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Title: Tool Academy
Post by: ericluxury on January 21, 2009, 05:56:13 PM: Want to watch the show before Tom dissects it. I don't have cable (yes, I know, I'm weird). Episodes 2 and 3 are on the official site. Not episode one. If anyone knows anywhere else on the internet I might find it, that'd be nice. I doubt it matters much in the chronology, but I like to start from the beginning of things when there isn't much stuff to see.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: Pride of Staten Island on January 21, 2009, 06:32:25 PM: I hate to confess to having already watched both episodes but I'd say you can probably just watch the clips from the first episode and get the gist.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: senorcorazon on January 22, 2009, 08:02:22 AM: Yes, there is no reason to worry about time frame or plot or anything like that. This show could be about 4 seconds long but the details are the gold.

http://blog.vh1.com/2009-01-11/tool-academy-recap-episode-1-tool-tool-much/

Check out the basketball gif and the part about the chair throw, which is lacking the best part, the words:
"I'm going to throw this chair and you're gonna like it."
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: Kim Kelly on January 22, 2009, 09:28:13 AM: O hai, Ziggy Sobotka!

(http://blog.vh1.com/files/2009/01/ta_1_48.jpg)

By the way, did that chair throwing troglodyte really say "de-masculate"? I heard emasculate. I guess it was too much to hope for one of these d-bags to use a four-syllable word correctly.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: iAmBaronVonTito on January 22, 2009, 09:34:29 AM: i saw the episode 1 clips on the vh1 site, but never got to episode 2 or 3.

personally, im fascinated by that kind of personality because it's completely foreign to me. ive never encountered a tool for more than three seconds face-to-face and i make the assumption of "tool" when i see it on television. im interested in seeing how that kind of pig-headedness is bred and/or maintained.

admittedly, i watched beauty and the geek (im a fan of the geeks) and enjoyed seeing someone become a better, well-rounded person by the end. id be more accepting of Tool Academy if it was similar to that formula but in the meantime, im putting my feelers out there.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: Chris L on January 22, 2009, 09:53:30 AM: I had no idea what this was and was actually picturing some sort of dumb cross between Bob Villa and Battle Bots. Or maybe something to do with Maynard James Keenan and the gynecological instruments from Dead Ringers. Now I can begin to grasp Tom's enthusiasm.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: sleepytako on January 22, 2009, 10:20:51 AM: /me is happy there is no VH1 in Japan.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: Big Plastic Head on January 22, 2009, 11:46:54 AM: I, too had no idea what this Tool Academy was. Then I saw the photo that K. Kelly posted. Then I went to the recap page. It is going to be hard getting any work done knowing that this is out there and I have to wait to the end of the day to see it in action. And, yes, the basketball gif is gold.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: jbissell on January 22, 2009, 12:42:41 PM: Quote from: Chris L on January 22, 2009, 09:53:30 AM
Or maybe something to do with Maynard James Keenan and the gynecological instruments from Dead Ringers.

I'd like to see MTV2 explore this one.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: Kim Kelly on January 22, 2009, 07:34:46 PM: You know, I actually saw a guy wearing a fluorescent-colored pair of Wayfarer sunglasses on top of his head and another on his nose like our friend Tiny Tool up there. Those glasses were everywhere at Pitchfork fest.

I've seen a lot of these (http://www.alexandchloe.com/online_shop/index.php?cPath=26_36&osCsid=b7ea1feb979ea3c1a0b94efbfbea8004) $190 versions around town. So stupid.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: Steve in North Hollywood on January 23, 2009, 05:16:37 AM: Can we please not contribute to the ratings on this show?
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: snogrog on January 23, 2009, 09:32:24 AM: Can PFT do anything to tell VH1 to stop with all of these shows?!

Of course, they are fuel to feed BWE so...I guess it wouldn't be in his best interests...
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: theaidan on January 23, 2009, 06:17:36 PM: I liked Christopher guest as the dance doctor in episode 2.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: Regular Joe on January 23, 2009, 08:10:55 PM: Brett Michaels on Rock of Love: Bus makes all of these tools look like golden gods. I've never seen a slimier human being in my life! Watching him on that show makes me want to compulsively wash the wig I have sewn into my head bandana.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: mike_b on January 24, 2009, 02:13:43 PM: Why is one of those guys named Matsuflex?
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: iAmBaronVonTito on January 24, 2009, 02:15:19 PM: the half-naked tool with the obnoxious tribal tattoo running down the side of his body.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: birdsandrabbits on January 24, 2009, 03:42:17 PM: matsuflex is an amazing name. based on that alone, i dont know why anyone would want to have anything to do with him, and at the same time, makes me think he should win.

i'd also like it to be used in daily talk...."man, he just matsuflex'd the heck out of that!"
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: driz on January 24, 2009, 05:40:39 PM: Yeah sometimes I think dbags can transcend their own doucheyness by being over the top to the point of like a charicature. Like those oompaloompa looking guidos, id actually be curious to hang out with them. Matsuflex seems like that kind of next level that might actually cross back over into awesome by circumnavigating the spectrum of douch.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: driz on January 24, 2009, 05:42:00 PM: Also reminds me of that transformers toy that was so elusive it seemed like an urban legend and only rich kids had it. Metroplexual or something like that.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: citizenlewis on January 24, 2009, 09:50:53 PM: Quote from: Steve in North Hollywood on January 23, 2009, 05:16:37 AM
Can we please not contribute to the ratings on this show?

I think from the clips I've seen on the Soup and Best Week ever I get the gist of the show without needing to watch a whole episode. Hopefully I won't be lost because I don't know each and every douche by name.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: Steve in North Hollywood on January 25, 2009, 05:18:22 AM: Quote from: citizenlewis on January 24, 2009, 09:50:53 PM
Quote from: Steve in North Hollywood on January 23, 2009, 05:16:37 AM
Can we please not contribute to the ratings on this show?

I think from the clips I've seen on the Soup and Best Week ever I get the gist of the show without needing to watch a whole episode. Hopefully I won't be lost because I don't know each and every douche by name.

There's "being lost," and then there's "intentionally going down the wrong road."
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: Meat is rape on January 25, 2009, 09:09:24 AM: To run with that metaphor, Steve, it needs to take into account actually appearing on the show. Are they like the people who just want travel and hotel expenses for appearing on Jerry Springer, acting out the show's topic of the day? How can you tell when a cry for help is really a cry for help? And where do people like Courtney Taylor Taylor fit in to such classifications? I say there's tools, and then there's tools that are only tools with the existence of other tools, like a chuck key.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: oilcantim on January 25, 2009, 09:47:55 PM: I think there's a 90% chance that the fellows will be using the word "tool" as a twisted kind of compliment by the end of the season. *shudders*
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: Stan on January 25, 2009, 11:27:54 PM: Tonight's lesson learned? Don't name yourself after this:

(http://www.k2autos.com/Post/VehicleImages/E1F73053-9855-4999-8479-D521FC6F6B2A.jpg)
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: Bryan on January 26, 2009, 11:26:17 AM: Quote from: citizenlewis on January 24, 2009, 09:50:53 PM
Quote from: Steve in North Hollywood on January 23, 2009, 05:16:37 AM
Can we please not contribute to the ratings on this show?

I think from the clips I've seen on the Soup and Best Week ever I get the gist of the show without needing to watch a whole episode. Hopefully I won't be lost because I don't know each and every douche by name.

