adamblast

Ah... Then you probably mean he isn't gay yet. He may be willing to pimp himself out for a million bucks or whatever...

For Gay Love Or Money!!

tali219

This is my favorite new TV show-- I think the "Fab 5" say some very funny lines, esp. Carson! Plus they have some useful tips like "6 ounces of fish, cook at 400 F for 10 mins"! I wonder if the "makeover-ed" guy gets to keep the furniture? Plus at least in this show, the ones who supervise the makeovers don't do anything over the top but actually take into consideration the guy's preferences-- unlike most of the designers from "Trading Spaces".

digitalfreaknyc

Good job. The whole POINT of that show is that not all the guys are gay.

Giles

favourite line from the most recent episode of
QEFSG:

"there's a hooker from Trenton missing her boots"

slop101

I know. Why do you think I put his name in a spoiler? He's one of the "secret" hetero guys.

marty888

Since your "spoiler" was for the WRONG SHOW, your spoiler tag was real useful ......


(Editing your post to indicate what show you are spoiling might be nice....)

Giles

so did anyone see lastnight's NBC's edit of the premier episode: what was deleted to fill a thirty minute time slot?

grunter

The half-hour version of the show was edited to within an inch of its life. It went by way too quickly - especially for a show that proclaims to make-over 5 different aspects of the lives of these poor, clueless straight men.

- All of the snappy helpful hints that close the show were gone.

- Only half of the shocked exploration of Butch's squalid apartment made the episode.

- Only "highlights" of Carson's shopping trip with Butch were shown.

- The gallery opening was cut down to maybe a third of the screentime as in the hour-long show.

- Sadly, all of the claw-your-eyes-out boring food guy portion made it to the 1/2 hour version.

All around - it just didn't work as well as the hourlong show. It's hard enough to believe - in the one hour format - that these straight men essentially "win the lottery" with $20,000+ in clothing, furniture, food and spa treatments heaped upon them in one 8 hour period. The half-hour format really shorts the audience tremendously and scrimps on the practical "lifestyle" tips that made the hourlong version more than just another campy reality show.

But then again, "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" doesn't feature scantily clad bikini-chicks at some tropical locale and therefore it doesn't "deserve" an hourlong spot on network televison, I suppose . . .

BDB

So is it all really done in one day?

LiquidSky

I think the guy on Boy Meets Boy should make all the contestants make out with him!

digitalfreaknyc

Ditto

But back on QEFTSG....

I was in the front of my office yesterday and the whole group of people were talking about it. A straight ex-frat guy was talking about how he's learning so much and wishes he could be on the show.


I walk to the back of the office near my desk and THEY are all talking about it (bunch of women) and how hysterical it is.


And funny how i belong to the club and still haven't seen it.

Giles

are you a friend of Dorothy's??

movieking

I have only seen one episode, but I can see this getting really old really quick.

digitalfreaknyc

No but I'm gay.


I assume you never visit the Other forum?

lordzeppelin

Is it wrong for a straight guy to enjoy this show?

And by the way, the show tonight with the Marriage proposal was unreal. It can't get much better. It really jumped the shark tonight...

digitalfreaknyc

DITTO!

I finally watched it and MY GOD! I loved it. I was howling.

Great entertainment.

I'm gay and *I* was learning **** right and left.

BDB

Tonights show was cute....

Although the pink blazer was not working I don't care who you are, no-one outside of George Hamilton can carry off that look

Cibo Matto

Gay guys are awesome! If only they weren't into men..cause I totally dig em.

Tandem

I've seen three and I tend to agree with you. This show doesn't have a lot of staying power. There is only so much you can do with the concept.

It would have been a great made for TV movie, though.

das Monkey

• Quoth Jadzia •<HR SIZE=1>I just thought of something funny:

Can you imagine the outrage if there was a show with a group of straight women all making over a bull-dyke lesbian?

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I don't really have a problem with this show, because I love celebrating our cultural differences, but it does remind me of my annoyance with double standards. I mean, really, how much different is this show from something called (don't read if you're easily offended) ?

das

digitalfreaknyc

Someone who's located "in a hole on broadway" shouldn't be makin' cracks about not liking gay guys

grunter

I really, really don't want this show to turn into the Fab 5 orchestrating a series of straight marriage proposals. And yes, I agree with lordzep above - the whole proposal thing was pretty unreal. I mean - how "off the cuff" and spontaneous can you be when there's a cameraman following you around until you pop the question.

Just for the record, this week's straight "lottery winner" is not eye-candy to every gay man. In fact, quite the opposite. With that mongoloid brow, bulbous grey alien shaped noggin' and those seriously tacky tattoos, I wouldn't have gotten within 10 feet of that man. Ew, ew and ew.

The apartment make-over wasn't that fabulous this time. While I liked the multi-layered wall color scheme and the mega-bookcase, the scattering of the pebbles on the new side-table and the over-use of candles was a little too - I dunno "Vern" from "Trading Spaces."

And just 3 episodes in, Carson's obsession with underwear skidmarks is creeping into scary territory. Not scary-funny, just flat-out scary.

P.S. Oh - and designer chocolate is not only overpriced, but tastes generally nasty and has the consistency of swamp silt. IMO, of course.

digitalfreaknyc

As Grunter and I usually disagree on men....that guy was beyond hot. I would drool all over myself before even saying yes to a date with him.
And as far as the cameras following them, that's not so odd. From what I've seen, they always follow the girlfriend to get her reaction of the makeover.

FlashStash

I think he meant unreal in a good way...I think this was one of the best episodes so far. I don't think you have to worry about a bunch of marriage episodes...there has been variety so far, no reason to think it won't comtinue.

As for the guy...hot but too skinny. Give him a sandwich and put him in a gym..I like some beef on a boy

Finally, this seems like "Queer Eye for the Whipped Straight Guy". Do any of these guys hae backbones when it comes to womem?

Oh one more...so dfnyc, you've seen my pic, why wasn't yours in the pic threads?

FS

digitalfreaknyc

Actually...i've seen none of your pics so I dunno what you're talking about.

And if you have Friendster...you can see 4 of me and my (hairless) body.