Meanwhile, Twitchy Julie Ann has been given Beth (a.k.a. "Venom") to retouch her blonde highlights, and her consultations are still a stuttering mess. Tabatha comes over and asks her what level she's using with her lowlights, and Twitchy gives her usual wishy-washy answer "Ummmm, six?" Beth is starting to doubt that Julie Ann knows what she's doing. So is the Bravo audience.
Back over at Miss Mazi-Rotty's station, things have gotten even worse. "How's the color coming?" asks Tabatha. "I don't like it." says Mazi. That's kind of a funny thing for the stylist to admit, don'tcha think? Erin says "I don't think it even came out." and she's right, her hair is still black. Lady T wants to know why Miss Mazi doesn't like it, and she immediately elaborates "I don't like the results." Still not telling us anything. "Very simple. I don't like what we did. I didn't agree with it." Ah, so it's not her fault that it looks like shit.
Not being the shrinking violet-type, Erin is speaking up as Miss Mazi is roughly blow-drying her hair...
...go get her, "Steel"!...
Miss Mazi continues to argue with her by disagreeing "No, I don't make you feel bad. I just tried to explain it to you." Finally Tabatha has to step in and tell her, "You know what, Mazi? Please don't argue with a client." Mazi turns argumentative with Lady T as she insists, "I don't. I don't argue with you."
Timbo has been watching this whole thing right next to Tabatha. In the back room Tabatha is apparently having to spell it out to him how rude Mazi is being. "She's blaming the client for asking for something... look at the way she's the client's hair! The client looks miserable! I mean, you can see, she's pissed off, so you need to go and put the fire out...and solve the problem!"
...or Mazi is quite likely to get puss-punched...
Amazing that Tim was standing there through the entire exchange and said and did nothing to stop it or to rein Miss Mazi-Rotty's attitude in! He introduces himself to Erin, apologizes for her (all the while Mazi is furiously continuing to harshly brush and blow-dry Erin's now-color-treated-for-nothing-hair) and then relieves Mazi of the blow-dryer. Yay for Timbo growing a pair!
Time for a throwdown in the back. "My problem is not with your work... my problem is with your attitude!" starts Lady T. Miss Mazi fires back, "This is my kind of business... you do your business your own way... I'll do it my way! I'm not gonna put myself into ridiculous like what you tried to do to me! I'm sorry, I'm so many years in the business... I don't need that!" I'm not sure what she thinks Tabatha tried to "do" to her, other than follow the wishes of a paying client. "You've done nothing but complain, you've done nothing but give me an attitude, and you've been resistant to me every single step of the way! The bottom line is, your client isn't happy! And frankly that's not acceptable to me!"
Miss Rotty's response? A great big sullen "Okay." and she just shrugs as Tabatha walks away. I was hoping Tabatha was going to go get a bat, but actually she went to check on Beth "Venom" Blonde's color job. Turns out Twitchy Julie Ann actually did quite a nice job, and Beth says she'd come back to her again!
Timbo is placating Erin by adding bright blue hair extensions (like she asked for about three hours ago) and now Erin says she would definitely come back to be worked on... by Tim. And maybe beat up Mazi. Okay she didn't say that, but I'm hoping that that is one of her thought-bubbles.
Tabatha beckons for Kathy and Timbo to join her in the back office for her...
FINAL JUDGEMENTS
Lady T is actually so impressed by Tim's skills that she thinks he should raise his prices by 20%! Okay, I think the "compliment" was a bit of a smoke-blow-up-the-butt to Tim, because she all but admits she's recommending this as a means of trying to get poor Kathy enough money to be able to afford brand-name Kraft Macaroni & Cheese as a diet staple.
On the other hand, she brings up the fact that Miss Mazi's attitude has not improved since Lady T has been salon owner (duh), she's rude to the clients, she is resistant to any advice, and she thinks the Rottweiler should be put on probation. Oooh, I hope it's not "double secret probation"!!! That might hurt her feelings!
