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"Meet My Folks is hilarious"
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SurvivorBlows 15230 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold"
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07-22-02, 11:59 PM (EST)
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2. ""pilot" photos" |
FYI, a while back NBC has released some photos to the media for what was labelled the "pilot" for this show. Apparently they opted not to air it tonight, so who knows if it's being held back or has been pulled for whatever reason. Since the daughter's name in the Episode 2 DeCastro family seems to be named Jessica, it's not airing as episode 2. MEET MY FOLKS -- “Pilot” -- Pictured: (l-r) Chris, James, C.J., Chloe
MEET MY FOLKS -- “Pilot” -- Pictured: (l-r) James -- JAMES GETS HIS WIRES CROSSED WHEN CHLOE'S DAD TAKES THE GUYS ON A FISHING TRIP
MEET MY FOLKS -- “Pilot” -- Pictured: (l-r) Alan (Chloe's dad), James, Chris -- CORRECTIONAL OFFICER ALAN SHARES SOMETHING ABOUT THE TOOLS OF HIS TRADE WITH HIS DAUGHTER'S POTENTIAL DATE MATES
MEET MY FOLKS -- “Pilot” -- Pictured: (l-r) Dawn (Chloe's mom), Chris -- DAWN COOKS UP A WAY OF FINDING OUT MORE ABOUT WHAT TYPE OF MAN CHRIS IS
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PepeLePew13 26134 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold"
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07-23-02, 11:27 AM (EST)
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7. "RE: How does it work." |
LAST EDITED ON 07-23-02 AT 11:28 AM (EST)You've got it pretty well summed up, Femme. It's 3 lame-ass guys dragged in off the street to meet the parents of a girl -- the winner gets to go to Hawaii (at least that's how it was in the first show) with the girl. Each of the three guys walked in on a Friday to meet the girl and parents, they were put up in one bedroom and each got a chance to talk to the parents, go on an individual date with the girl and each had 'surprises' where they had to perform a procedure or risk having some skeleton from their past coming up to bite them in the ass (in the first show, each had to belch or wipe mom's cheek with a napkin or eat off dad's plate). Later on, a video on each guy did expose several huge skeletons in their pasts. One of the real fun parts was when each guy's ex-girlfriend showed up to lambaste her former mate (two said 'oh he cheated on me'). And in copying the movie of a similar name with Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller, the father hooked up the two finalists to a lie detector and both guys lied so badly, it was comical to watch the guy conducting the test to give so many thumb-downs. One guy did win... but like the father said, they were better off dumping these three guys after the first night and bringing in three totally new guys. They were the sorriest bunch of liars and cheats you ever saw in your life, even if they did look good (not counting Chris who had a Schwarzenegger-esqe smile and expression). Edited to add that I may consider doing an episode summary for the next show. It's a hoot so far...and probably worthy of a serious bashing thru an ep summ. .......
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SkyRaider 1301 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Beef Jerky Spokesperson"
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07-24-02, 04:26 PM (EST)
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11. "RE: Meet My Folks is hilarious" |
Wow! Where was Coach Dad when I was that young dating? Not only does he let the guy take his daughter to Hawaii for a week to screw around with, but he knows from the lie detector that afterr the guy dumps the daughter, he's coming after his wife! I think Coach Dad picked the Arnold Swartznegger looking guy more as a prospective high school football player than he did for a future son-in-law. Sort of reminds me of the (true) story of a local coach here in Southern California who some years ago used to take 3-4 of his players home with him and his wife, um, entertained them. Hey, you do what you have to do to keep good players happy, ya know?
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Loree 8616 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold"
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07-25-02, 04:00 PM (EST)
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14. "RE: Meet My Folks is hilarious" |
I missed the first episode but my husband told me it was hilarious. So I watched the second ep lastnight. I enjoyed it. I think the dad picked Anthony because he bonded the best with him. Never mind the daughter preferred Camron. I think the dad knew that Camron would cheat on his daughter and break her heart. Plus he was sure his daughter wouldn't sleep with Anthony in Hawaii because she wasn't attracted to him.
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CSHS79 908 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Fitness Correspondent"
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07-27-02, 11:21 AM (EST)
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18. "Camron" |
Jessica & her family appearred on one of those entertainment shows the following night and it was mentioned how Jessica may be seeing Camron on the sly & she laughed it off. Personally I think the show is hilarious,in that slapstick sort of way.I think I also heard Jessica say to one of the guys when he came in how nice it was to see him again, so I wonder if the girls actually get a voice in who shows up.Does anyone know how they pick which guys show up?
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Loree 8616 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold"
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08-06-02, 02:23 PM (EST)
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22. "RE: Camron" |
I read a short article with Anthony in the EW magazine. He was laughing and saying he was given advice on how to beat the lie detector (I guess they knew about that in advance) and he said he lied a couple times and the guy gave him the thumbs up saying he was telling the truth. Then he said that Camron made the mistake of getting too close to the girl. He knew the way to win was to suck up to the parents (especially the dad). I wonder if Dad is happy he picked Anthony now?
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tribephyl 12393 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold"
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07-26-02, 05:15 PM (EST)
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17. "RE: Meet My Folks is hilarious" |
I missed the first ep. but caught the second one and rewatched it 3 times that same night,introducing a new person, each viewing, to the Jaw-dropping hilarity of these 3 poor saps.(all for a trip to Hawaii?)Much like the movie that this show is based on. I found myself laughing in ways I wasn't quite aware I was capable of. In the beggining, I was hesitantly chuckling as the 3 guys tried to get their groove on. While the Father is being fed a videoconference tape of them trying to get their groove on. Then moving to a laugh reminicent of a sudden expulsion of air, like "OOF" as the ex-girlfriends show up for Breakfast and Bombshells. Only to find myself by the end of the program, laughing robustly (chortling and snorting really) and slapping my knees, every time I heard a knock at their door...or the beep of their fax machine. This show has turned out to be the car wreck at the side of the road between Jerry Springer and ElimiDate, and I can't stop gawking at it, in a very uncomfortable, yet wholly satisfying way.
