Remember Frontier house??? Now it is Colonial house!

[Celluloidgal]

I've really enjoyed this series that PBS has been doing.
I'm glued to the TV every time.

I caught a couple the last night. They ran a couple in a row. I have to say, usually the participants try to be as historically accurate as possible...I think they have "bent" the rules a little this time. If they said "Time for church" EVERYONE would attend (reguardless of what they did or did not believe. The "preacher" would not quote Shakespeare. A woman would not be able to say anything at the pulpit...I could go on & on. A big part of the entertainment of these shows, is to try to (as much as possible) live like they did. This group (with a few exceptions) is not "playing along" as well as previous groups.

Sorry, didn't mean to vent. All that said, I'm still gonna watch it

 

[HollyJoy]

I wasn't so thrilled with the participants in this show either. All they did was complain! They seemed to try to get away with so much, and change the way of life back then, rather than live it the way the Colonial settlers did. What's up with that? They surely knew what they had signed up for. Give me a break. I will continue to watch the show because the whole idea is a wonderful one, and I enjoyed Frontier House. Hopefully these people will get themselves in gear and do this right.

 

[airhead]

I agree with you about the participants not really into it . You bet
your life they would all be in the field planting corn if their life depended on it. And,I loved how the women were scheduling days off!!!! that would NEVER happen!

The Oprah show was wicked funny yesterday!!

 

[Alice28]

I have never watched any of the "house" programs before, but I watched some of Oprah yesterday, so I was intrigued with the show. I watched it, and found it entertaining, but several of the contestants really irritated me. Especially the one gal who was criticizing the younger gal for her religion....to me it was like, "Hmmmmm...who seems like the happier person here....and you are going to discredit HER??" That one lady (was her name Michelle???) just seemed to be unhappy and complaining the whole darn time---when she yelled at the other two when they were planning their "days off" was totally weird- they weren't acting all mad like she suggested, but she is the one who flew off the handle! Strange.

And the parts of Oprah I watched were so funny! I rarely, if even watch Oprah, but she sure is funny! I remember watching Gayle's show when I was on maternity leave with DS#1, almost 7 years ago----I like her show a lot too.

 

[Blondie]

I thought it was great, but to make it even more realistic, they should've had to build their own houses, not walk on to "a set" where they were just sitting there waiting for them to arrive.

I tell you what, I'd never sign on to do something like that, no way, no how!

My favorite 'colonist' is Paul Hunt.

 

[stitch79]

I like this series, but I'm more interested in the next series 'Regency House'. Sounds interesting!