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Morty's Reports From 2001!
This archived report is from my daily updates written in 2001.
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Wednesday, July 11, 2001: Justin Kicked Out...

Justin and Krista

I don't watch soaps. I don't watch Jerry Springer, so what's my vice? I'm a fan of "Big Brother."

The CBS reality show follows the every move of twelve people living in a house with 38 cameras, One of the cool things about this show, is that you can watch them live on the internet.

Justin has been kicked out of the house by the Big Brother producers! Over the course of the last few days, Justin had been exhibiting some violent tenancies and last night, after getting drunk, he continued to break the rules and held a knife to Krista's throat and asked her if she'd be mad if he killed her. He wasn't serious, but CBS certainly wasn't going to take any chances. Justin left in the middle of the night after a long discussion with the psychologist.

Thursday, July 12, 2001: Head of the House

While they didn't show it on TV, a Head of Household challenge was held. The challenge was for Big Brother to ask questions that were on each houseguest's applications. There was a tie-breaker and Krista won the challenge. Krista has already selected her two nominees, we'll have to stay tuned to find out who they are.

Thursday, July 12, 2001: The Votes are In!

The first banishment vote was taken. The two nominees were Nicole and Sheryl. The two nominees and the head of house were not allowed to vote. Here's who voted for who:

Autumn:	Krista:	Monica:	Shannon:	Bunky:	Hardy:	Kent:	Will:
Sheryl	Sheryl	Nicole	Nicole	Sheryl	Sheryl	Sheryl	Nicole

TOTAL VOTES Sheryl got 5 votes, Nicole got 3.

Friday, July 13, 2001: No More Booze

Big Brother won it's time period--beating out both Friends and Spy TV with 9.2 million viewers, however Big Brother producer, Arnold Shapiro, said that he is debating whether he should give the housemates any more liquor. "We'll have to decide how much [alcohol] they should have, or if they'll get any." The producer said beer and wine had been provided to the house to allow the housemates to have a drink or two with dinner or afterward. "Maybe they chose to consume it in different ways," he said. "They're going to run out. They probably already have."

Saturday, July 14, 2001: Food Challenge

The Houseguests competed in a food challenge today. The men won the food challenge, while the girls lost. The girls have to live on peanut butter and jelly and water for the next week, while the guys pig out. The guys cannot give any food to the girls or they will be given a penalty nomination. The challenge was to guess how much you weighed. Here's the results:

Guest	Estimated	Real Weight	Difference
Autumn	128	132	+4
Bunky	180	185	+5
Hardy	186	186	0
Mike	168	165	-3
Monica	135	133	-2
Nicole	140	142	+2
Kent	200	200	0
Shannon	135	134	-1
Will	162	162	0

Sunday, July 15, 2001: Texas Barbeque Challenge

There was a challenge for a Texas-style Barbeque. The teams were the girls vs. the guys. The had to ride a mechanical bull. The girls won the challenge and were given a break from the peanut butter and jelly sandwich diet they were sentenced to for losing the weight guessing challenge. Kent isn't happy with Nicole for nominating him and is seriously thinking about joining the brat pack.

Hardy starting to slide: Hardy has become the public's favorite house guest. Live feed viewers have gone so far as to notice that Hardy is one of the few houseguests to wash his hands after going to the bathroom (even Doctor Will does not). But the stress of living in the Big Brother house may be getting to him. He recently started smoking Kent's cigarettes.

Monday, July 16, 2001: Party Plans and a Phone Call

Krista Win Phone In Vote: Krista won the phone in contest that I call the "throw away $.99 vote) and got a message from her brother. She chose Mike to have the gourmet dinner with her. They had dinner including crawfish, French fries, sushi, fried fish, and chocolate cake. They also got wine.

Birthday Party Plans: Mike and Krista will celebrate a birthday in the Big Brother house. The other housemates have arranged for cake with candles. There'll be some booze too, Kent says he'd rather smoke a joint.

