Big Brother 16 — Giving Credit Where Credit Is Due

Okay, here we go! Glad I checked in before turning out my light. 🙂
As usual Lisa, good job!

I was really surprised Frankie was able to win that comp by himself, it was kind of funny since they want him gone so bad and really funny it didn’t matter that Caleb didn’t participate, so suck it BEAST MODE. Poor Donny, I’m sure he will go, wheime fotn it should be Victoria. They keep these people in way too long time for Victoria to head to the jury house.

Zach told Victoria and Nicole every thing about alliance.

@MM…..isn’t Donny already on the block??? I think they’re trying to convince Christine to put up Nicole at the veto meeting instead of Victoria. I may be wrong!! LOL

Thanks Lisa Marie for a very informative blog!! I don’t think this blog would be the same without you!!!

Love my fellow bloggers here because Y’all are AWESOME!!! God bless!!!

Where does everyone get that Donny isnt a good player? It’s this 2 head of house holds that is getting him. He would have to win almost every time some part of the game each week, and he has except this week. Derrick is pulling all the strings. BB is not a fair game this year in my opinion. And Sundays whole show was so edited to be the Frankie show. Made me sick! I cannot help but believe that Frankie had actually played this game before, and production knew it. Hell they probably let him practice before it was a competition.

We love you too Annie! Enjoy your point of view.

Watching the last part of BBAD and Nicole is up in the HOH room talking a mile a minute to Christine trying to stay off the block!! Then at the last minute Victoria walks in and they’re all talking about the guys…especially Frankie!!

I don’t think they realize that it’s one of Them going up…I think. At this point who knows what going to happen!! It’s time like this that I wish I had the live feeds!! LOL!!

@Jolee..thanks darling…I love you and Sissy too!! God bless you and y’all have a good night!!

@Star….I laughed out loud when you talked about your mother not driving. It reminded me of my mom( God bless her soul). She didn’t get her license until her twenties(my dad taught her how to drive, but she only liked to take right turns(left turns freaked her out!!LOL!!And as far as driving on the interstate…..forget it…she wasn’t going there!!! God I miss her sooo much!! I’m going to pray that your knee gets better soon!!

@Travis…which alliance are you speaking of….there are so many!! LOL!!

Goodnight all my friends….looking forward to Wednesday’s show but I have a feeling it’s going to be ALL about Frankie and his big reveal!! LOL!! You know..”The CBS Production Show”!! LOL!!!

Does anyone know where to find Jeff Schroeder’s exit interviews ? I watched them last year, however, it appears we have to pay to see them this year, is that correct ? Much appreciation for all comments/opinions/updates, & a special thanks to Lisa Marie her time & detailed updates. I noticed there are several “night owls” & folks over 55 on here. I’m a “night owl” too, 60+ yrs. old, retired, have NO “earthly” family whatsoever other than my babies, a bear-coat SharPei & Chow Chow. (My “heart” dog went to the Rainbow Bridge 5 yrs. ago & she was my world). She was a bear-coat SharPei also. Just wanted all the “over-55” BB “vets” to know I’m “over-the-hill” & a night owl also. Usually go to bed about 7:00-8:00a.m. & get up around 2:00-3:00p.m. Daytime TV sucks & I don’t have family or anyone to do things with so I don’t feel like I’m missing anything on my weird schedule. Hope to get to know some of you better & eventually be considered one of the”vets.” There are times I want to reply to certain comments, however, there are so many comments to scroll back through to reference certain comments, so I haven’t. As for BB, I’m sooooo ready for Frankie to go & hope Donny has a chance to step up his game, but with Christine being HOH, who knows what she’ll end up doing ! Derrick & Frankie have an unfair advantage over the others & both are liars/master manipulators. As for TA, Derrick & Frankie haven’t included Donny in on what they’re doing hardly at all & I don’t think that’s fair to Donny. He’s been on the block so many times & has no one to align with, so what else can he do besides try to win POV ? I’m not a Victoria fan, however, at least she, Nicole, & Donny, haven’t bullied/manipulated the others. Cody hasn’t done much other than let Derrick dictate what should happen. I hope Haydn comes back in & turns the house upside down again !! Have a great week everyone !! 🙂

@Annie……My mom actually did get her DL when I was in college. But she was so afraid of driving, that she never did drive alone. She was ok with me but my dad wasn’t used to not being at the wheel and made her nervous!!lol I knew alot of ladies like your Mom!! That made ME laugh!!! Thanks for the prayers. See if you can put a rush on them, will ya??? 😉