I'm not really one for reality TV usually (not even the classy stuff like Top Chef), BUT this show is pretty amazing. I watched one episode with the assumption that it would be more than enough. Instead, it's just given me the hunger for more. My mind was blown on several occasions.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: iAmBaronVonTito on January 26, 2009, 11:44:29 AM: i recommend everyone watch this show for sheer novelty alone and the opportunity to say, "i saw THAT."
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: macm2010 on January 26, 2009, 12:42:11 PM: Quote from: Stan on January 25, 2009, 11:27:54 PM
Tonight's lesson learned? Don't name yourself after this:

(http://www.k2autos.com/Post/VehicleImages/E1F73053-9855-4999-8479-D521FC6F6B2A.jpg)

Did you guys see him dance? It was like, he started doing the tango, but then - whoah! He totally Celebrity-ed it out! I thought it was probably the coolest thing that has ever happened to anyone anywhere ever.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: moderate rock on January 26, 2009, 02:04:44 PM: This show follows the same marketing strategy as all the other VH1 reality shows. They know America loves to see a train wreck.

And we do.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: Kim Kelly on January 26, 2009, 05:50:36 PM: What's the deal with the scissors tattoo on that one guy? Who does he think he is, Brutus "The Beefcake" Barber?
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: iAmBaronVonTito on January 26, 2009, 06:14:33 PM: i just realized that 50% of the tools are from phoenix.

get. me. out of here.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: samir on January 26, 2009, 07:27:44 PM: Quote from: Kim Kelly on January 26, 2009, 05:50:36 PM
What's the deal with the scissors tattoo on that one guy? Who does he think he is, Brutus "The Beefcake" Barber?

It's Brutus The Barber Beefcake, you sportsentertainmaduddy.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: hugman on January 26, 2009, 08:33:20 PM: I will never watch this show again, but it did provide me with a quote I will probably use for the rest of my life:
"I feel like a million dollars. Matter of fact, I feel like a hundred thousand dollars."
-Josh J AKA Mega
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: Jixby Phillips on January 27, 2009, 03:27:46 AM: I enjoy this
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: macm2010 on January 29, 2009, 11:25:44 AM: So which one of the tools do you suppose will get his own spin-off?
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: iAmBaronVonTito on January 29, 2009, 11:33:16 AM: Matsuflex, hands down.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: macm2010 on January 29, 2009, 11:54:18 AM: Yeah, dumb question... I assume, though, that he'll be taking reasonable, polite young men and turning them into complete tools, yes?

Watch out, Mr. Tompkins, "Matsuflex's Tool Factory" is eyeing your time slot.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: B_Buster on January 29, 2009, 12:16:00 PM: What is the difference between Tool Academy and Gs to Gents? I wasn't aware of the latter show until last night, but they do seem similar.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: iAmBaronVonTito on January 29, 2009, 12:42:26 PM: one is name brand, the other is generic.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: Steve in North Hollywood on January 30, 2009, 03:10:10 AM: Quote from: B_Buster on January 29, 2009, 12:16:00 PM
What is the difference between Tool Academy and Gs to Gents? I wasn't aware of the latter show until last night, but they do seem similar.

One is terrible, the other is horrible.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: Sarah on January 30, 2009, 07:17:51 AM: I managed a minute and a half and am now done.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: Steve in North Hollywood on January 30, 2009, 08:17:37 AM: Me too, Sarah ... I watched about three minutes and said "That's enough of this."

... So, wanna combine our free time and go see Slumdog?
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: iAmBaronVonTito on January 30, 2009, 11:13:24 AM: normally, shows like this have me disgusted in humankind by the first 15 seconds, but i cant enough of the humor that comes with seeing the defeat on their faces when they realizes theyre trash and their life has come crashing down around them because of it...and its all on television.

on a happier note, i enjoy seeing people go from trash to decent human beings.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: jbissell on January 30, 2009, 11:53:26 AM: Quote from: B_Buster on January 29, 2009, 12:16:00 PM
What is the difference between Tool Academy and Gs to Gents? I wasn't aware of the latter show until last night, but they do seem similar.

I believe Gs to Gents is produced/created/something by Diddy and is starting its second season. Based on the commercials, I'm guessing the contestants are less roided out?
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: samir on January 30, 2009, 11:54:23 AM: Biggest Bombshell so far: Shawn's "psycho-ex" girlfriend! Bro!
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: iAmBaronVonTito on January 30, 2009, 12:20:06 PM: Quote from: samir on January 30, 2009, 11:54:23 AM
Biggest Bombshell so far: Shawn's "psycho-ex" girlfriend! Bro!

he looked petrified. i thought it was brilliant and hilarious to see him squirm as his two girlfriends stood on each side of him.

"i never thought in a million years, ever, that this would happen."

what a putz.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: Bryan on January 30, 2009, 01:18:42 PM: Quote from: iAmBaronVonTito on January 30, 2009, 12:20:06 PM
Quote from: samir on January 30, 2009, 11:54:23 AM
Biggest Bombshell so far: Shawn's "psycho-ex" girlfriend! Bro!

he looked petrified. i thought it was brilliant and hilarious to see him squirm as his two girlfriends stood on each side of him.

"i never thought in a million years, ever, that this would happen."

what a putz.

You never thought that going on tv with one of your girlfriends might result in your other, "real" girlfriend finding out? How 'bout that.

It looked to me like he was faking his surprise - and doing it badly. This stunt must have been pre-orchestrated. But still hilarious.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: iAmBaronVonTito on January 30, 2009, 01:41:02 PM: Quote from: Bryan on January 30, 2009, 01:18:42 PM
Quote from: iAmBaronVonTito on January 30, 2009, 12:20:06 PM
Quote from: samir on January 30, 2009, 11:54:23 AM
Biggest Bombshell so far: Shawn's "psycho-ex" girlfriend! Bro!

he looked petrified. i thought it was brilliant and hilarious to see him squirm as his two girlfriends stood on each side of him.

"i never thought in a million years, ever, that this would happen."

what a putz.

You never thought that going on tv with one of your girlfriends might result in your other, "real" girlfriend finding out? How 'bout that.

It looked to me like he was faking his surprise - and doing it badly. This stunt must have been pre-orchestrated. But still hilarious.

possibly. nevertheless, i like to think he was truly surprised (he said he was shaking, which made me chuckle more) despite the obvious way it was absolutely phoned in (note: i believe the producers planned the other girlfriend showing up, but i dont think he knew).
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: syellow on January 30, 2009, 03:48:36 PM: you really can't put a price tag on this sort of inhuman behavior ( which has something to do with humor or something ,right?)
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: hugman on January 30, 2009, 05:15:22 PM: I'm with Steve and Sarah. I gotta have someone to root for and this show lacks that. The closest thing to it is Sean's surprise girlfriend just cuz she got ganged up on so hard. But the girls on this show deserve these tools. They're awful. I'd rather borrow a dvd from AP Mike if I'm gonna watch such misery.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: samir on January 30, 2009, 05:23:34 PM: Just watched some of Ep 4 on the website, and...

~~Tommy~~ Slacker Tool always wanted to be a marine biologist.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: Kid Pain on January 30, 2009, 05:27:36 PM: I have to say the tools have nothing on the Bad Girls Club.

You're either in the Tool Academy club or the Bad Girls Club club.

But I would spend money if there was a Tool Academy/Bad Girls Club mixer on Pay-Per-View.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: iAmBaronVonTito on January 30, 2009, 05:29:10 PM: Quote from: hugman on January 30, 2009, 05:15:22 PM
I'm with Steve and Sarah. I gotta have someone to root for and this show lacks that. The closest thing to it is Sean's surprise girlfriend just cuz she got ganged up on so hard. But the girls on this show deserve these tools. They're awful. I'd rather borrow a dvd from AP Mike if I'm gonna watch such misery.

i absolutely agree on every accounts but the need to root someone on (and im usually that person); i can't help but find pleasure in the audacious and insane comprehension it must take to not only date one of these guys but to be one these guys. im intrigued and humored all at once.

