i hate HGTV

[onethatcares]

It's not that easy and it costs way more than that and it takes much longer to do. All of it.

[Mike Rows His Boat]

1. Is that the Home Depot or the Lowe's show?

Both are the cheaply made-in-China shows.

[mercuryblues]

2. their home buying shows

are scripted and staged.

I miss shows like design on a dime and of course Mike Holmes.

[SeattleVet]

3. Things haven't changed much in the DIY world in many years...

[dhol82]

6. That was brilliant!

I’d like to see Rachel Ray top that one!

[spooky3]

7. LOL! Here is another one I like (Steve Martin).

[GemDigger]

8. I started laughing around 10 seconds in

and finished it a few minutes ago and am still laughing.

[LeftInTX]

18. If cooking shows were honest.......

[Kali]

19. love that one!

saw it originally at the drive in! yes I am old.

[cynatnite]

21. My sides! That was a riot! n/t

[leftieNanner]

30. OMG! LOL!

Thank you for that hilarious howl!

I think it was the narrator's tone that made it so funny.

[SeattleVet]

34. The narrator was doing a perfect impression of the old Kraft segments.

I saw the original move ('The Groove Tube') in the theater when it first came out. Another one (very similar format) was 'Kentucky Fried Movie'.

Neither one of these could possibly be made and released today - much like 'Blazing Saddles'. There are most of the various bits available on YouTube.

[nolabear]

45. From that same movie:

I remember seeing that movie at a drive in and coming very close to dying from laughter.

[dhol82]

4. I dunno

Some of the redesigns are actually quite nice.
Which particular shows are making you nuts?

[LisaM]

5. I watch way too much.

Can I just say that I hate hate hate open floor plans? It's like being in a double wide

[Liberal Veteran]

10. Just once for variety, I'd like to see someone say...

...."You know, we should put up some walls to better define our spaces. I need privacy while cooking."

[LisaM]

14. There was one guy

Who wanted the kitchen separate in case someone was cooking fish!

[Demovictory9]

46. lol.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

11. I likewise don't get the open floor plan thing.

People need privacy. People need separation, especially noise separation. In an open floor plan, if the TV is on, EVERYONE is watching that show. In an open floor plan, you can't close the door on the dirty pots and pans from the dinner you just made. Although maybe people with those open floor plans don't actually cook, maybe that's the secret. I dunno.

If more than one person lives in the place, you absolutely need rooms that are separated from each other. Hell, I live alone and I like having separate rooms with doors that close.

[LakeArenal]

37. There's also a reason all the "vintage" hardwood floors were covered in carpet in the 60's

They are cold, noisy, show every bit of dust. Dog toenails scratch them. Then they begin to creak.

[Demovictory9]

47. no sneaking around in a house with old hardwoods

[GeorgeGist]

17. For family spaces open floor plans are wonderful.

[Tikki]

20. How do you put up the 'baby gate' so the baby doesn't waddle into the kitchen

while you flambé something?

I guess screaming at the poor child over and over to stay out of the kitchen area
might eventually work.

We have a medium size pass through; can still watch what is going on in the family room
but have a door frame to put up a barrier.

Tikki

[cynatnite]

23. Our open floor plan works really well for us...

It's just the kitchen, dining and living room. It's not a huge amount of open space, but it's enough for what we need. It's comfortable.

As beautiful as those huge ones are on HGTV, to me they are too big most of the time.

[LisaM]

29. I like the kitchen separate

For one thing, if I'm having people over, the mess in the kitchen piles up fast; it's hard to keep everything cleaned up (we're in an apartment and there's some separation, but not much). I like full dining rooms too, but I guess I'm just fated to live in small spaces, much as I like big ones.

[leftieNanner]

32. I absolutely agree!

I love to cook and have friends over, but I don't want my dinner guests to be looking at my kitchen mess while they eat. I'm not a fan of the completely open floor plan.

[Liberal Veteran]

9. Wah. I only have $50000 to redo my perfectly functional powder room. Woe is me.

That's the part that gets me.

[cynatnite]

24. They show first time home buyers getting a house for 700k or 800k...

What on earth are they doing for a living?

[dawnie51]

12. i quit watching years ago....

when they got rid of Design on a Dime, and the show where they redid a room with flea market finds. They used to have lots of shows that inspired you to recycle and look within your own house for answers. Now it's all "I'm 28 years old and I want a house that should take me until I'm 50 to afford." Can't stand it anymore.

