For our wedding gift to our guests, we handed out countless CDs. This was our soundtrack.
1. Time After Time – Cyndi Lauper
Thanks to YouTuber CyndiLauperVEVO
2. I’ll Be There For You – Bon Jovi
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3. Bless The Broken Road – Rascal Flatts
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4. I Knew I Loved You – Savage Garden
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5. The Way I Am – Ingrid Michaelson
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6. Girl You Know It’s True – Milli Vanilli
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7. I Think I Love You – David Cassidy
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8. Lonely Road of Faith – Kid Rock
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9. I’ll Be – Edwin McCain
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10. Everything – Michael Buble
YouTuber john andro supremido as Buble doesn’t allow embedding of his videos, apparently.
11. Little Moments – Brad Paisley
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12. Seven – Prince
Apparently, Prince has made it possible for no one to use his videos online. That’s pretty sad but amazing that he’s able to pull that off! Even Dailymotion doesn’t have any of his videos. Shoot! Such a great song, my favorite of his. If anyone knows how I can link to the video, or any video with the song, please let me know.
13. Awful, Beautiful Life – Darryl Worley
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14. Goodbye to the Circus – Aqua
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Bonus Tracks
15. Linger – The Cranberries
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16. One Friend – Dan Seals
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We were married on November 29, 2008 – and we have loads of in-jokes with some of these songs.
Before this issue, I own issue 28 and after this, I own issue 77 – but there is very little continuity involved here besides who is alive and who is dead, to worry about.
I wish there were more successful mutant marriages. Right now there is only Captain Britain and Meggan’s as well as Northstar and Kyle’s. One of these years, I will be reviewing Astonishing X-Men 51. From my list that I’m working off of, it should be four years from now. Hopefully I’m still doing this then. I would like to be still doing this by then.
Onto the issue :
The very first thing we see if a letter from Wolverine, the next page, we see that Jean is reading the letter. I’m not sure if Kubert just draws the border of the letter and then Oakley actually writes the words of the letter but I’m pretty sure that is not the handwriting of Wolverine. Maybe of James Howlett but not Logan.
Jean is being dressed by her mother, Elaine, Storm and in the background, Rachel. Rachel looks so mad in the very first panel but then we see her mood lightens as Jean’s mother, her grandmother, keeps trying to get her daughter to stand still.
Elaine tells Jean that she is one in a million and she has the genetics to back her statement up. Which is super awkward as there was a clone of her daughter running around and even marrying the man that Jean is about to marry in only a few hours. But maybe Elaine wasn’t told that.
That thought must cross Scott’s mind at least sometime later that night or the next day, he is marrying the original genetic source of his first wife. Or however that should be said. Or maybe it should never be said, nor written.
Jean has a nice moment when she tells Rachel that if one of the successful events that comes from this wedding / marriage, is that they have a daughter, then Jean is doubly blessed this day. Rachel is so happy to hear this. Which is amazing as the bridesmaid dresses look atrocious.
I really like how Jean tells Rachel this in clear earshot of Elaine, so poor Elaine has had to probably accept this time travel / alternate history nonsense and has just accepted it. She will later, years later, regret Rachel’s existence in the Grey’s End storyline, but let’s keep this a happy review. For shame!
Rachel gets to call Jean, mom, and the way it is lettered, you can feel how nervous and happy she says it, how she finally got to say it.
We cut to Scott and his closest friends. Which I like that his closest friends is his best man – his brother, Alex. Then his other friends are the other male members of the Original Five – Beast, Iceman and Archangel.
Iceman keeps giving him a hard time about this being the last day of his free life. Typical bachelor stuff.
Beast and Archangel are having the hardest time with doing Scott’s bow tie. Then Xavier shows up and does the tie for him. Xavier ends his little speech with the question if the team even needs him around anymore, as his original students are now adults and getting married. I suppose the analogy is the tie between the past and the present? It isn’t very clear.
I’m surprised with how much this issue now is from Xavier’s preservative and he takes over the narration for the rest of the issue. Maybe it is to put us in the eyes of a guest as Jean and Scott’s thoughts are not going to be anything out of the ordinary.
The men head out as they don’t want Jean beating them to the alter.