Quote from: samir on January 30, 2009, 05:23:34 PM
Just watched some of Ep 4 on the website, and...

~~Tommy~~ Slacker Tool always wanted to be a marine biologist.

this is hilarious.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: andrew in philadelphia on January 31, 2009, 03:08:00 AM: Quote from: Sarah on January 30, 2009, 07:17:51 AM
I managed a minute and a half and am now done.

i agree - although i made it longer than that. i really, really tried giving this show a chance. i figure anything that will help me get more out of my best show listening experience is worth checking out. i was wrong in this case. i've been doing my damndest to avoid tools like this my entire life - there's no way i can sit there and root for them to finally do the (painfully obvious) right thing. i also can't stand the causal way they throw the word "love" around. it reminds me a lot of what you're likely to hear just before the fists and chairs start flying on the jerry springer show ("i love you travis! i love you darlene!" bang! smash! crash!) tom's description of these idiots had me in stitches. seeing them in the flesh made me furious.

maybe i'm a tool for not getting what's so special about these tools.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: AaronC on February 01, 2009, 05:26:16 PM: I stumbled upon Matsuflex's myspace: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=114326899 (http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=114326899). Notice his occupation is "Professional Tool."
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: erechoveraker on February 01, 2009, 06:40:01 PM: I'm gonna go out on a limb and say he's added maybe 2 inches to his height too.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: iAmBaronVonTito on February 02, 2009, 09:34:38 AM: he's still riding on the it's-funny-'cause-it's-true tool wave apparently. my guess: he didnt win.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: Bryan on February 02, 2009, 10:28:42 AM: They could recruit all the season 2 tools from Matsuflex's myspace friends. Who are these mutants?
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: erechoveraker on February 02, 2009, 10:30:23 AM: Matsumaniacs?
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: iAmBaronVonTito on February 02, 2009, 10:33:13 AM: this weekend, i drove to the local taco shop and it's no surprise that phoenix is landlocked and phoenix is not near water, but somehow four guys and a girl decided to walk in, no shirts, in bathing suits and flip flops, like they were on the boardwalk.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: Hoboken Brian on February 02, 2009, 12:18:27 PM: Quote from: B_Buster on January 29, 2009, 12:16:00 PM
What is the difference between Tool Academy and Gs to Gents? I wasn't aware of the latter show until last night, but they do seem similar.

"Gs to Gents" was hosted by Fonzworth Bentley. It was more about reforming guys who wanted everyone to know how tough they were. Thieves, thugs, gangbangers and skewed a little more to (ahem) an urban demographic. The lessons were less about being better partners are more about being better men (business acumen, table manners, debates).

Also the guys on it seemed generally more concerned with actually improving, as opposed to dancing around in unsettlingly little shorts all the time. I understand there will be another season though, so you haven't missed your chance.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: Jared on February 02, 2009, 02:37:38 PM: Matsuflex's profile on www.famousvh1friends.com (http://www.famousvh1friends.com) makes me think Mats is sitting on top of the irony throne, raking in cash and laughing at everyone along the way.

About myself well I can say something clichÃ© like: I'm 25 years old, passionate about life and the opportunities it has to bring or I can say something Toolish like: I hit the gym like 7 days a week bro, I fake and bake, buy designer T's...
click for more, and take pictures with the same flexing pose in all of them! Truth is that's actually not too far from it, however; to sum it up, I know who I am and I'm proud to have strong beliefs, great friends and an amazing family. My mottos: GO BIG OR GO HOME! AND-POSITIVE ATTITUDES CREATE POSITIVE OUTCOMES
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: macm2010 on February 02, 2009, 08:39:57 PM: Watching Matsu (yeah, we're on a truncated-name basis) freak out while drunk makes me wonder... Does anyone else think he's a Stallone? Maybe Frank's nephew?
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: samir on February 02, 2009, 09:06:50 PM: Matsuflex's screaming fit, even in the cutaway interviews, made my dreams. Tool Academy Glee Club will scar my nightmares.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: iAmBaronVonTito on February 03, 2009, 10:53:15 AM: i love that someone else "loves" Tool Academy. i would wish that i was in or around Gainesville, but i hate the south.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: Josh Fenderman on February 03, 2009, 03:05:23 PM: My favorite thing about this show is the elimination catch phrase:

"You're just a tool."
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: iAmBaronVonTito on February 03, 2009, 03:24:51 PM: except this last week,

"you're not really that much of a tool...but your girlfriend is."
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: Kim Kelly on February 03, 2009, 05:14:12 PM: She really is a douchebag. She was the president of the I Hate Aida club.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: iAmBaronVonTito on February 03, 2009, 05:32:11 PM: it was bizarre to see him stick by her.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: neilnumberman on February 03, 2009, 06:01:14 PM: Quote from: iAmBaronVonTito on February 03, 2009, 05:32:11 PM
it was bizarre to see him stick by her.
$100,000
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: ericluxury on February 03, 2009, 07:07:17 PM: I liked her, which is the reason she had to go. She actually seems like people I've met in my life and had conversations with rather than judged from afar.
Predictions from now on:
Ep 5: Tommy eliminated
Ep 6: Sean eliminated
Ep 7: Jersey guy eliminated
Ep 8: Matsuflex eliminated, Judo guy wins.
Either that or Jersey guy wins, but they will keep Matsu or Sean on to the end because the rest of the dudes aren't that interesting.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: iAmBaronVonTito on February 03, 2009, 07:15:06 PM: Quote from: neilnumberman on February 03, 2009, 06:01:14 PM
Quote from: iAmBaronVonTito on February 03, 2009, 05:32:11 PM
it was bizarre to see him stick by her.
$100,000

not if he doesn't win. now that $100,000 is out of the question for him, he should have dropped her...she was a jerk.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: Kublakhan61 on February 03, 2009, 07:24:00 PM: I'm off to VH1's site right now to watch my first ever episode of Tool Academy. School work can wait, thanks Best Show!
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: iAmBaronVonTito on February 03, 2009, 07:33:33 PM: Quote from: Kublakhan61 on February 03, 2009, 07:24:00 PM
I'm off to VH1's site right now to watch my first/second/third/fourth ever episode of Tool Academy. School work can wait, thanks Best Show!
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: Kublakhan61 on February 03, 2009, 07:45:34 PM: Quote from: iAmBaronVonTito on February 03, 2009, 07:33:33 PM
Quote from: Kublakhan61 on February 03, 2009, 07:24:00 PM
I'm off to VH1's site right now to watch my first/second/third/fourth ever episode of Tool Academy. School work can wait, thanks Best Show!

Yup. It's gonna be a long night...
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: Tom from Chicago on February 03, 2009, 08:07:16 PM: My favorite moment from this week's episode:

(http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/ilovetowatch/ta_4_4.jpg)
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: perry on February 03, 2009, 09:06:31 PM: haha, totally! that sounds like someone's five year plan for when they're six years old and still think that "dinosaur" is a viable option for a career.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: andrew_in_bk on February 04, 2009, 11:31:40 AM: Quote from: ericluxury on February 03, 2009, 07:07:17 PM
I liked her, which is the reason she had to go. She actually seems like people I've met in my life and had conversations with rather than judged from afar.
Predictions from now on:
Ep 5: Tommy eliminated
Ep 6: Sean eliminated
Ep 7: Jersey guy eliminated
Ep 8: Matsuflex eliminated, Judo guy wins.
Either that or Jersey guy wins, but they will keep Matsu or Sean on to the end because the rest of the dudes aren't that interesting.

I'm pretty sure Rob (Power Tool) will make it to the end. Anyone else notice his absence when Matsu and Sean were flipping out?