Chris was telling Vic how AWFUL Frankie was being on the outing. She said she had never met a bigger DIVA in her life!!! He was telling people to get coffee for him and talking to strangers as if they knew him , cuz after ALL, he IS famous!! He also said he hated everyone in the house!! She said it was emotionally exhausting and a LONG 12 hrs and she was glad to be back. She makes it SOUND Like she hates Frankie, and she gets me to believe her everytime!! So when Nic went up to talk to her about an awful convo she had with Frankie and how she was afraid of him and wanted to make sure Chris had her back, I believed her once again! NOW I hear that she is going to put Nic up?? There is so much lying going on in the house that I seriously don’t think anyone can trust anyone else at this pont! Not even allainces. But don’t get me wrong. I’m LOVING it!!! it’s so much better than the unanimous sheep mentality that we have had all summer!

Right now, Derrick and Cody are going to *lock down* Chris and Vic. They know the girls like them and they want them around to take with them to the end as they still plan on being F2. Nic gets in the way of that!!! They want Donny out next and then Zach. Why not Frankie I don’t know. But things change in this house by the minute !!

Ok…enough BB for me!! My head is spinning!!lol

Peace,love and light!! ♥

If no one thinks Frankie is not playing this game to win be aware he knows exactly when to put things out there and yes he was worried why do you think he still broke down and decided to pull the ace out of the hat and tell them he was cough cough “famous” but that being said Derrick is also playing a very good game and kudo’s to him ~ mostly they forget once they get comfortable it is still just that “a game” and people will lie to their faces and try to manipulate them ~ Derrick told right to someone’s face either Vic or Nic do not trust anyone in this house even him because “IT IS A GAME” no one is going to sneeze at the final 2 money ~ am with whoever said that I do not think Donnie has a very strong social game he might come thru on competitions but he is not trying to make himself socially active and even on the live feeds he has pretty much stayed to himself ~ yes he is likable and those outside are rooting for him because he is not the norm he is older but remember its a game and those that play it well deserve to win ~ for me I want Derrick to take home the grand prize ~ props also to Caleb that he stuck to his guns and sat down and yes he could of been ruder and ruined Frankies chances but he didnt and that I give him kudos to for not ~ one last bit for me that I think Christine mentioned she didnt care who Frankie was famous or not it is still the point everyone in that house is trying for the money for some reason or not ….

@ 15 J Renee’ : Jeff’s exit interviews are on the CBS Big Brother site under the VIDEO tab:
http://www.cbs.com/shows/big_brother/video/ueyZmjxxgcu9hiOTvAink4_fg12vpLw1/big-brother-live-chat-hayden-voss/

Did anyone know Hayden was a star Ice Hockey player from New England? In 2011 he was awarded a Boston Bruins Ice Hockey Sportsmanship Medal.
http://2.cdn.nhle.com/bruins/images/upload/2011/03/Voss_Awards_slide.jpg
“The Boston Bruins organization is also proud to announce the 2011 recipients of the Boston Bruins Ice Hockey Sportsmanship Medal. These student-athletes were selected for best exemplifying a commitment to the ideals of sportsmanship throughout the season. These young men and women demonstrated a tremendous commitment to teamwork and exhibited respect both on and off the ice. ”
He’s from Marlboro Massachusetts
http://www.gosuffolkrams.com/sports/mice/2012-13/bios/voss_hayden_z412