We get a nice moment where Xavier moves from his awesome 90s Shi’ar chair to a more traditional wheelchair. He can’t have people knowing that he is a mutant. Which is odd that he kept that secret for as long as he did. Also odd that with Archangel and Beast present, as well as Nightcrawler, that is three blue mutants walking around. How many guests could either Jean and Scott possibly invited that don’t know that they are mutants or the secret of the Xavier Mansion?
As Xavier is changing wheelchairs, he drops a letter from Wolverine that Rachel helps pick up for him. So weird how the creative team made a huge point to not show Wolverine at all. They even later go out of their way to not show him that makes for an awkward moment.
Xavier sees humans and mutants united to take part in a joyous moment, one of the rare times he can see his dream realized. All mutants have to do is make five friends and have those friends make five friends and the world will be a better place.
Then we get to see who all showed up :
See the Excalibur row? From left to right – Captain Britain, Meggan (wearing glasses?), Nightcrawler, Kitty Pryde (with a very interesting hairstyle) and Rachel, as she takes her seat.
This is the only time we see Kitty, we know from What If 60 and the Wedding Album, that Kitty is present – though her hairstyle changes as the day goes. This is the only time we see her this issue.
Scott is getting nervous as he is waiting for Jean’s appearance. I know that’s how I got as my lovely bride as a little late. My nervous bladder was doing flips!
Kitty didn’t go to Quicksilver and Crystal’s wedding, so I don’t own that issue but I did leave them off from my mutant marriages.
I like how Cable showed up, even though Cyclops is marrying the woman who his own mother was the clone of. The Summers family is one crazy place!
Then the bridal party comes out. Storm is the maid of honor. Earlier, Bobby commented that it is January in Westchester and there isn’t a cloud in sight – that is due to Storm making it so. This is where we learn that Scott and Jean got married in January – I wish we were given the day of the week. They are X-Men, so it isn’t like this wedding had to be on the weekend, they don’t have jobs or anything like that to work their day around.
Storm motions to Lila Cheney, who she and her band are providing the music for the wedding and reception. That is quite the get!
Then Jean and her father walk down the aisle. Dr. John Grey hands his daughter off to her soon to be husband.
The couple exchanges their vows that they made up themselves. We only get snippets of each and not sure which comes from whom.
There are three Fleer cards celebrating the wedding but they make it super awkward to read these two pages.
I’m not sure which religion or preference it is that does the whole tie their hands together for the ceremony, I’ve never seen it done. I’ve been to a lovely Hispanic wedding where they did it with much larger loops that went around their bodies with a small loop connecting them. That’s the closest I’ve seen.
Then they kiss and we now have Scott and Jean Grey-Summers!
Jubilee is the first to start hollering and Xavier is the first to start the applause.
The reception.
Lila Cheney, plays as the first dance song, which is U2’s One.
Which I’m not the biggest U2 fan, I mostly only like Beautiful Day, and that is largely due to how the WWE used it for HHH’s return package video for when he returned in January 2002, in time to win the Royal Rumble. Which is my favorite WWE PPV annual event.
That’s my U2 history.
I swear from 1999 to 2006, my WWE years, Steve Johnston, the music developer, made me buy or download every song they used to either promote PPVs or individual wrestlers.
It just makes sense, to combine wrestling footage with songs, as that is what action movies have been doing with scores, for decades.
Jean dances with her father as her mother forces Scott to dance with her. I danced with my own mother when my father-in-law danced with my wife. That seems to be the thing to do. Poor Scott’s mother is dead and only his grandparents were able to make it. The Starjammers were off in space but Corsair sent his well wishes. Imagine dancing with Hepzibah in front of everyone? I imagine Jean wouldn’t have liked that. meow!
We take a small break to see Sabretooth in the snow outside of the celebration. He has special metal gloves on and his mouth has a metal plate over it. If I remember correctly, this is during the time when Sabretooth is the prisoner of the X-Men. I wonder why they didn’t just leave him in his cell? Letting him out for his walk seems pretty irresponsible. He starts commenting, aloud, that he can still cause a lot of damage even with his restraints. Then he is kicked from behind. He turns around and someone took the time to write in the snow, Don’t Even Think About It. Did Wolverine write that first, and then kick Victor? He must have, but it is so weird!