[Phentex]

22. stainless and granite in the kitchen and 4 to 5 bathrooms...

sometimes one off the kitchen.

[Demovictory9]

48. and bonus rooms, craft rooms, big space at top of stairs

[UTUSN]

13. Haha hah!1

[Xolodno]

15. I laugh at the flip or flop type shows...

...if you don't get the return you expected.... Rent the house out until you do. Not flipping the house means your capital is tied up temporarily which prevents you from buying and flipping another home...starving you of the wind fall profit and having to take it in payments.

But here's a quick tell, how do you know were edging to a recession? Two ways, if you know someone who is a box salesman, they can tell you people aren't buying anything. If you don't, watch the sudden number of "free seminars" that teach you how to flip homes suddenly pop up everywhere. There looking for people actually following through with their "technique" and get burned...then buy the fixed up house at a fire sale...and then rent it out until things recover.

[cynatnite]

25. Have you ever noticed Christina when she's "working"

Her hair, clothes and nails are perfectly styled. Not one bit of muss at all.

I laughed my ass off when she was taking mini-blinds down. She closed her eyes and turned her head when she was pulling on them. It was hilarious.

It was the only reason to watch the show, as far as I'm concerned.

[leftieNanner]

33. I will have to admit that I watch that show too.

But the prices that they quote for the work being done are absurd.

"Complete gut job on this master bathroom - $8,000." Not possible.

[Cousin Dupree]

16. We crack up at the ones where they won't buy a house because they don't like the wall colors

[dhol82]

27. I crack up at the ones when there is perfectly serviceable kitchen or bath and they

say that it just totally needs to be done over.
Those are the ones where they are looking at the vacation house that will set them back $500,000.

[LakeArenal]

38. Saw one with a kitchen a bit like mine

And the young wife said “This is disgusting.”
Disgusting? Wow. It’s clean, nothing cluttered. White appliances (cardinal sin).
Hmmm maybe it is disgusting. She said it was a complete gut job anyway.

[dhol82]

42. Yeah, always with an expensive place that needs crap done to it.

Also find this with when they poo poo two bathrooms and need three or four.
Damn, it’s a freaking vacation house. Are you expecting hordes to descend on you every weekend?

[importDavid]

26. My pet peeve is what the owners do for a living...

"Our budget is 1.2 million"

I raise salamanders and my wife works part time at a daycare.

[dhol82]

28. Well, that is in addition to our side business.

Running drugs for the Mexican cartels.

[Eliot Rosewater]

31. And the new washer, dryer, refrigerator, stove, dishwasher and countertops I have

to buy because of them...

[onethatcares]

35. yes, you understand.

thank you.

but you left out the flooring, exterior re do, vanities, lighting, california closets, while running around in toyota range rovers.

WTH do these people do for a living???

[Ohiogal]

36. Watched a house hunting show

Where the prospective buyers made a big deal over the bush next to the front door! Like, hello, ever heard of an axe?

Or the ones who tour a home where everything's been updated and they just cannot tolerate the new laminate floor. MUST be ripped out and re-done with tile.

And I agree with the person above who wondered how these "first time home buyers" have $800,000 to spend!

And if I hear Christina talk about subway tile one more time .....

I still watch them, though!

[LakeArenal]

39. Or shiplap

[trof]

40. ALL "reality" TV shows AREN'T!

They're ALL scripted and rehearsed.
Period.
Look it up.

[Older Than I Look]

41. "Glen is a part-time bonzai groomer, and Nancy is a volunteer yoga instructor."

"Their budget for their new house is just under $850,000."

[pansypoo53219]

43. they ruin old architecture. every thing si WHITE WHITE WHITE. TRENDY!!!

NEW IS EPHEMERAL! WHITE IS ANTISEPTIC, NOT CLEAN. stainless is BORING.

[Corgigal]

44. Those buying shows,

where the woman only wants a new house. Hey babe, a minute after you move in its re-owned.
Suckers.

[Rhiannon12866]

49. For some reason, a lot of places seem to think most people don't mind it

It's often on at my dentist's and when I was waiting for someone to come out of surgery, that's all that was available in the hospital's large waiting area.