1st Thanks Lisa Marie, because everything you are preaching I am buying. But watching Frankie so much is starting to make my coffee taste really rank in the mornings. 25 years ago I had changed my beliefs and feelings about mixed marriages and gays rights because I’m from the stupid part of the South. I owe it all to my daughter teaching me as long as that person treats you with respect and kindness what matters about skin color. But now comes along a Frankie that just makes me wonder if this is what the Gay and Lesbian community stand for then they are looking for ‘MORE ATTENTION’ than just that they happen to have different sexual preferences. I believe this looks really bad for them and I hope that part of ‘Our’ community does not appreciate what he is portraying on Big Brother. And that’s on CBS for doing this because they knew what we would get and from what I am reading it’s not being received very well. Sure, Frankie already set to win Fan Favorite, ( not fair). How do you think he was picked to be one if TEAM AMERICA, to already be winning $$$ before even getting to any competitions. Enough of Frankie Time: just wanted to express my thoughts. And J Renee’ our stories sound very similar with our pets. They are truly like family, I just had to put one down and it’s awful. She let a tear fall on my hand the Morning I was holding her. My Best Friend! And another thing is I consider everyone on this Blog as Really good friends. A lot of you might not realize it but there is quiet a few people on here that are up here in age and we use this blog daily and look forward to reading others comments and feeling connected. Some are disabled, some homebound, you just don’t know what a simple conversation with someone means everyday and in that I say Thank You LISA MARIE FOR YOUR TIRELESS AND NEVERENDING WORK IN KEEPING US INFORMED ABOUT THE SHOWS WE ALL LOVE SO MUCH!
Jeanne & Sissy Jolee@ being 81 years YOUNG – would have never ever have guessed and what a pleasure to read yalls wisdom. If I still lived in Sun City by March Air Force Base, I’d take you to lunch. Was watching season 1 and so weird, I believe they only had 10 players! And then another season what about the hidden bedroom found with the clues under the compass written backwards that had 2 full beds in it! Wonder if it is still in the walls. So cool to go back and watch Howie and Janell in the beginning. And what about the Hot Tub that had a locked cover on it and had to find the hidden key to uncover it. Guess where it was? As much as I respect Donny I think it’s time for him to enjoy the rest if his summer and go to the Jury House because I don’t think he has a chance of getting to the end with no other close person with him. At least there is hope that Hayden can come back, but that might have to happen before Frankie gets there because if it’s America Voting again, Frankie will get voted back into house! 🙁

Donny is so frustrating and I’m over him. He flat out refused to work with anyone from the get go, except TA and that’s disappointing. Of course his career as a grounds keeper helped forge that trait, because they spend all of their time mowing, hedge trimming, etc… and they really never work within the team environment.

Donnie= Useless as far as the game goes
Derrick= Game master
Cody, Christine, Frankie= Minions
Nicole= late bloomer, but too late to amount to anything
Victoria= Forever a pawn and disposable
Caleb, Zach= This years basket cases and are just around for entertainment. The King’s Fools.

OK lets get this straight. Frankie rides on the coat tails of his sister. He would be nothing without her. He cannot stand the fact that his sister is famous. I had never heard of him until this show. He has lied to the house about # of followers. Matter of fact, many of the followers he has on YT, fb and instagram are the same people. So the actual number of unique followers are no where near what he has said. Anyone that might be following may ‘unfollow’ him when they find out what he is really like.His ‘gay’ characteristics are merely for attention. His kissing and hugging are way over the top and not genuine.

And saying that he is sending the winnings to Africa. Like c’mon. After tax whatever he has left he will keep a portion of it. By saying he will donate proves to the others that the does not need the money for himself. The others need the money.

Well as you can read I am not a fan of Frankie. And the way he has carried himself is very damaging to his image. He is disgusting self centered person and needs to be voted out ASAP.

No Donny better not be voted out. I will be through watching if he goes he is my favorite. Christine needs to put up Frankie or Nicole.

Good morning everyone..Be back after coffee (_)o .

I was thinking about the power Donny has on so many. I agree that he is a likable man but then again, I think the entire cast is the most generally sound, well balanced and good natured group ever. They don’t spend their days demeaning others (season 12-Britney & Ragan went overboard making fun of Rachel). They don’t act like animals playing each other (season 9- Matt took advantage of poor Natalie – even I’m still traumatized!). They don’t live their days counting down the moments until their next cigarette or argue over how many ounces of wine/beer another HG had (most seasons) and they don’t make racial slurs (season 15- who can forget Aaryn). You could go on and on-part of the reason we all watch, admittedly!

My point is that we have a normal group of players who all came in with different personalities & skill sets. And yet “nice” is the best we have? Sorry, I haven’t seen Donny play hard. I have seen Derrick, even Zach put effort into game play. Basically, it’s a combination of things that win this game & luck prevails. Cathy was right (line 9) in that there is a disadvantage with 2 HOH. Also, as foolish as it seemed originally, the alliance of 8, turned out to be a major advantage because of the double HOH. It cost Brittney a chance & that girl had enough heart, drive & game play to maybe have won this game. Just because Derrick came in with a “particular set of skills” is no reason to denounce his play. Think how boring the game would be if everyone were middle class, white, kindergarten teachers with equivalent 1040s. Just saying….