Back at the wedding. Beast and Iceman are both missing their girlfriends, Trish Tilby and Opal Tanaka – respectfully.
This is the section that really places the time stamp on the issue.
Cable sees Val Cooper, who is currently hunting him and X-Force (I imagine) for the government. She jokes that she doesn’t see him there.
Polaris is about to lose her mind on the next person who asks when she and Alex get married. Which I do own that issue that they attempt it – Uncanny X-Men 425 and 426 – written by Chuck Austen. They don’t make it down the alter but maybe I can tack it on when I don’t have any more actual weddings to cover. Something to think about considering. That’s way in August 2003, so nine years later!
It is time for the tossing of the bouquet. Jean does her part and Rogue simply flies overhead and grabs it. Another instance of mutants at the wedding!
Next comes the garter. Jean doesn’t want to do this. Hank told Scott that Strong Guy (Guido Carolsella) would have been upset if they didn’t. What does that mean? That he wanted a chance to look up Jean’s dress?
So it is time to do it. And the guys who want to catch it are insane! We know it is Rogue who got the flowers, so how much does Cable really want to be the guy who places it on her thigh? She’s going to absorb your energy if you are not careful!
As the guys fumble on top of each other, an explosion happens and Gambit is seen holding the garter. Like there was any chance of anyone else getting it. We don’t get to see Gambit placing it on Rogue.
We didn’t do any of this at our wedding. My wife wanted to keep her flowers and didn’t want to lose her garter so we never got around to it and no one noticed. We did do the cash dance so our priorities were right.
Then the cake in the face happens. Jean opts to not stuff it over Scott’s face. We didn’t do that either, we had small pieces prepared.
There is a panel of Rachel and Cable watching their ‘parents’ dance. Cable’s father and maybe Rachel’s parents.
Lila makes an announcement that the bride requests one final dance. It is for Xavier. Xavier is hesitant as he really doesn’t want Jean showing off her mutant powers. She doesn’t care, it is her day. She uses her telekinesis powers to lift and and they dance.
As the issue wraps up, Scott visits Xavier in his office. Alex is going to drive the newlyweds to the airport (I guess Xavier didn’t want them using the Blackbird). This gives Alex and Scott a chance to talk about Multiple Man’s death (from the Legacy Virus) – don’t worry, it was only a dupe.
That scene ends with Scott telling the closest thing he has to a father, that he loves him. aw! We also learn in this scene that his actual father sent a good luck message.
Xavier looks out the window. He finally opens his letter from Wolverine, all it says is “Charles, Lighten Up. Logan” and this cracks Xavier up. He really should have read that letter first!
So interesting that Wolverine bookends the comic with letters and makes no appearances. The heck!
Be back here for What If Volume Two Issue 60 in two days!
So I drive about the town on my way to work, back and forth at lunch and when I go home. This town has three radio stations that are all essentially Top 40 / songs of the 90s/80s.
There are songs that if I hear it once in the morning, and not again for the rest of the day, I feel cheated. Especially with how many songs I don’t care for these days. So when I hear one that I like, I really want to just keep hearing it.
One of my current addictions is –
5 Seconds of Summer’s Amnesia.
Thanks to YouTuber 5SOSVEVO for hosting the video
I didn’t realize they were a boy band until I went home and say the video for the first time. That’s a little embarrassing.
Anyone know what Vevo is? I just take it for granted as the official music video provider on YouTube.
After looking it up, that is essentially what it is.
