Normally when I write my recaps of Making the Band, I watch it online as I type along. And usually the online running time -- sans commercials -- is somewhere between 43 and 47 minutes. But this week it registered at a mere 38 minutes. Perhaps MTV heard my plea of shortening the show to a half hour. Or they are just REALLY running out of material.
We open with Brian saying that he doesn't think things are going to get better with the band even after last week's little intervention. He says thathe loves his band members, but Que makes him put his guard up. It is full of dramatic pauses, and he even punctuates his speech by hanging his head in sorrow. Later in the episode, Que will accuse Brian of acting for the cameras. Why, Que, whatever do you mean?
Are the opening sequence, we jump into lots of establishing shots of NYC. There is enough padding in one of these shows to put into Gwenyth Paltrow's bra and ACTUALLY make it look like she has boobs. The guys are going to the studio, and Que is moving at a snail's pace. And not that super fast racing snail from "The NeverEnding Story" either. No, just a regular snail. (p.s. I KNOW y'all LOVE "Neverending Story" references!) Dawn is helping him, but not pushing him to hurry up and be on time. What is the point of Dawn anyway? She has started to irritate me in a major way, but we'll get to that more later.
Brian is sticking around to push Que along. But he is wasting time shining his shoes. No, really. Que is sitting on the bed, ignoring Brian, and shining his shoes. He is obviously trying to be an ass. Or, the drugs are making him be an ass, rather. Brian says that the session is at 8 and it takes 30 minutes to get there. So you can't leave at 7:55 and make it on time. Seriously these guys need to teach a segment on mathematics. It could be a part of "School House Rock" or something. Maybe the title could be "Day 25 + 1 = Day 26!" Que bitches about Brian making a scene that he's going to be late. He feels like everyone is trying to make him look like the bad guy. And he is wearing HUGE 1980s rapper eyeglasses, p.s. He looks like Darrel "D.M.C." McDaniels from Run DMC. Maybe this is his alter ego. Whenever the glasses are on, we get Evil Que.
The guys get to the studio, apologize for being late, and start working. Que just shakes his head. Joe Chuck is there and not happy about the lateness, so he pulls Brian aside to inquire further. I wonder why Brian is always Joe Chuck's main point of contact? Oh well, who cares. Brian tells Joe Chuck that they are late because Que is a lazy snail.
I don't know if Que hears the conversation or not, but he lingers around then and then leaves altogether. Then he tells us that Brian betrayed him by making it seem like everything is his fault. No, Que, the only things that have betrayed you are your shoes. Because those are what held you back this morning for not being EXTRA shiny. And who shines their SNEAKERS anyway? Do you really need to see your own reflection in your athletic shoes??
Big Butter tells us that Que gets upset when he feels like someone is running the session, and it causes tension in the studio. And right now Que feels like Brian is taking over. Que tells Joe Chuck that he's going to leave until Brian stops being shady. It's true that Brian was mixing some stuff on the laptop or asking people to play stuff, but whatever. Seems like they all take turns doing that. Anyway, Que says he'll be back as soon as Joe Chuck "fixes it." Have you ever seen that SNL skit where Keenan Thompson talks about the economy and just yells "FIX IT!" over and over?! That is almost EXACTLY what happens. And Joe Chuck is CONFUZELED! Other people who are confused include ME and my cat.
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Comments (9)
Luv ya MandaMo, I think your the only 1 who actually does recaps of this show. Hate to break it to ya, but Que is in fact still in the group. Their new video "Imma Put on Her" just aired like a week ago & Que's in it. I wish someone would "Put a Ass Whipping" on Que - Will, I'm talking 2 u!!!
Maybe Dawn's not supporting Que's behavior but she really isn't saying anything about it. It seems like she's just letting Que do all this shit and then next week she's telling Que to fight to stay in the group. Dawn, how about u tell Que to stop taking drugs & stop fighting all ur group members & fighting ur manager. Only Que would pick fights with his manager.