I think it will come down to Rob and Jersey, with Rob pulling it out. Tommy's the next to go, I agree.

It will be hard for the producers to get rid of Matsu and Sean, though.

"F%^K this F#&king apple."

"That was my apple, dude."

"Sorry dude."
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: Amplituden on February 04, 2009, 11:35:22 AM: This show isn't on in Canada. (at least on the channels that I get)
I can't even stream it online because it is blocked outside of the US.
I have watched the trailer a bunch of times, it looks like the best thing ever.
Damn you Canadian Radio and Television Council!
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: ericluxury on February 04, 2009, 11:47:20 AM: Quote from: InsertMedia on February 04, 2009, 11:31:40 AM

"F%^K this F#&king apple."

"That was my apple, bro."

"Sorry, bro."

Corrected the quote. So much better with bro rather than dude.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: Kim Kelly on February 04, 2009, 11:48:39 AM: Quote from: Jeremy on February 04, 2009, 11:35:22 AM
This show isn't on in Canada. (at least on the channels that I get)
I can't even stream it online because it is blocked outside of the US.
I have watched the trailer a bunch of times, it looks like the best thing ever.
Damn you Canadian Radio and Television Council!

I'm thinking of a word that starts with a t, ends with an s, and has a double r in the middle.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: iAmBaronVonTito on February 04, 2009, 11:55:06 AM: Quote from: ericluxury on February 04, 2009, 11:47:20 AM
Quote from: InsertMedia on February 04, 2009, 11:31:40 AM

"F%^K this F#&king apple."

"That was my apple, bro."

"Sorry, bro."

Corrected the quote. So much better with bro rather than dude.

still one of the funniest moments in that episode. his blow up was nuts.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: andrew_in_bk on February 04, 2009, 12:29:20 PM: Quote from: ericluxury on February 04, 2009, 11:47:20 AM
Quote from: InsertMedia on February 04, 2009, 11:31:40 AM

"F%^K this F#&king apple."

"That was my apple, bro."

"Sorry, bro."

Corrected the quote. So much better with bro rather than dude.

Ha ha, whoops. They throw both around so much, I get confused. You are 100% right though. It is more lol-riffic with bro
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: Bryan on February 04, 2009, 12:41:39 PM: Quote from: Kim Kelly on February 04, 2009, 11:48:39 AM
Quote from: Jeremy on February 04, 2009, 11:35:22 AM
This show isn't on in Canada. (at least on the channels that I get)
I can't even stream it online because it is blocked outside of the US.
I have watched the trailer a bunch of times, it looks like the best thing ever.
Damn you Canadian Radio and Television Council!

I'm thinking of a word that starts with a t, ends with an s, and has a double r in the middle.

KK's right, Jeremy. I've been able to find most (but not every) episode online. It's worth it!
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: Tom from Chicago on February 04, 2009, 01:26:05 PM: One of the things I keep boggling over in this show (and a few others) is how common it is to go by a name you gave yourself and that name represents a sort of character separate from you, with his own zany traits that don't necessarily reflect on you (Matsuflex, Celebrity, M.E.G.A., etc.).

It's one thing to have a nickname, but to get your friends and relatives to acknowledge a totally different character -- how does that happen? Is everyone Sting now?
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: Regular Joe on February 04, 2009, 01:57:47 PM: Quote from: Tom from Chicago on February 04, 2009, 01:26:05 PM
One of the things I keep boggling over in this show (and a few others) is how common it is to go by a name you gave yourself and that name represents a sort of character separate from you, with his own zany traits that don't necessarily reflect on you (Matsuflex, Celebrity, M.E.G.A., etc.).

It's one thing to have a nickname, but to get your friends and relatives to acknowledge a totally different character -- how does that happen? Is everyone Sting now?

My theory on this is that "Tool Academy" is the unnatural evolution of "The Pick-Up Artist", which is hosted by guys with names like Mystery and Slickster and Master Blaster. They even stole the whole merit badge idea, which I think originated on that show. The Pick-Up Artist creates the tools then Tool Academy "fixes" them, it's a complete cycle of life.

I believe they are trying to achieve the same one two punch as a trip to Charm School after life on the Rock of Love bus, or our two party system of government.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: mike_b on February 04, 2009, 08:58:47 PM: Quote from: Regular Joe on February 04, 2009, 01:57:47 PM
Quote from: Tom from Chicago on February 04, 2009, 01:26:05 PM
One of the things I keep boggling over in this show (and a few others) is how common it is to go by a name you gave yourself and that name represents a sort of character separate from you, with his own zany traits that don't necessarily reflect on you (Matsuflex, Celebrity, M.E.G.A., etc.).

It's one thing to have a nickname, but to get your friends and relatives to acknowledge a totally different character -- how does that happen? Is everyone Sting now?

My theory on this is that "Tool Academy" is the unnatural evolution of "The Pick-Up Artist", which is hosted by guys with names like Mystery and Slickster and Master Blaster. They even stole the whole merit badge idea, which I think originated on that show. The Pick-Up Artist creates the tools then Tool Academy "fixes" them, it's a complete cycle of life.

I believe they are trying to achieve the same one two punch as a trip to Charm School after life on the Rock of Love bus, or our two party system of government.

This is VH1's business model. See also: Getting everyone wasted on The Surreal Life and then sending them to Celebrity Rehab, and from there to Sober House.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: macm2010 on February 05, 2009, 12:45:34 AM: Quote from: mike_b on February 04, 2009, 08:58:47 PM
Quote from: Regular Joe on February 04, 2009, 01:57:47 PM
Quote from: Tom from Chicago on February 04, 2009, 01:26:05 PM
One of the things I keep boggling over in this show (and a few others) is how common it is to go by a name you gave yourself and that name represents a sort of character separate from you, with his own zany traits that don't necessarily reflect on you (Matsuflex, Celebrity, M.E.G.A., etc.).

It's one thing to have a nickname, but to get your friends and relatives to acknowledge a totally different character -- how does that happen? Is everyone Sting now?

My theory on this is that "Tool Academy" is the unnatural evolution of "The Pick-Up Artist", which is hosted by guys with names like Mystery and Slickster and Master Blaster. They even stole the whole merit badge idea, which I think originated on that show. The Pick-Up Artist creates the tools then Tool Academy "fixes" them, it's a complete cycle of life.

I believe they are trying to achieve the same one two punch as a trip to Charm School after life on the Rock of Love bus, or our two party system of government.

This is VH1's business model. See also: Getting everyone wasted on The Surreal Life and then sending them to Celebrity Rehab, and from there to Sober House.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure there are PA's whose only job is to score drugs for the Dr. Drew crowd...
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: snogrog on February 05, 2009, 09:16:03 AM: By far my favorite moment of the episode was when Matsuflex was excited about the cookout and he used this term with the utmost seriousness:

"I'm gonna party like a Matsu."
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: andrew_in_bk on February 06, 2009, 06:02:37 PM: Judging from his myspace... I think the Matsu's are also a community or intramural softball team.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: Phantom Hugger on February 06, 2009, 08:11:08 PM: Quote from: snogrog on February 05, 2009, 09:16:03 AM
By far my favorite moment of the episode was when Matsuflex was excited about the cookout and he used this term with the utmost seriousness:

"I'm gonna party like a Matsu."

So being a Matsu is like being a Smurf or a Ramone? ???
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: andrew_in_bk on February 07, 2009, 01:45:14 PM: A lot like that, yeah.

Or a Bad News Bear.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: andrew_in_bk on February 09, 2009, 12:28:41 AM: Ok. So Rob had the best fainting spell ever captured on film.

Also,

"Even though Matsuflex ran me into a door, and a tree, I still trust him."

