American Inventors

[bill'swife]

This looks interesting...
http://abc.go.com/primetime/americaninventor/about.html
2 hour premier is Thursday March 16th at 8 pm then airs at 9pm every Thursday after that. Looking forward to it

 

[Savedsis]

It does look good...We will see...

 

[snoochface]

The commercials for the show are cracking me up. One guy invented sleeves, and another invented a stick (he calls it a wand) for fending off wild animals?? LOL!

 

[bill'swife]

This is coming on tonight...

 

[snoochface]

I'm really looking forward to this show. Every time we've seen a commercial for it this week, my husband has asked eagerly, "Is it on tonight??" We both know that any Simon Cowell competition show has got to be good!

 

[eaglex]

Is TV scraping the bottom of the barrel or what now?

 

[MadeYouLook]

i saw alot of the first hour and thought it was a good show

although it would be better if Simon himself would judge some of these people,lol

 

[CarrieAg93]

It was ok. What was your favorite invention?

 

[mwb]

I saw a little bit of the show. The guy with the shovel was the best one of the inventions I saw. Overall, the show looks pretty bad.

 

[bill'swife]

I liked the show...I feel sorry for the ppl that got split votes...something about a 2-2 vote resulting in a "no" doesn't sit w/me well...an odd number of judges would be better. I think I personally could handle a majority "no" better.

 

[snoochface]

We felt the exact same way. There were too many 2-2 votes that we felt should have gone the other way. Personally, the woman judge should go. She's just Paula Abdul, Jr. - her opinion is based on pure emotion.

I felt bad for Kyle, the 14 year old kid at the end. He was so frustrated by his rejection. I was glad that Doug talked to him and his mom after. I think it encouraged him a little.

The best invention, I thought, was the solar powered cooler. I can think of about a million uses for that in my life today!

 

[bill'swife]

Some of these ppl are heartbreaking!!!

 

[Savedsis]

Some of these ppl are heartbreaking!!!

I did not get to see it..

 

[snoochface]

The guy who sold or lost literally EVERYTHING for his "bullet ball" game just broke my heart. He kept saying, "No... you don't understand..." I felt like he was going to leave that place and commit suicide or something.

That red-headed woman judge? She's unstable! She seriously needs some lithium or something. She has to have something wrong with her, or else the editing is being REALLY unflattering to her. I could not believe her reactions. Drama queen much??

 

[Missing]

Just wandering into this thread. My husband and I have been watching and I didn't like from the start that there is an even number of judges instead of an odd number. It makes these 2-2 votes very frustrating. I'm also not liking the woman, she goes a lot on emotion and she seems to have fits when things don't go her way.

I felt bad for the boy last night with the invisible tear gas. First, I am sure he got the lecture from his family about messing around and mixing stuff in the kitchen, he didn't need the one guy giving him a lecture...I mean he's not the kids's parent! Secondly, it seemed he immediately took offense in some way at the kid calling him sir. I didn't get that.

Although the presentation was in poor taste, the bow/knot lingerie wasn't the worst idea and the woman's reaction to it was way over the top. I mean just because it's a little tacky doesn't mean that it couldn't sell. It's as if she thought it was degrading to women to think some women might want to buy that as a 'surprise' for their spouse. Like she assumed it would only be bought by strippers or something. While it's not something I would buy, there is a lot of lingerie out there that is tacky in some way that plenty of married couples buy for their own enjoyment in the bedroom.

I felt bad for the bullet ball guy, to spend so much of your life on an idea that just isn't that great and then to invest all your money into it.....my heart broke for his desire to make it a success even though obviously he isn't using his head much.

So far, the show is okay, but isn't thrilling me yet....I think because the judges are annoying me for the most part.

Oh and as a woman, I would like to say that I think at least 30-35% of restroom locks don't work or are absent totally and the number might even be higher than that!

 

[snoochface]

The knot lingerie is something I think a LOT of women would buy, and a lot of men would buy for women. I thought it would have gone through to the next round, but then that judge flipped out and... well, I think the male judges were scared at that point.

As for the restroom locks, my husband asked me and I said 50%+. I can't tell you how many times the ONLY stall left is the one with the broken lock! If that woman doesn't win the show, I want to know where I can buy her invention. I would carry that around in my purse, with a little roll of Charmin To Go in place of her tissues, TODAY.

 

[meh]

I think the woman judge seriously needs one of those My Therapy Buddy dolls.

I kept thinking that the young man who invented the invisible tear gas should take that to the military or something. I realize that there isn't really a market for it in general society, but it really might be something the army would like. I just loved that kid. And I don't understand why the one judge looked snippy when the boy called him sir.

I didn't think the lingerie bow was that bad, either. I was actually thinking some couples might enjoy that.

My favorite, though, was the Here Comes...(and I didn't catch the name. I have trouble hearing) doll. The doll was beautiful and I loved how it spoke different languages. I would definitely buy that as gifts if it came out on the market

 

[Missing]

The knot lingerie is something I think a LOT of women would buy, and a lot of men would buy for women. I thought it would have gone through to the next round, but then that judge flipped out and... well, I think the male judges were scared at that point.

I think that judge has some 'issues'.

As for the restroom locks, my husband asked me and I said 50%+. I can't tell you how many times the ONLY stall left is the one with the broken lock! If that woman doesn't win the show, I want to know where I can buy her invention. I would carry that around in my purse, with a little roll of Charmin To Go in place of her tissues, TODAY.

I know I would carry it in my purse for certain! I hate, hate, hate going into a stall and not being able to lock the door. Or worse, some stalls have the locks removed and there is a hole in the door where the lock was and the door will swing both directions since there isn't the lock sticking out to stop it. ugh.

 

[Missing]

I think the woman judge seriously needs one of those My Therapy Buddy dolls.

I couldn't help but laugh at how serious that guy was that people would carry those dolls around!

I kept thinking that the young man who invented the invisible tear gas should take that to the military or something. I realize that there isn't really a market for it in general society, but it really might be something the army would like. I just loved that kid. And I don't understand why the one judge looked snippy when the boy called him sir.

I'm glad I wasn't the only one who was puzzled.

My favorite, though, was the Here Comes...(and I didn't catch the name. I have trouble hearing) doll. The doll was beautiful and I loved how it spoke different languages. I would definitely buy that as gifts if it came out on the market

I *think* the doll's name was Here Comes Niya.

 

[Devasha]

I also agree that the female judge is a major drama queen--carrying on and stomping around all over the place to go get HER coat when the model's own robe or coat was right there on the floor next to her--no coat search necessary.

Another irritating thing about her was when she said, "I can't believe I just said the word 'fart'!" all twittery like she was just too ladylike to say something so coarse, which was so two-faced because she has no problem letting the heavy-duty curse words fly when her fellow judges dare to disagree with her! :o

So far, I think the bathroom door lock was the most sale-able. I think they could put that near the checkouts at Wal-Mart or anywhere and they'd sell like hotcakes.