One more illusion shattered
 

That's the nicest thing anybody's said to me all day. I do not actually own a housecoat. No shattering here.

Poor Sabrina Lloyd; first dumped by Jeremy (but at least it was for a hottie, if I remember correctly), then dumped by Ed (for an increasingly haggard looking Carol). Oh, the humanity!

She needs a better agent, hairdresser, and personal shopper.

Edited to add - I do not watch Ed and did not watch it last Friday. I read that he dumped her in the Washington Post, which also described the Ed and Carol finally get together ep as the "jump the shark episode."

And now allow me to make a shameless plug for a friend, although I do believe this has been discussed on the FB before.

http://www.jumptheshark.com/

MBA
 

I know it's not this board's favorite show in the world, but I can't believe that NOBODY wrote about the MBA finale on Monday. FWIW, I think that Tony's ditching Billie Jean at the altar was way better than the alternative, which was to go through with it and be a passive aggressive asshole for the next 18 months until the messy divorce. And what about her friend, Angry Mullet Man? That guy is an all time great Reality-TV personality. I gotta say, he was right that the classy thing to do would have been to tip BJ off and let her say "no." But classy and this show don't exactly go hand in hand.

By the way, yesterday's papers were full of talk about Fox's big summer show, Paradise Hotel. Here's the premise. 12 hot singles living in a resort. Lots of hooking up, etc. etc. Nothing new there. Every week, the 12 singles vote one person off. Nothing new there.

HOWEVER,

Viewers at home can call in to get a spot in the studio audience. For every cast member that gets kicked off, that week's studio audience competes for the vacant spot. Someone from the audience will replace the booted person in the cast. So the cast stays at 12, with a fresh face each week. The articles I read left it vague whether the show was planned for a limited run or would go in perpetuity. The format sounds like a winner to me.

str(but how do they make sure the incoming person is a hottie)8

One more illusion shattered
 

Before that she was dumped by Jerry O'Connell's character on Sliders.

R(reenforcing her geek status)T

The Bachelor
 

The highlight was when Andrew the multimillionaire tool was on a date with Amber, the drunk sorority-slut (who turned out to be not so slutty since she was the only girl who wouldn't let him put his tongue in her mouth) and she asked him what his favorite chain restaurant is.

Before he could answer, she said "I love the Olive Garden." Andrew's disgusted response: "I don't like the Olive Garden". So Amber comes back with "so you don't like Italian food?" Andrew: "No, I love Italian food, I just don't like The Olive Garden."

This is why this show is so ridiculous. they are purportedly trying to find a suitable wife for an heir, and they pair him up with a woman whose favorite dining experience is The Olive Garden and who thinks that anybody who doesn't like the Olive Garden must therefore hate Italian food.

ok, that probably sounds snotty and maybe there are tons of millionaires out there who LOVE The Olive Garden, but the scene was still hilarious.

The Bachelor
 

I hear they have good wine at the Olive Garden. Nothing too grapey.

The Bachelor
 

but do they have good nookie?


oh, and for the person who commented on MBA (yes, I'm too lazy to go back and look), the contestants signed contracts saying they would walk down the aisle if they didn't get kicked off by the panel of "experts" so Tony couldn't have called it quits before the "wedding". But he probably could have at least warned her about he was going to say so that she wouldn't have looked so pathetic (and maybe given her the opportunity to turn him down first at the altar). I think that's why Fox separated the couples for a couple of days before the wedding, so they couldn't warn each other that they weren't going to go through with it.

Um, hello?
 

Here's the worst getup in my office today:

Teased up red hair, thick eyeliner and glasses on a gold chain. Tiger print half-caftan over jeans and (what else) black cowboy boots. Did I mention gum popping? And the pen with a pink fuzzy on the end of it?

Kinda like Golden Girls meet Elvira.

AM(no, it's not me)

MBA
 

There were a few comments here the day after (or maybe the night of, I don't remember). Consensus seemed to be Tony was a pud and the other couple's "engagement" won't last.

ncs

Um, hello?
 

Glad it isn't you. That set of attributes wouldn't have looked right with a mullet.

n(nothing unusually heinous at my office today - probably because no one is here)cs

The Bachelor
 

Reminds me of the Jenny Jones Show where a woman was arguing with her family, who claimed that her bf was bad for her. The quote -- "My boyfriend is GOOD to me! He takes me to The Olive Garden."

She probably was not dating a Firestone heir.

n(just a guess)cs

Editted to fix spelling and to say that secretly I kind of like Olive Garden when I am forced to go to it while visiting relatives (they live in chain-restaurant only locales). :rolleyes:

The Bachelor
 

I missed teh entirety of that dialog, since this version is still boring me so I multitask. All I heard was how he didn't like the olive garden. She seemed to think it was classy, in a noveau Greenwich kind of way.

Amber was particularly clueless, given that she seemed to think there was an "amazing connection" yet she didn't manage to say much more than she likes the olive garden. What kind of guys does she usually deal with? ONes who disappear if she's not putting out in 5 minutes? So when Andrew comes along, and stays with her for 3 hours+ on a date, he must be really "into" her? Good god, maybe she can find an Olive Garden that provides bottomless clues. (Of course, the "cold shoulder"/please come say goodbye to me bit at the end was pretty pathetic too).

And what was with the mormon chick? "I guess he didn't want the challenge of overcoming our differences." Well, duh. As you said, he runs a winery and you don't drink. All the other chick drink. And are hotter than you. And more likely to put out. There's surely a man for you; why does it have to be one your not going to be happy with? Just so you don't get laughed at for "losing" on the Bachelor?

And, are the other five "girls" basically figuring they've been eliminated once he gave "Tina Fabulous" the rose? Hey, what about "Jen Excellent" and so on? No moniker = no ring.

One more illusion shattered
 

If the site sponsor/owner/whatever is your friend, tell em to lose the fucking popups! The last thing I want to do is go to some site where I will have to spend 10 minutes fighting to shut down popup windows.

Perhaps the site has jumped the shark?

The Bachelor
 

I just thinks he's a fucking snob. EVERYBODY knows that the Olive Garden is almost as classy a joint as Red Lobster is for seafood.

The Bachelor
 

That was one of my favorite scenes too. I must have missed that the question was about chain restaurants -- I thought it was favorite restaurants in general and she chose Olive Garden.

I thought it was funny that the Mormon girl was surprised that she got cut -- heck, he'd have dumped her in the original cut if he'd have known she didn't drink.

Tina Fabulous looks so much like someone I used to work with, I'm almost tempted to call her up and ask if it is her sister.

Liz is taking the whole thing too seriously. She might end up being the Fatal Attraction psycho of the group.

I'm almost hoping he ends up with the bitchy woman the rest of the girls hate. I'm not surprised he and his guy friend don't see it, but the friend's wife should know there is something wrong if none of the other women like her. Andrew Firestone is going to be in Minneapolis next week to promote the Firestone wines and benefit Children's Cancer Research Fund.

Um, hello?
 

Speaking of heathens...

If you go to the local Irish pub for lunch today, do not let your friends order the burger, lest you get scowled at by Megan [or Maureen or Kerry, etc.] the waitress for the remainder of your meal.

not7y(more malt vinegar for my fish & chips, please)S