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Tuesday, October 10, 2006
11:56 am
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I had a love hate relationship with this weeks episode of Project Runway. Love because it was without a doubt the most entertaining and laugh out loud funny shows of the entire season. The hate comes from the fact that it’s a reunion/clip show. Not that I hate them. I love them and Project Runway is known for its great reunion shows. No, the hate comes in knowing that I have to write a recap of what is essentially, a recap show. It just doesn’t translate well. I mean, would you rather read about a hilarious Tim Gunn montage or just see it? I can only stick in so many cooter jokes before the bloom is of that rose.
So this recap is a little later and a little shorter than the others, and will rely more on some handy dandy clipgasms. As with previous Project Runway reunion shows, it had some fantastic moments. Keith returns and has more conspiracy theories than Oliver Stone on mescaline, Heidi had some classic goofy lines, and we finally find out how difficult it is for the models to stand still in a dress for a half an hour. It’s a miracle that they survived. The show starts with the usual “Our story so far” montage of past challenges and an collection of all the Heidi auf’s, an auftage if you will. From there we go right to reunion stage. Heidi and Tim welcome everyone with a smile. They tell us what we have to look forward to this show. Clips, discussion and fan questions. Also, someone will be named the “fan favorite” and win ten thousand dollars. “Very thrilling isn’t it?” Tim says. “Yes, it’s a lot of money!” Heidi answers. I mean, that’s almost like 10 seconds of runway work for her!
The first thing they ask is how they are being treated on the street. Bradley is unrecognizable in his new clean cut look so he says no one recognies him at all.
Get a haircut and get a real job
Bonnie then tells a story of how someone walked up to her on the street and just said “Oh my god, I hate you!” and ran off. Bonnie’s response was like, concise and revealing;
When they ask the same question of Vincent we get a classic Vinnie answer. “Knowing who your fans are and why they like you is a beautiful thing.” Vincent’s bringing creepy back. Then Heidi asks if it “tuned him on.” Oh Heidi! After a few minutes of chit chat they bring out our final 4. Uli, Michael, Jeffrey and a very pregnant Laura whose breasts have miraculously remained the exact same size.
They start things off with some questions from the fans. The first one asks Laura if she ever wears jeans. She says that her riding pants and boots are her version of jeans and sneakers. Much like how MC Hammer pants are my version of jeans. Then Heidi looks over at Tim and says “I’ve never seen you in Jeans. You’re always very James Bond.” Hmmm, Tim Gunn as James Bond? I wonder….
After a brief rundown of how we got our final 4 we get to our first big moment of the night. They bring back the one and only Keith Michael for the first time since he was booted off the show. He is brought out to rather tepid applause and then Tim shows a clip of when he gets kicked out. When they get back Keith begins his conspiracy theories in earnest. He claims the pattern books were taken from him when he got there and then they magically appeared in his room a week later, and then he got kicked off. This doesn’t sit well with Tim who says unequivocally that the producers do not involve themselves with “hanky panky”. When Keith calls out Tim on him referring to Keith as “rolling over like a puppy” Tim holds his ground and says that that is exactly how he acted (he did) and then says its time to move on to something else.
After the commercial break we get our first clip montage of the night and it’s a doozy. It’s a collection of Tim’s big words. As my momma used to say “He uses his mouth pertier than a 3 dollar whore” and by mom I mean Slim Pickens from Blazing Saddles. We here him say things like “Sturm und Drang” and “caucus”. Check it out.
Then Tim answers a question from the viewers. Does Tim design his own clothes? No, but he does sculpt and paint. Wow. How cool would it be to have a Tim Gunn original? Who knows maybe “Lucy In the Field With Flowers” is a Tim Gunn original and we just don’t know it?
Next is a new clip montage but this time its about the designers. Laura’s use of the term “serious ugly” Robert and “boring”, Vincent constantly telling us how things turn him on and Bradley’s general insanity. Check it out here (I got rid of Roberts boring bit cuz it was, well, boring).
After that Heidi asks how everyone feels about working with Tim. Uli loves him, but then Heidi calls out Vincent on his EW interview where he ripped Tim a new one. She quotes him directly “Tim has been bad-mouthing me ever since the show started because I didn’t choose to bow down to Tim. If he gave me great constructive advice, I would thank him, but if he tried other things, I would dismiss him.” Of course Heidi doesn’t mention the other idiotic things he said in the interview like saying renowned fashion designer Michael Kors “didn’t have a clue. He only related to what he liked, and he’s a simple, pared-down designer.” But hey its only an hour show.
Vincent stands by his statements and then refers to the “blogspots” that have been written about him. Yeah, its “blog” Vinnie. Next he’ll be telling us the internet is a series of tubes. Tim stands his ground saying his blog comments are about the designs and never cheap shots about the designers character. Which is true. And if you haven’t read Tim’s Takes on the Bravo TV blog, you’re missing out. They are great.
