CrazyInAlabama

Last nights new episode was bizarre. The man who found a big snake in his bed was terrifying, and the warden being grossed out by snakes was funny. The turkey hunter who was trespassing was so irritating. His lame excuses for why he was hunting on posted land were pathetic, and I'm guessing he's done this before and just didn't get caught.

I'm sure that once someone quits Dr. Now's program, that the producers have a hard time getting enough show pieced together. I think that's why Robert's show omitted so many things about him (according to his girlfriend's pal who posted about him), so the girlfriend and family would still allow filming, and the girlfriend would do the narration. I think Sean won't live more than a year or two, and I bet he's over 1,000 lbs. when his body gives out. Katrina is not going to be a success, she won't even get out of that damned wheelchair. She's afraid that if she lost enough weight, then her father would expect her to get a job, and move, and she's never going to do that. She couldn't pay her own pizza bills unless she got a CEO job. Some of the first season ones amaze me that they're still alive. In my opinion, Schenee, and Lupe are in terrible shape, and their denial and weight gains are worst than staying the same weight for their systems I bet. My guess is one of these days James K will stop getting brought back from the brink of death, But Schenee or Lupe, or one of the ones who quit "to do it their own way" will be right there with them. Then there was the lady from Oklahoma with the five kids (some her cousins kids) is high on the list. The one who quit from there in Texas, that had the producer come by to talk to her at her apartment was never in good shape. The one who was married, husband took off, and she had an old boyfriend move in very shortly after. I think her mother was the one who died from her weight's affect, and the only picture they showed had blurred out sections, so I imagine she was doing feeder fetish stuff. Doug from Wichita Falls worries me, because he goes to extremes, and seems to go from one addiction to another. His wife did so well with her weight loss, but he was yo-yoing so much. Bettie Jo (the one who claimed to have cancer, I hope I got that name right) will never keep a pound off. Ashley R. ( I hope I got that name right too) who moved back to her family in California, and promptly gained over 100 lbs. is another one who will never keep weight off, and will keep making excuses while she eats everything in sight, and then she'll end up having her diaper changed.

My guess is one of these days James K will stop getting brought back from the brink of death, But Schenee or Lupe, or one of the ones who quit "to do it their own way" will be right there with them. ANother possibility for Lisa's surgery was gall bladder. I've heard that if your gall bladder is removed, that you have to be very careful eating rich, or fatty foods, the diarrhea is hideous, and can cause weight loss, but I'll never believe the 200 pound loss unless it's confirmed by someone besides the family.

My guess is that either she bought the watch under the table, or she didn't have insurance to claim against, or her son gets cheated or robbed all of the time because he doesn't realize he's being robbed. There was definitely something going on with that case. "Eddie's" foster father shouldn't be surprised when the psychopath does something hideous, because he's certainly being fooled by him. He should have shown Eddie the door when he heard about this case, because he's only going to get worse, and doesn't care who he hurts.

I love all of these episodes, from the Florida man who bought his sister a house, to the people who bought the mansion, and most of the mountain in California, and my favorite one of all time is the Hamptons house with the man who has to have a lot of bathrooms. I really liked the episode in Buffalo with the two parents buying their dream house, another for their son, and the third big one in Florida so they can all winter with the second son. It was nice to see people who deserve it win, and people who all seemed so nice. The only episode I dislike is from the first season, with the two people in California that had lost everything several times, and hit the lottery and bought a house they probably can't afford the up keep on, and I bet they did buy that boat the husband wanted. Why do I have the feeling their furniture was all from rent to own places? I'm betting they are broke again.

I know this is off topic, but years ago I went to Disney World, and was in line for the Small World ride, and the people in front of us who ended up in our boat said that his parents got stuck in the ride, their boat came off the rail. It took over an hour to get the boat going, and get them out of there, but the goats were singing the song the entire time. He said they were so sick of hearing It's a Small World, that they couldn't hear the song without getting it stuck in their head for days after, and he wasn't going to mention going through the ride. So I have to keep playing the Weird Al song to drive Small World out of my head. I suspect if Lisa really lost a lot of weight at the end, that she either had diabetes and dropped a lot of weight that way, or developed something else that makes you lose weight quickly, like cancer. I'm still betting that the entire statement to People was exaggerated, and full of lies. My 90 year old grandmother was big, and then developed Type 2, and lost all of her excess weight very quickly before she went to the doctor, so you can lose a bunch in a hurry even without limiting food intake. My grandma was never 600 lbs though.

