So Lisa is going to appear on the Wendy Williams Show tomorrow Tuesday June 12th at 10pm. She is doing two makeovers of studio audience members.
What they might not say is that they won a contest and came to the store last week to be fitted for clothes. There was a bit of an issue with payment for the clothes but Wendy Williams and Lee Lee's are splitting it. I figure why not get the advertising and the goodwill.
The fucked up part is that TLC doesn't want us to talk about the time slot change. They don't want us to go off on them for doing what everyone does to plus size. You are the first one to get cut. The one they put in the basement. They don't want us to lead a torch and pitchfork wielding mob of villagers to burn down Frankensteins castle.
We can't alienate them too much. We still have a decent chance of being picked up. If not by these guys then by the people who will replace them. It all remains to be seen.
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They don't want you to talk about the change? Why on earth not? This seems antithetical to promoting a show, to helping existing viewers to stick with a show and potential/new viewers find it. What reason did they give for asking you to [not] do such a counterintuitive thing? I really am puzzled and curious.
Well, in any case, I plan to watch it live at 2 p.m. Central tomorrow. It's my son's birthday tomorrow and thus we'll be cutting off schooling quite early so he can hang out and do nothing or something until we go out later. I'll take the opportunity to unpack some more boxes and watch Lisa work her magic. Probably most everyone else here will be unavailable?
Wow, I never realized what cheapskates these shows are. That's more than fair of you to pay half. Having the increased exposure and the resulting increase in sales must warm your heart a bit. I'll be watching tomorrow at 2PM Central time.
Who knows how this may spin off to something else entirely, sometimes we just have to wait and see what happens next, so hard to do when you want to make something happen so badly.
I could see you doing that radio show on NPR, you'd liven up the joint. In the meantime, glad you're getting more exposure on other shows.
They don't want us to lead a torch and pitchfork wielding mob of villagers to burn down Frankensteins castle.
An image right out of Grant Wood's "American Gotham."
It's been done.
Not ready to fork it over.
Yah. I don't get it why they wouldn't want you to tell people when your show is on and that it has moved to a new time slot. You could make the announcement and make it a positive.
The more advertising and word of mouth the better, I would think.
This is even dumber than Dish dumping AMC.
You got into this business because the so-called professionals sucked and were ignoring a major market niche. People are people...the television business must be full of incompetent loser who suck as well, and lucky you found them. You've got a solid concept, and hopefully someone with some common sense will pick it up and run with it.
Oh yeah, the Mets suck.
That looks like Donna Summer.
Troop, everything will be fine. Today you are very busy and have much new business.
You don't have much control over the other shit but you will be fine..and you are healthy....and have a loving family-more than many have.
And never forget tits.
tits.
Have any of you ever watched what a beaver can accomplish?
Architect, carpenter, interior designer, cutting down trees.
All by themselves.
Let's hear it for the amazing beaver.
All with just two teeth.
Beavers.
Architect
I once saw a diaphragm of a beaver dam before it was put in place.
Beaver Coats are very popular during Yale/Harvard football games as well.
That fag author in Britain loved the Beaver Coat as well.
The beaver.
tits.
MIT's mascot is Tim The Beaver.
Europeans decimated the New World's beaver population, beginning in the 17th century. Beaver pelts were used not just for furs but also for making felt for hats. Felt is a cool substance because it's so malleable and also waterproof. Mercuric nitrate used to be used in the process and chronic exposure probably gave us the phrase "mad as a hatter."
I am curious to as what city you straightys think the gay press has identified as the most gay city in the world?
I won't answer that and let you ponder it for awhile and get back to you in a few.
tits.
Is Provincetown a city?
Nope Chip, this is an actual city.
And I am talking worldwide, not just U.S... which means we can all pass over San Fran and NYC.
Rio has gotta be the leader in polymorphous perversity, but I don't know if it's specifically a gay spot.
...the most gay city in the world?
Does gay fullfillment take a back seat to overall quality of life?
Oh duh, it's obvious...
Gay Paree!
No?
I won't keep you guessing, that aint my style you know dogs.
It's Tel Aviv.
A roomful of monkeys would've typed King Lear before I'd have guessed that.
Viva le tel aviv?
I know gays don't like palindromes, but there it is.
By the way, MamaM is looking for you on that long thread. You can run but you can't hide.
Before it was outed as Gay City, was it called Don't Ask, Don't Tel Aviv?
I have been to Tel Aviv dozens of times. It did not seem that gay. Then again, it did not seem that Jewish either (it is obviously Jewish, but it is very secular).
I know that there is a gay scene in Tel Aviv, but it did not seem all that prevalent. Then again, I was not looking for it.
Chip S. Very good.
@chickelit, only 6 minutes to construct that comment?
Wow.
@Chip: I guess I'm getting faster. This one took 10 minutes.
So it's the meme of the week from the gay press vs. EBL's impression from dozens of visits?
Hmmm. I sense a press release from the bureau of tourism.
@chickelit, That was a good one, but the overall symmetry of the whole comment--plus the deft touch of suppressing the last part to leave it implicit--was masterly.
Whee, evening lit crit!
There are gays in Tel Aviv. But it is live and let live there and they all have a common enemy with Hamas.
But I have been to the Folsom Street Fair in San Francisco and that would freak anyone out. Including Titus.
EBL, dozens of trips to Tel Aviv suggest adventure.
Classified stuff, or can you share a story or two?
EBL, I don't do anything gay, other than sex.
Boston Pride was this weekend and I wasn't there.
I would never go to Folsom or any other gay event.
