Royal Flush

26 Comments

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   bunnyhop
   Posted May 16, 2005 at 12:16 pm

   Amen!!! I am on the boycott bandwagon. I cannot imagine why anyone would want to watch two minutes of their pathetic lives, let alone two hours. Please, please let them go away . . .

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   moonman
   Posted May 16, 2005 at 12:21 pm

   Don’t forget about tlc a baby story. You know they would try and do that one. Next would be Nanny 911 because rob and amber are two dumb/egotistic, their kid(s) would be messed up.

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   robandambahhhhh
   Posted May 16, 2005 at 12:22 pm

   I will watch the special, i can’t wait to see them and will gladly contribute to their 15 mins of fame. boooyah!

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   Ashes
   Posted May 16, 2005 at 12:24 pm

   Assuming that they have been given good financial advice, they don’t actually need to get jobs. They have any money they’ve been paid for their Survivor-related appearances for a few years, her more than half a million post-taxes from All-Stars along with his one or two hundred thousand for second, the second place award from TAR, which is probably about a quarter million before taxes, plus they didn’t have to spend a dime on their wedding and may have been paid for it. If Trista and Ryan got more than a million for televising their wedding as I seem to recall hearing they did, then I’m sure Romber negotiated just as good or better of a deal. They are in much better shape financially than any of us; the only reason they need jobs right now is to give them something to do besides be on reality shows!

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   HicksPub
   Posted May 16, 2005 at 12:33 pm

   I can see their tax forms now:

   Occupation: Reality TV Whores
   Income: “More than most people make in a lifetime.”
   Charitable Contributions: Fuhgettaboutit!

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   yankeegirl
   Posted May 16, 2005 at 12:34 pm

   I second your motion! Please gods of television, make them go away!

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   Catty Coo
   Posted May 16, 2005 at 12:40 pm

   btw The day after TAR finale Romber were on the Regis and kelly show, and whored themselves to Disney world too. And Ambah is makin some kinda Tshirts which Says ” I heart Mickey” (lame)…
   anyway they were cribbing about TAR-some pilot costing them a lot of money, and were like have u ever seen gates opening after they have been shut.. and they said, well we arent saying anything, but there could be a conspiracy…

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   Victoria
   Posted May 16, 2005 at 12:41 pm

   I have no intention of watching this wedding, but I am sure there are lots of people who can’t wait for it to be on. Those people are the reason that Rob’s and Amber’s TV career continues to flourish. I applaud them for being able to parlay their Survivor appearance into television careers; which is something I am sure that every single person who has ever been on Survivor, or any other “reality show” for that matter, fantasizes about doing. That is why on this season of Survivor we saw two couples hook up to do the Rob and Amber. Unfortunately, I think that is something we are going to continue to see on Survivor. It didn’t work this season, and it will probably never work again, because any sign of a couple forming and anyone with a brain in their head will eliminate them right away. So I say good for Rob and Amber. Beats getting a real job.

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   moonman
   Posted May 16, 2005 at 1:37 pm

   Actually, even if they have a great financial advisor, they will have to get real jobs some point soon. There was a study done a couple of years ago to figure out how much it would cost to retire at different ages. If a person is around 30 and wants to live a moderate life-style without working, it would cost over 5 million per person. That is for a rather normal life-style, one average trip a year, small/medium home, not a lot of flashy stuff. Also, the cut for taxes is around 52%, that is a huge chunk.

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    jash
    Posted May 16, 2005 at 1:51 pm

    first, i find the claim they would be financially set for the remainder of their lives to be hilarious. after taxes, they really dont have much. i think of the $1 million prize for TAR–lets say you do it with your friend and win, so you each get $500k, which after taxes is approx $300k, which is really not much money at all.

    second, when they were on live! with regis and kelly, regis said to ambah “hey you better watch out, he could just be marrying you for your money” HILARIOUS, and oddly uncomfortable on stage. ha!

    last, i have decided the same people that like romber are the same losers who voted for bush. its just easier to assume they are the same.

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    Ashes
    Posted May 16, 2005 at 1:51 pm

    moonman, I guess my assessment needs to be amended to say that they can’t afford to live too opulently and that they will have to either invest really well or continue to bring in money over the years somehow. I really only meant that for now they don’t need to work. In interviews they’ve both talked about not working full time after being on Survivor so they obviously are living off of their reality fame for now. You are right, though, a million pre-taxes ain’t what it used to be, although I sure wouldn’t turn it down!

