Heer we aaaa! I can't believe that 10 weeks (and most of the summer) has flown by so damn fast! It seems like only yesterday we were being bullshitted by Motion Lotion Oshun, annoyed by Parker Poser the Prick, gay-baited by Straight Guy Matthew, entertained by Drag Queen Meredith, saddened by Emo Gail, prozac'ed by Female Glenn, blamed by Exotic Nekisa, eye-rolled by Über-Gay Paulo and backteased by Dallas Daniel. *sigh* It all just went by way too quickly...
...are you hearing OMD's "If You Leave"???... I am... *snif*...
...I will cure my sadness on the occasion of recapping our final episode of Season 2 of Shear Genius by snarfing down an entire Domino's pizza, a bag of pork rinds, a 2-liter of Diet Dr. Pepper (to offset the pizza and pork rinds) and a Sara Lee Pound Cake. And some Skittles. Plus maybe some Easy Cheese™ directly from the can. Whatever it takes to keep my strength up. Oh, and a buttload of TUMS. Let's get it 'tarded after the jump...
We started with 12 stylestants from all over the nation... One by one, they were picked off like scabs from a heroin-addict's inner arm (some of them slightly less attractive than that)... now only three remain to battle it out over who will win $100,000.00 in NexxusMoney, an apprenticeship (read: slave intern) with Nexxus, the opportunity to style hair on an Allure photo shoot (whee) and the mostly figurative and punnilingual title of SHEAR GENIUS!!! One of these three will be crowned... er, chosen... um, awarded?
...the Last Bitches Standing...
There has been so much that had brought us here... blindfolds, cartoon characters, hippies, housewives, scrunchies, evening gowns, musical chairs, surfer dudes, wigs, rainbows, angels, squids, dogs, children, siblings, mommies, twins and the Four Seasons (minus Frankie Valli)... and tonight, there's no more edging, we're headed right for the full climax...
...but let's not be premature...
For the last time, the Top Three Bitches make their way into the Shear Genius Nexxus Salon and meet up with a beaming Jaclyn Smith and a super-smiley René Fris. Lady J reminds them that they have beat out 9 other talented (well, mostly talented) stylestants to get to this point and everybody does the happy dance. Lesbiana Dee is crying a little at how amazing it is to be there. Aww, Dee, don't cry... I have a harder time making fun of you when you act so human! (Notice I don't say I'll stop, I just said it's harder, I'm still gonna talk shit to ya, Miss Butchy McLazyEye!) Bitchy Charlie says both Underdog Nicole and Lesbiana Dee have beaten him in competition before, so he's taking no chances, and "not shooting blanks". But first things first... Jaclyn has to congratulate Charlie again for having his styling up on the Allure Wall-O-Rama...
...let's hope they can afford a better quality Wall next season...oh yeah, and spell "AVANT GARDE" correctly...
Charlie gay-claps and makes the cutest face (like a special-ed kid who's just been told it's Cookie-Time!)....
...if you're catching the cross-eye, then you've spent too much time round the Lesbiana...
Spunky Underdog Nicole interviews that she's ready to take both Bitchy Charlie and Lesbiana Dee all the way down! Rrraaaoowwrr! You go Underdog Nicole!
René garbles "Styless, eeth of yoo weel be gedding wan-on-wan advaise todaiy fwrom Leenda Wailss... ass yoo knaowe, ssee issa faoundeeng Eiditair-En-Cheeif ov Allooowa maggaseen!" Jaclyn advises them to really listen to Linda and keep her advice in mind. Thanks Jacci, I think they really were in danger of just plain ignoring Linda Wells' silly little major-fashion editor-in-chief advice until you said something. Have you noticed the darkened wet patch slowly growing on each of their crotches? Jeez, the writers are really scraping the bottom of the barrell for show-filler, which is sad with this being the finale and all.
Anyhow, Underdog Nicole gets to go first. Linda Wells actually seems like a pretty nice lady (unlike that fuckstain Michael Grecco from last week) and in looking back over Nicole's work on the show she compliments U.N. on her precision cutting skills. Nicole says that bobs are her favorite style because they have to be perfect and she's a perfectionist. When Linda presses her for what her weakness might be, Nicole self-appraises for a moment and candidly admits that styling hair is not her strong suit. They flash to two of her fuggest moments...
...Sheena the Patchouli Jungle Huntress and the I-Smell-Catshit Lady are back!...
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Comments (14)
J-Mo your recaps are hilarious. When you mentioned the Catshit lady I snorted I was laughing so hard.
I can't wait to read your Top Design recaps (last season was a giant bucket of crazy, so here's hoping Bravo got some more nutjobs) and I love the Salon Takeover ones.
I also got pissed that Dee won but she did a much better job on this particular challenge than Charlie. He can style hair wonderfully but his styles didn't seem to fit what they were supposed to be doing. He gave them movie set hair, not hair they would wear off the set (except for the oldest woman who I thought looked fantastic).
1 of 14 | Posted by PixieGal262 | Posted on August 30, 2008 12:26 AM
J-Mo;
Another great recap! However, I think that Dee's 60 year old should be named Mama Crackles instead. That bat-shit crazy squirrel has to be the spawn of this gal.
Overall, I think Charlie was definately the best hairdresser and I am disappointed that he didn't win, but perhaps it's for the best. Just like American Idol, sometimes the almosts ultimately do much better than the winners.
I also very much enjoyed your Taking Over recap. Tabatha is just the SHIT and I love watching her kick ass. I thought she should have went much farther last season, but it looks like she got a much better "ultimate prize" than the $100 G's. Do her justice!!
