Tara: 'Your One-Stop Spot to Shop for Lots of New-Age and Occult Items.' Catchy. Giles: Think so? Tara: Uh huh. In a... hard to say sorta way.

'Sleeper'


Non-Fiction TV: I Reject Your Reality and Substitute My Own

This thread is for non-fiction TV, including but not limited to reality television (So You Think You Can Dance, Top Chef: Masters, Project Runway), documentaries (The History Channel, The Discovery Channel), and sundry (Expedition Africa, Mythbusters), et al. [NAFDA]


Dana - Oct 29, 2008 8:23:54 am PDT #7095 of 23273
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Huh. I swear I posted something here, but I don't see it. Anyway.

She just seriously said "velvet rope access."

"I used to do bikini modeling."


Kristen - Oct 29, 2008 8:30:46 am PDT #7096 of 23273

I wasn't too crazy about the episode after that one either. With the real estate agent.

It's gotten me to thinking about how I'd like to give Tim's show a makeover. I think I'd rather the show be a true guide to style. Instead of taking clueless people who have nothing in their closets that can be used, I'd like to see people who are maybe halfway there. They have pieces but they don't know how to pull it all together. People who want (note my use of the word "want") to learn how to complete a look, how to accessorize, etc.

ETA: This thought was inspired by the InStyle Magazine segments that they've been doing on the show. Which I usually find to be the most interesting and informative part of most episodes.


lisah - Oct 29, 2008 8:33:14 am PDT #7097 of 23273
Punishingly Intricate

And I wish the show would address cost at all. It seems like all the women they've had on so far are pretty well-to-do. They can afford to buy quality clothes.

How do you get by if InStyle isn't around to give you a fab bag?


Dana - Oct 29, 2008 8:34:09 am PDT #7098 of 23273
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Oh, my god, you COW.


Vortex - Oct 29, 2008 9:06:29 am PDT #7099 of 23273
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

I'd like to see people who are maybe halfway there. They have pieces but they don't know how to pull it all together. People who want (note my use of the word "want") to learn how to complete a look, how to accessorize, etc.

that's a good market too. A lot of times, I think that they pick them worst cases because it makes the watchers feel better about themselves "well, at least I don't wear that "

A nice segment might be "show Tim your 10 pieces, and he'll show you how to make them fabulous"


lisah - Oct 29, 2008 9:21:42 am PDT #7100 of 23273
Punishingly Intricate

Oh, my god, you COW.

um....?

A nice segment might be "show Tim your 10 pieces, and he'll show you how to make them fabulous"

I'd love that!


Dana - Oct 29, 2008 9:28:38 am PDT #7101 of 23273
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

um....?

Sorry. Tim called her on her attitude, and she was like, "I might not be DESPERATE like some woman in MIDDLE AMERICA because I live in Manhattan and have a RICH HUSBAND so FUCK YOU anyone who doesn't wear GUCCI."

(possibly not a direct quote.)


lisah - Oct 29, 2008 9:30:26 am PDT #7102 of 23273
Punishingly Intricate

Tim called her on her attitude, and she was like, "I might not be DESPERATE like some woman in MIDDLE AMERICA because I live in Manhattan and have a RICH HUSBAND so FUCK YOU anyone who doesn't wear GUCCI."

I KNOW! what a bitch. I was thinking about that this morning as I was trying to get dressed.

I may not have Gucci but at least I don't look like a mutton trying to dress like an 18-year old bikini model. In stretch silver thighhigh boots.


Jesse - Oct 29, 2008 9:36:55 am PDT #7103 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Instead of taking clueless people who have nothing in their closets that can be used, I'd like to see people who are maybe halfway there. They have pieces but they don't know how to pull it all together. People who want (note my use of the word "want") to learn how to complete a look, how to accessorize, etc.

This is a show my mother and I have wanted to see for YEARS. Like normal people, we have a lot of stuff that's fine, some stuff that's really good, some stuff that's really bad. And speaking for myself, I hardly accessorize at all, and I never layer.

I love how Tim and Gretta were like, "Come ON. We're in Neiman-Marcus! Even the less-fancy floor is PRETTY EFFING FANCY."


Vortex - Oct 29, 2008 9:40:39 am PDT #7104 of 23273
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

I'd love that!

really, it could be a 5 minute thing where viewers send in pics of the pieces or them wearing the pieces, and Tim would do a John Madden thing with a pen, adding a scarf or saying "get the skirt tailored to this length" or whatever.