Thanks to YouTuber Kah Deh for hosting the video. They also provided the lyrics as well, in the description box :
Lyrics:
Sometimes
Hybrid
I’ve been digging into crates
Ever since I was living in space
Before the ratrace
Before monkeys had human traits
I mastered numerology
And Big Bang theology
Performed lobotomies
With telekinetic psychology
Invented the mic
So I could start blessing it
Chin-checking kids to make my point like an impressionist
Many men have tried to shake us
But I twist mic cords in double-helixes
To show them what I’m made of
I buckle knees like leg-braces
Cast a spell of instrumentalness on all of you emcees who hate us
So you can try on
Leave you without a shoulder to cry on
From now to infinity
Let icons be bygones
I fire bomb
Ghostly notes haunt this
I tried threats but moved onto a promise
I stomp s**t with or without an accomplice
And run the gauntlet with whoever that wants this
High voltage
This is the unforgettable sound
High voltage
Bringing you up and taking you down
High voltage
Coming at you from every side
High voltage
Making the rhythm and rhyme collide
Akira
I put a kink in the backbones of clones with microphones
Never satisfied my rhyme jones
Spraying bright day over what you might say
My blood-type’s Krylon, Technicolour Type-A
On highways, right with road-rage
Cages of wind and cages of tin that bounce all around
Surround sound
Devouring the scene
Subliminal gangrene paintings
Overall the same things
Sing songs, karaoke, copy, bulls**t
Break bones verbally with sticks-and-stones tactics
Fourth dimension, combat convention
Write rhymes at ease while the track stands at attention
Meant to put you away
With the pencil, pistol, official, sixteen-line-a-rhyme missile
While you risk your all
I pick out all your flaws
Spin rah, blah, blah, blah
You can say you saw
High voltage
This is the unforgettable sound
High voltage
Bringing you up and taking you down
High voltage
Coming at you from every side
High voltage
Making the rhythm and rhyme collide
High voltage
This is the unforgettable sound
High voltage
Bringing you up and taking you down
High voltage
Coming at you from every side
High voltage
Making the rhythm and rhyme collide
Who’s the man demanding you hand over your Land Rover?
No man’s bolder than the Pharoahe when he jams
The plan’s over
I inflict sclerosis
The most ferocious
Why I spy, my third eye, extremely high voltage
That’s why I need Ruby Quartz glasses
‘Cause when I glance there’s a chance I might blast the masses
Subliminals trasmitted through piano
Integrated in flow
Calculated to nano
I use skills when I need
Please head the rhyme I hear when I plead when I proceed through time I walk through walls an inanimate obstacles Via induced reduction of cells and molecules
I bring the knowledge
You swallow the state
That’s a hologram
I box your head
Fatten your lip like Collogen
A telepath to deliver verses with no postage
Pharoahe Monch, Mike Shinoda
We high voltage
High voltage
This is the unforgettable sound
High voltage
Bringing you up and taking you down
High voltage
Coming at you from every side
High voltage
Making the rhythm and rhyme collide
High voltage
This is the unforgettable sound
High voltage
Bringing you up and taking you down
High voltage
Coming at you from every side
High voltage
Making the rhythm and rhyme collide
Linkin Park (being scratched over, and over again)
I bolded the part that references Kitty Pryde. Cyclops, Bishop and Jean Grey are also referenced. That whole verse starts, in the video, at the two minute mark. Cyclops is at 2:10 and Kitty is at 2:23.
Not my favorite Linkin Park song probably would be “In the End”
Thanks to YouTuber treverg’s channel for hosting the video.
I recognize I’m not the most original guy naming that as my favorite song. So I’m going to make that my second favorite song of theirs and move H! VLTG3 to the top spot. That makes more sense.
According to Wikipedia, I have featured all three songs that Kitty is mentioned in. Can someone record a fourth one within the next hundred days? If not, I will have to think of something for Post 550, but that is on me.
I was pretty dismissive of Taylor Swift, until I heard “Thug Story”
Which she did with T-Pain.
Thanks to YouTuber T-Swift Aholic for hosting the video!
Ever since this video, I like to refer to her, mostly in my own head, as T-Swizzle.
She’s done other songs that have been catchy but her latest song – Shake It Off has stolen my heart!
Thanks to YouTuber TaylorSwiftVEVO for hosting this video!
For all of those players, haters, heartbreakers and thinkers out there!
Not that long ago, Yahoo News had a story titled “Taylor Swift Shows Off Curves in a Bikini” which I must have saw that newsfeed “news” feed somehow. My first thought, like many of the posters, was “what curves?”
They have since renamed the article, probably due to false advertising. She’s definitely grown up in the past two years since that story and the Shake It Off song.
