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Recently I posted a notice of a schedule change for the premier of "He's A Lady". It was originally scheduled to begin airing on October 12th on TBS, but their program lineup had moved it to the 19th. Today (the 9th) I scanned ahead in the on-screen scheduling (Direct TV) to this coming Tuesday - the 12th - and the on-screen schedule DOES show the program airing on the 12th. This could be an error, but just as a precaution for those who don't want to miss the first episode it might be a good idea to tune in this coming Tuesday night and have your VCRs set up if you plan to tape it) just in case it DOES air at the time it was originally scheduled. The time shown for this first episode was 9:05 PM - central time zone so you might want to adjust tghe time according to the time zone you will be viewing from.

Dixie http://www.geocities.com/senorita_cd

I was staying in the OKC area this weekend, and I saw an advertisement for the program, slated for Oct. 19 at 9pm central time.

Remember that a lot of printed schedules were planned a couple of weeks ago, and the show was orginally set for the 12th. Now it is set for the 19th. I believe they lost a sponser, and had to postpone.

Anyway, keep up to date by viewing their schedule online.

http://www.tbssuperstation.com/scheduleProcess

Tonight's the night, ladies!

10PM on TBS... check your local listings!!

I wasn't too sure if this warranted a new thread, so I decided to continue along this one...

As much as I depsise reality TV and as much as I detest watching the media make a mockery of us, I must say that I enjoyed watching.

I think we can all agree that this point that the show was not designed to "further our cause". But I really don't think it is designed to make a mockery of CDs either. These are not transgendered individuals, these are just ordinary men presented with a challenge.

Even though I am not a fan of reality TV I liked what I saw tonight.

I was enjoying it for the same reasons the contestants' wifes were enjoying the challenge - I too was thinking to myself "Maybe now they'll appreciate what we go through!" on the same level as any GG. I'll explain...

Although we are not GGs per se, let us remember that just like GGs, most of us do shave and groom accordingly and religiously, we spend lot of our hard-earned money on shopping for the right outfits, shoes, makeup, hair, nails, making sure we're looking our best, and presenting a ladylike demeanor. While CDing is a stress-buster for most of us, it does require a certain amount of work as well.

For GGs and regular CDs alike, it's not just some "competition". It's a part of our regular lives. It's a part of who we are.

Thoughts?

Side note - I can't believe how goregeous Michael turned out!!

Lorna wrote:I wasn't too sure if this warranted a new thread, so I decided to continue along this one...

Lorna you get the gold star of the week for not starting another thread about this show. It's got so many threads already and not just on our forum.

SO THANK YOU!!!!!!

Beauty

Gold star - thank you, Beauty!!!


Hey girls, I know there are certain mixed feelings amongst us about this show - in fact check out the bruhaha so far on the boards at the TBS site!!

http://forums.tbs.com/jive/tbs/category ... tegoryID=7

Hi Lorna and all. Three or four of the guys were interviewed on the Good Morning America Show this morning. I don't really recall their names, though one was the shorter chunkier one and one was the taller black guy that kept saying "it was all for baby" , and of course they did not give away the prize winner. Each claimed to be much more aware of their wife's routines and the time it takes and the money it costs to "look good". All the wives claim the guys were a lot more understanding in most things, especially those having to do with the time they need to "get ready", and that they are more considerate and helpful around the house. Maybe so, at least for awhile. I would be surprised if it made a lasting impression on most of them. As far as any changes, they showed a clip of the "bridesmaids" scrambling for the boquet tossed by the bride, and, darned if it didn't look like the middle of the football field! Very realistic! I think there was some kind of prize or privilege associated with catching it. The worst thing was the pro wrestler doing is pratfall thing when they unvield the mirror. Typical wrestling drop, and thoroughly planned on his part I think. After that, I was really sorry they picked him. The most interesting was the lad that knew how to stand in the heels, virtually in a models stance. Hmmm. Well, we will see.

Albert/Alberta looked the best. When my wife saw him, it was "Oh my God!" Even John Salley was taken by her, and I think it confused him. And Debbie (?), the other judge, was really into it. I think she would date a CD.

Michael is a close second.

Alberta definitely looked more at ease, and stood in a more feminine manner on her podium. When undressing, particularly when removing the forms, the look on her face, to me, led me to think she was into it more than just the game. Will she succumb to peer pressure to act more macho (like when they dive for the boquet at the wedding in next weeks show)?

I didn't think about the prize angle, Carolynn mentioned. Wonder if it's immunity like on Survivor?

I enjoyed the show. I guess that a couple of things struck me. One was that you could tell these guys were not CD'ers and the "panel" evidently did not have the authority to judge on appearance it was on personality and adaptation.
Second, if appearance did carry weight, then if I had been one of the "beauticians," I would really be pissed if the person that I had worked on did not get picked.
Anyway, I did enjoy it and I think it will give us one more out if we are "outted" - "hey I am practicing for a television appearance!"
In all seriousness I don't think it will help us societally (if that is a word) with men, but women may be a bit more accepting as they can see that we are trying to "do our thing with grace and diginity."
Virginia
Sorry if this does not make sense, under heavy pressure here!

under heavy pressure here

Hey Virginia, your not supposed to type and lift weights at the same time

I believe it did help some. My wife watched most of it before heading to work. When she got home this morning, she started talking about shopping together, dressed. She wants to go off somewhere other than near home, which I understand.

However:

I tried on some of the outfits in my closet, ones I haven't been able to wear in years. These are size 24. They fit! I've lost 26 lbs since Aug. So guess what? Even though my wife is now ready, I can't do any shopping in the near future, because I plan to loose a lot more. Well I guess I could, I don't have to buy anything I guess wig shopping would be first.

One thing that struck me was watching the reaction of the wives and SO's when the host told them what the contest was about.

I didn't notice any negative reactions. Most seems amused and others surprised.

It seems like in their minds it was ok for the men to do this since it was only a contest, and also because it was not something they chose to do, but rather that was imposed on them by surprise.

I watched it with mixed emotions, but at times was very .I'll bet a new dress no crossdresser would ever throw around thier breastforms as some of the fellows did at the end of the evening
I will watch the rest of it to see how the wifes react to all of this. Carol Ann

At the risk of alienating some people, I thought I would share my thoughts about the program which I saw last night. As a transgendered womyn who's "style", whether in male mode or en femme (and there's not much difference) is fairly androgynous, "south Florida preppy" I was a bit taken aback by the clothing selections for the contestants. It all just seemed a bit "over the top" stereotypic crossdresser to me. Looking at some of the preview clips where they go home, I sense that they are still not going with a "real woman look". In situations such as those, jeans, clogs, docksiders, golf shirts would really be more appropriate and better reflect the participants as "real women"

My take on this show was mostly negative. Actually it is not really about crossdressing. They could have chosen silly circus clown outfits, and acheived the same effect. The effect being a general humiliation or embarassment of the contestant.
I notice they were very very carful to choose "manly" contestants, making absolutely sure that there was no taint of homosexuality here. This, of course, reinforces, by implication, the myth that we CDs are all essentially gay.
I have no interest is watching any more of this. I find it only a smidgin above the level of a Jerry Springer show. The dialogue certainly is pretty primitive.

Love to all
Willy