Early in this final episode Kevin Peak comes clean to the top ten guys about being an embedded model/judge. The guys react by using a lot of words that have to be bleeped. The look on Tate's face is so priceless it could inspire a cologne: "Dumbfounded, for the man who just doesn't get it."

But before we get to Kevin's big revelation, we have to leave Puerto Rico and get the guys to New York. At one point, their limo passes by a theater where the musical "Caroline of Change" is playing. I half-expected Rob to say, "You can just drop me off here." Instead they go to the Carnegie Deli, where...]]> http://blogs.outzonetv.com/manhunt/2007/01/ep_8.php http://blogs.outzonetv.com/manhunt/2007/01/ep_8.php Tue, 23 Jan 2007 17:52:33 -0500 One of the best things about "Manhunt" was that it came out just in time for bloggers to fully exploit their Google skill to embarass the contestants.
Although we love the contestants -- probably too much. Not that that is going to stop us from giving you some of our favorite links.

This is one about Brett, the charming ex-chippendale dancer: "The previously booted Brett is the latest one to be revealed as having strutted his stuff somewhere else besides a catwalk."

“I’d like to see him nude on a surfboard…surfing naked.”

Thank you, Carmen Electra, for voicing what all of us watching “Manhunt” are thinking; that Hawaiian hottie Jon Johnson needs to show us his man-parts, preferably while surfing.

I think Carmen was married to rock god Dave Navarro when “Manhunt” was shot and therefore unable to act on her affection for the “Manhunt” men. But now, unless those Joan Jett rumors are true, she’s free and single and ready to mingle! I like to imagine Carmen running into one of the guys on a trans-Atlantic flight. She’s in first class, naturally -- he’s in coach. They’d have some champagne, laugh about old times, talk about what a hard-ass Bruce Hulse was, and then bang each other silly in the bathroom.

Hey, a blogger can dream.

“I make Orlando Bloom look like the Wicked Witch of the West.”

This gem of a soundbyte comes from our Keanu-esque surfer boy Jon Johnson a few minutes into episode 5 of “Manhunt”. During a set visit to Access Hollywood, Jon was asked by anchor-babe Shawn Robinson why he should win the big prize and that’s the best he could up with, which proves that narcissistic bullshit bravado doesn’t come naturally to all reality stars. Some folks have to really work at being full of themselves and I, for one, am grateful that Jon J’s not quite there yet.

The guys all seem thrilled to be on the set of Access and hanging out with the Hollywood-skinny Shawn Robinson, but I’m willing to bet that if we could see the guys’ cartoon thought bubbles, at least one of them would be thinking, ‘What, no Nancy O’Dell? Is she too...]]> http://blogs.outzonetv.com/manhunt/2007/01/manblogging_episode_5_hollywood.php http://blogs.outzonetv.com/manhunt/2007/01/manblogging_episode_5_hollywood.php Thu, 04 Jan 2007 15:55:12 -0500 When it comes to Matt Lanter: one question. Where to begin? On “Manhunt” he’s a top-ten finalist. Not bad for an underage bellboy. The guy is only 23, so maybe he was legal (to drink) during filming, but maybe not. Not that they show him drinking, he’s too busy modeling, being called fat, and otherwise being put through the Manhunt-obstacle course.

But then the holiday break came (and went) and we got some iTunes gift certificates in our stocking. Guess what we did with them. We downloaded “Heroes”, which yes, we know is old news. But we’re slow sometimes.

Anyway: Matt Lanter is a creepy high school rapist!

“They had corncobs so far up their butt they were making popcorn.”

Think of Manblogging as the director's cut of "Manhunt" without a director. (Did the show have a director?) We decided it doesn't matter and wrangled L.A. author, OUTzone blogger, radio host, and all-around funny man Dennis Hensley to give us the couch potato's take on each episode.

This astute assessment was offered by ““Manhunt” ” contestant Hunter after undergoing what the show’s promos call ‘the interview from hell’ (IFH) in episode 4.

This line comes pretty early on in episode 3 of “Manhunt”. Of course, it seems like it figures prominently in every episode of “Manhunt”. In fact, I think that was the working title of the show.

The show does so much leering at the aspiring cover boys that I feel I may end up having to testify in a harassment lawsuit just for watching. To me, there’s an undercurrent to the show where it’s about gay producers getting to have power over the hot straight guys who titillated/tormented them in high school.

“Don’t want to wear the corset Hunter? Well, tough shit because I’m calling the shots now…so get down to your skivvies.”

It’s this weird dance that’s going on. At some moments, I think, ‘Get over it, hottie. Just because you wear a kilt doesn’t make you a sodomite,’ and other moments I feel like the poor hunks are being excessively objectified, like I want to say to the production team, ‘How ‘bout you just cop a feel of Hunter’s package and get it over with.’

On “Top Model,” for all of Tyra’s nutty narcissism, there’s a part of her that seems cares about the girls and wants to help them succeed. The “Manhunt” folks just want to get the guys in their undies as soon and...]]> http://blogs.outzonetv.com/manhunt/2006/12/episode_2_go_ahead_and_touch_me.php http://blogs.outzonetv.com/manhunt/2006/12/episode_2_go_ahead_and_touch_me.php Wed, 13 Dec 2006 15:38:35 -0500 One of the best parts of "Manhunt" when it was first on Bravo was the amount of hoopla that surrounded it. We're talking gossip, buzz, and more gossip. Maybe it was the fun(ny?) ads in the subways of shirtless men in underwear and boots... Maybe it was the name "manhunt" which seems, er, very gay.

Who else hunts men, but gay men? Well, casting agents, but who cares about them.

One of our favorite gossip items, which we enjoy reliving now involves Hunter, the homophobic one. Okay, so he's just "uncomfortable" around gay guys, maybe he's not pathological. Anyway: this link on Fleshbot used to go to a toe-sucking video.

THE MANUNT CONTINUES

Anyone still have the link?

Watching episode 1 of “Manhunt” is an overwhelming experience. Like Thanksgiving at Grandma’s house when the table is overflowing with so many dishes you want to try (or have to try so as not to insult Aunt Betty who spent all night on the six bean casserole). Really, there’s just so much going on, so many contestants, so much stripping down to bad underwear…

Okay, stop.

Yes, “Manhunt” is early reality TV, but didn’t these guys think to wear their best underwear? I mean, really. My mom taught me to wear my best underwear every day when I was about five-years-old and getting my first physical at the pediatrician.

Since then: no bad underwear allowed. Ever.

But onward toward the real, er, meat of “Manhunt Episode 1.” It/they arrive simultaneously as the bad underwear. Host Bruce Hulse reads each guy up-side-down-and-sideways. (Do we love, or hate him? I think love, no? The...]]> http://blogs.outzonetv.com/manhunt/2006/12/episode_1_wedgie_patrol.php http://blogs.outzonetv.com/manhunt/2006/12/episode_1_wedgie_patrol.php Thu, 07 Dec 2006 18:23:53 -0500