 |
|
10/02/06, 08:15 PM
|
 |
Happiness is Homemade
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Kenefick Texas
Posts: 3,512
|
|
Homesteaders on TV *Wife Swap* Press Release and DATE CHANGE
The date has changed......
right now it looks like OCTOBER 30th. grrrrrrr
below is the press release from thefutoncritic.com
--------------------------------------------------------
SELF PROCLAIMED REDNECK HOUSEWIFE SWAPS WITH A STATUS CONSCIOUS HOUSEWIFE WHO TREATS HER OWN MOTHER LIKE A NANNY AND A MAID, ABCS ON WIFE SWAP
This week in Lovazzano/Clover, a wealthy and pampered housewife living the Hollywood life in California swaps with a down-home, country mom, on Wife Swap, MONDAY, OCTOBER 16 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.
Each week from across the country, two families with very different values are chosen to take part in a two-week long challenge. The wives from these two families exchange husbands, children and lives (but not bedrooms) to discover just what its like to live another womans life. Its a mind-blowing experiment that often ends up changing their lives forever.
For Tina Lovazzano (39), her husband, Bruce (43), and their two children, Kaila (14) and Shae (11) of California, keeping up with the Joneses is their main objective. Tina believes that her family must have a ton of money to look right and have a good time. Her biggest worry is deciding which of her two Ferraris to drive on her countless shopping trips, where the sales people all know her name. Tina takes pride in her lavish household and designer backyard, but relies on hired hands and her own mother to tend to it all. Husband Bruce is a successful business owner who prefers to spend time alone watching TV or working out instead of getting to know his daughters better. Tina and Bruce are too busy taking care of their own needs to worry about the actual running of their home, so for that that they rely on Grandma (Tinas mother). Shes up every morning by 6 a.m. to cook, clean, garden and chauffer. As she says, Grandma dont have time for anything! And Kaila and Shae would never think of lifting a finger to help Grandma out. Designer clothes and being popular come first for them, following in their parents footprints.
Tina heads to Texas, where Dana Clover (35) and her husband, Charles (35), turn their noses up at extravagance and embrace old-fashioned country living and values. Dana starts her morning at 4:15 a.m., getting her boys Craig (14), Bryan (10), Benjamin (6) and Christopher (13) off to school before she embarks on her long day of farming chores, keeping house and taking care of two-year old Brooke. She prefers playing in the mud with her pigs to fast city life and fancy things, and does all the cooking from scratch. In keeping with their down-home lifestyle, the family recently killed a pig and cooked it in a smoker that Charles built from an old propane tank. Dana and Charles couldnt care less about impressing people with their appearances. As Charles likes to say, If you dont like the way it looks, then dont look at it. Hes a hands-on dad with a heart of gold, but hes trained the Clover boys that chores come before fun. The boys love living on the farm with their animals, but dont like the responsibilities that come with them. Even though their parents dont like city life, these boys are desperate to look beyond the horizon of their own backyard.
In the first week of the swap, Tina trades in her $500 pumps for a pair of flip flops while she mucks pig stalls and mows the lawn -- all while chasing after the Clover kids. Meanwhile, Dana is disgusted by how extravagant and spoiled the Lovazzano girls are, and is confounded by Grandma, who waits on Dana hand and foot while she lounges by the pool.
In the second week of the swap, Tina declares that the Clover boys need a good dose of luxury and pampering, which drives Charles to the edge. Not only is she undoing all of the values he and Dana have spent years instilling in their kids, she also brings in Danas mom as her hand-maiden so she can take a well-deserved nap. Meanwhile, Dana strips the catered-to Lovazzano girls of their designer jeans and introduces the concept of hard work. Grandma gets the week off, so Bruce is forced to step up to the plate to take care of his home and pay attention to his daughters.
At the end of the swap, when the couples are reunited, will the Lovazzano girls learn the value of a dollar? Will the Clover kids turn in their cool clothes for the old overalls that theyre used to?
Wife Swap is an RDF USA production. It was created by Stephen Lambert and is executive-produced by Wendy Roth and Stephen Lambert of RDF Media (Faking It and Junkyard Wars) and Michael Davies of Embassy Row (Who Wants to be a Millionaire). Cristin Cricco, Stephanie Schwam Adams and Mike Gamson are the co-executive producers.
Wife Swap is broadcast with Spanish subtitles via secondary closed captioning. A TV parental guideline will be assigned closer to airdate
|
10/02/06, 08:27 PM
|
|
Happiness is Homemade
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Kenefick Texas
Posts: 3,512
|
|
|
oh... I'm only 34!! till next month! lol
|
10/02/06, 08:52 PM
|
 |
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Central Iowa
Posts: 3,990
|
|
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by TxCloverAngel
Even though their parents dont like city life, these boys are desperate to look beyond the horizon of their own backyard.
|
"Desperate," huh? I'll bet your boys wouldn't trade their lives for anything!
Why do they always say 2 weeks-I thought you were only gone a week???
Can't wait to see it!
__________________
Sarah,
If there are no dogs Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.