Classic.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: iAmBaronVonTito on February 09, 2009, 02:21:11 AM: the roommates were watching the grammys so i didnt watch this week, but im anxiously intrigued.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: franks. on February 09, 2009, 04:49:34 PM: Quote from: InsertMedia on February 09, 2009, 12:28:41 AM
Ok. So Rob had the best fainting spell ever captured on film.

Also,

"Even though Matsuflex ran me into a door, and a tree, I still trust him."

Classic.

I think electing to leave an elimination show makes Rob the biggest non-tool of them all.

But I'm not too sure about what happens when any of these guys are released back into the wild, and I don't think I ever want to know. OK. Actually, I really really do.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: samir on February 09, 2009, 05:40:07 PM: Once again, this show proves that lie detector tests are ENTIRELY ACCURATE AND THAT'S THAT.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: A.M. Thomas on February 09, 2009, 07:25:07 PM: The matching Tool Academy tattoos blew my mind, but Tiny Tool's girlfriend's pride in his tattoo made my head explode.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: andrew_in_bk on February 09, 2009, 08:57:32 PM: The whole fact that Tommy went on that Sparks-fueled tattoo binge and came away un-marked blew my mind.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: Jixby Phillips on February 10, 2009, 04:01:25 AM: I call this show DING DONG ACADEMY because all these guys are such ding dongs!!
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: franks. on February 10, 2009, 11:11:41 AM: Those tattoos would break a mother's heart.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: reallynotclever on February 10, 2009, 02:01:03 PM: Ding Dong Academy, indeed! This show is one of the most scripted, heavily manipulated, multiple takes, pieces of garbage I've ever seen. I'm so hooked. I can hardly wait for "Matsuflex: The E True Hollywood Story".
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: Sara from Chicago on February 10, 2009, 11:18:11 PM: I felt like the totally-obvious voice dubbing was even more prevalent and distracting in this week's episode. Didn't it seem like over half of Rob's "anxiety attack" was dubbed? I wonder if this episode was bad enough to make Tom give up....
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: reallynotclever on February 11, 2009, 04:17:22 AM: You're right Sara, totally over dubbed. All those ridiculous dramatic dolly & crane shots. Is Brian DePalma directing this show? Heavily cut & pieced together. These guys & their girlfriends are all complete tools. Although, sometimes it seems like they're asked leading questions & encouraged to be super tools. That whole "crunked out" tattoo adventure seemed A little set up. They're obviously sweetening every minute of this show. Even the hosts are toolish. Why do I like this?
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: Ramsobot on February 11, 2009, 08:23:21 AM: As soon as they went out to get tattooed I immediately wondered what the freelance VH1 graphic designer thought of all this after he had slaved over that logo for a week with equal parts duty and resentment.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: erechoveraker on February 11, 2009, 09:33:01 AM: Quote from: Ramsobot on February 11, 2009, 08:23:21 AM
As soon as they went out to get tattooed I immediately wondered what the freelance VH1 graphic designer thought of all this after he had slaved over that logo for a ~~week~~ half hour with equal parts duty and resentment.

Fixed for truthies. C'mon, that's a lunchbreak job if I've ever seen one.

My favorite part is the mini-Matsu gets it proudly on his mini-chest, and the other two brahs opt for the less obvious ribcage tatt both. So much for the Ding Dong Brotherhood, yeah?
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: reallynotclever on February 11, 2009, 12:57:26 PM: What's with that trust challenge? The part where the smoke bomb goes off in that box, that seemed A little less than safe.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: franks. on February 11, 2009, 04:50:26 PM: Quote from: Sara from Chicago on February 10, 2009, 11:18:11 PM
I felt like the totally-obvious voice dubbing was even more prevalent and distracting in this week's episode. Didn't it seem like over half of Rob's "anxiety attack" was dubbed? I wonder if this episode was bad enough to make Tom give up....

Yeah, that's right. Those overdubs are really weird. There was something else happening or being said during Rob's anxiety attack, I thought. I'm about to give up on this show. It was funny at first but now I don't know.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: erechoveraker on February 11, 2009, 05:10:34 PM: I think just that Tom pointed out the cheapness of the show has ruined the fun of hating these goons for me. LUXURIOUS ROMANTIC GETAWAY TO CONJUGAL VISIT ROOM! (cost - 8.99 for dozen roses, 4.80 bottle shampain, 1 can massgainer on clearance GNC b1g1 coupon .88, 3 candle ikea free at door, etc etc)

Also, I don't care who wins. Or loses. Wait, how is this thing graded?

I heart Money 2 though is all kinda fun. Damnit, but it is.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: franks. on February 11, 2009, 05:23:25 PM: Don't forget the horse and carriage to carry the lucky couple around the driveway for 20 minutes.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: erechoveraker on February 11, 2009, 05:48:06 PM: Was it a real horse? :D
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: Kim Kelly on February 11, 2009, 08:48:31 PM: Quote from: erechoveraker on February 11, 2009, 05:10:34 PM
I heart Money 2 though is all kinda fun. Damnit, but it is.

It is! I think I love Buckwild.

(http://images.icanhascheezburger.com/completestore/2009/2/10/128787874029629610.jpg)
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: erechoveraker on February 11, 2009, 09:38:38 PM: Quote from: Kim Kelly on February 11, 2009, 08:48:31 PM
It is! I think I love Buckwild.

(http://images.icanhascheezburger.com/completestore/2009/2/10/128787874029629610.jpg)

I do too (from the neck down! ;) ), but not as much as I love that fake Gambit accent that weird stripper has. What planet did they find him on?
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: iAmBaronVonTito on February 12, 2009, 10:33:49 AM: i didnt see Rob faint, i dont get it. and now the girlfriend house is at war which is not as exciting as i though it would be. im losing interest fast.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: samir on February 16, 2009, 06:33:52 PM: "Is that CAESAR SALAD?!?!!!"
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: iAmBaronVonTito on February 16, 2009, 06:38:47 PM: i havent seen this week's episode yet but samir youve reestablished my interest.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: ericluxury on February 16, 2009, 06:51:18 PM: Nice call, Samir. That was one of those dumb lines I didn't catch.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: Regular Joe on February 17, 2009, 04:33:40 AM: My favorite part of this whole show so far was the Tool with the bangs getting mad at the other Tool for not doing the sock puppets correctly.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: Andy on February 17, 2009, 08:10:13 AM: alright: everyone off the bandwagon. let's see how long this one takes to clear out.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: Sarah on February 17, 2009, 08:19:08 AM: Thank heaven I didn't bother to get on it. What a timesaver.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: buffcoat on February 17, 2009, 10:44:13 AM: Quote from: Andy on February 17, 2009, 08:10:13 AM
alright: everyone off the bandwagon. let's see how long this one takes to clear out.

Let me be the first to say that:

1. I had never heard of this show until Tom mentioned it.
2. I started watching it religiously as soon as Tom said he was watching it. I told all my friends about it.
3. Now that Tom has stopped watching, I will never watch it again. I have deleted it from my DVR. I will run it down to anyone I meet.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: B_Buster on February 17, 2009, 11:24:21 AM: C'mon! Tommy's proud tool stare into the middle distance at the end of this week's episode was pure gold!

And since he lost his ride, did that mean he had to take the horse and carriage to his destination?

And why isn't everyone excited to meet the parents of these mutants next week?
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: iAmBaronVonTito on February 17, 2009, 11:49:29 AM: all this tool academy talk makes me want to skip episode 6 tonite and go straight for episode 7 next week.

it will be interesting to see who created these monsters.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: Kim Kelly on February 18, 2009, 10:47:45 AM: I'm with you AP Mike, I can't wait for Parent Week!
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: Steve in North Hollywood on February 22, 2009, 03:54:11 AM: Forget Tool Academy!!! I just found The Girls of Hedsor Hall on MTV ... 12 girls get sent to a finishing school in England.

