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Extreme Makeover Home Edition = Waaaaaaaaaaaaa :(

Fritzo

Fritzo

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I cry like a baby EVERY FREAKIN TIME this show is on. I can't stand watching it yet I can't turn away!

I know the ultra conservative crowd here is going to say "You could shelter dozens of needy families for what they spend on those shows", but I see it more as winning a lottery. Only the winners are those that have had the most heartache and pain rather than picked by random.

They have a marathon going on TV Land right now. Just got done watching the show where a little girl has a hole in her heart, and the family has $2 million in uninsured medical bills + living in a mold infested house. They built a new house with a giant air filtration system, made sure her brothers were focused on for once, and paid off their mortgage. Awesome stuff.
 
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I will switch it on sometimes for the last 20 minutes to see the house, but I can't watch it because all the emotional bits and people crying just gets annoying.
 
You don't have to be ultra conservative to see that they aren't helping folks nearly as much as they could be if they ditched the flash and extravagance for the show. Hell, some of these folks end up worse off being stuck with a monster house they can't sell off and can't afford the higher taxes on.
 
i get weepy when i see people on 'undercover boss' have their hard work pay off... people who are single parents or something and constantly struggle hard to make ends meet given a break really touch me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80vhBOy6JOE (2:21 to 3:18)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jpXtnuf8RI&feature=channel (2:35 to end) <--- the black lady used to be homeless with her son, they lived in a school gym for a while, then moved into a 1 br apartment or something... she has like 12 different jobs at the part, but gets paid for only doing one. the guy works his ass off and loves the amusement park he works at and, one day, wants to be ceo of the company. he can't afford to go to college, so he saves whatever he can to take classes when he can.
 
eits said:
i get weepy when i see people on 'undercover boss' have their hard work pay off... people who are single parents or something and constantly struggle hard to make ends meet given a break really touch me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80vhBOy6JOE (2:21 to 3:18)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jpXtnuf8RI&feature=channel (2:35 to end) <--- the black lady used to be homeless with her son, they lived in a school gym for a while, then moved into a 1 br apartment or something... she has like 12 different jobs at the part, but gets paid for only doing one. the guy works his ass off and loves the amusement park he works at and, one day, wants to be ceo of the company. he can't afford to go to college, so he saves whatever he can to take classes when he can.
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I loved those moments too... but they seem to happen TOO frequently on Undercover Boss don't they? The whole thing stinks of "set-up" to me. Not saying these people aren't real, or deserving or anything though.
 
Fritzo said:
I cry like a baby EVERY FREAKIN TIME this show is on. I can't stand watching it yet I can't turn away!

I know the ultra conservative crowd here is going to say "You could shelter dozens of needy families for what they spend on those shows", but I see it more as winning a lottery. Only the winners are those that have had the most heartache and pain rather than picked by random.

They have a marathon going on TV Land right now. Just got done watching the show where a little girl has a hole in her heart, and the family has $2 million in uninsured medical bills + living in a mold infested house. They built a new house with a giant air filtration system, made sure her brothers were focused on for once, and paid off their mortgage. Awesome stuff.
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I won't watch it anymore. I am manly and never cry...unless I watch that show. I even hate the douche who hosts it....but EVERY DAMN TIME I end up crying.
 
Homerboy said:
I loved those moments too... but they seem to happen TOO frequently on Undercover Boss don't they? The whole thing stinks of "set-up" to me. Not saying these people aren't real, or deserving or anything though.
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OK...so now I've been watching the past episodes of this on VOD. Great show!
 
Homerboy said:
It always makes me weepy. But then I go back and remember that the majority of them can't afford the houses/taxes/upkeep anyways and in the long run all Ty Pennington and his merry band of gay designers did was give those people a glimpse of the good life and then its taken away from them.

http://www.google.com/search?source...aq=1&aqi=g2g-z1g7&aql=&oq=extreme+ma&gs_rfai=
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Yes, taken from them by a greedy government that taxes the bejeesus out of you. Owning your own home is disingenuous in America since you have to continuously pay taxes not matter if the house is paid off or not. It's the only tangible or intangible asset in which an individual has to continue to pay taxes each year until death.
 
Wasn't there a news story recently about a family who got the makeover, ended up taking out numerous home equity loans on their free house to buy things for themselves, fell into debt and ended up losing the house?

I swear, people like that don't deserve to be happy.
 
CPA said:
Yes, taken from them by a greedy government that taxes the bejeesus out of you. Owning your own home is disingenuous in America since you have to continuously pay taxes not matter if the house is paid off or not. It's the only tangible or intangible asset in which an individual has to continue to pay taxes each year until death.
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You mean property taxes?
 
Gonad the Barbarian said:
You don't have to be ultra conservative to see that they aren't helping folks nearly as much as they could be if they ditched the flash and extravagance for the show. Hell, some of these folks end up worse off being stuck with a monster house they can't sell off and can't afford the higher taxes on.
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This, not to mention, in a neighborhood near mine, they built this giant house in a lower middle class area and it looks stupid compared to the little houses around it. 2 years after the airing of the show, which was about a couple that adopted disabled children, the people moved out and the house is still on the market. The house is so over valued in this area that nobody in their right mind will purchase it. The Wiki page states that this has only occurred a couple of times though.

Though as of November 2009, three of the 150+ families helped by the show no longer reside in the houses given to them.
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CPA said:
Yes, taken from them by a greedy government that taxes the bejeesus out of you. Owning your own home is disingenuous in America since you have to continuously pay taxes not matter if the house is paid off or not. It's the only tangible or intangible asset in which an individual has to continue to pay taxes each year until death.
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LOL @ anti-tax loons.
 
That show is the biggest pile of shi*t on TV. Instead of building more families reasonably sized houses, they build just a few families mansions. I saw one where they built a wall of big screen TVs (I think 6 of them) - one for every kid. Then they could all sit together and watch different programs (while wearing headphones of course).

I also saw a couple where the master bathroom was the size of some houses. I'm sorry if your father died, you don't deserve a mansion.
 
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