"Extreme Makeover Home Edition" for gays

[JayQueer]

Have you guys heard of the TV program "Extreme Makeover Home Edition" on ABC?

It's an American TV program where, in each episode, they either renovate or completely demolish and build a new home for a needy but deserving family. Many of the families featured in the show have struggled against some insurmountable odds, such as being orphaned, serving disabled people, battled against a terminal disease, or were military veterans who were severely disabled while serving in the line of duty.

The TV show has running for at least 7 or 8 years, but I don't recall any episodes in which the recipients of the home were a gay male couple, or perhaps 2 gay men who were legally married. I don't recall any lesbian or transgender couples either who were featured in the program.

Do you guys know of any LGBT families who might be deserving of being featured on "Extreme Makeover Home Edition?" Perhaps a family headed by 2 gay parents who have done a lot of good for the local community, but are facing harsh challenges of their own to cope and survive?

Perhaps we can start a campaign to search and recommend a deserving LGBT family that should be featured on ABC's "Extreme Makeover Home Edition."

What do you guys think?

 

[palbert]

I think you're trying too hard.

 

[gsdx]

The TV show has running for at least 7 or 8 years, but I don't recall any episodes in which the recipients of the home were a gay male couple, or perhaps 2 gay men who were legally married. I don't recall any lesbian or transgender couples either who were featured in the program.

There's a reason for that. Nobody of any importance would watch it. The ABC switchboard would light up. Sponsors would pull out. It would be a ratings disaster.

Until the US pulls its collective heads out of its collective ass, Ty isn't going to be rebuilding a gay American home any time soon.

 

[palbert]

Maybe if we added a little pizz-azz, say something to make it gay:

Have you ever made sucking a cock, an even more delicious experience?

I just had a fantasy about pouring warm chocolate fudge all over a man's hard, huge cock, then some whipped cream, and putting a cherry on top.

First, I would eat the cherry and lick off all of the whipped cream and warm chocolate fudge. Then I would get to suck on his cock until the warm, white filling came out.........and down my throat!

Have any of you guys combined food with your sexual experiences?

What a yummy combination!

 

[refujiunderground]

that show is STILL on the air? it hasn't been cancelled yet?

never could bring myself to watch a whole entire episode of that shit because it's wack and ty pennington acts way too happy go lucky to the point where it's unbearable to watch.

 

[JayQueer]

I hate that dumb show... there have been many cases where the poor families get those big homes and can't afford to maintain it (utility bills, etc). There have been several cases where the homes later went into foreclosure. The show should be cancelled in my opinion. I'm sure its ratings are in the toilet too. I can't believe I used to watch it.

The other problem is they tend to build up grandiose homes in neighborhoods that can't support such a home... so good luck selling it.

I actually like when they tear down the old houses and build new mansions in their place.

In fact, wealthy people do it all the time. From the Hamptons to Santa Monica. In most desirable, established neighborhoods where there is no more available land, the only option is to find some old 2000 square foot cottage from the 1930s or 1940s and raze it. And in its place, rises a 10,000 square foot "Tuscan villa" with large pillars, marble floors, and a grand sweeping staircase with large diamond chandeliers.

 

[Nomenclature]

Actually, I don't know much about real estate, but i've heard something about this show: They build a really expensive house in their same neighborhood, so they can't the house later on because the property value is worth so much less than the house is actually worth.

Something like that. Anyone know more about this?

 

[JayQueer]

RazorEdge, I too am favor of small homes. Far less costly to clean, maintain and such.

I personally like bigger homes. My dream home would have at least 4 bedrooms & at least 5 bathrooms (including his & his walk-in closets), an office/den, a library, an indoor gym, yoga room, indoor movie theater with stadium seating, wine cellar & tasting room, and parking for at least 3 cars.

And importantly, it would need to be in a desirable neighborhood with a good public school district. I want to raise children with my husband in the suburbs.

 

[JayQueer]

The problem with doing that is they are building those mansions in neighborhoods that are predominantly working class. I'm not talking about the rich. I'm talking about this show. I feel really bad when families go into foreclosure simply because they can't afford to keep the home.

Yes, I know what you mean.

I think you're thinking about the houses they did on the show back in 2004 through 2007.

With the collapse of the economy and housing slump in more recent years, I read somewhere that they were focusing on building more smaller, more affordable-to-maintain homes for the recipients of that TV show.

 

[JayQueer]

I think the show really has to be cancelled. Plus I can't stand Ty Pennington.

But that gay guy is on the show...........I don't remember his name.........I think he's Latino.........he will lose his job....

 

[rareboy]

McMansions.

Promoting the unsustainable American dream where the shrinking middle class can all afford to live like the 1%.

The show is vile.

 

[Just_Believe18]

I personally like bigger homes. My dream home would have at least 4 bedrooms & at least 5 bathrooms (including his & his walk-in closets), an office/den, a library, an indoor gym, yoga room, indoor movie theater with stadium seating, wine cellar & tasting room, and parking for at least 3 cars.

And importantly, it would need to be in a desirable neighborhood with a good public school district. I want to raise children with my husband in the suburbs.

You created this thread just so you could say this.

 

[gsdx]

I actually like when they tear down the old houses and build new mansions in their place.

In fact, wealthy people do it all the time. From the Hamptons to Santa Monica.

That's not the point of the show, though.

Example: Single father on welfare with 3 grown-up boys (all over the age of 18). None of the boys have beds. The father can't afford to buy them. They sleep on the floor. None have jobs. Since they rent, the house can't be torn down, so land is bought in the neighbourhood and a huge house is built for them with huge, honkin', flat-screen TVs in every room.

They couldn't even afford beds. They couldn't afford anything more than a hovel. How are they going to pay the electrics for the place let alone the taxes and upkeep.

When the show first came on, Ty and his crew went in to fix problems. No volunteers. No helpers. No donations. No sponsors. No demolition. No 'volunteer' parades. No 'Move That Bus!!' No nothing except helping people.

Now look at it. ABC doesn't pay anything except the designers' salaries. Everything is donated. Everything is free. It's a 1-hour commercial.

The volunteers don't know these people. They wouldn't even be there if they didn't get a free hard hat, T-shirt, and, if they're lucky, get their faces on TV.

The whole show is a farce and is making ABC millions of dollars every episode and leaving a lot of families in financial ruin because they can't afford the 'mansions' Ty doesn't build for them. Did you know he's rarely on-site? He's there for the opening, the closing, and the promo shots in the rest of the show. He doesn't even do the room he claims to be doing. Like I said, the show is a farce.

 

[TickTockMan]

You created this thread just so you could say this.

I was wondering if anyone else thought that.

 

[BeanSprout]

I saw lesbians once

 

[NotHardUp1]

What? This one?

 

[fabulouslyghetto]

What? This one?

No, it was a thread specifically about the show House Hunters and specifically about young couples who don't have "real" jobs but have exorbitant budgets for their homes. I have a photographic memory, I can tell people I've known over a decade what kind of shirt they were wearing when we met. It isn't universal, I've forgotten a lot but I've also retained a lot of random useless information, such as the existence of that thread, almost verbatim, years ago. If I get bored enough I may try to dig it up which could prove difficult since archive oblivion doesn't seem infinite anymore.