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PRE-COURSE CAVEAT:
It was my intention to offer this topic in the off-season but due to the rapidily-shifting sands of time that are a part of our current day lives I put it out now with the hope that those of you interested come back and consider it when you have time.
I also hope you carry on the discourse of this course past where it was left when I posted it. Thank you.
AIM:
To study the history of Big Brother All-Stars (AS) season(s) and further study why that happened so we might better determine what might happen in the future.
PURPOSE:
To further the discourse of the whirling-dervish Big Brother has become.
WHOM ELSE WILL TEACH THIS COURSE:
It is my sincere hope that there are many guest lecturers who stop by and enlighten this conversation.
MEETING DAYS:
Any of the seven days, any hour of any day and for some of us, all day, every day.
HISTORY or HOW WE GOT TO THIS PLACE WE ARE:
Big Brother was a success and there was a want to see some of the better ex-house guests (HG) play one another in a kind of super bowl of Big Brother.
There had been six seasons before the first AS season. The game was evolving. There are myriad theories on how much or how little it changed from Season 2 through Season 6 past the introduction of themes to the seasons (e.g. The Ex Factor, Project DNA, Secret Pairs). In this course we’ll go on my theory of building off the failures and successes of those who came before.
THE PLAYERS FOR THE INAUGURAL AS SEASON:
Before I make this list, let me say that there didn’t seem to be any rhyme or reason to who or why in some of the cases. Only one winner was there, two who had finished second, and two who finished third.
Alphabetically the players were: Allison (S4), Danielle (S3), Diane (S5), Erika (S4), “Chicken George” (S1), Howie (S6), James (S6), Janelle (S6), Jase (S5), Jennifer “Nakomis” (S5), Kayser (S6), Marcellas (S3), Mike “Boogie” (S2), Will (S2)
A BEGINNING:
Let’s begin with the winner, Mike “Boogie” and ask ourselves, and one another, how someone who was evcited third on his season and was, at best, a temporary comic relief was asked back and considered an AS. Conspiracy theories abound concerning this anomaly. The only other AS as or more feckless was Erika (and she got second place in AS), but she lasted much longer on her season. I don’t agree with her selection as an AS either, but this is about Boogie. The leading theorists agree to the premise that Will demanded Boogie be allowed in or he wouldn’t come. There is no paper trail to prove or disprove this — it’s just a theory, but seeing as how the season turned out it might add weight to the theory. There is a sect that believes Janelle spoiled the plans when she evicted Will. More on that in another lesson. Back to the lowest common denominator, the mouth-breather, the mastermind that won. Why the hell was he in the house other than to help Will?
Questions?
Comments?
“Clowns to the left of me, Jokers’ to the right, here I am, stuck in the riddle with you.”
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Syllabus for BB AS PHIL-101: What Makes An All-Star