My personal guess is that many of the vacation house hunters, in the U.S., and overseas, are actually buying to permanently rent out. They want a place large enough for guests, and with a huge pool, and other amenities because that will be attractive to renters. The biggest money maker is the rental program run by the resorts, so you notice a lot of the hunters are asking about rentals, and limits on it (if you have to have month by month or longer only, limiting the rental possibilities), so they can make the most money. The best return is week by week rentals in most vacation locations. That's also why a hunter with a lot of kids is happy to buy a one bedroom, with lots of amenities, so it rents well. My guess is that the scene of the people at the house or condo at the end of the show is the only time they'll actually be there.

I suspect Nye county is very much like where I lived in New Mexico a long time ago. Desert area, and people buy an acre or two, put in hookups, and rent them to people to live on in RVs, or trailers. Or when a family member moves onto the property, they just add hookups, and septic, and they're good to go. Some people added multiple hookups, and concrete pads, and started their own RV/trailer parks. Some might also be snow birds, and leave the trailers there year round, but only live in them six months of the year. Also, many places like this have virtually no zoning laws outside the city limits, so you go there, buy a few acres, and build a family compound. The great thing about a family compound like this is the Nye County Sheriff's office can round up all of the parole violators, bail jumpers, and fleeing felons in your family at one time. I'm guessing the El Paso case with the little kids walking to Walmart was part of the new episode? El Paso seems to get a lot of wandering kids cases, like the two year old the passing driver scooped up from the highway. I know the area around that Walmart, if I guess correctly, and all of the streets are very heavy traffic, and just walking around the parking lot is risky there. The kids are lucky no one was run over, and I bet it wasn't the first time the parent let them do that. I was shocked when the officer talked to the father of one of the kids, and he didn't seem all that surprised or worried, so either he was out of town, and couldn't get to his kid, or he was fine with his kids wandering up to Walmart by a major highway.

Wow! They took a kitchen that needed new hardware, and where you could see what the kids were up to, and changed it to a super bland, boring white hole of nothing. When they first showed the kitchen, I thought my cable had gone out, because it was blank. The two lights were hideous, and three would have been ridiculous. I bet miss glam ordered the lights herself online, and the designer told her later that lights that big would look horrible with three. Actually, the two huge lights looked way out of proportion, and looked more like outdoor lights anyway. The bathroom redo was hideous. The concrete floor tile was horrible, clashed with the shower tile, and everything together was disjointed, and horrible. The homeowner proved she had no taste, and I'm guessing the designer wished she had never been hired to do that kitchen. Now viewers in the area will think the designer did that awful kitchen, and it was actually what the homeowner wanted and I'm betting that wasn't the first proposal by the designer, but the homeowner's selections that everything was changed to. I can see a future issue with the window blocked for the wine rack. If anything happens to that window, it will be a nightmare to fix, and if it ever leaks the kitchen cabinets will be ruined before anyone has a clue it's happening. I can't believe that tiny bathroom redo, the kitchen, and repainting everything gray (I freakin' hate gray), plus adding a room of hardwoods, and restaining the floors cost $65,000. My understanding is that whatever is donated by sponsors, or discounted, and the labor and designer time is charged at full retail prices as income, so the tax bill for the homeowners this year will be huge.

I hope there are several doctors that take the practice over for Dr. Now when he finally retires. I worry about the long hours he works, and the many times the surgeries take multiple hours, like the skin removals that have hundreds of vessels to seal off safely. I think there will have to be at least two doctors to make the work load easier. I would love to see a where are they now on the family they featured (the Perrios?), and I bet the brother is fine, and maybe the one sister, but the other one seemed so out of touch with reality, and her shrieking reminded me a lot of Lisa's screaming. The other family by the ton show would be interesting to have a follow up on also.

Last week, most of the shows on my local channel said "New" on the cable guide, but at least a couple of those were the right description, but were reruns I remembered.

My guess is the reason the mother blamed Lisa for the brother's murder was that it was during her heroin addiction, and the brother either tried to interfere and got killed in the process, or the mother thought Lisa was getting the brother addicted and he was killed by a dealer, or in some kind of related scenario.

Maybe an answer is to have 36 on the squad, but 4 more to cover for injuries or other emergencies. Then if someone is hurting, they wouldn't try to push through so they don't let the team down.