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Comments (9)
Dahling J-Mo,
How sad that next week is the finale : (
I really don't understand how these "salons" get regular customers. I know I'm high maintenance, but I would have walked out of most of them before the stylists got anywhere near my hair. And, seriously, I'd probably go completely nuts on any stylist that tried to get my hubby to kiss her. Watching Tabitha whip these pathetic people into shape has been amazingly cathartic, and reading your recaps has been amazingly fun.
I'd love to do an undercover to her salon, just to see if it lives up to her standards. Of course, my own stylist would probably strangle me, jealous bitch that he is.
As always, awesome, awesome recap.
Hugs,
Yenta
1 of 9 | Posted by yentapatrol | Posted on October 9, 2008 4:16 PM
I've only watched this show once and that was because I read J-Mo's f#cking funny as hell recap. (It was the one where the douche named Michael denied everything that was wrong with his salon) That being said I am dvring this episode ASAP!!!! I was hysterically laughing my ass off the whole way through. I have to see this. I've never heard anyone besides my brothers use the term "pussy punch". My mouth dropped open when I read that and then howled with laughter. And I am here to tell you that shit hurts. Guard you labias, ladies, when the "Witherspoon" boys are fighting!!!! Kudos & kisses, J-Mo!!!!!!!!
2 of 9 | Posted by ReeseWitherspoon | Posted on October 9, 2008 9:15 PM
Great recap (of course).
I had similar feelings about the real estate business story - I wondered how long ago did they film this, anyway??
Hopefully, she sold her house for enough to buy the better half of Tulsa. Still, I wonder if Tim is just doing more of the same - and if his aunt will ever get her money back.
I'm betting she'll be dealing with a more honest group of people in Oklahoma.
3 of 9 | Posted by fire@will | Posted on October 10, 2008 11:24 AM
J-Mo;
Thanks so much for the great recap, as always. I actually missed the first couple of minutes of this one and I didn't know until reading this that $8K-a-month-Tim was the NEPHEW of $2K-a-month-Kathy! That makes him all that much more of an asshole. I thought that it was priceless when Tabby-Kat was calling him out on taking so much salary that all he could say was that he had expenses at home he had to cover. I wonder if that includes two cars for himself, champagne parties (but not for his staff) and horribly tacky furniture and decor like Martino went for. What a putz - what a pair of putzes without a pair.
And who decides to have their own business, but doesn't want to be in charge and treat it like a business and be successful? If anything, you'd think that any business owner would fall to the side of too much control, rather than too little. At least Kwanna @ TEN Salon took an (over)active role in trying to manage the salon and have people do their jobs correctly (according to the foot-thick rule books). Geez, these two together can't even beat out the (formerly) laid-back Tami from The Loft on Broadway in Long Beach.
It makes me wonder how these places (as well as some of the restaurants that Gordon Ramsey turns around) stay open as long as they have.
Anyway - keep up the great work! You always have me in stitches when I read your recaps! You are just too twisted for color television ... and I LURVE that! Big HUG!
Lots O' Love
4 of 9 | Posted by arizonatom | Posted on October 12, 2008 9:59 AM
Karen Carpenter! That's it! I couldn't think of who Twitchy Julie Ann looked like. Thank you J-Mo. It was driving me nuts. I knew it was somebody from the seventies and it was just on the tip of my tongue. All I could come up with was "hungover," "coke whore," and "bar hag."
This season went by so fast. Like Gordon Ramsay, Tabatha should always be on tv. I'll miss this show and your recaps, J-Mo. Hopefully after Top Design is over you'll get another show?
5 of 9 | Posted by shelleyh | Posted on October 13, 2008 7:33 AM
Sorry Jmo, didn't get a chance to comment last week. Karen Carpenter, so tragic, so sad, such a guilty musical pleasure!!!