Since I had these two videos, I was trying to create a Top Five list but I may not be a giant Taylor Swift after all. So this is a loose top five videos and I wouldn’t fight anyone over the remainder three.
You Belong With Me
The video that introduced us to the guy who plays Havok in X-Men First Class & Days of Future Past, Lucas Till
Mine
Love Story
Looking over her videos from TaylorSwiftVEVO, I had forgotten that she was considered a Country Artist in those early days. Which I will repeat here, must have burn Carrie Underwood so much as I’m sure Taylor Swift doesn’t recognize herself as a country artist. Sure, when she was being given awards but lately? I doubt it.
Since I didn’t post this in time, I’m adding her latest song – Blank Space, to this list. I really dig this video.
There are a couple moments of great music video making in it. Like the cut of her throwing herself against the furnace and cutting into a chocolate cake with white frosting so it resembles blood.
Also in the meantime, SNL did a great fake commercial – Swiftamine
Thanks to Saturday Night Live for hosting the video! It rings so true!
The very first concert I’ve ever been to was the Ninja Turtles – Coming Out of Our Shells tour. For the longest time, it was also the only concert I was at.
I was trying to find a tour date list online but the Internet failed me.
Has basically everything else! The first date was August 17, 1990 and we must have saw it either in Arizona or California. I remember the drive wasn’t forever. I was eight.
My three favorite songs are :
April’s Ballad
Thanks to Mike E. Perez for hosting the video
Skipping Stones by Splinter
Thanks mckxm for hosting the video
No Treaties
Thanks the3ninjakids for hosting the video
I owned the cassette tape, the concert video and the making of the concert video. I was pretty hard core Turtles back in the day.
Who went home last night, Caleb or Devin? We’ll find out,
But First …
RANDOM THOUGHTS!!!
Look at Julie Chen in an appropriate dress. It fits and suits her.
Writers gave her a good line to – Devin obsess with power and Caleb obsess with a girl.
So far so good.
Voiceover guy – guy who looks like the Rock, is on the block
Isn’t it too early to be visiting family? I do like how Jeff is clearly just working for Big Brother. Makes sense, people love Jeff. I am one of them.
Julie said, but first!
The dumbest move to play in this game, is to not use the Power of Veto on yourself when you are on the block.
Caleb and Hayden, hopefully one doesn’t rub off on the other.
Donny and Cody are talking as they put the shades over the cameras behind the outdoor mirrors. Apparently, my wife and the other live feeders recognize that as helping Production.
Guys whistling at Victoria, as they don’t recognize her.
Cody and Amber sharing a moment, in the dark, when Caleb spies on them.
Nicole and Hayden cuddling!
Victoria busting up Hayden’s schemes.
Look at Frankie making an appearance! He hasn’t been around lately , on the edits.
I like the idea of voting out Caleb.
Production is going out of their way to set up Caleb leaving.
Jeff Schroeder is a Big Brother Legend.
We bought Walker Dennis new diapers, my wife said they have Pooh on them and I thought she meant, poo.
Jeff is so charming with Donny’s parents.
Does Amber own a pair of grannie panties!?!
I like Donny’s brother and sister. His girlfriend is young and cute!
Jeff is cute in Donny’s landscaper uniform.
Julie keeping the questions upbeat and high energy.
The way the houseguests act when Julie turns her attention to a new person, makes me feel like they talk about dreading one on one questions with her.
No Half Nots competition, they will be chosen by their lack of activity from their bracelets. Glad Production didn’t forget about those, though no one is discussing them.
Speeches :
Both are throwing each other under the bus.
Julie – Caleb is blinded by love, Devin is blinded by power.
The voting!
Jocasta – Devin
Donny – Devin
Nicole – Devin, she hoppily votes for him
Hayden – Devin
Zach – Devin
Cody – Devin
It is official, Devin is gone. Hopefully, Caleb calms down around Amber.
Houseguests seem to be overly happy Devin is gone. Almost to jerkish levels.
Aw, Brittany gave Devin a gift for his daughter. So sweet.
Donny is a grounds keeper
Not a bad interview with Julie and Devin
Donny gave a nice farewell message to Devin
HoH Competition, duos!