A panel of three English ladies serve as judges over the girls' behavior.

It's like watching my Grandmothers and Aunts yell at the slutty cousins I never had.

http://www.mtv.com/ontv/dyn/the_girls_of_hedsor_hall/cast.jhtml (http://www.mtv.com/ontv/dyn/the_girls_of_hedsor_hall/cast.jhtml)
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: iAmBaronVonTito on February 23, 2009, 12:10:27 PM: wasnt this show originally on another channel with ACTUAL european chics? and if so, i saw a couple episodes and it was way better.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: Steve in North Hollywood on February 23, 2009, 01:36:56 PM: Quote from: iAmBaronVonTito on February 23, 2009, 12:10:27 PM
wasnt this show originally on another channel with ACTUAL european chics? and if so, i saw a couple episodes and it was way better.

Wait, the European version was way better? Or Hedsor Hall is better than Tool Academy?
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: ericluxury on February 23, 2009, 06:10:01 PM: Could be that I am sexist but all the finishing school and make-her-a-lady versions of these shows I find repellant, but I am fine with the same situation with awful men.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: Denim Gremlin on February 23, 2009, 06:29:52 PM: Quote from: ericluxury on February 23, 2009, 06:10:01 PM
Could be that I am sexist but all the finishing school and make-her-a-lady versions of these shows I find repellant, but I am fine with the same situation with awful men.

eric likes his ladies drunk and slutty.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: iAmBaronVonTito on February 24, 2009, 02:47:43 PM: Quote from: Steve in North Hollywood on February 23, 2009, 01:36:56 PM
Quote from: iAmBaronVonTito on February 23, 2009, 12:10:27 PM
wasnt this show originally on another channel with ACTUAL european chics? and if so, i saw a couple episodes and it was way better.

Wait, the European version was way better? Or Hedsor Hall is better than Tool Academy?

both!
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: Steve in North Hollywood on February 25, 2009, 03:49:39 AM: Quote from: iAmBaronVonTito on February 24, 2009, 02:47:43 PM
Quote from: Steve in North Hollywood on February 23, 2009, 01:36:56 PM
Quote from: iAmBaronVonTito on February 23, 2009, 12:10:27 PM
wasnt this show originally on another channel with ACTUAL european chics? and if so, i saw a couple episodes and it was way better.

Wait, the European version was way better? Or Hedsor Hall is better than Tool Academy?

both!
Noted! This American version of Hedsor Hall stinks, but it's more entertaining than Tool Academy.

"Hand in your pearl necklace" is soooooooo much funnier* than "Hang your jacket in the armoir."

*Here, "funnier" really means "filthier."
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: iAmBaronVonTito on February 25, 2009, 11:07:28 AM: Quote from: Steve in North Hollywood on February 25, 2009, 03:49:39 AM
Quote from: iAmBaronVonTito on February 24, 2009, 02:47:43 PM
Quote from: Steve in North Hollywood on February 23, 2009, 01:36:56 PM
Quote from: iAmBaronVonTito on February 23, 2009, 12:10:27 PM
wasnt this show originally on another channel with ACTUAL european chics? and if so, i saw a couple episodes and it was way better.

Wait, the European version was way better? Or Hedsor Hall is better than Tool Academy?

both!
Noted! This American version of Hedsor Hall stinks, but it's more entertaining than Tool Academy.

"Hand in your pearl necklace" is soooooooo much funnier* than "Hang your jacket in the armoir."

*Here, "funnier" really means "filthier."

i just googled it- called, "Ladette to Lady", which was good and much better than girls i can see any given weekend a block from my house. all in all, i know its the same, but culturally, it's slightly different. we'll say, different enough.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: Andy on March 09, 2009, 12:45:59 PM: 8 pages in 3 weeks and somehow there's been no discussion in the last 12 days on this topic?
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: B_Buster on March 09, 2009, 03:26:20 PM: Tiny Tool (aka Jersey Tool) won! Upon graduation, he immediately married his girlfriend. The cermony was great. The justice of the peace inserted phrases like "Do you take this former tool to be your lawfully wedded husband" etc. He must have alluded to the groom's former tool status at least three times during the ceremony. Looking forward to next week's reunion show!
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: edb on March 09, 2009, 03:50:11 PM: yeah, there was a guy playing the harpoon and everything!
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: iAmBaronVonTito on March 09, 2009, 04:14:40 PM: i was rooting for tiny tool. im pretty stoked he won; it makes up for my loss on top chef.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: Jixby Phillips on March 15, 2009, 07:48:37 PM: The reunion was on this morning and I happened to catch it. It's an unbelievable circus, and worth watching. Watch and discuss.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: birdsandrabbits on March 16, 2009, 08:51:08 PM: we can all agree this is staged, right?

that being said, Tommy getting dumped publicly for a second time was awesome.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: erechoveraker on March 16, 2009, 08:57:26 PM: Yeah, most of that seemed completely scripted. Also, there is no way that Ogre-tools baby mama was 4 months pregnant. No way.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: Andy on March 17, 2009, 12:25:20 AM: no way its scripted. this show is too good to be scripted.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: Kim Kelly on March 17, 2009, 01:18:54 AM: Quote from: erechoveraker on March 16, 2009, 08:57:26 PM
Also, there is no way that Ogre-tools baby mama was 4 months pregnant. No way.

Huh?
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: Big Plastic Head on March 17, 2009, 01:29:04 AM: I was bored. Just watched the "reunion"....

Those poor fuckin' editors.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: erechoveraker on March 17, 2009, 10:43:22 AM: Quote from: Kim Kelly on March 17, 2009, 01:18:54 AM
Huh?

Did you see the reunion? The big steroid tool had another girlfriend out there, and they brought her up and she said she was 4 months preggers with his kid. Only she was super skinny and wearing a pretty tight little outfit, and there was no bulge, so I called shenanigans.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: Kim Kelly on March 17, 2009, 11:15:47 AM: Quote from: erechoveraker on March 17, 2009, 10:43:22 AM
Quote from: Kim Kelly on March 17, 2009, 01:18:54 AM
Huh?

Did you see the reunion? The big steroid tool had another girlfriend out there, and they brought her up and she said she was 4 months preggers with his kid. Only she was super skinny and wearing a pretty tight little outfit, and there was no bulge, so I called shenanigans.

There was a slight bump.

Look, this is the Tool Academy reunion we're talking about, so there isn't really much need to put any thought into it. But seriously. Plenty of women don't show until well into their fifth or sixth month. It's perfectly normal.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: Jixby Phillips on March 18, 2009, 02:20:19 AM: God, the pregnant woman coming out was mind-blowing. It honestly felt like a parody of Tool Academy. Suck it, new life.

(I like to pretend everything on this show is %100 real)
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: iAmBaronVonTito on March 19, 2009, 12:59:49 PM: Sean admitting he's still a tool (proved by preggo) and tiny tool+wife being asked about their sex life. gross.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: ericluxury on March 20, 2009, 02:10:19 PM: I stopped watching with two to go and was fine with it but at a moment of boredom decided to watch the last 2. They were particularly bad. What pleasures that show had dwindled over time.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: iAmBaronVonTito on March 20, 2009, 02:12:30 PM: Quote from: ericluxury on March 20, 2009, 02:10:19 PM
I stopped watching with two to go and was fine with it but at a moment of boredom decided to watch the last 2. They were particularly bad. What pleasures that show had dwindled over time.

same here. i missed the last two and only caught ten minutes of the reunion show. my new VH1 favorite: Tough Love.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: ericluxury on March 20, 2009, 05:59:47 PM: I was cured of any desire for this kind of entertainment after maybe the 8th season of The Real World that I watched. Until someone like Tom, who I respect but doesn't seem to regularly endorse this kind of bullshit and generally appears to see the distinction between awful tv and good tv, says I should check it out, I am done.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: iAmBaronVonTito on March 20, 2009, 07:13:32 PM: unfortunately, they irritate the hell out of me but not enough to stop wasting sunday afternoons on. luckily, i only have the patience for one at a time.

from this point on, anything NOT about Tough Love, i will be oblivious to.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: erechoveraker on March 20, 2009, 07:50:26 PM: Quote from: iAmBaronVonTito on March 20, 2009, 07:13:32 PM
from this point on, anything NOT about Tough Love, i will be oblivious to.

