The Bot announced the cast of this season's Big Brother yesterday morning on the Early Show, so we got together to get to know them a bit before Sunday's big launch. They were almost exactly like the YouTube video leaked a few days ago. Misogynists, bimbos and Shirley McLaine made the list. Thank God for Summer!
Someone uncross the bot's eyes. It's go time!
Angie
Schoonie: She actually seems kind of (dare I say it?) cool, which means that I will probably loathe her by week 2. Women's Guinness chugging champion? Check. Enjoys football? Check. Beats up people who make fun of her mentally handicapped brother? Check, although she's probably following Flipit around with a tire iron as we speak. Guinness is absolutely terrible, but any woman who wins a beer chugging contest automatically gets one free pass. Here's to Angie using it up immediately by inevitably saying something derogatory about the Jews!
FozzieBare: I immediately am distrustful of anyone who lists The Notebook as their favorite movie. And Asians. Now Angie, I see that you listed "fun things" as your favorite thing to do? Why is that? Is it their funocity of thingyness?
Flipit: Angie is in pharmaceutical sales, so I kinda like her right off the bat. Maybe the woman can get me some ephedra. Her smile is tight and big, and she wears a tiara in her get to know me video. Her personality seems chill and lighthearted, and not being able to judge her right away both worries and confuses me. Please say this year's twist won't be boring nice people with the potential for successful, happy lives. I don't even want to make fun of her mentally disabled brother, and I don't know if I can live with that.
Brian
FozzieBare: Brian still owes me money for our failed flatiron franchise. Telecommunications Account Manager? "Hello Sir or Madam as the case may be. How many times have you said, 'gee my phone smells?' With our revolutionary phone cleaning product you can virtually elimina....hello?"
Flipit: Brian describes himself as "a guy's guy" who watches a lot of sports and reads Men's Health. Did you date Teri Hatcher too, ya big girl? This guy screams Seacrest. He says that if he could choose any political office, it would be Vice President, and I hope I get to meet him one day so I can ask him to spell potato. He says the words "Air Force" and "tough Italian" lots in his bio, and he mentions that his sisters told him not to have sex while on TV. Smooth. He's already come up with an excuse not to go near an actual woman this summer. Pros? He looks like he put a bunch of gel in his hair and spent an hour in the bathroom with a blow dryer before falling asleep on the couch while waiting for his turn with the photographer.
Schoonie: Brian still reads Maxim, apparently. I bet he's not really going to be thrown off when he finds out that the twist is that everyone has to pretend that it's 2002. He's also involved in "several entrepreneurial ventures", and we know what that means: he owns a piece of Mike Boogie's restaurant, just like everyone else that's been on this show, EVER.
Memphis
Flipit: My brother in law had a sweet dog named Memphis who died of leukemia, so when I saw this "mixologist" my first reaction was "aaaaw!" Then I remembered that that dog always smelled funny and never brought a ball back in his life. Memphis sports a faux hawk (please just let that hair cut die, people) and says that he seems all nice and laid back until the door closes. Then, he's on the inside and we're on the outside. This one's a thinker. Is it too soon to call this the smartest cast ever?
Schoonie: Okay, so something awesome just happened to me. Please do the following, right now:
Step 1: Go to Wikipedia.
Step 2: Type 'mixologist' into the search field.
...
...
...
You back?
AWESOME, right?
I think that about covers it. Shove it, Memphis.
FozzieBare: A Memphis in California? What's next a New York in Georgia or a Paris in Beverly Hills? I mean....Seriou....ya know. *Gulp.* Is this thing on? His picture looks like somebody Photoshopped Corey Haim's head onto my Aunt Mary Jo's Glamour Shot.
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Comments (12)
Oh boy, am I the first to comment. I don't completely watch this shoe but I LOVE THE RECAPS. And this review shows me why. You guys are totally awesome. I love everything about you guys. Can't wait for the show to start.