No, Kelli's students won't be seeing her calendar, but their daddies will. I predict some awkward parent-teacher conferences are going to happen.

My mother was the same type of control freak with my youngest brother, and coddled, and sheltered him until my father finally figured out how she was babying him (my father worked insanely long hours). My brother was in first or second grade before a teacher sent home a note saying she was not going to tie his shoes for him, yes mom tied his shoes, sat across from him at the table so she could cut his meat, and butter his bread for him. I taught my brother to tie his shoes, and my mother hated that teacher's guts for beginning the process of my father realizing how bad it was for him. My dad's hours meant he saw very little of my youngest brother, so it wasn't all his denial. I'm betting that by the time Sean's father realized how toxic and controlling the mother was, that it was too late, and that caused the divorce. I do know of divorces from the 50's and 60's where the father got full custody, but it was rare. I'm betting the father never even saw Sean after the divorce, unless he wanted to make Sean visit him, and that doesn't work. I would guess that Sean and his mother weren't even in touch with the father, and who knows how he found out his ex died. At this late date, I don't think anything would change Sean, and I suspect he is beyond help. His mother was just as evil as James K's Lisa turned out to be on their follow up episode.

Yes, I went through all seven pages of the original thread, because I get people confused. I get Lisa mixed up with the other one from Valdosta, GA (the one who said something to Dr Now about her bikini body, and on her FB page had a crocheted pink bikini, and apparently made her living with nasty pictures, and regularly went to the beach-she had to stop after an hour on the road, so much for her routine about never leaving her bed for years, ). After a while all of the sad, delusional people kind of blend together. I loved the picture of the ambulance driving away (after the combined effort of the EMT and fire department in Mobile, the giant bowl of Fruit Loops, and the Hit me Daddy shoutout) and her entire family grinning, and waving bye-bye because they were liberated. I bet her remarks about her mother being mean were because her mother knew she was a liar and a user, and the father gave in all of the time. I hope this is a wake up call to her daughter, and the others who were so overweight, and they do something now before they end up 600 pounds, and bed bound.

Hey, the mom is probably the one that named them London and Tokyo, so what do you expect? I have always been amazed at the house hunter's budgets on this show. I bet a ton of these houses eventually get foreclosed on or short saled. With the sudden downturns in some expensive markets, I think a lot of people will be walking away from these over priced houses.

I know they do some ridiculous plots on this show, just like every other show, but in "Manhunt" Brenda going out alone to talk to the ex-husband of a murdered woman was ludicrous. I know it was just to set up the attack, but that was truly bizarre and would never happen in real life. I guess any other scenario would have involved someone rushing in to save Brenda, but that ending was all kinds of wrong. The little old lady faking selling the house like that is so sad, but it really does happen.

I think the remark about not trying out until the filming stops addresses getting a camera shoved in your face during office visits, being shown getting a reprimand during training camp, and getting asked about getting cut on camera, two seconds after you've been ousted.

My guess is the local coroner had to call in the EMTs and fire personnel we see hauling these people in and out of cheap apartments all of the time on the show. She actually gained weight in the hospital didn't she, thanks to Herburt (that's really how his name is spelled). I know she had gained a lot in the end of the episode, and that was when she claimed she was in so much pain that she had to go to the ER instead of her appointment with Dr. Now. That's when she kept harping on the fact that Dr. Now made the big bucks. I looked through the entire thread, and I didn't find anything about her getting surgery, or even close to it, because even Dr. Now couldn't hack his way through her huge stomach rotunda, and her total denial that she had to lose weight for surgery. She had infections with her skin so many times I doubt she would ever be cleared for surgery anyway. Unless she was dragged over to Mexico for surgery, where if you pay for it, you get it, then I'm doubting she ever had WLS, and I don't know how she would finance that or even survive the surgery. People magazine probably went with an interview with the daughter, right before deadline and published the statement verbatim. If anyone is really desperate, then Herburt's available now, and he's a cheap date, just a few dozen donuts would do it with him. Remember though, he was the one who was stroking her face when she got upset, and I find that totally repulsive.

Now I have a problem. I keep having "Another One Bites the Dust" through my head. At least I think it's the title of the song. I'm going to get my gasoline soaked drawers and a ticket on the bus to hell for that, but I'll be in great company. Maybe her daughter is just giddy with the fact that she and the rest of the family are now free to live their lives, like the people were when World War II ended. I wonder if the begging for funeral funds has started yet? I can only imagine what that funeral will cost too. 90 pounds off only puts Lisa in the 500+ range, and who knows if she actually lost any, so were talking huge coffin, probably two plots, extra everything else too. Bet they have to rent a box truck to use as a hearse.

