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Count me out. Ugh. I come across enough assholes in everyday life; I certainly don't need to watch one on TV.

Count me out too as I'm not a fan of flipping homes in the hopes of making a profit (and getting richer) when a home is for shelter and really, at it's basic level is a necessary need for all of human kind.

this show is so delicious!!! I love it.

i love it too. it's hilarious, but also really educational. i think the flipping industry is fascinating.

It's a frustrating show to watch, because you almost wish you could cure him of his OCD, but at the same time, you know it would make him less of a designer.

The work he does with the homes isn't just "a flip," it's a redesign that brings light and life to them. The fact that he lives in them before selling is a true testament as to his craft.

I hate to admit just how fascinating this show is. His drink order in the first episode and his assistant's breakdown after the cat's disastrous acupuncture session in the second one are priceless.

Ugh, I feel a mini-rant coming on.

This show looks horrific. Thanks Bravo for perpetuating the Type-A Angeleno asshole archetype. The "personalities" usually featured in this type of programming make me ashamed of my people (Angelenos, gays, those with money, Angeleno gays with money, etc.)

Bravo must go away. Oh how far you have fallen from the days in which you were developed and marketed as "the arts channel." Now you're just another of the many lowest common denominator-appealing reality trash-fest networks, but dressed up in H&M, Banana Republic and Club Monaco (or anyone else willing to co-brand with you).

And that goes double for Andy Cohen. His programming and marketing abilities are myopic, focused specifically on: WHAT'S. HOT. NOW. Andy, please stop pandering to "the gays." Your blog (like most of Bravo's other online elements) is wretched. We don't want to be cool like you. We don't want to sleep with you. Or your self-promoting (yet firmly-sculpted) ass. Shut up already.

Reality TV has ruined Los Angeles. You can't go anywhere around town without running into these pompous blowhards and their collective false sense of entitlement. You were on the first season of a low budget TV show on the Lingerie Network. Good for you. You didn't win a Pulitzer. Get over yourself, your 15 minutes are up... so don't try to force out my dinner reservation because you "Tee-hee... just decided to stop by for Mojitos with your girlfriends." Outtamyway, Trishelle.

There. All better.

it's a train wreck I just have to watch happen...but agree with Enrique that Reality TV has ruined LA.

Well, if we all stopped watching crappy programs like these, producers would stop developing them.

In a perfect world, it would be like the sound of a reality show catfight in the forest with no one there to hear it...

As much as we like to all complain that networks are feeding us "crap", the truth is the public deserves a lot of the blame themselves for the continuing downward spiral of quality programming. People are addicted to manipulated and artificial drama, and they'll get strangely proud and defensive about the habit. I kind of think of these design reality shows in the same vein as WCW wrestling for the aesthete crowd: people know it's mostly fake, that's it's mostly devoid of any true information, yet they keep watching it over and over for the dramatic body slam.

Just say no to "the big reveal" as money shot.

I met Jeff 7 years ago and I can tell you that he is a genuinely nice guy. I think the TV show makes it seems like he is a total a-hole but I can tell you that he is extremely sweet guy. To be able to pull together 40 homes you have to have somewhat of a type-A personality.

And his lips are real... no plastic surgery.

wow. is it me or does he seem like a nasty boss? i've never seen this show, just that clip, so i'm going out on a limb here... but even if you are incredible at what you do, you still have no right to be rude. i get that the guy must be stressed out, but honestly, when we get that stressed, we need to simplify our life a tad.

i'm tired of shows where they focus more on the "drama" of people bickering than the design. & no, i don't watch them.

however, thanks for the post. :) it's nice to know when new & possibly interesting things come out even if it's not my style.

I dig this show, and I'm surprised that Jeff doesn't seem unreasonable at all. I actually think he's a decent guy with high standards (although he doesn't hold his staff to those standards). He needs to hire some truly professional staffers (I would have fired those fools, or never hired them).
My only issue with Jeff is his wastefulness when flipping properties. I wish he'd give all the ripped-out items to a local place which would recycle/re-sell the materials.
On another note, what's with the maid's ridiculous (old school) outfits? It's more like she's in costume than in uniform! hahahaha...

Ok, I've seen the show maybe twice. The drama gets tiresome but I'm fascinated by someone with OCD being as successful as Jeff is in his business. He has enough $$ to indulge his little fixations and doesn't seem to be stuck in some bathroom washing his hands 200 times a day - go Jeff! He seems to hire people who really want to be doing something else, except for the housekeeper - I like her. The guy with the cell phone fixation - talk about OCD he's got phoneCD. Jeff lets his employees go too far and then looks like an ass when he tries to get them back on the job. He seems like a nice guy who has adopted a clan of misdirected souls who tolerate his idiosyncrasies but then retaliate with passive aggressive acting out. Whenever you/he tries to call out the passive aggressive behaviors you/he like asses because passive aggressive is like enduring the endlessly dripping faucet.

I am hooked, but should admit up front, I live for crap TV, I mean, I counted down the hours until The Hills premiere last night and I'm 35 years old, so obviously I have issues.


The one about that horrible cat Monkey was about the funniest thing I've ever seen.