Jackie Warner of Work Out appears to be in good with the “housewife” set (via) according to the NYT, which may indicate that reality TV is doing a lot to mainstream gay and lesbian romance (it may also reveal that the nation is as glued to Bravo as I am). But I totally don’t want to get deep and political about it, mostly because of this:
I’m a straight male and have had a massive crush on Mike Rowe from ‘Dirty Jobs’ for years now.
Who’s with me?
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Squee! I am! And Chef too. Also the charmingly nerdy Mythbusters guys. Others:
1) Tim Gunn, who I totally want to adopt as a second surrogate dad.
2) Dani of A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila, a really crappy, terrible, piece of shit show that was so bad it was barely watchable. But Dani stole my heart. She should have her own fan club full of squeeing girls in I <3 Dani t-shirts.
3) Betthany of The Real Housewives series, not because she’s even likeable, but because she makes the best comments about the other obscenely wealthy people on the show. God, I love to hate that series.
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P.S. Rock of Love finale tonight. I’ll be there with bells and bandanas on.
All of the drama on Work Out actually makes me too anxious to develop a crush on her. I can’t believe a one hour session is 400 dollars. I guess I won’t be signing up with her gym any time soon. Ooph.
And Mike Rowe? Oh yeah. Love him. Even with all the dirt.
One question… Ambre or Daisy?
What, no love for Top Chef?
Top Chef deserves it’s own post, personally. :P
Also, GO AMBER!
Jackie Warner… love her entirely too much.
OMG TV YEA.
Not reality TV, but I totally have a crush on Starbuck from BSG. The other day four of us (me (a straight woman), two straight guys, and one gay woman) were watching the recent ep and we were all drooling over her.
I suppose it’s different when you get it via torrent, no?
I’ll take it that’s ^ in response to me. You’re calling it ‘ridiculous’ for a reason, right?
Getting shows via torrent, or seeking them out online in other manners, is different. Generally, there are no commercials—which is quite the world of difference from television, where you’re held captive to the whims of marketing execs (unless you have TiVo or such and can fast-forward).
It’s also the Internet, which means you can seek out any type of entertainment. With television, you’re stuck looking at the preview channel to see what your selection will be at any given half-hour/fifteen minutes. The Internet allows you to direct your own media experience; television assumes you’ll be sitting on your butt flippin thru channels.
Since the writer’s strike, I haven’t sought out any teevee shows online. That’s the thing: if you’re too lazy, you won’t even want to search for shows online, you’ll just take alt media you happen upon. With television you can be lazy and just push a button on a remote.
I have been watching a lot of TED Talks during our lunches, though!
TV via the internet rocks. Movies via the internet too.
Then playing that stuff from the internet on your TV… awesome. :)
Did you see the episode of Mythbusters in which Grant did a Tim Gunn impression?
And Mike Rowe can come get me dirty anytime.
Grant impression here.
1. I swear the conversation from this thread is just like the conversations at http://www.afterellen.com! Over there, Bravo is a worshiped network–got to love how LGBT friendly it is!
2. Dani was totally treated like a rockstar at Dinah Shore two weeks ago. She is really sweet and the only decent part of a shot at love
3. My favorite part of Top Chef: Padma. Oh how i love her!
4. And I’m totally with you Laura on Starbuck (Katee Sackhoff). She is absolutely drool worthy!
I’m all about Phil from Amazing Race.
I’m glad it doesn’t make me a Bad Feminist to be slightly obsessed with those half-rate celebrity <3 shows on VH1. I also ADORED Dani.
And I’m fairly obsessed with Real Housewives of New York City. I loved the Orange County version, but this one is wayyy more disgusting. I mean, they didn’t have limos and chauffers on OC. The seriousness in which they discuss how the driver and other servents should address them flabbergasts me. (Firstname? NO! There is a respect issue here! We MUST be referred to as Mrs. Lastname!) Alex and Simon’s relationship causes visceral repulsion in me. I can’t stop.
Did you see lolcats meets Jackie Warner? A funny site mashing lolcats (”I can has cheezburger” with Work Out “I can haz everything!”). Its here:
http://lol-word.blogspot.com/2008_02_01_archive.html
Tim Gunn is awesome… :D
Also, Dani is somewhat of a celebrity in Portland.
Pretty much any of the girls who appear on Big Brother UK… Imogen, Sam, Chanelle, Stephanie, Jennifer… ridiculous!