Mother of the year candidate case today. A woman with three kids leaves them with a woman with five kids, supposedly for a few days vacation in the Dominican Republic. The kids were actually there long enough to get registered in school, and by the way, mommie dearest actually went to the Dominican Republic to get married, and then had to do the paperwork, etc. to import her new love muffin. I loved when Judge Judy said she was going to report the woman to CPS for abandoning her children. Then there was the heartbreaking case of the puppy broker (she gets puppies breeders don't want to keep to sell, and gets people to foster them) who sells dogs for (I think) $2800 to the village idiot. Puppy has a bleeding problem, and village idiot buyer doesn't take puppy to the vet for months. A new variation on puppy mills, and two despicable people who sell, and buy the poor creatures. Then we have the wheelchair bound woman who owes her care giver a lot of money for her hours, but didn't pay. It was for the woman's honeymoon on a cruise. No I'm not making that up. I think the plaintiff got her money, but I'm not sure. Then there the dance studio/venue owner who only allows booze to be given away at the venue, but the plaintiffs charged $15 per person for a bracelet that was listed in their advertisement as "drink all night for $15". The plaintiffs lost, and the defendants were stunned. They claimed the event was to raise money for the community, but they aren't a legal charity, and were charging admission, and for booze, and giving door prizes. I was just surprised that both plaintiffs, and the defendant had heads like cantaloupes. I wonder if the local liquor license authority was watching this episode, and I hope they investigate further events by the plaintiffs. The last case with the woman with the car was bizarre, and I'm not sure why they even came on TV. The verdict was for the plaintiff for $41.

Danielle was the daughter who was rather large herself, but still took care of her mother. She's the one that went back home to a teaching job, and at the end she brought her kids to see Lisa. Lisa's also the one that had maggots in her skin folds. She was from Mobile, Alabama, and stayed in Houston apparently. I don't think she ever had the surgery. In fact, towards the end of the episode she was supposed to go see Dr. Now, but instead claimed all kinds of issues and was taken to the ER. I hope I got all of that straight, I keep getting the show 'stars' mixed up. Danielle is the one that when her mother did the online talk with Dr. Now said the diet starts now, and wouldn't give her the Coke she wanted. However, if I remember correctly she got a giant bowl of Fruit Loops to eat before the platoon of firemen, and EMTs hauled her down the ramp and out to the ambulance, and her family all waved bye-bye to her, and every family member had a huge grin on their faces. Danielle is also the one that cooked her mom breakfast with rice, and a bunch of sliced cheese on top, and the entire plate had enough calories to feed everyone on this board for a week. Lisa's also the one who yelled "Hit me Daddy" as the EMTs and firemen dragged her out the door of the house. It's a gambling term I think. Lisa was also the one with the bad ass nutritionist who did a house call, and found a million calories of doughnuts, pizza rolls, pizza, and who knows what in the fridge, and everything was blamed on Herburt. I'm sure Herburt either had to go dumpster diving for the food, or run back to the store right then to replace it all. She's also the one who claimed she didn't want to wake up in the hospital, so Dr. Now put her on suicide watch. Before that she was in the hospital for two months for various reasons, and lost weight at first. Wasn't she the one that was gaining in the hospital again, and Dr. Now found a potato chip bag in her folds while looking at the infection on her leg? Lisa was also the one that blamed her weight gain on her mother's death, but she was over 400 at the time already. And the mother supposedly blamed Lisa's brother's murder on Lisa. I bet that was about the time of the heroin use? If so there's a lot more to that story, and what actually happened. She's also the one who yelled at Dr. Now and said something about him "making the big bucks" after all of his years of education, and his hard work.

I bet they deleted a scene between Malena in the office, and Judy comforting her after, that was Judy and Kelli falling out of their chairs at the fact that Malena can't memorize choreography, and then the next scene of the camera people doing CPR on both women.

I bet this doesn't give her daughter, and other relatives that are well on the path to reaching her weight, and poor health, that they should fix their lives now. It's sad to see someone that young ignoring the fact that they will very shortly be in the same situation as their mother and grandmother. . The daughter denying that her weight had nothing to do with it is ridiculous.