DWTS Week Seven Results Night

With all the ongoing rule-change experiments and random maimings that occur in the Dancing With the Stars ballroom, I do not think Tom Bergeron gets enough credit for his ability to keep us current. He and his writers (or just his ad-libbing brain, for those more immediate moments of unpredictability) have a consistent ability to explain the newly-altered landscape with concision and wit. Not just anyone could have calmly thrown it to commercial during The Great Osmond Fainting of Ought-Seven.

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DWTS Week Seven Competition Night!

have to confess I actually had a dream that involved Dancing With the Stars this week, so I am grateful that after this week’s double elimination we will be down to only five contestants; which makes next week’s show effectively the quarterfinals. The amount of hip ruffles, superfluous montages, and Bergeron quips I have had to ingest in the last two months rivals Homer Simpson’s experience in Donut Hell.

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Episode 84 : Instant Classic

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Top Chef Las Vegas & the Amazing Race are discussed and Allison promises a quick but episode and then notably fails, on the quick part that is. Bryan eggs her on, so they’re both at fault but that’s the risk you take with free entertainment. This was an alright week for Top Chef but Amazing Race was so damn awesome, just listen to how excited Allison & Bryan get! And listeners, off topic, but what are your top 5 classic television series?

Tickets For Reality Star Trivia Showdown Now Available!

Our long talked about event, Reality Star Trivia Showdown, now has tickets available!

There are two type of tickets available for purchase: Player and General Admission.

Player tickets ($35) gives fans a chance to form a team to potentially play trivia head to head with their favorite reality stars, guarantees them an event t-shirt and gift bag, the opportunity to partake in fun raffles for great prized, and of course the chance to meet and be photographed with the other contestants and stars.

General admission tickets will be available shortly and will allow fans to watch the trivia tournament, rub elbows and meet the stars, partake in fun raffles, and take part in short Q&A sessions. Keep checking notmakefriends.com and www.igbinc.org/tickets for updates.

When:
Decemeber 6, 2009

Time:
7 pm (6:30 Check-In) – 11 pm

Where:
Sportsmen’s Lodge
12825 Ventura Blvd
Studio City, CA 91604

Charity:
All proceeds go to Child United

To purchase tickets, visit http://www.ibginc.org/tickets or click on the buy tickets button on the left!

DWTS Week Six Elimination Night!

I have frequently gonged Dancing With the Stars for not finding a working formula for Elimination Night; but tonight might have been their strongest attempt. With room for two celebs on the chopping block, they narrow the field of jeopardized to three, immediately eliminate the lowest scorer, then give the remaining two space to perform a 30-second “Knockout Dance” for the judges, who then pick a non-scored straight-up winner to survive until next week.

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Pack Your Knives and Go Las Vegas : Week 10

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Mike Isabella AKA New Jersey Mike takes some time out of his busy schedule to talk to Allison and Bryan about his experiences on Top Chef. He was a fun guy who was a pleasure to interview and we get a little bit of background on how he came to be a jack of all trades in food styles!

DWTS Week Six Competition Night!

Any self-respecting list of the top 10 Movies Most Likely to Make You Want to Eat a Gun would have to include 1969’s They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? This optimism-starved, Sydney Pollack-directed drama, nominated for nine Academy Awards, is adapted from a Depression-Era novel about contemporary dance marathons – awful spectacles where penniless nobodies spent days, often weeks, trying to outlast each other in couples’ swaying, with their only reward a grand prize for the single winning couple and free meals for as long as they could stay on their feet. People died on the dance floor while the yucksters in the crowd flung nickels at them.

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Episode 83 : Doki Doki Panik

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Top Chef Las Vegas & the Amazing Race are covered in this week’s slightly late installment of I’m Not Here to Make Friends : a Reality Show Podcast. We also have some reality show news to share with everyone, our usual silliness and a few phone calls from our number one fan Patrick. Remember kids, water slides are fun!

A North Hollywood Blast From The Top Chef Past

Today is the day I finally get around to talking about this wonderful night we were able to experience! I’m Not Here To Make Friends (and other many more prestigious media outlets) were invited to the media preview for the restaurant Firenze Osteria. You may wonder, why do much press for a new restaurant? The answer is that this is one of Top Chef: NY alumnus Fabio Viviani’s new ventures.

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DWTS Week Five Results Night!

The centerpiece of this week’s Results Show is a tribute to Michael Jackson. Tom points out that a bet-you-can’t-list-‘em-all 17 songs recorded by Jackson have been used in the show’s history – Drew and Cheryl’s Halloween Night Thriller routine put him on the path to the championship, as did Mark and Shawn’s P.Y.T. cha-cha last season.

But the influence goes beyond the songs. The pro dancers (as well as a singer in Harold Wheeler’s Band who toured with Jackson) have all been powerfully influenced by his work, and you can see real awe as they assume the responsibility of honoring his legacy on behalf of the show.