Of course it was fixed it was easier to do that challenge by yourself instead of trying to work with someone. Come on, really???

Coffee and Rice Krispie treats what a breakfast. Now back to BB. I am so over Frankie. I have never seen him once just sit and relax and have a meaningful conversation. He reminds me of a male Tinkerbell, except not so cute. Or a June bug fliting and flyting (spell check please) all over the place. Always looking for the camera. Now on to the important stuff. I am also a chronic night owl. Years of owning a bakery. We would finish around 4am. Then it took a few hours to relax enough to get to sleep. About 10 years ago I had chemotherapy and couldn’t sleep. I would be up all night on line playing Bingo. I met so many wonderful people going through the same thing. In fact some of them are my FB friend’s to this day. On the subject of mothers driving. My mother did not drive. But one day when we were about 9 years old, ( we always walked to school) it was raining really hard, my dear Mother decides she’s going to drive us. Hmmmm Well without boring you with the details I will say it was a day I will never forget. Happy blogging everyone. God bless you. {{{HUGS}}}

C’est Moi ici… can it possibly be true? I’ve been waiting for your return… are you really my Old friend???

Lol Ted…that made me chuckle!

C’est Moi Ted
I knew that mentioning your obsession with Jennifer Garner and the Alexander Calder hint was all you would need. Bingo!

Lisa Marie, in addition to your thoroughly delightful summations and comments that deserve a major wow!, I just clicked on your name @44 and, well just let me say, one hum dinger of a wow times google!

@Randall: Most homosexuals don’t behave as outrageously as Frankie. I know a lot of gay men–friends, ex-husband’s brother, my son… I can think of only one who is at all flamboyant. Most of them, you wouldn’t know were gay unless they told you (or you saw them with their significant others). Most of them are “manly men”; they like sports, like to work on cars, build things, etc. Unfortunately, year after year, BB gives us a token gay person who is “out there”, giving the community a bad name. I mentioned on a previous page that my son asked me why there always has to be a queen on BB. I told him to apply for the show and let America know what most gay men are about.

Must better now, thanks Ted.

In my opinion Christine would be foolish to put up Nicole, as should she make it to the final two both Nicole and Hayden would vote against her.

Hi Betty

Sometimes it is easier to win a competition when you don’t have to rely on being in sync with someone else. It should have been obvious once seen that it would be better to play and mess up (because then Frankie couldn’t have gotten lucky). But Caleb is not the top shelf shine from the still and can’t think for himself. I would have died laughing if BB would have only said, “yes you are off the block but because you did not participate you don’t qualify for the reward”. No football excursion for you beast mode cow pie!

Soory typos typing too fast

Sylvie, typos don’t count on this blog. I worked in word processing for over 25 years and I find typos in my blogs all the time! I think the main reason for most of our typos is when typing from a Kindle Fire (like me) or from a Smart Phone, etc… the dang thing changes the word. I don’t always proofread my blogs! For example, when I write to my niece, Cappie, it changes it to Crappie! Not good! Even when I sign my name on e-mail from my Kindle, when I write “Jo” it either changes it to “No” or “Ho.” Really not good!! 🙂

Annie – I so agree, but had to laugh when it suddenly dawned on Christine that she now has three people in jury who would not vote for her if she made it to the final two. She is an idiot! I can’t wait to see her go! Frankie is out for Frankie and won’t help Christine’s husband. He probably sings as off key as Frankie’s sister! I want to see them both out of the house!!

I don’t know if anyone noticed in Parade magazine in the Sunday paper, that Ariana Grande was featured in their “Personalities” page. I’ve heard her sing and she’s got a four octave range according to the article. I don’t like Frankie because of his drama queen behavior but that’s not indicative of gays or lesbians at all. Every group has it’s odd balls and he’s definitely a drama odd ball who behaves like Tinkerbell. Love that!!

LM – just fyi – i tried to post around 1pm – entered submit and waited for it to go on the blog for about 5 mins – i had to leave so i exited out – just letting you know – dont expect you to do anything – but it might ease the minds of others that its not just happening to them.

I think it is time to change the name of Big Brother , to The Frankie Show. For the last 2 days all you see is Frankie crying or saying he is sorry. He needs to be gone . he is the biggest liar there , will stab everyone if he gets the chance. Nicole is the only player to challenge the men and take a stand. Hope she is safe this week and wins HOH and gets rid of the weasel next week.

so obvi they want frankie to win – the owl on bbad has his pink hair

I wrote it backwards!! 😆 Should be Dollars to Donuts!! Zing!!

