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Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (A Parody)

GiggleSugar — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 03:00:00 -0700

These folks skewer the formula of "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" in a variety of ways. For starters, it's now just called "I'm Nice!" In addition, the team shows up to fix up a perfectly fine upper middle class home, but not before they announce that one of the family members has cancer. What do they do to "fix up" this home? Find out for yourself...

Sandra Lee Shoots Back at Food Elitists

YumSugar — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:50:37 -0700

To promote her appearance as a celebrity volunteer on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, TV chef Sandra Lee chatted with Walletpop about the merits of jarred garlic, premade cosmos, and other random musings. But the Food Network star waits for the end of the interview to leave the biggest takeaway: Being a foodie isn't about snobbery.

"A lot of people think that foodies are this huge, elitist group in the sky that are there to critique and to judge. Can I tell you? If you eat, you're a foodie. If you have an opinion about what you're tasting, that makes you a foodie. Your job in life is to enjoy your life. So whatever makes it easier, faster, and more wonderful, that you can enjoy your life by, God bless you."

After watching Sandra defend her position with poise, I have to say I agree with her. Why are certain subsets of eaters more entitled to make judgments than others? Say what you will about Sandra Lee. She may not be the most popular of cooking personalities, yet she continues to take on her opponents with kindness.

Are you surprised by Sandra's public statement? Do you agree with her?

Another Extreme Home Makeover Homeowner Struggles

SavvySugar — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:30:57 -0700

Anyone would be beyond thrilled to call a six-bedroom Mediterranean style home their own, and former drug addict turned community charity founder Sadie Holmes was especially grateful the Extreme Makeover: Home Edition team built her a home fitting that description. While they were at it, the team built an office for Sadie's charity adjacent to her home.

Sadie was all moved into her Florida home by February 2006, and a month later she was cleared to run a volunteer organization from her home office. The permit came with the caveat that prohibited "outside storage of any materials" unless they were hidden from view, and within months she incurred costly infractions for things like portable restrooms and abandoned vehicles.

A $29,000 lien was place on Sadie's house when she failed to show up on at least one occasion to plead her case to the code-enforcement board, and she risks losing her home if she can't come up with the money. The $29,000 is difficult for her to come up with because of her other expenses, like $3,000 for her charity's storage and $6,600 annual property taxes. Sadie plans on appealing her case.

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Should This Extreme Home Makeover Family Be Forgiven?

SavvySugar — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:04:03 -0700

This is one Extreme Makeover: Home Edition story that may leave you with a bout of frustration rather than a waterfall of tears. Some of the 1,800 volunteers that worked night and day to build the Harper family's new four-bedroom home in 2005 are reeling with aggravation after learning the family's home will be auctioned due to foreclosure.

The donated materials used to build the home are valued at about $450,000, and the construction company donated an additional $250,000 for a home-maintenance fund and scholarships for the family's three kids. Rather than be satisfied with this generosity, the Harpers decided to test their luck and used the home as collateral for a $450,000 loan to start a construction business that ultimately failed.

The mayor of Lake City, GA, helped construct the home for his city's residents and had this to say about the unhappy ending: "It's aggravating. It just makes you mad. You do that much work, and they just squander it." Do you think they should be blamed for making a careless decision, or should they be forgiven for trying to continue bettering their lives?

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Should Extreme Home Makeover Reevaluate Its Efforts?

SavvySugar — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:00:37 -0700

The recent news of an Extreme Makeover: Home Edition family losing their home to foreclosure because of a bad loan decision has pushed other stories to the surface.

Eric Herbert of Sandpoint, ID, has put his family's made-over home on the market because of financial strain from increased home maintenance and utility costs. He said, "I’m not doing it (selling) to make a profit. I’m doing it not to lose money. I just hope people understand the reality of it."

Should ABC consider revising their reputation for building homes many times the size of the originals?

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What to TiVo: Sunday

BuzzSugar — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:50:31 -0800

ABC is new with Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Desperate Housewives, and Brothers and Sisters
CBS is new with Amazing Race, Three Rivers, and Cold Case
FOX is new with The Simpsons, The Cleveland Show, Family Guy, and American Dad
NBC has Sunday Night Football: Patriots at Colts
AMC is new with The Prisoner
E! is new with 20 Best & Worst Celebrity Plastic Surgery Stories, Girls Next Door, and Leave It to Lamas
The Food Network is new with Food Network Challenge and Next Iron Chef
HBO is new with Curb Your Enthusiasm
Showtime is new with Dexter and Californication
MTV has repeats of MTV Cribs and has The Addams Family
VH1 has repeats of Sex Rehab With Dr. Drew and Tough Love 2

What to TiVo: Sunday

BuzzSugar — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:50:58 -0800

ABC is new with Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Desperate Housewives, and Brothers and Sisters
CBS is new with The Amazing Race, Three Rivers, and Cold Case
FOX is new with Family Guy, Family Guy Presents: Seth & Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show, and The Cleveland Show
NBC has Sunday Night Football: Cowboys at Eagles
ABC Family has The Prince & Me: A Royal Honeymoon
AMC is new with the season finale of Mad Men
E! is new with Keeping Up With the Kardashians, Girls Next Door and Leave It to Lamas
The Food Network is new with Iron Chef America
HBO is new with Curb Your Enthusiasm and Bored to Death
Showtime is new with Dexter and Californication
MTV is new with Styl'd
VH1 is new with Tool Academy 2

Buzz Gift Guide: Mommy Dearest

BuzzSugar — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:30:44 -0800

What to get the woman who raised you? She may not be as hard to shop for as grandma or dad, but I still have a few ideas. Mine is a Dancing With the Stars fanatic, so I'm snatching up their new workout DVD. Also on the list: Valerie Bertinelli's memoir and a cute Liz Lemon tote to take to the grocery store. I'm considering a TiVo, too - that way, she doesn't have to decide between The Amazing Race and Extreme Makeover: Home Edition on Sunday nights anymore. (Really, it's like Sophie's Choice.)

But if my suggestions don't strike your fancy, check out all of the gift guides across the Sugar network. You're sure to find something!

What to TiVo: Sunday

BuzzSugar — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:50:39 -0700

ABC is new with Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Desperate Housewives, and Brothers and Sisters
CBS is new with The Amazing Race, Three Rivers, and Cold Case
FOX is new with World Series, Game 4: Yankees at Phillies
NBC has National Treasure
The Food Network is new with Food Network Challenge, Next Iron Chef, and Iron Chef America
HBO is new with Curb Your Enthusiasm and Bored to Death
Showtime is new with Dexter and Californication
AMC is new with Mad Men
MTV has repeats of The Hills and The City, and is new with Styl'd
VH1 has repeats of Tool Academy 2 and is new with Sex Rehab With Dr. Drew
E! is new with Girl Next Door and Leave It to Lamas

What to TiVo: Sunday

BuzzSugar — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:50:41 -0700

ABC is new with Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Desperate Housewives, and Brothers and Sisters
CBS is new with The Amazing Race, Three Rivers, and Cold Case
FOX has repeats of The Simpsons, Family Guy, and American Dad
NBC has Sunday Night Football: Cardinals at Giants
ABC Family has Edward Scissorhands and Beetlejuice
AMC has The Shining and is new with Mad Men
The Food Network is new with Next Iron Chef and Iron Chef America
HBO is new with Curb Your Enthusiasm and Bored to Death
Showtime is new with Dexter and Californication
VH1 is new with Tool Academy 2 and My Antonio
MTV is new with P. Diddy's StarMarker
E! is new with The Girls Next Door and Leave It to Lamas