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Pack Your Knives and Go Las Vegas : Week 9

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Allison and Bryan team up to bring you an interview with the Laurine the latest to get the boot on Top Chef Las Vegas, while Brendan from Endless Simmer enjoys some time away. This is a MUST LISTEN as Laurine says some pretty shocking things!

DWTS Week Five Competition Night!

Part of the high-wire energy of Dancing With the Stars is that you have this pressure cooker of deeply strange people on live television, all of whom want America™ to love them best. This goes for the contestants, the pros, and the judges, too. Little moments can turn in an instant to a high-stakes game of joke poker, with too many people too dumb to quit raising the bet. It’s the stuff that can happen too fast for taste judgment that delights.

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Episode 82 : Spanish Lesson

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Oh, all you lucky listeners out there, we have a show for you! Allison and Bryan discus the finale of Hell’s Kitchen and the most current episodes of Top Chef and the Amazing Race. They also have some reality show news to toss at you and even a call to action for all you fellow Solitary fans. Get ready for some excitement as our man Patrick has a new song to share with everyone!

Steps To Save Solitary!!!!

Hey guys we need your help. Fox Reality Channel will be shutting down in March 2010. This means Solitary currently has no home. I don’t know about you but, not having this show air would be a sin. Personally, this is my favorite reality show of all time AND my favorite show to cover for you. In order to succeed, we cannot stay in our respective pod. We must band together to save VAL!

Things you can do:

-visit savesolitary.com
-write a letter
-email/call the networks
-twitter the networks
-talk about solitary on your twitter/blog/podcast
-rewatch episodes on Hulu.com to show popularity
-make a quick video about why you love solitary

Contacts

Write a letter to:
SyFy Head of Programming
c/o NBC Universal
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY 10112

Send an email to feedback@syfy.com

Twitter them @SyFy

Write a letter:
Game Show Network, LLC
2150 Colorado Ave., Ste. 100
Santa Monica, CA 90404

Twitter: @gsn

Call and leave a POLITE messge: 310-255-6800

Send a letter:
G4 Media, Inc.
5750 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036

shoot an email to: stories@g4tv.com

twitter like crazy @G4i

Write a letter to:
FOX Broadcasting Co.
P.O. Box 900
Beverly Hills, CA 90213

send an email to askfox@fox.com

use the twitterverse @FoxBroadcasting

 

If we drum up enough support we can save solitary!!! Keep coming back here for more information on how you can take part in the campaign and new fun things we are planning.

SaveSolitary.com

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The efforts to find Solitary a new home have started. Keep your eyes on our site for some upcoming information on how to contact some awesome new networks AND check out savesolitary.com for even more information on how to help the cause!  START TALKING!

The Fate Of Solitary 4.0

As you may have already heard, Fox Reality Channel will be shutting down services in March 2010. My first thought was “WHAT ABOUT SOLITARY 4.0?!”. I have been holding off posting my thoughts on the Fox Reality Channel shut down until I had information for everyone (and myself) about what will happen to our favorite reality show.

Drumroll please……………………

Solitary 4.0 WILL air before before the network stops broadcasting. No worries, we still will get our VAL fix but the fate of the Solitary Franchise is up in the air and currently looking for a new home after 4.0. I’m Not Here To Make Friends will be starting a little campaign to show other networks that we aren’t ready to leave our pods yet. Keep coming back for more information on the Save Solitary Campaign.

DWTS Week Four Results Night

The intro to Results Night on Dancing With the Stars is full of big talk about all the hot and exploding dance moves that were on display the previous evening. I think these words were necessary because someone down in editing found the button for flame graphics and now they’re jabbing it like an ADD stockbroker waiting for the elevator. I guess it’s credit enough to the show that they’re not using Star Wipe for everything.

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Pack Your Knives & Go Las Vegas : Week 8

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Allison and Bryan team up with Brendan from Endless Simmer to bring you an interview with the Ash the latest culinary casualty on Top Chef Las Vegas. See what Ash thinks about Robyn, learn how he entered the culinary world, and what he’s learned in his time on Top Chef.

DWTS Week Four Competition Night!

The judges on Dancing With the Stars have moved into their mid-season mood, which means they are less-easily amused, and less apt to award novelty points. They expect dancing now; only they have a full season’s worth of contenders still hanging around at which they can aim their missiles. Len hasn’t even waited, tossing out one low score after another – I think the audience’s hate makes him powerful, and if that means that eliminated contestants get blasted with Force Lightning instead of that useless “Last Dance” ritual, I would give that a thumbs-up.

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Episode 81 : Eat a Bowl of It

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Bryan and Allison talk about an upcoming event, orange drink vs. Tang, the Spanish language, Fanta, stealing away television cooks, Superfriends, Transformers and when they can, they fit it in some time to discuss some reality shows. Shows such as Hell’s Kitchen, Top Chef Las Vegas and the Amazing Race.