Tuesday, July 17, 2001: Kent or Autumn: Who's Leaving?

I've been reading the updates on Reality 411 and, as of today, it looks like Autumn will be out, but don't count on it. This group re-aligns its self over and over again. This is not a likable group of people. Even my alliances have changed since the series started. I'm on Kent side now. The ratings are down again, maybe they need more knives. Meanwhile, calendarlive.com has a good story on the backlash CBS is getting for charging for the live internet feed, read it here.

Wednesday, July 18, 2001: Gossip

Houseguests regaled each other at poolside with tales of things they wished they hadn't done. Will said he was banned from Disney World for 10 years and had to complete 250 hours of community service because, as a teen, he was caught helping to push the actor portraying the character Goofy into a pond. Kathy, the Big Brother shrink, was brought in to tell Autumn that her family may not be there tomorrow if she gets evicted. Autumn took it really hard.

Thursday, July 19, 2001: Eviction Vote #2

Autumn was the second houseguest to be voted out of the Big Brother house. Here's how they voted:

Mike:	Nicole:	Monica:	Shannon:	Bunky:	Hardy:	Will:
Autumn	Autumn	Autumn	Autumn	Autumn	Autumn	Autumn

TOTAL VOTES: Autumn got 7 votes, Kent got 0

New Head of House: The challenge for head-of-house was held, and the ruler of the roost for the next week will be Hardy.

Friday, July 20, 2001: Eviction Nominations

Hardy is head of the house this week and his duty is to nominate two of the houseguests for eviction. Most of the week, Bunky and Hardy have been at odds with each other. Is Bunky would be on his hit list? Nope! Will and Shannon are going to be nominated tomorrow. Hardy told Krista he's going to have a chat with Bunky about the nominations. He's going to tell Bunky that he'll agree to not nominate him as long as Bunky doesn't nominate him if he gets to be head of the house.

BTW: There was a great story on Will's dad in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Read it here.

Saturday, July 21, 2001: Food Challenges & Dirty Deeds

Food Challenge: The guests competed in a food challenge today. Each person had to choose three foods they really want in the house. Hardy wrote each food on a tennis ball. Each ball were thrown to them, every ball that was caught was a food that would add to their groceries. The gang did pretty well in the challenge, but were disappointed when they got their groceries and discovered many important condiment items weren't included with their food, such as: mayo, ketchup, salad dressing, pasta sauce and mustard.

Dirty Deeds: Shannon has already agreed to be the one to go, and has decided to unleash a can of "whoop-ass" on the other housemates. Her plan is to get the others to hate her by doing petty and nasty things to the other guests. Shannon decided to use Hardy's toothbrush as a toilet cleaner. We heard her tell Mike what she was about to do, go to the bathroom, get Hardy's brush and head for the toilet - then feeds were cut. A few minutes later, Big Brother made Shannon confess to Hardy. Shannon told Hardy she "dropped" his toothbrush and it broke.

Sunday, July 22, 2001: Luxury Challenges

The guests competed in a luxury challenge today, the prize, professional laundry service for a week. The winners were Bunky, Nicole, Shannon and Kent.

Monday, July 23, 2001: Wills Dying of Leukemia & Shannon's a Killer

Will cooked up a lie to win sympathy and stay in the house. He let the others overhear him talking to Shannon and telling her he's dying of leukemia. It might have worked, but a viewer had a plane fly a banner over the house exposing the story as a scam. Meanwhile, it's been revealed that in 1998 while driving at approx 85 mph, Shannon sideswiped a van , lost control of her vehicle and went across the median into oncoming traffic. Her Expedition head-on'ed a vehicle driven by Jack LaSalle, age 66, killing him instantly. She was found guilty and responsible for LaSalle's death and fined $1000, $438 in court costs, and ordered to attend driving school. Shannon never apologized to Janice LaSalle (victim's widow) for causing her husband's death.
America's Choice: The results of that stupid phone-poll contest are in, the house guests got a toaster oven.