Betty nobody but you caught The Dollar for Donuts until you brought it to our attention. See what Peter Pan does to us. You caught it while I was still thinking if it was right or was I wrong! Since we already know what’s going to happen Wed. It better to take nap and watch live TVGN or DVR it and hyperspace past commercials.

Right you are Randall, BB is so predictable and Wednesday show will show no surprises. Things won’t get any better till Donny and Christine are gone and we see the Detonators battling it out. Cody is now so dull and seems to be riding on the coattails of Derrick. He has now become the biggest floater in the house. Christine is killing herself game-wise and is at the mercy of the guys. I can’t believe she doesn’t see the forest through the trees! She is so worried America will hate her now for nominating Nicole…at least she got one thing right, as we all do!! 😆

BC – I don’t think Christine will fight to keep Nicole. I think she would be afraid to try for fear of retaliation from her alliance. (I don’t have the LF’s so I could be wrong).

I have been on this blog all day as it is raining cats and dogs out – oops or is dogs and cats! 😆 I must say it is nice other people are here too!

Starfish, I saw the article in Parade too. Until then, I had no clue who the heck she was.

Take care of yourself Bob.

hpr56 – donnie is other one on the block – and derrick assured him he was safe

Hpr the other person is Donny. Betty it is hot as blazes here, I watched the noon news they were saying today may be the hottest day of the year. We have had an incredible summer, even more so than last year becuz there has been minimal humidity, thank gawd.

No that the laundry is done I am really back to BBAD.

beloved comedian robin williams has died

Off to watch Master Chef and a few other programs I recorded last night.

Happy blogging everyone!

Great write ups Lisa Marie, sorry I didn’t mention them earlier!!

just heard about Robin Williams………heart breaking and makes bb seem not so important….or much of anything else. ppl, i know i’ve pissed ppl off before but remember depression knows no age or talent or if you’re rich or poor…i know what it feels like and you never know when it’s going to win. so yeah, words can really hurt even if ppl act like they’re ok…..sometimes, aren’t. His poor family..he must’ve been in so much heart pain..

Tendr, I appreciate your post. I can empathize with people who suffer from depression. The difference between sympathy and empathy: sympathy is when you feel bad for someone going through a trial….empathy is knowing what they are going through because you have been there! God bless Robin Williams’ family.

Betty, yes, I am in Vancouver. It has been a very warm summer, but very limited humidty, thank goodness.

So sorry to hear about Robin Williams. He was such a huge impact on our entertainment for so many decades. Suicide runs in my family. What an awful choice to make. May his soul rest in peace.

Well, while watching BBAD I got to wondering where the expression “throw under the bus” came from. I know I had wondered about this before so I decided to look it up. There doesnt sem to be a definitive answer, but this is part of what I found

http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/30698/whats-the-origin-of-throwing-someone-under-the-bus

I could not agree more.

I just watched Sunday night and saw all the drama. Frankie is a self indulgent snake. There’s more to this than what we see. Frankie’s winning was definitely manipulated. If they wanted the competition thrown by Caleb then, when Caleb saw Frankie was winning, why didn’t he get up to actually play and make Frankie lose?-would have been easy to do in that comp. Why didn’t all the other house guests who were in on trying to get Frankie to stay on the block tell Caleb to get up and help Frankie lose? It wasn’t a secret anymore after the Frankiedrama telling Caleb “look into my eyes…I know you’re going to throw this”. It all looked pretty staged to me. And then on the feeds I’m watching Frankie with his grand announcement about who he is and what he does: he’s rather filled with self exaltation if you ask me.

Erie, I remember Robin Williams on Mork and Mindy. My favorite movie of his was Dead Poet’s Society..

Jolie, Dead Poets Society, Good Morning Vietnam, Mrs. Doubtfire . It’s a toss up which one is my favorite. Williams proved in Aladdin that he was great in animation, too bad he didn’t more of them. The one movie that was difficult to watch was One Hour Photo. IMHO, Robin Williams was the funniest man on the planet and that movie was just to dark, humorless; good work though. One Hour Photo proved Williams was much more than a funny man, but difficult to watch.

50 – a nice round number at which to pause reading.