![]() ![]() Our hero marches around in his dungarees shouting, "Get that pump working!"īut when he gets annoyed, he goes all Canadian and sighs, "My goodness!" And when a contestant goes squirrelly, is she derided and mocked? No. Couples get to pick their team and project after winning a quick test, like on MasterChef. Then the show settles down to the usual reality-competition TV format. The contestants don't know everyone is getting a house. "Eight weeks, eight houses! Turn a disaster into a dream home for a deserving family," barks our hero, Holmes. They all get a house – it's like Canadian socialism gone mad. The elimination thing is just a cunning ruse. What the couples don't know is that they will all get a new home. Those who do shoddy work get eliminated by our hero, who poses briefly as a Yank with a bad attitude.īut wait. A group of couples will work on the renovation projects, under our hero's command. ![]() (Atlanta!) He has a master plan to renovate eight homes and give them to deserving people. Home of Empire, The Simpsons and the original MasterChef. But that's a cable outlet for people who dipsy-doodle in the garden or think hard about installing pot lights in the kitchen. His shows have been on the HGTV channel there. Home Free (HGTV, Fox, 9 p.m.) is not the first time Holmes has brought his brand of toughness, high standards and integrity to the U.S. Shady contractors who do shoddy work would cheer, but very, very quietly. Stephen Harper would blame Justin Trudeau. ![]() There would be a National Day of Mourning. ![]() And if you thought Gretzky leaving Edmonton for Los Angeles was a tear-filled, teeth-gnashing moment of national trauma, imagine the angst of Holmes abandoning us. If they like him down there as much as we like him up here, it could be catastrophic. Now it my sad duty to report that Holmes is landing on big-time U.S. ![]()
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