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HGTV nightmare program!

17 years ago

HGTV has a new show that is basically my nightmare - two guys pick up things out of people's trash on the curb, refurbish it and then TAKE IT BACK TO THE PEOPLE! AAAAAIAIIIIIIGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!! They dump it off, ring the doorbell and hide to watch the people 'discover' their refurbished trash.

I have to say, if I put something in the trash, I want it to STAY there or at the very least, NOT COME BACK. I don't care what they make out of it - I did not want it and do not want it back, no matter what they do with it!

For years I had been loading up junk in the truck for DH to carry to the dump to throw away. When we cleaned out our storage building (a 24x48" 'tool shed'), I found that DH not only had unloaded a lot of that stuff in the tool shed instead of taking it to the dump, he had picked up MORE stuff at the dump and brought it home! Except of course, the bag of silver for our show halters that he was supposed to take to the barn and carefully carried to the dump and left...

Oh the HGTV show - it is called "Junk Brothers".

What do you think?

Anne

Comments (6)

marge727
17 years ago
Anne, its like showing "I lost it" where they lose a lot of weight and then taking them on a gourmet cruise for a month.!
Ich--I used to clean the kids rooms and then dispose of stuff when trash day came --so the stuff didn't come back. I think guys often have standard shift trucks so we can't take the stuff to the dump ourselves.
rjvt
17 years ago
I saw a portion of one of those shows. They were making a baby changing station out of a dresser. I was thinking "It would be bad enough to get the dresser you got rid of back (even fixed up). How many people need a baby changing station? And if they wanted it done, couldn't they think to do it themselves?" I agree. I don't think this show will be long lived.
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The most G HGTV ever had was just a handful of acceptable shows. I especially enjoyed 'A Gardener's Diary' with Erica Glasener; she knew her stuff. The sad fact about most TV show hosts is they are not hired for their expertise. They're hired for decent looks, bright white teeth and the ability to smile unaturally while talking (think Giada on Food NW). Years ago, there was a terrible HGTV show about houseplants with a shamefully unqualified female host who pretended (badly) to know what she was talking about, she also appeared as a workout model in my Nordictrack catalog and I caught her on a home shopping network hawking leg hair remover and claiming her long absence from appearing on HSN was due to the many hours she'd spent formulating the newest jar of crap she was selling! Most HGTV shows are cheap to make- follow someone around looking at homes for sale, film the progress of someone wealthy who has hired a landscape architect to design and a landscaper to maintain their yard, or an episode of 'my big giant over the top whole house remodel'. The rest of the shows are paid for by the Ho Depot and they are no longer subtle about that either. Landscape shows did and still do concentrate on 'transform my yard in two days', badly. No one ever talks about what the plants are or why they have been chosen, or God forbid there be anything about landscape design principles (they never talk about interior design priciples either for that matter). The comments above about the decline in gardening I expect are true; sad but true.
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I occasionally have enjoyed watching gardening shows, ones that actually involve learning about and raising plants (not just landscaping makeovers). Unfortunately, it looks like the audience just isn't there. Instead of targeting advertisers for some sort of boycott, I think it would go over better if people expressed regret that they will no longer be watching much of the channel where the advertisements appear, and suggesting that the type of gardening show the viewers prefer will bring them back. In the end however, the manufacturers of gardening products are driven by ratings. I have watched and listened to less and less of gardening shows over the years. Plants and the elements of growing them successfully and enjoyably have been de-emphasized and scaled back (in particular, the radio call-in shows are stuffed with ads and most of the calls seem to be about killing pests and weeds (oddly enough, the solutions generally involve the products advertised on the shows). If there's a silver lining here, it's the cancellation of Paul James' show. It's a relief to know that if I tune in to HGTV, I won't have to risk seeing him mugging and smirking for the camera.* Just kidding, Paul James fans! I think he's an adorable snuggie bear and will miss his performances. ;)size>
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Thanks soooooo much for posting this! I was beginning to think I am the only one missing the "G" shows. I wish they would bring back more.
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I think that the grim reality, although I'd much rather have the garden shows, is that they have found out throgh the airing of these shows, that we don't make up the demographic that the advertisers have found to be profitable - or not as profitable as those watching the other shows. They tried it and the market failed. No campaign is going to reverse that. We have to watch TV personalities pretend to be landscapers while the knowledgable people are cut. It is like right wing radio - it sells while the alternative does not even with a liberal majority (not being judgemental - just making a comparison). We'll have to watch garden shows on pay per view. They are still on PBS.
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quirkyquercus
17 years ago
Well they'll never be filming here I guess. Nobody ever throws out anything good here and plus if it doesn't fit in the special trash cans, they usually don't collect it so stuff winds up on the side of the road and vacant lots.
minnie_tx
17 years ago
I watched part of it one time. The idea of making something from Curb finds is one thing but they have a lot of nerve putting it back on someone's property. It was junk to the people who threw it out and it is still junk.
jenathegreat
17 years ago
I like the idea of making stuff out of junk - but I agree that putting it back is a horrible idea.

They made a bar out of something (old console tv I think) and took it back - complete with keg fridge and tap. It looked neat (a little too gaudy to put in my own home, but it was cool)

But all I could think of is what if these people are Baptists (or some other non-drinking religion) or worse, recovering alcoholics?? They know NOTHING about the people and they're spending all this time and money creating something that the people may actually HATE.

It'd be better if they sold the new stuff at a flea market and just gave the old owners a snapshot of the new thing.
netshound
17 years ago
See, now I LOVE the show!! The people's reactions are hysterical! If that ever happened to me and I really did'nt want the item back, hey, the guys just made it an awesome one of a kind piece...I'd sell it and make some $$$!!! I love the show!

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