Make me Cool

Make me Cool

by Bill Osler Feb 22, 2004 3:49AM PST

Some things you can't make up.

Reality makeover series aims to help dweeby white guys get cool

The new show, "Make me Cool" is being marketed as "Black Eye for the White Guy".

I don't watch much TV, and we don't get many stations on our basic cable, so I've never seen the "***** Eye for the Straight Guy" show, but the premise for both of these shows sounds bizarre.

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I've always thought break dancing takes one heck of a lot of

by Kiddpeat Feb 22, 2004 11:14AM PST

conditioning and coordination. I don't think I'ld make it.

Seriously, the worst I've seen was last week's fear factor. The girls were put in a transparent coffin, covered with tarantulas, and had to wait for their significant other to break them out of the locked enclosure. One girl was freaked out, and didn't want to do it. Both the show and her significant other tried to pressure her to do it. She tried, but finally couldn't bring herself to do it. She was terrified and crying. The pout and closed posture of her significant other was something to behold.

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I'll admit...

by James Denison Feb 22, 2004 3:19PM PST

...I got hooked on watching "My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance". Thankfully the last episode is Monday night and my minor addiction to watching it can end. I was bummed that I missed the final episode of the Pioneer Life series on PBS. I had watched the other ones and forgot it came on Sunday night here. I searched the TV Guide and unless it comes on next week on one of the other PBS stations I guess I'm out of luck. I can't even find a website at PBS on it. I do see now there are 2 more in the series, but tonight I missed the "Going Home" except for the last 10 minutes.

I did find this site about one of the couples, the older ones.
http://www.pioneerquest.ca/

Below is what PBS has on it currently.

This program is either not distributed by PBS or has no website
on pbs.org. Please contact your local PBS station,
MPT/MARYLAND PUBLIC TELEVISION, for more
information.

Pioneer Quest: A Year in the Real West
The long, cold months between Christmas and spring are spent
making quilts, baking bread and building furniture

In Stereo

Upcoming and recent airings:

Sunday, February 15, 7:00pm
The Long Haul

Sunday, February 22, 7:00pm
Going Home

Sunday, February 29, 7:00pm
Survivors of the Real West

Sunday, March 28, 7:00pm
The Dream

A writeup;

Pioneer Quest: A Year in the Real West is a reality-based series
that chronicles two couples experiences as they live the lives of prairie
settlers in the late 1800s. The twenty-something Logies and the
forty-something Treadways are given a plot of untouched land north of
Winnepeg, Canada. They are equipped with tools, clothing, animals
and seeds that the average nineteenth-century settlers would have
brought with them. The only concessions to modern times are birth
control, a handheld camera for recording and a cell phone for any
medical emergencies. This nine-episode series follows these intrepid
couples as they spend the coldest winter in 120 years in their new
homes on the Manitoba prairie.

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Sounds like you need a Tivo to find these things for you.

by Kiddpeat Feb 23, 2004 5:21AM PST

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Re:Make me Cool

by Dan McC Feb 23, 2004 12:15AM PST

Bill,

***** Eye is really quite enjoyable. The Fab Five are amusing and helpfull while at the same time biting and heartless in a (usualy) good natured way. Besides, who can't use a few grooming, fashion, style, and dining tips?

Dan

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I know you're an NPR listener

by Dan McC Feb 23, 2004 12:22AM PST

http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=1415687

That's Daniel Pinkwater's view on ***** Eye. His predictions are quite prophetic, no?

Dan

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(NT) Daniel Pinkwater nailed it!

by Bill Osler Feb 23, 2004 2:33AM PST

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He's a hoot

by Dan McC Feb 23, 2004 2:49AM PST

Bill,

Have someone tape a few episodes for you. It is pretty amusing.

Dan

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Re: Make me Cool -- Another spoof tonight

by Dave Konkel [Moderator] Feb 23, 2004 2:19AM PST

Hi, Dr. Bill.

Over the summer NBC (which owns bravo) ran a couple or three "***** Eye" episodes on the main network. BTW, at 10:00 tonight Comedy Central is running a spoof of "***** Eye" called "Straight Plan for the Gay Man."

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(NT) Sounds interesting. Unfortunately, we don't get Comedy Central.

by Bill Osler Feb 23, 2004 2:44AM PST

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