1 of 12 | Posted by Bremm | Posted on July 9, 2008 9:26 AM
"His bio says he is a preacher's son from "The Black Brady Bunch". Oh, Jan. Rerun's hat makes you look fat."
Dear Flipit, where shall I send the bill for my keyboard? It won't work with all the spit out coke everywhere
I will do like I always do, don't ever watch the show but read the recaps and spoilers from the ppl who actually subscribe to the live feed. I'm disappointed, I was hoping there would be a Ninja in the cast. Ninja's are so underrepresented on television. America is ANTI-NINJA!
2 of 12 | Posted by Fayellis1 | Posted on July 9, 2008 10:16 AM
Now that you mention it, ninjas are woefully underrepresented on American reality television. Racists!
3 of 12 | Posted by schoonie | Posted on July 9, 2008 10:33 AM
well, I'm disappointed there's no hunk of burning love (or chunk, as some might say) for my eye candy, and therefore, I'm luke on the viewing-I do think I'll watch the first epi so I'm more intune with the recaps I WILL be reading!!! 3 of my favorite gasm cappers, I'm there!!!
I didn't watch the video's, but I'm with you Flipit, I think I'm in love with Renny!!!
4 of 12 | Posted by juddfan | Posted on July 9, 2008 12:17 PM
Who names these people? Libra? Memphis? Ollie? Renny? It's like a bad nighttime soap opera.
Here are my quick impressions:
Ollie has a completely fake smile. So does Brian, who seems to think his dimples are the key to life.
Michelle is not nearly as cute as she thinks she is.
April has the pointiest chin ever grown.
Memphis looks like a Mike Boogie wannabe (why would anyone want to be?) with a better vocabulary.
Keesha...buy a hairbrush.
Dan is either A.) there to fight with Steven or B.) going to be Steven's new BFF.
Jessie's head is too small for his body. I'm betting his brain is, too.
Libra is a way for CBS to give plenty of free airtime to the Democratic Savior, Barack Hussein Obama. I'll beat the rush, and just start hating her now.
Renny thinks she's auditioning for Gypsy.
It's gonna be an...interesting season.
5 of 12 | Posted by cattyfan | Posted on July 9, 2008 2:46 PM
well, this has probably been mentioned somewhere, but this season is obviously about people who are Politically/socially/sexually/racially/etc. polar opposists. We have "staunch" conservatives and liberals, gay cowboys, anti-this, pro-that...I'm sensing the season will focus a lot on these issues.
Should be interesting.
6 of 12 | Posted by serjen | Posted on July 9, 2008 3:52 PM
It was very funny to read. I like Steven the gay cowboy.
Wish there was a big beefy guy to lust after.
On a scale of 1 to 10 I give the cast a "4" for overall sex appeal.
Can't they just do a GUY BIG BROTHER and get rid of all the icky girls?
7 of 12 | Posted by weasel dearest | Posted on July 9, 2008 4:14 PM
I am looking forward to watching BB again after boycotting the BS that was Season 9.
8 of 12 | Posted by slutty_whore | Posted on July 9, 2008 6:38 PM
Ohhh I love these people already! And by love I mean I already know who I am gonna hate! God bless the geezer, who wants to bet he and the gay cowboy become besties?
Can't wait for the recaps from FliFozzSchoo!
9 of 12 | Posted by Cherie | Posted on July 9, 2008 7:01 PM
Can't wait!! Especially looking forward to the recaps, AGAIN!
10 of 12 | Posted by EZ Rider | Posted on July 10, 2008 2:54 PM
I will be the first to predict - bizarre love triangle between Dan, Steven and Jessie!
The movie in my head is rolling....
11 of 12 | Posted by krut | Posted on July 11, 2008 8:25 AM
Great Recap!
I hope these morons(I mean hamsters) are just as funny as your recaps.
One gal is leaving her 4 month ole twins. Somebody doesn' t like mommyhood and wants to get away as long as she can!
12 of 12 | Posted by wincha | Posted on July 13, 2008 1:18 PM