Then Heidi calls out Vincent on his comment calling everyone else “amateur designers” Vincent then tries to explain what he meant by “amateur designers” 3 different ways, each one more confusing than the last. Check it out:
After that we move onto some more clips. The first is a collection of Kayne talking a mile a minute with one part showing a word count with him and Miss America. Final tally 932 to 7. Then Tim talks about Malan. He has been the most talked about designer according to Tim. And Malan has been doing quite well since then, even showing at Fashion Week and getting to meet EdHill. Then the subject turns to Malans signature laugh. Even Heidi gets in on the act, introcuding a clip of Malan laughing with her own impression. Check it out:
The next topic of conversation is the mom challenge. At first it starts benignly with everyone saying how it was the hardest challenge, but you can tell from the look on Angela’s face that she is ready to unleash the demons from hell on Jeffrey. And she gets her chance, kinda. 
When Tim asks him Jeff tries to defend himself by making it look like Angela’s mom was ‘backstabbing” him by not saying she didn’t like the colors of the outfit. When Tim asks Jeff if he ever apologized to Darlene, Jeff says “I don’t know that I have a chance to”. Angela immediately “corrects him” on that point. She says “I asked you to apologize to my mom the morning of the runway challenge and you said ‘I’m not apologizing to anyone’ ” Jeffrey is busted since his response to that is a flustered look and saying something along the lines of it was what it was and it was stressful and that when he said amateur he means not up to a certain level of design and didn’t have a certain prerequisite of design that he owns. Heidi tries to break the tension by saying that in another situation they would have run off together. I find that hard to believe but then again Heidi fell in love with this dude, so anything is possible.
Then Tim shows us as he puts it, the scariest part of the season that has never been seen before. Vincents model getting hit by a bus and almost killed? Gosh no, It’s just Vincent freaking out because someone put his clothes in the laundry and shrunk a pair of his pants.Check it out.
Heidi then brings us to the fan favorite award. The winner of the town thousand dollars is, obviously, Michael Knight. When they announce the winner Michael Kors and Nina Garcia then walk out from backstage with, as Laura hilariously called it, “One of those big obnoxious poster checks”. I love Laura.
Now that Nina and Kors are out there they give the designers a chance to ask the judges questions about the challenges and how they were judged. But first Heidi describes how the final tallies are made and we get to here her mangle the pronunciation of “score” about 5 times. Good stuff. Angela has a question about her dog challenge dress. She wants to know of her “Jubilee Jumbles” story would have changed the way they judged her outfit. Heidi puts it best when she says “It was so hoochy. The top was hoochy, the skirt was too short. It was a hoochy momma outfit.”.
Then they bring up the “controversial” decision about Alison getting booted on the garbage challenge. Listening to Michael explain away his bad decision is like listening to FIBA Official R. William Jones explain why he put that 3 seconds back on the clock and let the Soviets steal the gold medal away from the U.S. in the 1972 Olympics.
Heidi then segue’s into the next bit of clips. This one is probably best because it shows not only a screw up when an alarm kept going off during the judging but a fantastic but with fainting models. Who knew that being a Project Runway model was so difficult? Amanda of course is singled out for her multiple fainting spells. The funniest part is when Amanda is sitting down feeling faint a goofily confused Heidi looks at her and says You have that a lot.” Then she whispers to her “Why do you have that a lot?” Man, that made me laugh. It was the fact that she whispered it and the kind of silly naiveté that it exuded. Oh Heidi. Finally we are treated to Jeffrey’s rancid ass. That was fun. Watch it all here.
With that the show then wraps up with everyone giving their opinions on who they think will win. Then they ask previous season designers their opinions. It’s all quite boring. Especially having to listen to Daniel Vosovich again. Man that dudes ego is bigger than both his huge schnozz and horrible woodcraft bags combined. But we do get a glimpse of next weeks apart one finale episode and it looks awesome. Laura calls out Jeffrey for his perfect sewing and accuses him of cheating. Can’t wait.
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No mention of Michael Knight’s braces?!
Oh EdHill, I’ve waited all week for this recap….it was the best show this season, entertainment wise. I laughed thru the whole show. I do agree that it’s much funnier to watch than read about, but you did a great job by throwing in the best clips. Kayne and Michael on the roof while Vincent was having his melt down was priceless. I also loved the way Heidi teased everyone.
Well, tomorrow’s the finale and Michael will win and have an extra $10,000 to boot.
Thanks for a great recap season….on with “TOP CHEF”.
Angela said she can’t walk through the streets of LA without getting mobbed. Mobbed? Really? Those two panhandlers were a mob?!