Victoria – Christine
Caleb – Nicole
Brittany – Jocasta
Amber – Zach
Donny – Hayden
Cody – Frankie
No duos make any sense.
Scott Bakula is on NCIS : New Orleans? Now, I am super interested in that show. Unfortunately, I am not in my fifties. I wonder if I can still enjoy it?
I’ve never been a fan of the egg competition.
Doesn’t seem to be a live episode friendly competition.
Only Brittany and Jocasta were happy with the pairings.
Team America task – who to nominate, floater or physical threat? Physical Threat won, which is a shame.
Shoot the winners are not revealed on the show.
The winners are . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
Don’t look now . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
Here are the winners . . . CODY & FRANKIE!!!
Thanks to Jamie’s Because You Are Addicted blog for the results. As soon as the episode was over, for us, we had the results. Now, that is service!
I predict Cody puts up Caleb and that is how Team America gets their easy cash.
. . .
I did not know that Wil Heuser (from BB15) was already three episodes deep into his BB16 Saga videos!
This is the third episode. Very funny and so true!
A parody of Frankie’s younger sister, Ariana Grande’s Problem video.
Which I was determined never to mention her but why fight it?
I checked and Franke and Ariana do have the same last name.
. . .
Still no magician pictures online but maybe it is due to me not giving the Internet a picture. Perhaps?
Seems like the Internet has calmed down since last week but she also hasn’t been the target, so there was no reason to worry.
There are only two reality shows I ever want to be one. One of them is MTV’s Road Rules, which doesn’t exist so that dream will never come true. Which I don’t get, as one would imagine that Road Rules would be a better testing ground for future candidates in those Challenges and Duels competition shows. Much better than using the Real World to accomplish that.
Whenenver I hear Natalie Imbruglia’s Torn, I instantly remember the 90s and the Real World clips start rolling through my mind’s eye. No other song does that for me better than Torn.
Such a good song!
The other reality show that I would love to be on is CBS’s Big Brother. There’s something about it that just speaks to me. I feel like I could reall excel at it.
The only problem for me will be having to tolerate Chenbot. Is she the worst part of the show? Yes. Could her part easily be done by the voice over guy who does the Wednesday and Sunday episodes? Yes. Is she married to CBS Corporation President and CEO, Leslie Moonves? Yes.
We have been getting the live feeds for the past few years and watched every episode of Big Brother After Dark when it aired on Showtime. We don’t get the TV Guide channel, so we no longer can watch it.
There are some great websites that do an amazing job of following the house guests :
These two are the best websites for to follow the show with!
Just for my use of not having to go back to Wikipedia every year, here are the winners of previous seasons :
Season One Eddie McGee
Season Two Will Kirby
Season Three Lisa Donahue
Season Four Jun Song Ex-Factor
Season Five Drew Daniel Project DNA
Season Six Maggie Ausburn Secret Partner
Season Seven Mike “Boogie” Malin All Stars 1
Season Eight “Evel” Dick Donato Rivals
Season Nine Adam Jasinski Couples
Season Ten Dan Gheesling Back to Basics
Season Eleven Jordan Lloyd Cliques
Season Twelve Hayden Moss Sabateur
Season Thirteen Rachel Reilly Returning Cast
Season Fourteen Ian Terry Coaches
Season Fifteen Andy Herren Three Nominees / MVP
Season One is the season that I watched on my own. It doesn’t quite count as the format is nothing like what it is now.
Season Two has the second best play of the game as the winner, Will Kirby. Some would say he is by far the greatest player to play the game, but he is a close second to Dan Gheesling.
Season Two through Six, I didn’t watch at all and am obsess with finding a way to watch these episodes!
Season Three is when Power of Veto started.
Season Four is when Big Brother started becoming the show we will recognize it to be.
Season Seven is the season I started with, it is also the season my wife and I started dating. So I missed most of the season but the first episode I saw had NPH (Neil Patrick Harris) on it so I was hooked. So I’ve been a Big Brother fan since August 29, 2006. He was promoting the great How I Met Your Mother, which was a new show way back then!
