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yea some real high octance coffee. they do have some nice jigs
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Hey back to this Michael H. show. I am willing to share in the millions of dollars in potential earnings to have somebody take my idea and develop it into a t v show. How about a soap opera about this guy and Martha S. ( no last names to protect the guilty). They could walk us through all of the details of building our own homes. This could make "home Improvement" look like a serious show.
Is this a marriage made in heaven or what?
*The biggest kick I get out of that show is "Super Handyman" Al something or other. I wouldn't let that guy change a lightbulb for me.
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Can't beat the "Handymodels" Theresa and Sonya. Gotta love a girl who can run a post hole auger that's 2/3 her size. Sonya looks and sounds suspiciously like a spokesmodel for that "get your degree at home" correspondence school. You know, the one Sally Struthers used to shill for before she got too big to be reformatted to fit your screen. Then there's Steve Greenberg. That guys got bit parts on more HGTV shows than you can stand to watch.
As far as Holligan goes, can't begrudge his sucess. I wouldn't mind having a NASCAR team with my name on it!
*I always laugh at these shows when they quickly go over something which you really want to see closely like, "now we'll simply snap a line for cutting the hip on this octagon roof..." but THEN they focus the camera for 10 or 11 seconds everytime they hammer in a nail! Start counting next time you watch. After you've extended all ten fingers say to yourself, "so that's how you hammer a nail. Glad I didn't miss THAT!" DH
*Doesn't anyone like the "Adventures in Homebuilding" guy? Recent exchange:Homeowners: We noticed there was no garage door opener installed.Builder: Of course not. We don't even offer one.H: How are we supposed to open the door?B: Do you have any children?H: Yes, we have a 10 year old son.B: Great! Then make him the garage door opener.
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By a quirk of scheduling, I have been home at a time to see this show on the Discovery Channel. As how-to shows go, it has a good mix of topics, but some of the stuff is just plain wrong. Things like "GFCI's protect you from surges", "you should have a cleanout tee in the wall next to every drain in your house", and "insulation around hot water pipes to prevent condensation and mold".
There is a great segment on the show called "Adventures in Homebuilding" where a slimeball builder "comforts" prospective homeowners with pearls of wisdom like "you don't have to worry about picking out door styles because we didn't put any in, so you won't feel closed in". Often hilarious.
Has anyone else seen this show?
*Yup - I check in on it regularly. But I'm not allowed to watch it if my Wife's in the room. She says: "Why do you watch it if you're going to criticize everything they do?"I think they've just dumbed it down so the lowest end of the DIY crowd can identify with it. I particularly thought the one about mold and i hot water pipes was ridiculous.
*I saw one episode where they showed a lady (designer) doing a kitchen wall.I kid you not, this lady went out in the back yard, picked a bunch of weeds, and set them out to dry.Next she had some drywall mud in a pan, and a taping knife. She spread mud on the wall, the stuck the weeds in the drywall mud. That was the end of it. No priming, painting, sealing, etc... Ugliest thing I ever saw. I guarantee that somebody paid this lady a lot to do this to the wall.James DuHamel
*Martha Stewart? lolSeriously tho', I have seen some stunning artwork made similarly (and I've used dried plants in weavings and other art, myself). Can't imagine it on an entire wall, much less a kitchen wall where the combo of grease and dust would get to the exposed plants, and get "wiped off" the surface if one tried to clean it. Dried plants, if untreated with a water-repellant of some sort that allows them to be "washed," always have to be thrown out periodically, unless one lives in a dust-free environment. Ha! Not my house!Wish I got this show. Sounds like it's good for some laughs.
*I've seen it a couple times. My only impression was that the guy who the show is named for is just full of himself. Since we already have Steve Thomas, didn't he do any market research?MD
*I've seen it a few times, I agree they give some pretty questionable tips. Isnt the host, Micheal Holligan, some high volume builder down south?Chuck
*yup. he works in in Colorado, Illinois, Missouri, New Mexico, Tennessee, Texas and Utah, says the web site that bears his name.
*Gentlemen. I've written several letters to Holligan about questionsable and wrong information, but never received a reply. Their webmaster told me if I ahd problems to contact him, but my long conversations with him got nowhere. About the only TV show I seen that is 99% error free is Jon Eakes's program. He's a Canadian and very knoweldgeable on building. Don't know if his show is still on. GeneL
*Anyone watch the "Router Workshop"?Technically, they aren't so bad, but half the show consists of chucking up a new bit.the shop coats...the set...the "shop"...you gotta see it, it's...it's...it's your highschool shop teacher and his son, and mom designed the set.
*Yep I've seen that one a time or two too. I think those guys drink way to much coffee, seem pretty hyper to me. Chuck
*yea some real high octance coffee. they do have some nice jigs