Laura’s version of jeans is riding pants and boots. Of course they are. That must get her some looks at the grocery store.
Malan said he had received over 2 million emails in support, and thinks that without that support he wouldn’t have shown at fashion week. Seriously…2 MILLION??
TimGunn calls Malan’s accent “malanese”. I love TimGunn.
Michael getting the giant cardboard check was great — pays for the braces.
Can’t wait for tomorrow…Go Michael!
hb
For me, the scariest reveal of this episode was finding out that Vincent is married. To a woman. Seriously?
Or maybe I’m wrong, but he did refer to “his wife.” Ya think I took that comment too literally?
LOVED the Gunn-as-Bond poster. I would see that movie!
Wow, Keith sure was a dick, wasn’t he? Oh yeah, loved the tepid applause he got on his entry.
Michael and Brandy are going out…
http://dlisted.blogspot.com/2006/10/i-thought-michael-knight-was-gay.html
The PR producers completely redeemed themselves this week after the dog they foisted upon us last week. This was most certainly one of the best episodes of the season. In one hour, we were treated to laughs, crying, drama, conflict, and some golden behind-the-scenes footage. Vincent’s anxiety attack was most entertaining. Not since Chernobyl has the public had an opportunity to witness such a classic core meltdown. Vincent’s ranting was reminiscent of that Joe Pesci scene in the movie Goodfellas (how am I funny, do I a-mushe you?) where he threw down on Ray Liotta.
I didn’t think it was possible for a more loathsome character than Jeffery to emerge this season, but Keith really stepped up to the plate. It was interesting to watch him pull a Daniel Franco on Heidi, as he tried to make her feel uncomfortable with his dagger-stares. The ice princess would have none of it, though. At one point her facial expression said: “yeah, you’re a scrawny twerp who’s unhappy with your circumstances, and I’m a multi-millionaire supermodel…now kiss my ass”. BTW, ladies, please don’t ever think it’s cute to replicate that evil, shrill “Ha Ha!” laugh that Heidi belches out during the PR promos. It’s not hot. Only women who look like Heidi can get away with that.
Nina and MK were welcome faces, and the Tim Gunn hunk (no pun intended, you gay dudes) showed what an integral part of the show he is. When Tim told Michael that he had to “mitigate” a seam, I had a feeling that he chose not to use the word “rectify”, because he was afraid that Michel might try to install an anus on the dress. Smart designer, dumb man. Speaking of Michael, it’s an ominous sign that he was awarded the Miss Congeniality prize. This public mercy-F almost ensures that he won’t win the final competition. I know that Laura’s the dark horse (and I’m not referring to her teeth), but given the choice between a dark horse and a smarmy giraffe, I’ll take an Uli any day.
Note to EdHill: Your new girlfriend is a major head case. Step AWAY from the fire crotch! Lose her phone number, and run (don’t walk) back to LQ. After your first orgasm, you’d be muttering under your breath,”…now get TFOOH”.
Every time I hear Vincent say that something “turns [him] on,” I feel like I need to take a shower….blecchh…
yeah, Conrad, where is LQ–I”m missing her caustic tongue (as I’m sure Edhill is too)
I was wondering how Allison felt, being all friendly to dick Keith, then having him get all entrapment . . . if he wasn’t buried before, he is now . . .
How, how, how could they have kept Vincent on so long, esp seeing how completely wrong and out of it he is . . . as if he’s a better anything than any of them–though he might have the leg up on getting turned on!!!
I hope neck boy cheated (repeat 3 times to share my glee . . . )
Enjoy the episode everyone!
It would have been INSANE if Vincent explained his Kors hating when MK was there. Dang Bravo, depriving us of MK bitchery.
Laura said it best: “Vincent’s delusional.” What everyone else is thinking, she has the guts to say.
And the lightheaded, fainting model?? I think it was a desperate attempt at attention or else she just needs to actually eat something!
Loved Tim Gunn as James Bond!
As someone who’s also had expensive clothes ruined by an inept laundry/dry cleaning facility, I actually have some sympathy for Vincent–the first I’ve felt since the show began. (Still can’t fit into my favorite pants, which shrank a whole size.)
“Speaking of Michael, it’s an ominous sign that he was awarded the Miss Congeniality prize.”
This gesture also has me worried. Though I like Laura’s designs, her obvious financial comfort makes her seem an inappropriate winner.
I have a horrible feeling Jeffery’s going to win.
I’m bizarrely fascinated by Laura’s breasts, or lack thereof, even this far along in pregnancy.
Loved the Tim Gunn as Bond Poster.
(The clips won’t play for me and my safari/mac. I am oh so sad.)