Janelle’s moment in the first elimination in the finale where she let go of the strap and regrabbed it as she was readjusting herself still haunts me. She didn’t know the buzzer started and so she was eliminated in the very first two seconds. I still say they should have just restared the competition. That is brutal!
Season Eight was Evel Dick’s season, though I mostly remember it for the season with Eric and Jessica as I really like Jessica. She was my first Big Brother crush. Which the show does a pretty good job of finding that one lady that I’m really going to like. Sometimes I pick the wrong one at first but one eventually rises. Those two are still married, as far as I know.
Evil Dick use to host this great show online that was essentially a recap show where he and other former houseguests would come on and talk about the show. I use to really love it but then it started being overly into advertising and it moved to a different website and I couldn’t follow it anymore.
Oh, Season Nine. Its winner, Adam, got fired from his job – this being the first season where I learn that what happens in the game can have serious implications on your real life. He ended up going to jail after his season too, something that started happening to more contestants.
Season Ten gave us Dan, by far the greatest player to ever play this game. Though I didn’t give him that title until Season Fifteen but he really is the greatest player. Is he my favorite player? No, that goes to another player but he is by far my favorite player to win the game.
Season Ten also gave us Jessie, who will have a bigger impact on season eleven as a returning hosueguest but I want to say that ever since this season – he has shown up as a special guest every year since then. He doesn’t mind making a fool of himself and I imagine production likes that about him. He may have missed a year but I want to say he is pretty constant.
Another constant that I really like is the Zingbot 3000 – boy do I like those zings!
Season Eleven gave us Jeff and Jordan, and I do love me Jeff Schroeder, he will probably be my third favorite houseguest.
Eleven also gave us Chima, who had a very violent outburst and essentially self destructed and was forced to leave the game, only the third person to be expelled. This season also had Russell and Ronnie and this weird moment when Russell was being a bully to Ronnie and then later said it was a mutual agreed act. But Ronnie was seen in the confessional, crying and wanting his wife. Why pretend to the edit that might not happen?
Also, production did this fun montage with Kevin watching Jeff being the sexy garden boy and that was fun to watch.
Season Twelve, 2010, is when we started really getting into Big Brother, as the live feeds are like $25 and are live almost all the time. When it goes to fishes, is maddening how often it happens but it is well worth it. Those two websites are great about giving you time stamps of when to go back and watch. This season gave us Britney Haynes, by far, my favorite houseguest of all time. She can come back every single season, to either play or host or mentor, I don’t care.
Poor Britney suffered from not being part of the Brigade alliance. Which was a great alliance, not the most exciting to watch but they had the best strategy I’ve ever seen. Have a core group of guys, each guy has an outside friend, so you can have eight votes right there but definitely will know everything that was happening.
Season Twelve might go down as my favorite season as well, as it gave us Brendon and Rachel, and this entire season was so fun to watch. So many different individuals playing the game together and apart and so much was happening! Matt and Regan, Enzo, the whole cast was pretty decent. Lane. Annie and Kathy were the dead weight of the season, Monet too now that I’m looking at the cast. Andrew had a good speech.
Andrew gave a great final speech as did Matt, given several opportunities to make speeches, each one better than the last. I like players who just have fun with the format.
I want to say this was also the season where Chenbot started interviewing the HoH on Eviction Night and those were extremely awkward. As awkward as the forced conversations with Chenbot with the houseguests proper. She really is the worst thing about the show.
If I could ever be on it, I’m not sure if I could pretend and go along with it.
Season Thirteen gave us Jeff and Jordan as well as Brendon and Rachel back. Another fun season to watch. Evel Dick left under mysterious circumstances. He eventually started hosting that show this season.
Oh man, the fear I had of Porsche winning over Rachel because of how catty the jury was, was intense! The game is all about trying not to let floaters or the weaker member of a duo win and that’s always disappointing! The main person takes all of the heat and gets eliminated and the other person is left stating that they were crucial to all decisions – it just makes for less than stellar speeches. Survivor has this problem too!
Lawron made some funny poor decisions too, during this season but it gave us Brendon back for a time – so it worked out.
