Erk to the Diary Room (Episode 37, BB leaves the house and Erk talks Simpsons)
Did BB jump the shark when BB was nowhere to be seen on the Wednesday night daily show? The HM's woke on Tuesday to find that the Diary Room door was open with a lot of supplies inside and when Intruder 69 (Michelle) went and sat in the Diary Room chair, there was no answer. So she wondered out loud if BB had a heart attack or something. Eventually, she woke the rest of the HM's up after debating for 2-3 hours if it was OK to put the food away or not.
There was two main groups that formed after the theory was that BB had disappeared. The "Bart Simpson" group was Intruder 69, Zacho, Lara Bingle and the Brazilian. This group wanted to eat the food and have a good time and act like their parents had gone away for the weekend. Needless to say, no original HM's were a part of that group and it fits - the last two lots of intruders want to have fun but the original HM's want to sit on the couch.
The "Lisa Simpson" group consisted of most of the other HM's who were worried about not breaking the rules and not eating the food and it reminded me of the Simpsons episode where Homer and Flanders were stuck on a lifeboat in the middle of the ocean and Flanders wanted to ration their water and Homer points out that they are floating on an ocean of, well, water. Homer calls Ned "Mr Let's Ration Everything" and eventually Homer's sense of smell saved them as they found a Krusty Burger joint on an oil rig off Mexico. It was the same sort of situation here, there was some food and Bart wanted to eat it and Lisa wanted to save it and share it evenly.
Rove's sense of hearing saved the HM's from imploding when the often wondered about phone rang. It was pointed out on the first night of the show and several people on the interweb wondered what it was going to be used for and when it was going to be finally used.
The phone rang and the conversation went something like this:
Rove: Hello, Joel speaking (he doesn't know I call him Rove)
BB: Joel, this is Big Brother. (he doesn't call himself BB). I've left home.
Rove: What do you want me to do about it?
BB: I've left you a Dear Joel letter in the backyard that will explain more. From time to time I'll be phoning to check on you (just turn on the TV, BB!)
It's pretty bad when the main character decides to leave. BB's voice and character has been a constant throughout the years and it is strange for me not to hear him and it would have been strange for the HM's.
The HM's went outside and they had a Tribal Council meeting and offered Zacho as a gift to the gods as he was the last one to enter. No, not really! They had to pick a leader. In the end, Ian Thorpe was elected as The Leader. I wonder if that is because he is the biggest? They had to decide on the rules of the house as a group because all of the BB set rules were placed on hold.
You'd think that they'd be smart and decide on some rules that are the total opposite of the rules in the house. For instance, they could decide if the BB rules were on hold that they did not have to wear microphones or that from now on, they could live in the Rewards Room. But no, they decided to decide on a lot of different rules and impose more rules on themselves than Marge (BB) had ever done.
But then again, it was the powerful Lisa group that were making a lot of the rules and then a couple of the Bart group were saying that they are making too many rules and that if you make more and more rules, it is going to be harder to follow them and the task will be harder to pass. Smart thinking, Bart!
Ian Thorpe finally exploded because he was The Leader (reminds me of the Simpsons episode where Homer joins the Movementarians and the only way they could convince him to join the cult was to change the Batman theme to "Leader") and Lara said that she had the stick so she was allowed to talk. One of the BB rules that he set before he left basically said that while you are at Tribal Council, the HM with the stick has the floor. (I should try that at my next RFS meeting!)
So Lara had the stick and she used her sticktime ("It's Stick Time!") to try and argue her point and Ian Thorpe swore at her and told her to grow up even though she had the stick and she is allowed to argue the point. It was at this point that maybe the true personality of the Thorpedo came out after 7 weeks in the house because he has the power. Too bad if they decided that Mr HTB had the power because he is the regining FNL winner. That would have been interesting.
Later, it was revealed that Ian was allowed to live in the Rewards Room for the week (I remember reading about this from an overseas BB some years ago) and he was allowed to have 2 overnight visitors each night if he wanted. He eventually used the RR to apologize to Lara for his behaviour. Was this partly because he realised that he could use the power to sleaze onto her? Now Up Mike last night makes more sense.
So has this latest task meant that BB (the show, not the guy) has jumped the shark or is it a good move? I have to say that I enjoyed the Daily Show for the first time in a while and I am looking forward to see Up Mike tonight as well. Will The Leader be followed or will Bart and Lisa still be at war? No wonder BB decided to leave home! Maybe if they were smarter, they could make it a rule that the task is unlosable but then again they aren't that S-M-R-T!
I think that this task is a good one. It is different to what the HM's have experienced before and BB needs to keep the HM's on their toes. He needs to challenge them and not just do the same thing the whole time. After all, the HM's are used to leaving work, going to Moe's for a couple of drinks and then staggering home. And maybe just like the action of Marge cracking the sads and leaving home has saved the Simpsons on more than one occasion, maybe the actions of BB this week will save the show..............we shall see.
Myspace friends: Up 3 to 139
Stand Up Update: Thinking of doing another "material podcast"
BB Update: The Leader has control of the house
Erk Pod Update: Next episode due to be recorded soon.
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