-Will Rogers
|
10/02/06, 08:52 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Central Ohio
Posts: 514
|
|
|
what, so it's NOT going to air the 16th?
|
10/02/06, 08:56 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: VA
Posts: 732
|
|
Sounds interesting. I can't wait to see it. Hopefully it won't be postponed again. 
|
10/02/06, 09:00 PM
|
|
Happiness is Homemade
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Kenefick Texas
Posts: 3,512
|
|
nope, not the 16th  it looks like the 30th.. but ould be the 23rd lol
grrrrrrr
we hope to know 100% for sure by the end of the week.
|
10/02/06, 09:01 PM
|
|
Happiness is Homemade
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Kenefick Texas
Posts: 3,512
|
|
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by GoldenMom
"Desperate," huh? I'll bet your boys wouldn't trade their lives for anything!
Why do they always say 2 weeks-I thought you were only gone a week???
Can't wait to see it!
|
yep, I know. it was 10 days, but they say 2 weeks. thats TV for ya
|
10/02/06, 09:20 PM
|
|
El Paso
|
|
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Alaska
Posts: 1,969
|
|
|
I can't wait to see it! Please keep us updated with the schedule changes.
Nikki
|
10/02/06, 09:49 PM
|
|
Happiness is Homemade
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Kenefick Texas
Posts: 3,512
|
|
|
I actually was expecting way worse. I was pleasantly surprised by the press release. but as I said... we shall see what spin the editing put on it for the TV
|
10/02/06, 09:53 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Northern Minnesota
Posts: 298
|
|
|
Am I the only one who is not interested in this show?
__________________
~Be the change you wish to see in the world. 
|
10/02/06, 10:08 PM
|
 |
|
|
Join Date: May 2002
Location: N E Texas
Posts: 5,362
|
|
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by northstarpermie
Am I the only one who is not interested in this show?
|
HHMMMM..... perhaps not, perhaps you're the only one who felt the need to say it outloud. Some reason you want to rain on someone else's parade? 
Halo
__________________
formerly known as HaloHead
****************************************
"... And what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?" Micah 6:8
|
10/02/06, 10:09 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Missouri
Posts: 2,748
|
|
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by northstarpermie
Am I the only one who is not interested in this show?
|
Probably not, but I'm sure many people who aren't interested just move on to something they are interested in and they don't waste time on something they don't care anything about.
|
10/02/06, 10:21 PM
|
|
Homebrewed Happiness
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Z9
Posts: 602
|
|
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by quntmphscs
Probably not, but I'm sure many people who aren't interested just move on to something they are interested in and they don't waste time on something they don't care anything about.
|
naw, i dont think most of us are interested in this show, hell i doubt most of us watch tv. i vaguely know what it is, i know what the idea is though.
I think it's great she wanted to be on the show and she got it, kudos, but like the other guy said, most people here arent interested in tv.
i dont think he meant it as an attack on the original poster, i think it was just more of a "tv? whossawhatsa?" comment.
calm yourself
|
10/02/06, 10:31 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Missouri
Posts: 2,748
|
|
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Paranoid
naw, i dont think most of us are interested in this show, hell i doubt most of us watch tv. i vaguely know what it is, i know what the idea is though.
I think it's great she wanted to be on the show and she got it, kudos, but like the other guy said, most people here arent interested in tv.
i dont think he meant it as an attack on the original poster, i think it was just more of a "tv? whossawhatsa?" comment.
calm yourself |
Oh, I'm very calm. I'm very interested in seeing my online friend on TV.
|
10/02/06, 10:34 PM
|
|
El Paso
|
|
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Alaska
Posts: 1,969
|
|
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by quntmphscs
Oh, I'm very calm. I'm very interested in seeing my online friend on TV.
|
I think that is the attraction for most of us. I wouldn't watch this show normally, but I wouldn't miss the chance to see a forum member on TV.
Nikki
|
10/02/06, 10:56 PM
|
 |
Chicken Mafioso
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: N. TX/ S. OK
Posts: 26,190
|
|
|
I can't wait to see it!
__________________
JESUS WAS NOT POLITICALLY CORRECT
|
10/02/06, 11:35 PM
|
 |
AFKA ZealYouthGuy
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: NW Pa./NY Border.
Posts: 11,453
|
|
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by northstarpermie
Am I the only one who is not interested in this show?
|
No, you're probably the only one on HT that doesn't. See, we sort of like each other here and want to support each other. So even if we don't like the show, we DO like Dana and her family.
Heck, I MIGHT even watch the show if you were on it...
|
10/03/06, 12:15 AM
|
 |
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Kansas
Posts: 4,507
|
|
I can't WAIT to see this one! I'll be at work and the VCR doesn't recored, but already convinced my mom to record it!! The one tonight was kind of boring, but this one DEFINITELY sounds interesting!!
I can't stand spolied rich ******s!! 
|
10/03/06, 06:09 AM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Maine
Posts: 1,397
|
|
Now I'd just as soon use the tv as a boat anchor if DW would let me, but yeah, I'll watch this just because a forum member is on it
|
10/03/06, 06:46 AM
|
 |
|
|
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Indiana
Posts: 1,292
|
|
|
I have watched the show a time or two but will definitely record this one. DH has already set the tv to download it so that if we're busy that night I can watch it later. It's like having a family member on tv.
I'll be interested to see the spin that the producers put on it also.
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 01:09 AM.
|
|
Check us out out "