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Ahtumbreez 10456 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold"
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08-01-02, 08:55 AM (EST)
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19. "RE: Meet My Folks is hilarious" |
I think this show is great and as a mom to a teenage daughter I think that all dates should be chosen this way! But a question, how in the world are they going to have a second season of this show? After all half the fun is watching how the guys react to ex-girlfriends showing up, the doorbell ringing and the lie detector. Next season they would being expecting it, in other words they would be threatening family members and friends, sneaking valium into the house and learning deep breathing techniques for the lie detector and paying off old girlfriends!
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mocha madness 251 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Network TV Show Guest Star"
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08-06-02, 03:37 PM (EST)
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23. "RE: Meet My Folks is hilarious" |
I finally checked this show out last night, 8-5-02, and Canada Girl is right on...this show is hilarious. Last nights show had the same formula that has been reported here and elsewhere, and I am getting on the bandwagon...this is a bona fide hit show. My question is to whether the parents role is scripted....it is clear that the guys involved are clueless, but the Dad last night could have been Robert Duvall of the Great Santini...it was that good.
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Femme 3621 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Thong Contest Judge"
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08-13-02, 08:48 AM (EST)
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24. "RE: Meet My Folks is hilarious" |
Last night's episode was the pilot that webby posted pictures of, and it was definitely different. There was no fax machine, no orders for the boys to act like fools at dinner (a touch I love!) and a whole lot of bland, mellow secrets about the guys. They weren't anything like the first episode I saw... It was still good, and very uncomfortable to watch, but a good cringe just makes me feel better I guess.Next week, they're going to have 3 girls and one guy with his family. The girls are shameless it seems, flirting with dad and parading about in bikinis. They looked like super-girls in the promo, and apparently Mom gets to play the "bad cop" by asking the questions during the lie detector stuff and keeping them busy their first Saturday morning. Should be a funy one to watch. Heehee, while looking at the NBC site to post the synopsis of next weeks show, I found this line near the end of it: All three contestants spend a weekend with the Fresno, California family and are put through a battery of challenges in order to impress the parents and win the girl, including the infamous "Meet My Folks" lie detector test. emphasis mine... win the girl? Maybe they should write new one instead of cutting and pasting old ones. Funny. Femme
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SurvivorBlows 15230 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold"
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08-13-02, 01:29 PM (EST)
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28. "RE: Chris was a slimeball!" |
>Well, that's what we SBlows spoilers >call a "foreshadowing" that Chris >wasn't going to win it. Yes, it's now clear why this was the pilot and why they'd opted to not open the series with it. ...way too much "subtle" editing. My only surprise is why NBC didn't bury this episode in one of the Saturday night schedule slots. Now next week looks funny... -SB
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mocha madness 251 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Network TV Show Guest Star"
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08-13-02, 02:38 PM (EST)
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29. "RE: Meet My Folks is hilarious" |
I must agree that the show this week, 8-12-02, was weak. This was the episode to bury. I read an interview on reality news online website (sorry I don't have the link) with the girl from the ranch episode from 8-5-02. This put some interesting perspective on how the show is made vs. what we saw in that episode. This was very interesting, and I recommend it to fans of this show, and of the reality genre.
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Loree 8616 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold"
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08-14-02, 01:45 PM (EST)
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31. "RE: Meet My Folks is hilarious" |
I have friends that watched this episode as their first one. They didn't understand why anyone liked the show. So I guess it was a good reason not to use it as the pilot. I didn't really care for any of the guys. Chris reminded me of Eb from GREEN ACRES and I kept expecting him to call the dad Mr. Douglas.
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PepeLePew13 26134 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold"
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08-20-02, 08:35 AM (EST)
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32. "8/19 show" |
Well, for anyone thinking that the show with 3 ladies couldn't be any worse than the ones we've already seen with 3 guys... you're wrong!We got the so-called Girl Next Door who actually looks pretty nice and had a more agreeable personality (although she couldn't stop lying on the lie-detector) -- and we also had Barbie Doll who uses a paint roller to apply makeup and Silicon Sally (which is how the dad described her) with her massive ta-ta's. The son made a show-long pitch to his parents to dump the nice girl next door saying he only had feelings for Silicon Sally (read: only had feelings for her bOObs). It was obvious the parents greatly liked Girl Next Door and would have chosen her for their son to go to Hawaii with, but his constant whining/pining for FakeTits meant that Silicon Sally won. Highlight of the show? Barbie Doll's ex boyfriend said that she is always getting sugar daddies and "recently lived with a 60-year old." She was indignant and said "Well! First of all... he was NOT SIXTY YEARS OLD! HE WAS FIFTY-ONE! So there." Check your brains at the door, doll. All in all, this was a real stupid show with nothing more than fluff as the girls hit on the dad too and he kept commenting how nice it was. I'd rather have the shows with the 3 guys -- it's better TV that way. .......
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Loree 8616 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold"
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08-22-02, 06:40 PM (EST)
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36. "RE: 8/19 show" |
I think the problem with this show was that it was not believable that this guy would have his parents set him up with a date. When it is the parents of the daughter you believe that the parents could be overprotective and worrying about who is dating their daughter. But this guy was nothing like a momma's boy and old enough that the parents didn't have to worry about one of the girls taking advantage of him and hurting him.
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