Upon hearing about the show (August 24, 2006):

I just heard on t.v. that the 13th season of Survivor will be segrated by race… “white”, “black” “Hispanic” or “Asian”. We don’t have enough things going on, so I guess CBS wants to spice it up a little! Possibly an attempt to homogenize us again… sorry CBS you’ve missed the mark, many of us are of mixed race, not to mention people who were adopted or married someone of another race.
I think there were problems with the racial balance on many of the shows but this is NOT the answer! We need more examples of racial diversity being a positive thing, wouldn’t it have been nice to have a tribe of different/mixed races working together to win the challenges? (only show I can think of is Star Trek, of course a white male was in charge, but at least it looked good). Instead people will huddle to their corners and root for the teams by their ethnicity, don’t even giving the tribes names, people will just call them the “” group. For those of you wondering, I’m not sure if I will watch this season… I’ve started each season and only 3 or 4 have stuck for the duration.

After Watching Two Episodes:

I am so done with this show! This is the lamest version yet! CBS you need some new energy going on! Your gimmick did not work!

Soon my wonderful, sweet husband will spend countless hours in front of the t.v. watching sport center or, if he’s lucky… watching the actual games. As you can probably tell, if you are very sharp, I will NOT be watching those games with him. I will be bored to death on the couch, or I will pester him about things I want to do or get done.
In some cases, I will pack 1, 2 or 3 kids and head out the door to “do something”. He will likely respond that he is “doing something”. I may leave to go shopping, visit a neighbor, or visit the Children’s Museum, maybe this year I will venture out to a kid movie, it doesn’t matter as long as I get away.
In other cases, he will go with us, but I can tell by the look in his eye, he really wants to be home watching “the game”. If we go out to eat at a place with t.v.’s, he will try to postition himself to watch the scores. If another man comments about his team wear (sometimes I know he picks the opposite team from the regional favorites!). Then I have to listen and smile politely as if I’m interested (I really don’t HAVE to, but like to be viewed as ‘nice’). Usually when the person leaves, I will have to get a breakdown on what he said, why he said it, how he’s gonna wish he never said it (when they lose)…. or on the other hand, he will agree whole heartedly and explain his reasoning (this part can last a loooong time).
I wish I could be in involved in this part of my husband’s life, he really cares about the game and the players. I’ve tried but I find it so boring, can’t they do something interesting during the game? I don’t know what they could incorporate but losing that “stadium music” would be a start. Not to mention that song about “those twins” if they play that again, I’m going to vomit for sure. And all the Gatorade things, how annoying, then when they have the players wearing Gatorade headbands or headscarves… give me a BREAK. And all those MEAN, angry looks from the coaches make me so mad, I want to scream out, “you’ve got it made, you’re on t.v., you make lots of money!! Smile!” The only time *I* cheer is when the coaches get dunked with the drinks!

hi everyone, my kids have just started watching Handy Manny on the Disney Channel during playhouse Disney. They like the show and the musical segments as well as the “tools”. Little C thinks it’s funny everybody else talks to the tools. The Spanglish aspect is almost as annoying when people do this in real life. For those who do not know, Span-glish is mixing English & Spanish in the same sentence. Growing up in New York, I am so used to it, it’s nice that they are introducing this to our children! Gracias Disney! A positive point is that they learn a Spanish word in every episode, so that’s enough justification for me — watch away!