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    Ashes
    Posted May 16, 2005 at 1:54 pm

    jash, given that Rob is from Boston and has quite a fan base in at least part of the city (from what my Boston-based friends say, anyway) it’s highly unlikely that all or even most of his fans are Bush supporters!

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    Leah
    Posted May 16, 2005 at 1:56 pm

    Another great thing will be when they have to go on extreme makeover home edition after a roving band of tvgasm readers burn their house down.

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    hannahthehun
    Posted May 16, 2005 at 2:09 pm

    Hooking up on Survivor is nothing new, Greg and Colleen hooked up on the very first season. What’s unusual is that Rob and Amber stayed together after the show was over. So the real question is: did they win because their bond is so strong, or is their bond so strong because they won? Hmmmmm…

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    jash
    Posted May 16, 2005 at 2:27 pm

    well ashes, irrespective of their geographical bases, both are idiots that would easily appeal to the lowest common denominator of american society ie the relious right.

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    superbowl is gay
    Posted May 16, 2005 at 2:34 pm

    jealousy and envy thy name is madeyoulaugh.

    amber a hotty.

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    Ashes
    Posted May 16, 2005 at 2:45 pm

    jash, you must mean that each appeals to a different “lowest common denominator,” because Romber wouldn’t appeal to the religious right like other teams probably did. All of the really religious people I know or have heard talking in the media about TAR dislike Romber because they aren’t humble and actually revel in not being virtuous (unlike Joychenna who probably did appeal to religious people because they themselves are religious, talked about the importance of morality in the game, and would have felt compelled to apologize had they been seen as evil like Romber.) So I assume you’re identifying two different “denominators”–the religious right that likes Bush (although it is a fallacy to say that there is any one way to label all religious people or that even within the more conservative group of religious Americans Bush was unanimously popular) and the trash talking, don’t even pretend to be humble or righteous crowd that likes Romber. That’s the only way your theory makes any sense, but it sounds like the sort of thing some university prof will soon be studying! (If you have to be a prof and publish all the time, you might as well be in a branch of communications or sociology where you get to examine the deep issues behind tv shows!)

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    JoyceEllaine
    Posted May 16, 2005 at 2:54 pm

    I definately will be watching. I love Rob and Amber. They are what made the Amazing Race so exciting. I can’t wait to see their wedding.

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    JoyceEllaine
    Posted May 16, 2005 at 2:54 pm

    I definately will be watching. I love Rob and Amber. They are what made the Amazing Race so exciting. I can’t wait to see their wedding.

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    LauriL
    Posted May 16, 2005 at 4:48 pm

    OUCH!
    It’s a great disservice to group Ramber fans in with Bush supporters. I enjoyed watching Ramber on Survivor All Stars and The Amazing Race, but the last thing I’d ever do is vote for an evil moron like Bush.
    Embarassing to admit, but I’m sure I’ll watch their wedding, newlyweds series, a baby story, nanny 911, and whatever other series they manage to wrangle themselves.
    Feel free to criticize folks like me for keeping Rob & Amber on your TV, but I am not a member of the religious right, and I would never, ever vote for a conservative…especially not Bush or Cheney. (YECH, just thinking about them makes me feel sick).

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    Katrina
    Posted May 16, 2005 at 5:05 pm

    Why would anyone want to watch it? Its not like theyre competing for anything, so there wont be any plotting of backstabbing, which is all they’re good for. Yawn.

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    madeyoulaugh
    Posted May 16, 2005 at 5:24 pm

    Katrina,

    That’s not entirely true. We dont know if theirs a prenup. If their is not….there will be plenty of plotting by Rob. for him, life is a reality tv competition.

    MYL

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    robandambaaaah
    Posted May 17, 2005 at 12:07 pm

    LaurelL: Considering Democrats do the majority of the spinning and the lying, they would fit more in than Republicans with supporing rob and amber, you are right!

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    smithie
    Posted May 17, 2005 at 12:48 pm

    Ashes: All the “really religious” people you know sound a little judgemental…maybe they should work on being a little more pious…

    I love Ramber, and I love W!
    Woo hoo!!
    America is great!!

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    ha!
    Posted May 17, 2005 at 2:05 pm

    So – is that picture of Romber that you are flushing in any way connected to a copy of the Quran?

    Enquiring minds wanna know.

    ha!

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    LauriL
    Posted May 18, 2005 at 4:51 pm

    robandambaaaah,
    Ha! Democrats are the liars. That was funny.