Wednesday, July 25, 2001: Birthday - Arrest Record - Big Brother 3

Future News: Les Moonves said it's unclear whether Big Brother will return in 2002. Moonves say "Big Brother" is an experiment, "I'm tired of putting Diagnosis Murder reruns on in the summer," he said. When asked if he thought the show was 'good TV' , "It's an experiment, and I think it's succeeding on that level." CBS Entertainment president Nancy Tellem said 14,000 fans have paid to watch streaming video from the house, where the knife incident was seen on CBS' Web site.

Mike's Arrest Record: Michael Carri, 31, was arrested by Burbank police in October 1996 after Warner Bros. security personnel detained him outside the set where "Batman & Robin" was being filmed. A search of Carri and two cohorts turned up forged Warner's ID cards and several phony drivers' licenses. Carri, who uses the surname Malin on "Big Brother 2," was also found to be carrying a miniature 35mm camera in his sock, and his hat appeared to be wired for use with a hidden video camera (though none was recovered by cops). In addition, police found a stolen Warner Bros. walkie-talkie in the group's getaway car, which had its license plates removed. He was sentenced to three years' probation. CBS says it was aware of the arrest but didn't consider it a problem. Read the complete story HERE. There's also an interview with Mike's friends at the Belly Lounge HERE.

Birthday Girl: Krista celebrated her actual birthday today and Big Brother supplied her with beer. Lucky Mike got a big kiss on the lips from Krista.

Thursday, July 26, 2001: Head on House & Eviction Vote #3

Head of House: The new head of house is Kent, this will be good! Already, the group has decided that Mike will be the next to go, Kent's only decision is who to nominate against him. Kent wasn't happy with the contents of his head on the house bonuses, he got champagne, he wanted Coors Light, he wanted salted peanuts, got un-salted mixed nuts. They also included other "gourmet" items he didn't care about. After bitching for a couple hours, Big Brother, Joan, called him into the diary room and told him they've heard his requests. He also wants five cartons of Basic Lights cigarettes, "if they won't pay for them, just call my wife, you can use her credit card." As if we can't hear him plotting, Kent wants to nominate his buddy Bunky, "it'd make good TV, everyone would think we had a tiff."

Eviction Vote #3: Shannon was the third houseguest to be voted out of the Big Brother house. Here's how they voted:

Bunky:	Kent:	Krista:	Mike:	Monica:	Nicole:
Shannon	Shannon	Shannon	Shannon	Shannon	Shannon

TOTAL VOTES: Shannon got 6 votes, Will got 0

Friday, July 27, 2001: Nominations are In

Kent nominated Krista and Mike. The game plan is that this will remove Mike from the house. Mike knew that as soon as he was nominated, and he was shocked. He thought he'd be competing against Will, and he'd stand a chance of winning that contest.

Sunday, July 29, 2001: Ghost Hunts & Music

Ghost Hunt: It's a night with the spirit world in the Big Brother house. Big Brother provided the houseguests with candles, tarot cards and a Ouija board. But even the Ouija board could tell who was going to be voted out. Kent thinks the vote is all sewn up up, maybe not. . Nicole continues to play both sides, even suggesting to Kent that they get rid of Krista instead of Mike.

A Little Music in their Lives: Big Brother came up with what I think is a pretty cool challenge and reward. Allow some music in the house. Reality 411 has the full details, read it here.

Monday, July 30, 2001: America's Choice: Hardy

Hardy won a three minute phone call from home. He got to speak with his Grandmother and brother. Nothing real exciting because they were not allowed to discuss the game..

Tuesday, July 31, 2001: Live Feeds For Free

Live Feeds Are Free for a lot of people the last few hours! There has been no official reason for this yet. If you haven't purchased them, go to the official Big Brother 2 site and see if you can log on for FREE!

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