it's internal organs down by gorging yourself you whole life. Your poor heart, liver.....everything. But you have that scooter so all is well.
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I saw an interview (sorry if this has been said already) that Sherwood Schwartz was going to make Carol Brady a widow if the show returned. He wanted Robert Reed gone. Has anyone mentioned how RR was a pill with the scene where Alice and Carol were making strawberry jam? He objected to the line "It smells like strawberry heaven!" as strawberries don't smell when they are cooking, they are odorless. SS was like, "dude.....just read the line!"
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On 1/13/2018 at 12:03 PM, BookWoman56 said:
Oh, the irony! I just remembered that when SJP was initially offered the role of Carrie, she turned it down a few times before finally negotiating that she would accept the role ONLY if she was given exec producer status on the series. So, if SJP makes demands regarding SATC, it's perfectly okay, but for KC to have supposedly made demands and walked away when those demands were not met is somehow a horrible action.
100% this - SJP needs to SHUT. IT. Kim said no, stop bringing it up, stop "mean-girling" her in the media and acting all "Oh I don't know what the problem is" - the problem is KC does not want to do the third movie for any reason! She does not need to explain defend nor justify her actions. She can say she does not want to go to a location, she wants a block of time free just for her, she just does not want to do it. That is her choice. Respect it, SJP - you have more than enough money, you don't need SATC 3 to fill your bank account.
Edited to add: SJP does not need SATC 3 to fill her bank account, and we the viewers do not need another ego filled movie for SJP to star in and be fawned over. Don't need that crap in the theaters, don't need it filling up the E Network in re-runs.
We as women have a hard time (at times) supporting each other; SAHM vs Career Moms (like what the hell?) and denigrating each other for exercising our choices accorded to us and choices we have earned. I feel so strongly about this as a woman, Kim Catrall, a woman in her early 60's, who has worked and WORKED to earn per place, now has to DEFEND herself for respectfully declining? Again....what the hell? I am 53 and it is sad that women are so hard on each other, especially in the media. SJP comes off as petty, thin skinned and mean in this whole situation.
Edited AGAIN as I want an interviewer, any interviewer, to say, "Look, SJP, SATC 2 was such a giant turd wrapped in putrid mayo that was left out in the Miami heat in July, why would you attempt it again? Do you really need ANOTHER vehicle for yourself?"
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18 minutes ago, cpcathy said:
I agree, but women can be super competitive! Surely you've been at a wedding for the bouquet toss and gotten nearly knocked over by ladies trying to get the bouquet!
Ha ha ha! You are right - ladies can be competitive however: I always went to the bathroom during the bouquet toss! I hated being singled out for being unmarried. I liked being single and I never wanted to get pushed aside by someone who was hell bent on getting that bouquet! (And I am a competitive person, just not with a bouquet)
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4 hours ago, SunnyBeBe said:
I agree about the games, themes, shenanigans at a wedding. Many of these ladies really seem to expect a nightclub experience. They say, the energy wasn't high enough on the dance floor! Are you kidding me? So ridiculous. I hope this is producer driven, because if they are that pathetic, they don't deserve to be rewarded with a free honeymoon.
I agree about rewarding with a honeymoon: most of these ladies should not be rewarded with anything from what we are shown on air. I truly hope the reception details are not producer driven - I would never change a reception plan just for a tv show....but you never know. Some brides have confessed to adding things are altering things when they saw the first or second brides. I wouldn't, though - I put time and effort into it, the way I wanted it, I am not going to let some stranger's wedding change me.
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Just caught the tail end of rerun where it was set in Chicago, one bride had a unity fish ceremony (I wish I was kidding) and I could tell there was some SERIOUS cash laid out for these affairs. My beef? The taller, blonde bride who was amazed that the other two brides were shocked (SHOCKED I TELL YOU!) that chicken and peanut sauce was foreign to them. I don't mind the other two brides acting puzzled, it was the oh so hip Tall Blonde Bride who made the snide comment: "I guess they don't get out of the suburb much." I hate this attitude. Seriously. I am in the Twin Cities and I loathe Minneapolis-ites who are so hip and oh so groovy and refuse to cross south or west into the suburbs to eat. Hubby and I went out to a friends b-day party last night (she invited us, btw) and we had to fight Superbowl revelry, pay $30 to park and pay for our overpriced dinner ourselves. In downtown Minneapolis. We could have gone someplace else a little south, parked for free for half the cost. But no, she had to be HIP. (Sorry, needed to vent)
On 1/29/2018 at 12:19 PM, Kiki620 said:"she had a few roses with just a bunch of carnations". Mind you, they weren't carnations at all but beautiful hydrangeas. I love it when they try to diss and end up making themselves look like an idiot instead!
My bouquet was roses and carnations and I loved it!!! Carnations get a knock for being a budget flower but I disagree - they are beautiful, classic and lovely.
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29 minutes ago, SunnyBeBe said:
That's a good idea, but, I like it white. But, since it's winter, a darker color for anniversary makes sense. I like the lace.
I love lace too!!! I HATE IT when, on this show, people are all: "Lace? You will look like a tablecloth!" No you won't, you will look classy and timeless. Then those same family members who hate lace want a stripper dress cut down to there.
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32 minutes ago, SunnyBeBe said:
I love getting bargains. It makes things so much more fun, imo. I love quality too and you have to strike a balance, but, suffering for the next 3 years due to overspending for a wedding is just outrageous to me.
I can't imagine getting 2 dresses for the event, no matter how in style it is. If I do it again, I'd likely go more like you did, Mrs.Hanson.
Thank you again!! I am going to cut my dress to tea length and dye it burgundy, plum, garnet......not sure exactly but then wear it on our anniversary each year!!! (Awww........)
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1 hour ago, SunnyBeBe said:
Mrs.Hanson, you look so lovely! Great job. What a striking couple! You really did do a a great job. Thanks for the photo.
I really lucked up on my gown. Walked in, saw the gown, only one...tired it on. It fit perfectly, I loved everything about it and I bought it immediately. AND it was on sale for under $1500.00. I wouldn't have paid more than that either. To each his own, but, some of the $3000. gowns on the show, appear just as pretty as those for over $5000.
Aw shucks....thanks. Per the tux idea: None of the guys in our wedding matched and I loved it. My older son wore a black wool suit jacket that we bought at Savers for $7.50......no I am not kidding. I didn't even figure in the cost of my dress, as to me a budget is things that affect your guests comfort, meaning venue, food, drinks, chairs, etc.
Posing for photos was a hoot as we usually don't stand around looking at each other longingly. LOL!
Per price points: Good gosh - are you really spending that much?? And now the trend is to buy TWO dresses?
The Best of ELR: Your Favorite Moments
in Everybody Loves Raymond [V]
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I used that line when showing some parents (I am a special ed teacher) a picture that a student drew of me. It looked nothing like a human! "It just lacks a little detail!" Like a head, a mouth, a nose, eyes or hair.
I don't use this line at school (haha) but I love the line of Debra's: "These were WORKING BREASTS!" all the time. Let's just say....gravity came for me.