Get on the I Love Money 2 train though, it's great. Also, it has no misconceptions about what it is, a bunch of washed up reality hobo's battling for some money!
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: iAmBaronVonTito on March 23, 2009, 12:00:57 PM: Quote from: erechoveraker on March 20, 2009, 07:50:26 PM
Quote from: iAmBaronVonTito on March 20, 2009, 07:13:32 PM
from this point on, anything NOT about Tough Love, i will be oblivious to.

Get on the I Love Money 2 train though, it's great. Also, it has no misconceptions about what it is, a bunch of washed up reality hobo's battling for some money!

chances are, ive seen the show they were on. this means, sadly...old news, next! Tough Love is great because i will never tire of being blown away by the sheer oblivious nature of people looking to make their lives better, which is: my life must suck because of something EVERYONE ELSE is doing, not me.

its hilarious and enraging at the same time.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: jbissell on March 23, 2009, 12:37:16 PM: I know you all have been watching For the Love of Ray J.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: theyellowchair on April 29, 2009, 12:17:37 PM: While attending trivia night at Clifton's Shannon Rose bar and restaurant, I had the privilege(?) of meeting THE MATSUFLEX. He strolled in to the curiously-empty dining room with a woman whose outrageously fake tan and surgically-enhanced décolletage stole some of his celebrity clout. Surprisingly, 'FLEX failed to live up to his toolish reputation. Bedecked in what could have been the entire Ed Hardy men's spring line and aggressively faux-hawked, 'SU remained civil throughout the evening, returning greetings from fans and onlookers alike with grace and aplomb. He didn't shout, cry, or threaten lives. Stools remained standing, and I would be lying if I said I wasn't inspired by such composure.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: samir on August 21, 2009, 10:08:18 AM: (http://cdn.videogum.com/img/thumbnails/photos/tool_academy_season_2.jpg)

GUESS WHO'S BACK.

http://videogum.com/archives/reality-tv/tool-academy-season-2-tooler-acadamyer_085511.html
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: iAmBaronVonTito on August 21, 2009, 11:39:25 AM: the only reason i enjoyed watching this show was because of this thread. bring it on, season 2.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: dukerayburn on August 21, 2009, 04:56:01 PM: Is it just me, or do these tools actually seem fairly innocuous next to this gallery (http://www.barstoolsports.com/article/new_jersey_freakshows/1958/) of douchebags? Can television cameras simply not handle tans of that saturation level?
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: Steve in North Hollywood on August 22, 2009, 02:08:36 AM: Quote from: dukerayburn on August 21, 2009, 04:56:01 PM
Is it just me, or do these tools actually seem fairly innocuous next to this gallery (http://www.barstoolsports.com/article/new_jersey_freakshows/1958/) of douchebags? Can television cameras simply not handle tans of that saturation level?

Good lord! Some of those guys need help.

The two that look like Gotti's grandsons are okay in my book though... In case they ARE Gotti's grandsons. (wipes sweat from forehead).
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: TimmyVonFaulkner on August 31, 2009, 06:20:56 PM: Did anyone catch the premier of season 2 last night? The show is off to a real trashy start. The host even lost his cool at one point and started screaming obscenities.

I love this show, no matter how staged it is.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: iAmBaronVonTito on August 31, 2009, 06:31:58 PM: it's on the dvr...and guess who's leaving work to go home and watch it. right. away.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: Steve in North Hollywood on August 31, 2009, 08:52:51 PM: Quote from: iAmBaronVonTito on August 31, 2009, 06:31:58 PM
it's on the dvr...and guess who's leaving work to go home and watch it. right. away.

I'll pray for you.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: iAmBaronVonTito on September 01, 2009, 12:23:08 AM: Quote from: Steve in North Hollywood on August 31, 2009, 08:52:51 PM
Quote from: iAmBaronVonTito on August 31, 2009, 06:31:58 PM
it's on the dvr...and guess who's leaving work to go home and watch it. right. away.

I'll pray for you.

that was the most disturbing ending in Tool Academy expulsions. it stayed with me well after i erased it.

yeesh.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: perry on September 01, 2009, 03:47:20 PM: oh dear god, this season is going to be so good.

seeing those d-bags do their underwear-party thing at the top of the show made me be like "oh god, these poor women, look what they have to put up with" but then i realized that they don't HAVE to put up with ANYTHING. and it occured to me that the girls are just as stupid, if not more stupid, for staying with these axe-body-spray-drenched gorillas in the first place. I mean, if you think your boyfriend is actually a big enough neanderthal to go on tool academy, why don't you just move on and get someone else?

those girls were nuts to not get up and storm out of the room as soon as they saw those interview videos of their boyfriends. that was some of the most mean-spirited and awful things i've ever heard human beings say.

all that aside though, oh my god, this is gonna be a great season. i can't wait to see these worthless, brainless slabs of meat make complete asses of themselves.

i guarantee that giant 6'6 guy is going to be the source of many a laugh over the next couple of months.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: samir on September 01, 2009, 05:26:42 PM: I made it as far as "pisstivity"
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: iAmBaronVonTito on September 01, 2009, 05:50:11 PM: Quote from: perry on September 01, 2009, 03:47:20 PM
oh dear god, this season is going to be so good.

seeing those d-bags do their underwear-party thing at the top of the show made me be like "oh god, these poor women, look what they have to put up with" but then i realized that they don't HAVE to put up with ANYTHING. and it occured to me that the girls are just as stupid, if not more stupid, for staying with these axe-body-spray-drenched gorillas in the first place. I mean, if you think your boyfriend is actually a big enough neanderthal to go on tool academy, why don't you just move on and get someone else?

those girls were nuts to not get up and storm out of the room as soon as they saw those interview videos of their boyfriends. that was some of the most mean-spirited and awful things i've ever heard human beings say.

all that aside though, oh my god, this is gonna be a great season. i can't wait to see these worthless, brainless slabs of meat make complete asses of themselves.

i guarantee that giant 6'6 guy is going to be the source of many a laugh over the next couple of months.

it will definitely be hard to top the first episode, between the creepy guy who was expelled and the host flipping out, and there are still 11 guys left. not to mention, im with you on the girlfriends, but i thought the same thing during season one. i think only ONE girl dumped her boyfriend at the end of the show.

however, i must admit that seeing these self-absorbed people turned into half decent human beings (no matter how staged) is rewarding. it's why i was such a huge fan of Beauty and the Geek, despite how shallow those girls were.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: betheboy on September 01, 2009, 05:59:30 PM: The best part about this show is that it makes me look like the greatest husband in the world by comparison.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: iAmBaronVonTito on September 01, 2009, 06:06:00 PM: Quote from: Be The Boy on September 01, 2009, 05:59:30 PM
The best part about this show is that it makes me look like the greatest husband in the world by comparison.

ok, i saw first hand, via satellite, the two of you together (not to mention, i subscribe to the twitters and the blogs), and you guys are the greatest COUPLE, end of story.

also, end of mushy, flattery.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: betheboy on September 01, 2009, 06:30:14 PM: Quote from: iAmBaronVonTito on September 01, 2009, 06:06:00 PM
Quote from: Be The Boy on September 01, 2009, 05:59:30 PM
The best part about this show is that it makes me look like the greatest husband in the world by comparison.

ok, i saw first hand, via satellite, the two of you together (not to mention, i subscribe to the twitters and the blogs), and you guys are the greatest COUPLE, end of story.

also, end of mushy, flattery.

