October 2, 2007
Farewell to Bravo’s Big, Gay Minstrel Show
The Olympian offers a preview of the last season of “Queer Eye,” as well as an interview with Jai Rodriguez:
“Queer Eye for the Straight Guy,” one of television’s most innovative reality series, wraps up its four-year, Emmy-winning run starting at 10 p.m. tonight on Bravo.
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Tuesday’s episode is preceded by a “Straight Guy Pageant” at 9 p.m. hosted by soap diva Susan Lucci. The pageant will bring back former guys who were helped on the show, to see who has kept up with their makeovers, and who has slacked off.
Someone will then be crowned the “Ultimate Straight Guy.”
That will be followed by an all-new episode featuring a guy named Eric from Colorado. He connects with Tracie, who lives in New York, at Match.com. After six months of e-mails, calls and text messaging, Eric is finally going to see Tracie up close and personal. “Queer Eye” gives him the once-over before the date.
What else to expect this final season? Topics such as unibrows, nose hair, pleather and, of course, “manscaping,” Douglas’ ongoing attempt to tame or remove unruly body hair. …
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