Looking forward to reading your covers of Top Design as well. Judging by last year, there should be much fodder for your recaps.
Lots O' Love!
2 of 14 | Posted by arizonatom | Posted on August 30, 2008 8:15 AM
did anyone notice that dee was wearing the same outfit in the elimination that 12 pack from i love money wore at HIS elimination this week!!!
3 of 14 | Posted by aman | Posted on August 30, 2008 10:38 AM
Your recaps were the real SHEAR GENIUS.
Charlie was robbed.
4 of 14 | Posted by fire@will | Posted on August 30, 2008 11:12 AM
Thanks for the great recap, J-mo!
I'm happy Dee won, at least she'll do something nice with her money.
Looking forward for the Salon TakeOver recap!
xoxoxo
5 of 14 | Posted by Detinha | Posted on August 30, 2008 5:47 PM
Loved the recap.
I think shows like this should take past winnings into consideration. Dee sucked most of the time while Charlie(I think)had the most wins.
The misspelling of Avant Garde was too funny...Spell check anyone?
Is it just me or does Rene pose like a cheerleader ready for her routine? Hands on hips, ready, go!!
6 of 14 | Posted by skies | Posted on August 31, 2008 12:08 PM
aman:
By sheer luck (hmm ... good or bad?) I happened to see 12-pack getting eliminated and thought he looked stoopid in the black shirt, white tie and red jacket - and totally noticed that Dee wore the exact same combo. I guess we know what other show SHE likes to watch and take her fashion inspiration from! LOL!
7 of 14 | Posted by arizonatom | Posted on September 1, 2008 9:09 AM
aman:
By sheer luck (hmm ... good or bad?) I happened to see 12-pack getting eliminated and thought he looked stoopid in the black shirt, white tie and red jacket - and totally noticed that Dee wore the exact same combo. I guess we know what other show SHE likes to watch and take her fashion inspiration from! LOL!
8 of 14 | Posted by arizonatom | Posted on September 1, 2008 9:09 AM
hm, methinks i waited a while to read this because i'm that depressed that it (and your supersnarky recaps) are over. sob!
super-cute points for:
-a tom collicchio mention. mmmm, rawr.
-the convo between rene fris and dee. amazing.
-being the cutest thing ever. always.
and now, on to tabatha's takeover! :o) thanks for the great season, love!
9 of 14 | Posted by mrsdaddytom | Posted on September 2, 2008 12:51 PM
p.s. i agree, charlie was robbed. ROBBED.
10 of 14 | Posted by mrsdaddytom | Posted on September 2, 2008 12:52 PM
Boooo! I was hoping Charlie would have won. This season was way more entertaining than last year. And J-Mo, your recaps are awesome. The longer the better. Ahem.
Holy crap, Dee and 12 Pack DID have the same outfit on! I did not catch that.
My favorite part of this episode was Rene explaining to the styliss, "You have thwee hours for this challenge. Wead my lips. Thwee hours." If only we could read those lips, Rene. I will miss good ol Rene. Maybe he could be a very special guest star on Salon Takeover? One can only hope.
11 of 14 | Posted by shelleyh | Posted on September 3, 2008 11:06 AM
Sob, I'll miss these recaps, Jmo!!!! sniff, but I'll be tuning in for the others--I'm glad you got me watching the show, as it was fun, esp since bitchy charlie stayed bitchy. I did think his final styles where pretty wonk, sadly, they all looked old world old, you know how Doris Day was probably 20 but she looks like a 40 year old from today, same for men, like a Cary Grant . . . maybe just the styles, but alas, I did feel for LD when she was crying how it wasn't going how she planned, and I liked Cackles the Clown, she seemed a hoot, esp with the gentle prodding, "but I have roots, um they're going to show"--I was ready for her to say, hand me that dye!!!! Honestly, 3 hours . . . ahem . . . I'd really rather see them get a proper amount of time and then fail because they suck and not coz they were rushed.
Gwen Stephanie my ass, that was prom photo circa 1940's . . . and the Scarlet one, altho a big improvement, still didn't look good.
As for D--the 30 year old music star looked like Amy Grant in the 80's, and the girl crying about the length . . . should'a saved them fightin' words for the bangs . . . Great catch on the Cher cover!!!
Much love and many kisses!!!!
12 of 14 | Posted by juddfan | Posted on September 3, 2008 1:55 PM
Huh? Wha? Dee? Or is it my jet lag playing tricks with my mind? No matter, I guess after Drag Queen Meredith, Paulo and Daniel left, I didn't care who won. Not that I liked their hairstyles (actually, I don't think I liked that many hairstyles in the entire run of the show), I just liked them. So of course they wouldn't have won the fan favorite award, either, I guess. Man, I have so much to catch up on. I just watched the one where Nekisa got booted! Yay! Anyway, J-Mo, thanks for all your hilarious recaps and sweet comments to all your fans. I am really looking forward to the Top Design recaps, and I enjoyed reading the Salon Takeover with Albino Ferret-Face recap. Catch you next week!
13 of 14 | Posted by sayhuh | Posted on September 4, 2008 8:40 PM
Wow, thank all you guys for all your comments this season, it's been so much fun, and I really hope they start to do "Shear Genius" with the regularity that they're doing "Top Chef" and "Project Runway", it's hard to wait 18 months in between shows...
BTW, guys, keep your eyes open later for my special Q&A with Charlie Price... coming soon!
love always,
J-Mo :)
14 of 14 | Posted by J-Mo | Posted on September 5, 2008 11:02 AM