Big Brother 8

Couldn't let the day go by without a few words about the debut of one of the "featured" shows here at W&C... Big Brother 8 is on... hard to believe it's Year 8... it makes me feel pretty old to think that some of this year's hamsters were not even in high school when that first season aired.

So here are our hamsters for the summer...

I am guessing the season can't be too bad when the first episode introduces us to a guy who refers to himself as Evil Dick (one hopes that BB make the Chenbot say "evil Dick" over and over again!) and another wasting no time shouting out that they allegedly got gonorrhea from someone they were only assuming was coming into the house.  How funny would it have been if the ex-boyfriend didn't show up?   But alas huge-nippled Joe's own version of Evil Dick, Dustin did walk into the room... and I suspect any hope of shattering gay stereotypes this summer took several steps back.

... while the first Head of Household Kail doesn't have an "enemy" in the house, I suspect being trapped with two catty gay guys is just as bad.  I tried to reserve judgment re: Kail during her "intro" piece where she was just in a quandary of which of her bibles to bring along... but BB made sure to let us know she was the resident conservative bigot of the season when she mentioned she would be heartbroken if one of her kids ended up being gay (or something to that effect).  Maybe she'll learn and grow, but with Unambiguously Gay Duo as her mentors I am not sure that will be the case.

As for the other "enemies," I sense Evil Dick and Evil Dick's Daughter (Daniele) might be able to work things out... and I am really hoping that there's more to the Carol & Jessica feud than a default on a $5 at 14 years of age.

There seems to be the usual eye candy regardless of what gender turns you on... ex-footballer Nick seems to be the obvious stud of the season, but he's a bit too bulky for my taste... so I'm thinking Mike is man this season.

The "America's Player" twist should be interesting, but we'll have to wait until Sunday to see how it all works. Thankfully Eric seems like a likable enough guy to support... now we'll just see how much America screws with him.

Will be checking out the ShoToo's BB After Dark show later today, though I can't imagine keeping up with 3 hours day worth of that... but there's always the fast-forward button.

I guess that's it for now... anyone else watching summer's guiltiest pleasure?! 

Comments

[kenneth]

Ha! My best friend in California already sent me his "I'm in love with Nick" e-mail!

[Scott-O-Rama]

Damn you for blogging this. Buckaroo almost had completely no idea this had started until he read your blog. Now he's considering TiVoing it. YUCK!