Project Runway: Season...who cares

[Ed Hocken]

Casanova kind of looks like the latino guy from Half Baked.

[Matt]

Another thing I really like about this season's 90 minute format: we're seeing more behind-the-scenes stuff during the runway sequence...we're seeing them chat after they go off of the stage, and it's interesting to hear their candid HOLY SHIT I CAN'T BELIEVE I MADE IT style comments. Some of those guys are really, REALLY catty.

[Ed Hocken]

Catty fashion designers? The devil you say!

[Howard]

AJ is such a drama queen.

[Lisa]

Not just a drama queen, but a drama queen who never shuts up!

[Matt]

How in the name of fuck is Casanova still on the show? Sarah's was boring, but it wasn't the catastrophe...yes, CATASTROPHE!...that Casanova's was. He's been in the bottom three fucking times already!

At this point, the credibility of the show is being called into question. If they're going to keep the worst designer around merely because he makes good television, then what's the point of actually having a 'competition'?

Other thoughts:
- A.J. is a fucking tool.
- Gretchen probably should have won again last night. Her head is getting big, but I'll be damned if she isn't churning out consistently good stuff.
- Andy's ribbon dress was stunning. However, he DID get a lot of help on it...I question whether or not that kind of mutual assistance should be allowed, especially when time management is a part of the competition.

I'm kinda digging this season.

[Matt]

Forgot to watch this last night. Did I miss anything, Lisa?

[Matt]

LISA????? LISA???!!!!!!

[Lisa]

Back! The challenge wasn't anything earth shattering (you know those wild Philip Treacy hats that the women in England wear? They had to come up with a dress to go with one of his hats), but you did miss a couple of golden moments of conversation. It was a freakish challenge, because if you go to the forums at TWoP, no one (including me) agreed with the top and bottoms. The winner was Michael Costello, who's dress was nothing special. Kristen (the black girl with the shaggy curly hair - her dress really was awful) was eliminated, and was in the bottom three with Christopher (WHAT? His outfit was BEAUTIFUL!) and April. Valerie and Andy's stuff was beautiful, and they got no recognition.

Two awesome moments of conversation that you really have hear to appreciate, especially with Casanova's accent. He's declared safe as one of the middle packers (and to be fair, his dress was okay enough to get him passed). So when April is spared from the bottom two, she comes back to the waiting room, and she and Casanova are talking. He's pointing out to her in his mangled English that the two of them have now both been in the bottom twice, and they both have to stick together to make sure that doesn't happen again. So he says to her in his huge thick accent "We cannooot..." And she imitates him perfectly and responds, "No, we cannooot!" You really had to see it, I'm not even describing how great it was.

Also, Peach! Sweet nice adorable Peach said the greatest thing to Tim Gunn during her critique. He got a little concerned how short her skirt was going to be on her dress (which, hey, I love her, but wait till you see it - she really should have been in the bottom. She's damn lucky she was somehow a middle-packer). She says, "Oh, don't worry - it's gonna be short, but not TOO short. Like, 14 or 15 inches - but not so short that she's showing off the good china or anything!" The good china! HAAA! I loved it!

Anyway, they're re-running it at 11 PM EST tonight, so you can catch the rerun if you're home.

[Lisa]

Oh, Matt, PLEEEEASE tell me you saw it last night! It was golden... GOLDEN! Beyond golden!

1. Gretchen went so over and above and beyond as the passive-agressive bossy mean girl that the judges were LITERALLY rolling their eyes at her and calling her out on the runway!
2. Gretchen - BOTTOM TWO!!! (And was unfortunately spared - A.J. was sent home).
3. Casanova won the challenge!! And what he created was truly awesome and beautiful! He really got his shit together.
4. Team challenges - designers split up into teams of two, six a piece. Had to design a collection. No leaders allowed (those were the rules), but Gretchen forced herself as the de-facto leader. Her team - comprised of nearly everyone who'd won a challenge so far. Other team - comprised of everyone who's nearly been eliminated . AND THE BAD NEWS BEARS WIN!!! The rag-tag team of Casanova, Peach, April, etc. kicked Gretchen's team's ass!
5. TIM GUNN GAVE A GROUP SMACKDOWN AFTER THE RUNWAY SHOW!!! He came in the back room after A.J. was eliminated, and instead of doing the usual "Oh, A.J., we'll miss you, go clean up your workspace, hug, kiss...", he absolutely went fire and brimstone on their asses!! He yelled at Gretchen's team about how they let GRETCHEN (he called her out by NAME!) manipulate and ruin their team, and that because they didn't stand up to her as a group, A.J. was being sent home!! He said that! It was absolutely one of the most glorious Project Runway moments ever! I can't recall Tim ever getting involved like that, but it was FABULOUS!

[Matt]

Shit. I DVR'd it but haven't watched it yet. It sounds like I need to remedy that post haste!

[Lisa]

Shit. I DVR'd it but haven't watched it yet. It sounds like I need to remedy that post haste!

Okay, so I'm assuming you've never read the Project Rungay blog, but it's HILARIOUS! But you can't read this week's yet - go watch the episode first. Go see Gretchen try to squirm her way out of the bottom and how fabulous that is. THEN go read this:

http://tomandlorenzo2.blogspot.com/2...-gretchen.html

It's so awesome - it's probably one of the funniest things I've read over there yet!

[Matt]

Ha, I've never read any of those...but I will NOW.

[Lisa]

You won't be sorry if you make this a regular part of your post-PR viewings. I love these guys. They're totally worth the risk of getting fired for.

[Matt]

WOW, I watched that episode last night. Gretchen got a well-deserved beat down. That was GREAT!