Did anyone see last night's episode? Unbelievable. I was genuinely moved to tears. What an amazing family. The father is deaf, the mother is almost deaf and the youngest son is blind and autistic. The older son is non-disabled and helps them all way above and beyond any level of duty you would expect from a16-17 yr. old nowadays. Their house was transformed into a perfectly functioning living space that could accomodate almost any disability. I'm not a big fan of reality- home renovation shows as they are generally frivolous and over the top but I've never seen a more deserving family. Everyone involved was touched deeply and the finale was incredible....Marlee Matlin showed up to present the older son with a 50,000 scholarship for university. Incredible.
Extreme Makeover
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Can't stand this show, so I didn't see it, but it makes you wonder why they don't do the makeover for poor, struggling and deserving families all the time.
Surprised they didn't give all the women new boobs at the same time.
Surprised they didn't give all the women new boobs at the same time.
man, thats quite a story. I've got a denegerative disc in my back. my oldest son has learning disabilities, my youngest has diabetes and my wife has cancer... can i get on this show??? where do i appply
Actually, they do.Cock Throppled said:
One episode was a family of 8 (Yes, EIGHT) kids that lost both their parents within three weeks: the mother to heart problems and their father to a heart attack 16 days later. the ages of the kids ranged from 23 to 12. The two eldest were already out of the house. But moved back and became legal guardians of their siblings so as not to break up the family.
not only did the crew fix up the house that the kids had been unable to maintain because money was so tight, but they added over 1000 sq ft to the plan and Sears bought out the mortgage from the bank and handed the papers over to the kids.
Another episode was where the rebuilt the house for a family whose eldest son was in a car accident and left as a parapalegic (sp?). they made the house 100% wheelchair accessible: they put in an elevator so he could go anywhere in the house as well as adding all kinds of technology so that he could operate things such as doors and lights with verbal commands.
Yet another episode was a renovation for a family who was not able to look after their house because their (now) 9 year old daughter had been stricken with lukemia. All the time, energy and money this family had was to pay for their daughter's treatments.
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition is actually a good show. Granted the cast (particularly Ty) can be over the top and obnoxious, but they pick families that need the assistance.
Renovate My Family is the knock-off and just doesn't seem to capture the same amount of heart as Extreme Makeover.
And we won't even get into Monster House
http://abc.go.com/primetime/xtremehome/casting.htmlfuttbucker said:
Although you'll probably want to stop pooning before applying.
I like that new "Fear Factor Makeover" where they lop the ugly parts off your body and make you eat them in the second segment.... yum, yum