I'm guessing all of Que's issues(drugs) is resolved by now and of course their never going to say it was because of drugs, their just going to blame it on Que's homelife. I'm anxious to see what's going to happen with Danity Kane, although probably nothing.
1 of 9 | Posted by bigjr6633 | Posted on April 9, 2009 1:54 PM
Even with all the drama and fights this show manages to bore me to tears. Let's face it, they are not the Temptations or Boyz II Men. They will be lucky to get one more CD out of P-Shitty and I would be shocked if Bad Boy has a 401K plan with a 6% match. Might I suggest they all quit the group and got to a technical school where they can learn a trade
2 of 9 | Posted by Fayellis1 | Posted on April 9, 2009 2:25 PM
Okay, this comment has absolutely nothing to do with the recap, but I just wanted to say: Every time I read "Que" I think "que" (as in "what" in Spanish) and I have to catch myself b/c the sentence doesn't make sense. This happens to me every time! Why don't they just call him "Q"? His name doesn't even have a "u" in it....sorry for the ramble, back to reading the recap!
3 of 9 | Posted by thatswhatshesaid | Posted on April 9, 2009 7:46 PM
HAAAAAAAAAAAAA! This recap was sooo funny!
1) I never knew what the DMC stood for in Run DMC! Thank you!
2) I TOTALLY thought of the SNL skit when Que was yelling "FIX IT!" And what's with him threatening to FIRE Joe Chuck! "You were HIRED!" RUDE! Nobody called him out, but then, what would have been the point. He would have just accused them of being jealous of his unilateral power to fire management.
3) I too wonder how Dawn supports his bipolar behavior. She's the one whispering in his ear telling him to fight for his dream all the time. Maybe, in his mind, this is what he's doing?! She must really also believe that the others are against Que. I think she's bringing in her own issues and projecting them onto Que. She's like Yoko Ono #2!
4 of 9 | Posted by thatswhatshesaid | Posted on April 9, 2009 8:08 PM
Last one! Promise! I forgot to say I LAUGHED OUT LOUD at Robert's bizarre declaration, "WE AIN'T DANITY KANE YOU BITCH*SS MOTHERF*CKERS!" That was just so unexpectedly random. HILARIOUS! They are really afraid of the curse!
5 of 9 | Posted by thatswhatshesaid | Posted on April 9, 2009 8:38 PM
Spoiler Alert:
MandaMo, P Shitty's punishment wasn't very severe. This week, he put Que in....gasp...time out.
REALLY. He really said Que needed a "time out". I have no words.
6 of 9 | Posted by sororsalsa | Posted on April 9, 2009 9:25 PM
thatswhatshesaid, lol about his name. Yeah I don't know why they spell out his name "Que" instead of just "Q" - It wouldn't make a difference cause that's not real name anyway but why does it have to be Que, I don't get it - That's adding to the list of things about Que I don't get.
sororsalsa, yeah that timeout was bs. All Que gets is a timeout - the dude has been messing up the group for like weeks now and that's all he gets. If that was "Orangebrey" Diddy would've been ready to whip some ass.
7 of 9 | Posted by bigjr6633 | Posted on April 10, 2009 1:15 AM
Howdy All! Great recap Mandy Mo. I'm just shaking my head. There are a couple of things that I would LOVE to see happen:
1. Que gets his ass kicked.
2. He gets put out of the group.
3. Dawn disappears.
I hope the last couple of episodes don't hurt their records sales. I understand the business side of it where often a "scandal" of some sort happens right before a release. That mentality does have another side - it could turn people off and they not by the record.
I will buy the cd next week. I loved all of the demo songs (although some didn't make the cut). Did anyone notice the track listing that had a song entitled "Bipolar"? HAPPY EASTER TO ALL!!!!
8 of 9 | Posted by mspattie | Posted on April 10, 2009 3:58 AM
Yeah, I saw the whole "time out" thing. LAME! I'll try to recap it this weekend and actually get it up early for once!
Love you all and all your comments!!
9 of 9 | Posted by MandaMo | Posted on April 10, 2009 7:26 AM