Next up, we've got the Stallionaires, oh boy! CJ introduces them by explaining they forged an alliance on I Love New York, but uh, didn't they form that during childhood? Aren't they brothers? Way to miss the obvious, dude. After some clips of them being total douchenozzles, they grace us with their presence by being loud and awful. They address how awesome they believe they are, and it's all basically one big plug for their upcoming show, Real Chance of Love. They're like, "The girls here suck! We've gotta find some new ones!" My, what perfect timing. To give Chance credit though, he calls Pumkin a "Miss-Piggy-lookin' fool" and accuses her gums of hanging out. Totally!
Whiteboy gets to join the group, since he's apparently the heart of the Stallionaire alliance. He claims he made the whole team, and no one else understood the game so that's why he did so well. The rules were hard, y'all. Winning money? Beating other people? Don't be silly! Real says he knew the rules, he just happened to fall in love as well. Anything else he says is incoherent, but that's to be expected.
Speaking of love, though, it's finally time to speak to Hoopz! They always keep the winner secluded during these reunion shows, although it doesn't much matter for this special. It's not like anyone's going to pull her tracks out over true love this time. Anyway, she comes out and she's lookin' fiiiine.
Quarter-of-a-million dollar smile.
These shows make me so queer, I can't stop mentioning when the ladies look somewhat put together. Maybe because it's such a rarity. Anyway, Hoopz reports she still can't believe she won, but she did! They discuss that she's one of the only people to win a reality show by being good. Seriously, she didn't break alliances or steal anyone's vibrator, both of which are accomplishments here. She's going to use the money to take care of her family and start an accessory line, although hopefully it won't be like Saaphyri's Lip Chap business, if only because that is gross.
Hoopz mentions that her mom still doesn't know she won. They had to keep the show confidential, which makes sense, and the reunion actually taped while the show was still airing. All these things mean Mama Hoopz hasn't figured anything out yet. Little does she know, CJ has a master plan! VH1 flew Mama Hoopz out for the show, and she's been in the green room for the whole thing. You'd think that would make it fairly obvious - why else would they bring her all the way here, right? Shouldn't Mama be catching on by now? But whatever, she's here and it's grand! Also, weirdly, she looks like she could be another Flavor of Love contestant.
Our newest challenger, Maaaamz.
Maaaamz says she couldn't be any prouder of Hoopz, which is really cute. They have a slightly odd dynamic, probably since they're about the same age, but Hoopz is really sweet with her. She chats about how she'll try to take care of the family...because oh yeah, by the way, she won! Her mom is shell-shocked, to put it mildly. They squeal over it, only to be interrupted by CJ, who's like, "You also won a marriage proposal!" And I'm sure she's not trying to forget that at all!
We get to see all the footage of Real proposing again, while Hoopz cringes and hides her face. CJ asks if we'll see a Hoopz and Real wedding special anytime soon, but she turns it down immediately. Nope! No. Nada. They're just the best of friends and shall never bone, thanks. Real's totally cool with that.
Does Not Compute.
CJ asks if the proposal was fake or strategy, but Real insists it was neither. He's also obnoxious as fuck while he declares it. He stresses that he's super in love, which is a great thing to mention as he goes into this new show. Suck on that, ladies! Gonna be great.
With that, CJ promises he'll see us when he sees us, and I Love Money is complete! This show has been all kinds of amazing, and I'll be honest -- Charm School looks kind of ridiculously good. Its first season made me want to start recapping here, so I'll be spending the next few months petting the second season fondly. Anyway, I love you guys and I've appreciated each and every comment! If you take away one thing from this show, let it be this:
Toastee loves you long time.
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Comments (8)
awesome recap! even though i watched every episode religiously, this reunion was kinda boring...
however.. u did mention my absolute favorite line of the entire season
"miss piggy lookin fool"
LOVE IT
1 of 8 | Posted by angelbayyb | Posted on October 19, 2008 11:32 AM
Thanks for the great recaps. It was nice to see a nice person (Hoopz) win the show.
I even think she will be pretty smart about handling the winnings. Too bad it puts her over the $250,000 threshold into "sock-it-to-the-rich" tax territory. I wonder if this means she'll support McCain now? LOL
2 of 8 | Posted by fire@will | Posted on October 19, 2008 1:49 PM
What? It's too much to ask for a little Toastee time? Not even a shot of her standing up?
Sigh. I'll miss my little piece of Toast each week.
By the way, I love the Mr. Boston character, they really ought to give him a show.
And I like how VH1 is turning this group of misfits into their own stable of stars. Wonder if they'll still be using the same batch of losers 10 years from now?
Thanks again for the great recaps Bailey. What's next?
3 of 8 | Posted by itchy | Posted on October 19, 2008 4:20 PM
No that 250,000 income is after taxes such as income, payroll, capital gains have been applied and it's working wages ala salary.
4 of 8 | Posted by User Name | Posted on October 19, 2008 9:01 PM
Nice recap considering what you had to work with!!! As far as Hoopz's mom looking like a Flavor of Love contestant herself, I remember when they had the parents meet Flav on FOL1 and Hoopz's mom was drooling all over Flav...Hoopz herself made the comment that she was afraid her mama was going to try to steal Flav away from her or something to that effect.
5 of 8 | Posted by wintersux | Posted on October 20, 2008 5:02 AM
What have I learned:
The bitch named Megan is still an arrogant, narcissistic piece of shit
6 of 8 | Posted by nerrawllehctim | Posted on October 20, 2008 8:37 AM
megan is probably my favorite thing on tv and has been since beauty and the geek. she knows what she's doing, and she really doesn't seem to care at all about the other people or even the show she is on.
i loved how the entire time pumkin and heather were flipping out, she was sitting calmly laughing. it was beautiful.
7 of 8 | Posted by whitney | Posted on October 20, 2008 12:50 PM
Wow, I totally missed that chick in the audience with money hanging out of her shirt. That's spectacular. Bailey I hope you get to do the Charm School recaps too. The first episode was pretty damn entertaining.
The best part of the reunion was Heather going absolutely mental on Megan and 12 Pack. Overall this show was amazing in its trashiness. Think they could do it again? God I hope so.
8 of 8 | Posted by shelleyh | Posted on October 21, 2008 10:48 AM