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The TV listing for tonight's (Tuesday) "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" show on BRAVO says that the "straight guy is an artist who hasn't had a haircut in 9 years".
Just thought I'd mention it for anyone who might be interested.
I'll be very very surprised if it doesn't result in a buzz...
LOL! You notice everyone gets either buzzed or very shortened hair? It happens on all these makeover shows. Clothes, shaving, etc., can do a lot, yes, but I think a drastic haircut really gives them the dramatic effect they need on those shows.
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Splat
I've never watched one of these episodes but I know we're not what people are used to seeing on t.v. so it would be a gamble to throw one of us on there. Sometimes gambling pays off big. What do you think, should I apply for the show? Wouldn't that be rich?
Bruin
I believe the way it works is that someone nominates you or whatever. I'll nominate you!
I've watched the show only several times. My ex-girlfriend liked the show. It annoys me. The mouthiest, most obnoxious guy, Carson, just plain annoys the heck out of me.
I think they love getting longhairs. Cleaning up the house, changing the wardrobe, etc...all that looks good. BUT...nothing is quite as dramatic as a guy going from long hair to short hair.
I've seen them take people who look really cool and turn them into geeks overnight! It's horrible.
Not every episode I saw was bad, some were okay. In one, the guy absolutely refused to have his hair cut short, so they were forced to work with him on that. Not the thing they wanted though.
All five of those guys are annoying to me. Just can't stand them. Way too overbearing and obnoxious. Don't nominate me. If you did, the episode would look more like WWE than Queer Eye, because I'd be beating the he// out of at least one of them!
But...we should all nominate Bruin! Then we can sit back and enjoy as he tells the "Fab 5" to stuff it!
You don't have to be nominated, thank you anyway. You have to live in either NYC or the LA area and fill out an application to be on the show @ http://www.thequeereye.com/Be_on_the_Show/. For kicks, I e-mailed them and asked if they'd be in Oregon and explained my position. Pretty funny if they think scissors are coming anywhere near my mane.
My bad on what it takes to be on the show. I thought a person close to you who wanted a change for you would nominate you. I didn't know you could do it yourself.
I hope they agree to a visit to Oregon. That would be a riot. I'd love to see film footage of you tossing those guys around and pummeling them!
I just can't stand those guys. Way too obnoxious and overbearing for me.
I saw the British version in which a man had long dreadlocks. They didn't even think about cutting it. His hair make over part was just getting his dreads done more proffesionally. Sad thing is they looked worse after they were done with them.
I wouldn't recommend it. It could result in a punch-up! I heard of one of these shows, actually where they were making over houses, that nearly went bad like that. They pulled out a street lamp that this guy had put in at vast expense, and replaced it with a lousy flagpole. He threatened to sue them.
I can just see it. You wrestling on the floor with the hairdressers gets left on the cutting room floor, and they just put in some anodyne comment about how you didn't agree to have much cut off. Of course that's just the few inches you had to have cut off to balance out where they hacked off one side before you could fight them off.
In Sept. 2001, I was on the CBS show, The Ananda Lewis Show, which aired briefly when Ananda, an MTV VJ, was quite popular. It was a segment on all aspects of long hair, including a bit about dreadlocks, one on Lock of Love, one about a certain hairdresser, and four of us women were on as representatives of long hair, explaining what it's like, how we sleep with it, common problems, etc. At the time, my hair was mid-calf length. We were treated very well, rather like royalty, so in all, it was a very positive experience. I was flown into NYC, had a limo, and all expenses were paid.
However, a word to the wise: all such participants are required to sign various agreements and licenses guaranteeing a certain level of participation. I obtained their guarantee that my hair would not be cut. They weren't interested in that, anyway. Still, for shows such as Queer Eye, where total makeovers are the expectation, there is little doubt that cutting a very long man's hair would fit into their plans for an exceptional episode that would likely draw a huge audience. If you refused, they simply wouldn't show you. If you argued on screen, or walked off the set, they could have cause to sue you for breach of contract, depending on what the fine print stated and what you agreed to in signing.
The bottom line is that they're not going to take any risks with you, and the likelihood that you'd have an opportunity to be a positive long haired representative in any such show is unlikely, considering the tendency for Queer Eye, Maury, Oprah, et al. to cut, cut, cut. My opportunity on Ananda was a distinct exception to the norm (and eventually, Ananda wound up going back to the typical LoL donation chop fests, too). :-(
I just don't want to see anyone travel a big distance to face pressure only to cut. Your hair is simply awesome left right where it belongs: on your head! :-)
JE
Hey your Ladyship,
I never watched the whole episode, you were the part I was interested in at the time, but did the show include any guys with long hair? Although rare, it is not like they are impossible to find. :-)
Elizabeth
Hey, Royal One,
No, unfortunately there were no long haired men on the show. :-( That would have been cool. However, that ANYone did a show that depicted long hair in a positive light, especially super long hair, was an amazing thing, all the same. :-) Some people taped the episode, and someone (I forget who, at this point in time) made a bunch of screen shots from it, too. I'll have to send you some. It was aired on 9/21/2004 (I believe) and called "Why Are Women So Obsessed With Their Hair?"
JE
Oh Lady Goodness,
With a title like "Why Are Women So Obsessed With Their Hair?" I can understand why they left the men out. Oh well. Bet there wasn't a follow up "Why Are Men So Obsessed With Their Hair?" episode. Should be, it is *people* that get obsessed with hair.
Well, I know a guy, delightfully longhaired too, who taped the whole thing, we just didn't bother to watch the non-you parts. I might go back and take a look next visit. :-D
The Giggly Royal One
I stopped watching that show soley because thats exactly what they will do is cut it off. God forbid they would think a guy would look awesome with long flowing hair or he would look awesome with long hair. Trust me, put down all the money you have on a bet it all comes off. Im just not interested in that show period.
Dawn
If more women would stand up and talk like you do, there would be a lot more longhaired guys around. Maybe the Queereye show will wake them up!
don t you know the number of this episode or at least the name of this guy son i could see it via the adress of this emission
