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Date Posted: 12:57:01 05/23/02 Thu
Author: gmike
Subject: Letter To Big Brother (and my own comments)

Dear Big Brother,

I thought I’d take this opportunity, before Big Brother 3 began production and final casting, to share my thoughts and opinions on the upcoming Big Brother 3 season. To be honest, I don’t honestly think anyone will pay attention to this. But having shared all this, I can at least spend the season saying “I told ‘em so.”

1. Americans and Canadians don’t want to see a single star wannabe in the house this year. Please don’t cast anyone with experience in modeling or acting. Don’t cast anyone with an agent prior to going into the house. These people are putting on an act to get into the house, and will continue acting - just not the way you expected - while they are in the house. They don’t want to win the prize, they want to win a career in Hollywood. Give us real people from a variety of backgrounds, not a clatch of prima donna’s in training.

2. Screen these people. That means using all screening methods. The whole Justin incident last year, I hope, has taught you something.

3. Make these people work. Don’t give in to their whiney little needs and wants. And while we’re on the subject of working make the challenges more difficult. I don’t care if this year the food is based on budgeting, or the penalty of peanut butter, but your viewers want to see these people suffer a few times.

4. Food, naturally, leads me to the subject of beverages. Specifically the alcoholic variety. Make up your mind here and now as to what the alcohol policy will be. And stick with that policy. Each season, on US as well as International Big Brothers, we watch while the hamsters, er ah, I mean House Guests are allowed ridiculous quantities of alcohol. Then, we you realize that one or more is on the verge of alcohol poisoning, and one or more has gone off the deep end you try cutting them off, and we are forced to watch while they fuel their collective addictions through such means as pain killers laced with sleeping medication, or cough medicine. You are Big Brother you set the rules. And you also have responsibilities where they’re safety is concerned.

5. Speaking of setting the rules. Big Brother sets the rules. And Big Brother should be the enforcer of all rules. Big Brother should not be everybody’s best friend. House Guests should not be on a first name chatty basis with Big Brothers.

6. Continuing with my rant on rules set a bedtime or not. Once again, in the past Big Brother has been a tad wishy-washy on this issue. You start by letting them stay up in all night orgies then after a few weeks, enforce a bedtime. To be honest, they voyeurs are much more entertained by the all night antics. These are adults. If they stay up all night, and have a live show or challenge and they have difficulties, that’s their problem.

7. And finally on the subject of rules, please don’t be tempted to give this year’s houseguest any sporting equipment that will drive both you and the internet viewing public crazy. Save yourselves, but most importantly my nerves by not giving them a basketball. We can only take so much microphone enhanced blam blam blam blam swish blam blam blam blam before we’re all ready to throw knives at the basketball.

8. In regards to your ratings, remember one very important thing. The internet is your audience. That’s right. Those of us with no lives, who stay up half the night watch house guest antics are the people who watch your show. Without us, you have no viewers. The higher your internet traffic, the higher your ratings. The internet loves spoilers. Especially if we are forced once again this year to pay for live feeds. If we have to pay for this privilege, we want something in return. That something is NOT to be sent to do rock inventory at the front of the house while your elves fix the kitchen sink or a challenge is going on. And if we are being forced to pay, knock off the editing. We see it all anyway. And if we don’t see it, we hear about it. You aren’t fooling anybody. If you are going to force us to our beloved FOTH, you must, I repeat must, do something about the music - I must be worth listening to, and should not repeat every 3 minutes.

9. Finally, your host should be personable. This is entertainment, not a news program. I’m not talking stiff little Julie Chen, and I’m not talking Rosie O’Donnell singing dorky songs in Central Park either. The host should ask the tough questions when the House Guest is evicted. If the House Guest doesn’t want to answer the question, they can dance their way out of it.

Don’t get me wrong - despite my whining and complaining (insert wineglass and cheese icons here) - I am really looking forward to spending my summer with Big Brother 3. I can’t wait to race home from my office job to see what the House Guests have been up to. My fingers are itching to post live feeds at www.elitestv.com. Bring it on, but lets make it even better than the last two years put together.

Sincerely,

Eyewrite

http://www.elitestv.com/NewsPub/Stories/1969/12/31/102201250009.html

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I got nothing new to say did i haven't said before...

* Post the rules on the website so the viewers know the rules not just CBS.
* If a houseguest wants to leave let him or her leave.
* They going to keep Julie because it gives the show some creditable because as of the reasons listed above, they don't know the rules, etc, but they could add a sidekick that asks the tough questions.
* Get some hgs who aren't conservative. Put the show on at 10pm Eastern / Pacific Time so you show a little skin.

People shouldn't complan about the feeds they just get with of them all together, i think if anything the feeds will be even more censor this time around Arnold Dick Sharpio doesn't like them.

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