That said, I smell douche coming from the direction of loving nephew . . . ugh and ARGH!!! She should have an insurance policy on him, then kill him, I'm just saying. I can't see any way or reason they would have him 2% ahead, except for him being a class A douche, and not even spring rain scent, more like the vinegar!!!! Sour, bitter vinegar!!!
And BTW, I absolutely cant wait, bated breath, for your top design recap!!!! I wasn't sure I could believe my eyes and ears on that one!!!
Till then . . . mwah!
6 of 9 | Posted by juddfan | Posted on October 13, 2008 1:35 PM
my darling j-mo,
i have been horribly reticent lately, but i have an excuse: lack of internet access!!! i moved to a new apartment that literally overlooks the ocean, but i haven't gotten cable/internet up and running yet. and superbusy time at work so...finally got a moment to read your brilliant recap!!!
you kill me, though. i have to say when i was reading the description of mazi, i was concerned about my own tendency to flirt with fabulous gay men...but purely in an ironic way, of course. and i only sexually harass those who are open to it.
much love! xoxox
7 of 9 | Posted by aujew | Posted on October 14, 2008 12:30 PM
Omggg as a fellow SFV-ian all I have to say is this salon is within walking distance of my work and that I don't know how such a tacky place is even on Ventura Blvd. Too bad I missed Tabatha :( it would of been nice to tell her that at least 3/4 of America would support her if she brought a tazer gun on shoot and started zapping these crazy hairdresser nuts.
8 of 9 | Posted by Pinkberries | Posted on October 15, 2008 10:20 PM
Yentapatrol... you are too kind (in fact, you're every kind) of sweetness and light for saying such nice things as you do. Yes, it will be sad that it has to come to an end, but I bet the show gets picked up for renewal, cuz with the economy swirling down the toilet, I bet there are going to be a LOT more troubled salons to choose from now... love to you...
ReeseWitherspoon... thanks for the sweet compliments! And I want you to know that I have never ever ever puss-punched anyone in my entire life... but I imagine if it hurts half as bad as getting kicked in the balls... anyhow, I'm so happy to bring you some happy, too! Love to you...
fire@will... thank you as always, and yeah, that whole real-estate thing seemed fishy and I'm thinking now that that dickbag nephew of hers forced her out and refuses to pay her back... love to you, though...
arizonatom... gosh you're sweet... be careful laying on the niceties too thick, I'm likely to tumble into bed with you... love to you...
shelleyh... I just love the phrase "coke whore" because it's versatile... it could refer to hard narcotic usage or someone who has sex for soft drinks (hey, if you were really super duper thirsty)... I don't know what I'll be doing after Top Design... I might take the holidays off, cuz there's a show I have my eye on that starts in January... love to you...
juddfan... chile, I ain't ashamed to admit that I loves me some Karen Carpenter... very few voices in the world have ever come close to hers, and between her and Selena, I have plenty of tragic divas to pine over... and if Timbo doesn't get his priorities straight, he's gonna wind up with a closed salon... and it would serve him right, too! Love to you...
AuJew... girl, I wondered where you been and who's been doin' thangs to you! I'm needing more doses of Gordon Ramsey, and soon! And don't feel bad about hitting on gay guys, it happens all the time, the thing I DISlike is Mazi's "artless" way of going about it, someone who is that tacky and obvious just makes you feel all squicky inside, and I don't like that at all. Love to you...
Pinkberries... Ooh! Ooh! Ooh! Pleeeeeeze you MUST go at least check it out and see if Mazi-Rotty is working there still and let us know, pleeeeease? With sugar on top? Love to you...
Thank you everybody for your genuine and heartfelt comments. I am also sad this show is ending soon BUT you're going to have to wait until next week for the recap of the finale as I am off to Los Angeles today to hang out with my BFF (and another recapper) and have a drink or twelve... see you next week!
love, J-Mo :)
9 of 9 | Posted by J-Mo | Posted on October 17, 2008 9:34 AM