I'm going to cry now. Thank you.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: Me! on September 09, 2009, 05:01:25 PM: I have a feeling that gigantic guy with the insane voice is going to destroy the house somehow.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: steve davidson on September 09, 2009, 05:44:00 PM: maybe he can use his Samson-like arms to construct a bomb.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: Me! on September 09, 2009, 06:35:09 PM: I can picture him throwing his girlfriend out of a window, then smashing a keg like it were a Keystone Light can.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: ChrisRawk on September 13, 2009, 08:10:59 PM: Quote from: iAmBaronVonTito on September 01, 2009, 12:23:08 AM

that was the most disturbing ending in Tool Academy expulsions. it stayed with me well after i erased it.

yeesh.

Yeah, that was pretty messed up. "I'm not going to do what you want me to do." Geez louise.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: Geoff Johnston on September 14, 2009, 02:06:28 PM: FOT/Tool Academy connection: My wife is the production/design manager at the uniform company that made their cheerleading uniforms for the 2nd episode. They were pretty standard uniforms at first, just with the word TOOL pressed across the tops, but the Tool Academy wardrobe department apparently "accented" the uniforms with sparkly things and other baubles.
(http://www.vh1.com/sitewide/promoimages/shows/t/tool_academy2/promos/episode02d/281x211.jpg)
Wife of FOT made these.

I'm pretty sure a good number of sleeves were removed as well. I like to imagine that VH1 has a warehouse full of sleeves and altered skirt hems that have been ripped off of various uniforms from all these Tool/Charm School shows. But I digress.

I personally think my wife's finest work is exhibited in the cheerleader outfit they made for Big Mama's House 2: Even Biggerer...

(http://www.popcorn.co.uk/static/bigmomma1.jpg)
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: iAmBaronVonTito on September 14, 2009, 02:13:00 PM: ive never understood how ripping off your sleeves to show your muscles acts as a pheromone, for either sex.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: Geoff Johnston on September 14, 2009, 02:17:07 PM: Quote from: iAmBaronVonTito on September 14, 2009, 02:13:00 PM
ive never understood how ripping off your sleeves to show your muscles acts as a pheromone, for either sex.

I suppose it's a way of notifying the immediate public that the gun show is, in fact, in town.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: TimmyVonFaulkner on September 14, 2009, 03:32:54 PM: I always have questions when I watch the elimination segment of the show. Do the producers make the tools alter their jackets? Do they have to bedazzle them or rip off the sleeves? What would happen if one of them wanted to look decent and leave the jacket in one piece?
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: iAmBaronVonTito on September 14, 2009, 03:48:41 PM: Quote from: TimmyVonFaulkner on September 14, 2009, 03:32:54 PM
What would happen if one of them wanted to look decent and leave the jacket in one piece?

a black hole would appear.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: Christina on September 14, 2009, 10:31:14 PM: Quote from: GeeOff on September 14, 2009, 02:17:07 PM
Quote from: iAmBaronVonTito on September 14, 2009, 02:13:00 PM
ive never understood how ripping off your sleeves to show your muscles acts as a pheromone, for either sex.

I suppose it's a way of notifying the immediate public that the gun show is, in fact, in town.

And when you kiss each bicep in turn, you're saying that you have 2 tickets to that gun show. Either that or you are giving love to each of your 40 inch pythons.

Also GeeOff, those cheerleader outfits are really awesome.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: betheboy on September 14, 2009, 10:44:27 PM: Quote from: TimmyVonFaulkner on September 14, 2009, 03:32:54 PM
I always have questions when I watch the elimination segment of the show. Do the producers make the tools alter their jackets? Do they have to bedazzle them or rip off the sleeves? What would happen if one of them wanted to look decent and leave the jacket in one piece?

I have friend who works on the show but I don't want to admit I watch it so I won't ask them but I'm fairly certain that the Tools are not the ones bedazzling and altering the jackets.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: redmedicine on September 23, 2009, 12:37:00 PM: This week's episode was kinda boring, but I can't wait until next week: TOOL MUTINY!
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: TimmyVonFaulkner on September 23, 2009, 10:57:02 PM: Quote from: redmedicine on September 23, 2009, 12:37:00 PM
This week's episode was kinda boring, but I can't wait until next week: TOOL MUTINY!

I thought this week's was pretty good. The show has surprised me and become more low brow than I even imagined possible.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: jamesp on October 03, 2009, 06:07:03 PM: I'm surprised there hasn't been any discussion about the most recent episode. It's by far this season's best one yet.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: Lyle Hemmings on October 03, 2009, 11:44:56 PM: Quote from: jamesp on October 03, 2009, 06:07:03 PM
It's by far this season's best one yet.

My better half said the same but I assumed she was just trying to make me feel bad for missing it.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: ChrisRawk on October 05, 2009, 08:05:22 AM: Quote from: jamesp on October 03, 2009, 06:07:03 PM
I'm surprised there hasn't been any discussion about the most recent episode. It's by far this season's best one yet.

I've ended up missing a bunch of episodes this season, unfortunately. Is this the one with the mock funeral? The idea of that just sounds so amazingly heinous.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: jamesp on October 05, 2009, 01:32:02 PM: Quote from: ChrisRawk on October 05, 2009, 08:05:22 AM
Quote from: jamesp on October 03, 2009, 06:07:03 PM
I'm surprised there hasn't been any discussion about the most recent episode. It's by far this season's best one yet.

I've ended up missing a bunch of episodes this season, unfortunately. Is this the one with the mock funeral? The idea of that just sounds so amazingly heinous.

Yeah, not only did they have to do the mock funeral, but the guys had to watch their girlfriends go on dates with other guys too.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: samir on November 12, 2009, 11:38:54 AM: Good news everyone!

JERSEY SHORE begins on MTV, December 3rd.

Proud moments.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVWRXZWGzzI
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: mahgeetah on November 12, 2009, 12:40:19 PM: Quote from: samir on November 12, 2009, 11:38:54 AM
Good news everyone!

JERSEY SHORE begins on MTV, December 3rd.

Proud moments.

"Fist-pumpin' like champs!" There's a hole in my heart in the shape of the silhouette on the Tool Academy logo. This is just the show to fill that hole. Thank you for sharing.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: ChrisRawk on November 12, 2009, 04:22:21 PM: The season didn't end with a wedding, I noticed. Did they cut the budget this year? I'm guessing they maxed themselves out with they fake funeral set.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: erechoveraker on November 12, 2009, 04:30:55 PM: Quote from: ChrisRawk on November 12, 2009, 04:22:21 PM
The season didn't end with a wedding, I noticed. Did they cut the budget this year? I'm guessing they maxed themselves out with they fake funeral set.

You're a damn liar, Christopher J. Neri. This did not happen. Tell me I did not miss this.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: samir on February 19, 2010, 10:30:40 PM: The Soup just told me that series 3 of Tool Academy is underway, if anyone still cares.
Title: Re: Tool Academy
Post by: Christina on February 21, 2010, 12:32:06 AM: Quote from: samir on February 19, 2010, 10:30:40 PM
The Soup just told me that series 3 of Tool Academy is underway, if anyone still cares.

See, at this point, the guys are beyond self-absorbed, since once the curtain is raised as it were, they know full well what this contest is all about and how it's going to play out.