I live in Cambridge which is very liberal but isn't some gay ghetto. Cambridge is elite and full of foreigners but really doesn't have a gay hood and if it did I would not hang there.
I am afraid to be around about more than like 5 gays at once.
But that goes for any event-I get sweats when around a "group" of people" whatever their cause.. Groups make me nervous.
I am a total loner, similar to the Grizzly Bear.
The next 4 weekends my husband, rare clumber and I will be in cabins in Vermont. Away from most people, because people detest me.
Away from most people, because people detest me.
I once asked an italian where their curious word for German (tedesco) came from. He thought a minute and then said it derived from the expression te detesto.
[In advance apologizing for the repetition, on account of having posted this link before:]
Re: Palindrome
If the state of Alaska built a bicycle-racing facility in honor of its first female governor....
Yet,I value this right up with that.
@rcommal, that second one is so cute and nerdy it's almost heuristic. :)
OT, but related: I came across this poem, written by Frederick Soddy in 1936 about Descartes' theorem.
Still.
(*Shrug*)
Hey: I know that all of that music linking is a "then" thing, years ago in online terms. Now, it's all about an entirely different, "now" thing, and none of any of that old stuff matters, anymore.
I'm not just striving, but learning, to accept it. Learning takes more time than striving. If I could speed it up more, I would: Whenever I can, I do.
Chip S. I lived a few places around the world until I settled to be a Madison Cow. I had friends in Israel and it was a good place to go for short trips.
I have to agree with Chip, it's gotta be Gay Paree. That's why you always here the accented expression over there of: "suck Ray blue."
Key West.
I didn't know she had her own show.
It's Tel Aviv because that's where gay Jews go so they don't have to tell mom and dad they're gay. "Mom..dad, I want to get in touch w/ my roots."
Old joke: What's the hardest thing about roller blading?
Telling your parents you're gay.
Bruce, I really liked the palindrome.
For God's sake, don't advertise yourselves. We'd hate for you to get popular before we killed you.
Hey: I know that all of that music linking is a "then" thing, years ago in online terms. Now, it's all about an entirely different, "now" thing, and none of any of that old stuff matters, anymore.
I didn't know music linking was going out of style. Don't care either. Keep linking. I thought your Vivaldi link a while ago was brilliant.
Thanks, Nick.
Dress Boss is a must-record in our DVR. Wherever you move, I'll watch. Lisa is a bundle of all good: creative, determined, encouraging, loving, smart, funny, empathetic and kind. Love her.
I don't want to say much because I know most are DVRing, but:
I can't stop chuckling at the line, "I'm the Bra Whisperer."
Wow, Wow, Wow. First time I've watched afternoon TV in years! Both shows are definitely prime material.
More of who Lisa is comes through each time! Capable, professional women walk through the door and leave feeling stronger, more encouraged and more beautiful. A deeper level of reality realized, beyond the canned.
Oh, crap. I forgot to record.
I am totally the black sheep of TY.
I can't stop chuckling at the line, "I'm the Bra Whisperer."
Yes! Lisa'a asides come through as spontaneous and real, providing great energy and a sense of fun that feels magnetic (contagious?).
Wrapping herself in the purple blue material, laughing with the mannequins...good stuff.
Maybe ebullient is the word (from "to bubble up"). What seems to be happening is an acknowledgement of something within like spirit that is valued, released and reset. With an actual, visual lifting of the head as the result.
The situation involving "Jim's Approval" and the realized awareness that approval comes from within was set up and handled with insight for the win too.
I can't imagine Troop disapproving any bra, especially wispy ones or even those that move men to murmur onomatopoetically.
I mean, when it comes to bras, isn't Troop the hands on support guy?
Big Fish Eat Little Fish.
Big fish sometimes eat their own species.
Big tits draw more attention than little tits.
Man sometimes eats man.
These are some of the mysteries of life.
Thank You.
tits.
Ourosboros, Titus
Buddha, Dharma...Dharma and Greg.
486 B.C. Buddha died. Buddha lala ling ling.
Caste System...thank God.
The lowest caste person in the country, the cremation guy, cremates all castes, but higher caste will never touch or look at him, but they all know their place. It's not snobbery, it is the way of the country-praise the Lord.
Honk Horn Please! It is thoughtful.
Happiest people in the
All Created Things Must Pass.
War! What is it good for?
Fucking Alexander The Great.
The Clash of Civilizations.
The East, the other.
The Heroic Leader, subdues history itself to it's will.
The Greeks were amazed by India's size and riches.
Rivers so wide you can't see the other side-The Ganges.
Chandragupta was no fool.
The Idea of Secular Authority!
Slumdog Millionaire.
thank you.
India.
tits
One of the most profound questions I asked my husband while in India was...Why does that cow have utters and horns?
Whassup with that?
tits.
Geez Titus.
Profound?
A bull's horns are typically much bigger than a cow's.
Why do men have nipples?
horns
Thus far, for me at least, the most touching makeover was the blond woman who made herself invisible.
Watching her realization was profound and moving. Given that TV is driven by ageism and size-ism, I am pleasantly surprised by the positive and sensitive editing (I assume that is Stacy's input). It could have been a nightmare in the wrong hands.
So even though TLC is horsing you around right now, I have to give them kudoes on that point.
@MamaM
I'm still chuckling over uniboob and bra whisperer too. Lisa is a firecracker!
btw-I was really surprised that your Obama quip made the air.
Looks like a lot of connection and positive feedback coming in from the Big Brooklyn Style Fans on Facebook with some starting to love "The Jim"!!!
Who'd a'thunk that would happen???
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