Tim Gunn is the greatest. He is intelligent, sophisticated, engaging, hilarious, poised and apparently very down-to-earth. I want to enroll at Parsons simply to meet the man. He is very genuine and has never shown any favortism. Vincent’s blog-rant on him simply showed us all what kind of a headcase he is. I read V’s flippant EW exaggerations and and all I could say afterward was exactly what Laura had said, “Vincent is delusional.” Seriously, what a freak. Tim has ONLY given helpful advice and NEVER has his advice made anybody get kicked off of the show(he’s saved people a few times and made one win a couple of times as well). Tim saved V’s ass with his horrid trash dress by telling a clueless V that the dress needed shit glued to BOTH the front and the back of it. Vincent is an irrational fool.
Angela’s question about her hoochy dress cemented the facts that she is not overly bright and a feeble designer. Her “Jubilee Jumbles” story was the BEST part of that outfit. And the pants on her jet-setters outfit . . . eek.
Ed . . . why are you now referring to yourself in the third person? I am not sure what I think about that . . . it is so Jimmy.
Keith’s conspiracy theories were quite fanciful. I am so sure he was framed (rolling my eyes). He seemingly exposed his own lie with a comment about those books being in his possession during a challenge. Him telling Heidi to look at his face so she’d feel uncomfortable because he was pissed off was strange. She was aware you were pissed off . . . every viewer could tell he was pissed off. He just didn’t get that it brought us all pleasure to see a person exposed for the cheat that he was. And I am in agreement with Tim, he did pretty much “roll over like a puppy.” Moron.
I honestly do NOT see Michael coming close to winning this thing. I think he has lucked out a couple of times by taking Tim’s advice. He won the Icon challenge by listening to Tim’s advice about his pants; he won the recycle challenge because Tim told him to change his very-bland white skirt; and he came in second after Tim advised him about his jet-setter shirt. I think Michael will flounder without Tim’s helpful encouragement.
People dog on Jeffrey and he may have cheated (we’ll find out the verdict on that) but he does have some talent. His recyled-newspaper dress was by far the best outfit of that week. He doesn’t deserve to win the entire thing (he has had the worst outfit on a couple of challenges) but he is a competent — if somewhat inconsistent — designer.
And no, I don’t think we find out the winner tomorrow evening. Unless I am mistaken, the finale has been advertised as a two-parter.
Go Laura!
Is it just me, or does that photo of Vincent at the bottom of the previous page look like “Vincent” is really Tom Cruise’s secret identity?
I simply ADORE Tim Gunn! I simply must look up his artwork online some day. And this?
Bwah! Good one!
God, Keith kills me. Did you hear him say, “Uncomfortable, isn’t it?” to Heidi and Tim? If I were them, I would have smacked him! Don’t try and intimidate us! It’s OUR show. He needs to get his ass kicked.
LOVE Tim Gunn! That bit about him wearing jeans was too cute and I loved your poster.
Keith would have done much better to just come on the show and admit that he ff-ed up. He really could ahve redeemed himself that way. If he wasn’t completely discredited by cheating in the first place, he should be now for trying to pin the blame on everyone but himself. Pathetic. What a dick.
On another note, my non-tv owning or watching boyfriend who doesn’t give a rat’s ass about fashion is now an avid PR fan. Twenty minutes into the reunion show he said, with a sigh, “I wish this would never end.”
I’m going to have terrible Tim Gun withdrawl.
HoneyBunny said:
Angela said she can’t walk through the streets of LA without getting mobbed. Mobbed? Really? Those two panhandlers were a mob?!
Heehee, HB, you slay me! loved your post and you’re right about Angela—if memory serves me correctly, she also said in the premiere episode that her designs are mistaken for YVES SANT LAUREN!! Who knows, maybe the panhandling mob of two have mistaken her ‘jubilee jumbles’ for YSL!
#17): shit, you’re rite, thx for pointing that out! I thot the finale was tonight, but now I rem’br that Bravo’s been advertising premiere of Top Chef (on 10/18) AFTER the finale of PR! so yea, that’ll be the finale, dammit, i can’t wait anthr week! Sigh, i luv Michael and he’s been my favorite but aftr having seen the collections, I admit that Uli has a good chance of winning the whole thing, IMO.
October 18th will be a lot of work: Lost, then PR finale, then Top Chef premier, all in a row with no break. We’ll all have to take Thursday off from work. Whew!
“October 18th will be a lot of work: Lost, then PR finale, then Top Chef premier, all in a row with no break.”
Yeah, and imagine of you had to write a 4000 word recap for 2 of them right after. Man, that would be tough…
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hey guys, just got a cease and desist from NBC regarding the youtube clips so they wont be there for long. I suppose I could try and explain that us adding them only helps the shows expanding popularity but hey, what do I know.
I wonder why they didn’t have an open bar before this reunion. It’s not like anyone got shitfaced last time, right?
edhill- don’t you mean three recaps- I thought you were recapping top chef?