Season Fourteen, Dan Gheesling became the greatest player of all time this season. Dan’s Funeral, and so many other spectacular moments! Dan’s game though, did make it so that he could never win but Doctor Ian Terry was a great player himself. Plus, more Britney Haynes!
Season Fourteen also gave us Wil Heuser, who is so fun on YouTube. No one has time for two L’s.
youtube.com/user/TheNewWilShow
I keep worrying, with how production didn’t hide how much they loved Frank – that he was going to force another All-Star situation.
Ian’s “get a stepping” to Boogie is pretty classic.
Another awesome moment is when Dan went into Joe’s room, to sleep and Joe started talking to Dan as if he was someone else and started talking to Dan about Dan. Dan realized he had to shut that down fast and Joe’s attempt to recoup the moment and Dan just telling him to go to sleep is such a great moment. Only on that show could that happen.
Season Fifteen saw Rachel’s sister, Elissa, come in to play. I was a fan of Amanda at first, but then she started going crazy in the hosue! Really hurt McCrae’s chances.
Wil made this awesome video for the finale :
Pretty much summarizes the season.
His impression of Chenbot is pretty dead on. I never notice her “but first” until he pointed it out.
This season and the fallout with Aaryn and Amanda’s silliness and how much this show ruin their personal lives (both were fired from their jobs and such) really must wake up future contestants that they got to keep their racist nonsense at home. Especially once it is pointed out to you.
GenaMarie’s obsession with Nick was also insane for how little interaction they had together!
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So excited about Season Sixteen! Get ready to expect the unexpected!
On June 16th, Chenbot announced that the house theme is Urban Treehouse. It looks pretty fun.
On June 18th, last week, Chenbot herself revealed on her show that the following twists will occur :
2 Head of Households (HoH) – I imagine it will only be like that for the first few weeks
4 Nominations each week – two per HoH – so the three nominees from last year must have tested well. I thought it was a failure as nothing shocking came from those.
The two HoH will have to compete in “Battle of the Block” which is silly as they already competed to become HoH. I wonder if the loser gets their nominees taken off the block. Sort of like a Super POV.
Also, America will have a larger role in the game than besides voting for what types of food the Have Nots get to eat for the week.
On June 19th, they announced the cast. Looks like a bunch of twenty somethings but at least it is a brand new cast. I like the concept of All Stars and returning guests but I enjoy having a brand new cast and having the old houseguest show up for guest appearances and such.
I should also tell you dear readers, that I’m hoping to follow Big Brother on the blog and throw my voice into the cyberworld. So you may want to skip those posts. Or play along! I feel like my love for the show expands every year with how we do something different and big for it, each new season.
2 HOH’s every week *4 Nominated for eviction per week (2 per HOH) *HOH’s are not safe this season! They will have a “Battle of the Block” comp. *The fans, known as “Team America”, will be able to “influence the game”. – See more at: http://big-brother-16-blog.blogspot.com/#sthash.WFU2VwHv.dpuf
2 HOH’s every week *4 Nominated for eviction per week (2 per HOH) *HOH’s are not safe this season! They will have a “Battle of the Block” comp. *The fans, known as “Team America”, will be able to “influence the game”. – See more at: http://big-brother-16-blog.blogspot.com/#sthash.WFU2VwHv.dpuf
2 HOH’s every week *4 Nominated for eviction per week (2 per HOH) *HOH’s are not safe this season! They will have a “Battle of the Block” comp. *The fans, known as “Team America”, will be able to “influence the game”. – See more at: http://big-brother-16-blog.blogspot.com/#sthash.WFU2VwHv.dpuf
2 HOH’s every week *4 Nominated for eviction per week (2 per HOH) *HOH’s are not safe this season! They will have a “Battle of the Block” comp. *The fans, known as “Team America”, will be able to “influence the game”. – See more at: http://big-brother-16-blog.blogspot.com/#sthash.WFU2VwHv.dpuf
2 HOH’s every week *4 Nominated for eviction per week (2 per HOH) *HOH’s are not safe this season! They will have a “Battle of the Block” comp. *The fans, known as “Team America”, will be able to “influence the game”. – See more at: http://big-brother-16-blog.blogspot.com/#sthash.WFU2VwHv.dpuf
Shadow and Flame with Magik 