From the Bleachers: A Real Housewives Game Analysis

From the Bleachers is the only podcast that recognizes that the Real Housewives franchise is a sport in which each woman cast for the show becomes a high-level player, competing to earn additional seasons of play and social media fame. Join Mandy & Sandra (The Real Housewives of Bend, Oregon), in a fun and quirky recap-style podcast, as we analyze all of the best plays made by our favorite women in reality TV, the Real Housewives.

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From the Bleachers: A Real Housewives Game Analysis

Join Sandra and Mandy, the Real Housewives of Bend, OR, as they analyze the strategy and game plays of Bravo's Real Housewives. After starting in Salt Lake City, where no apology play is too small for Sandra's Apology Rubric, and no ride in a Sprinter van is too short for an angry confrontation, the team has moved on to analyze the play in Beverly Hills, and heads out to New Jersey in May of 2024.

Sandra conceived of the show as a natural marriage of her mathematics and personality typing background with her love of Game of Roses' Bachelor franchise coverage. Without her, there would be no game analysis and no RSS. 

Mandy, a literal (literally!) stranger to reality TV prior to her friendship with Sandra, brings her legal and theater background to the analysis, and loves to highlight all that is comedy in the land of the Housewives.

Once you get a taste of their coverage style, you'll never watch an episode the same way again!

Episodes

Tuesday May 14, 2024

Sandra and Mandy cover all the play in Season 14 Episode 2 of Real Housewives of New Jersey. Sandra talks about Pampered Pet Play and what Teresa’s dog needs to do to step it up to the level of Melissa Gorga’s dog. Mandy teaches us that there’s no such thing as bad Fashion Play and together, we create a hit song about Gia.  Find out who we pick for our Plays of the Game and our MVPs in an episode all about a Celebration of Life party for Danielle Cabral’s (not dead) spouse. It's confusing, I know.
 
Instagram: @RealHousewivesofBendOregon
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Intro and Outro Music: “Stomping Rock” by Alex Grohl 
 
Inspired by Game of Roses
 

Wednesday May 08, 2024

Join Sandra and Mandy as they get Not California High on the joy of a new season of play! Rachel starts her sophomore season off with a Messy Fessy party (has anyone seen my electric toothbrush?). We've got our first Tear Play of the season, some decent Injury, Fear, or Illness (IFI) play, and the newly named Dance Mom Play. Sandra comes up with the best naming system for The Husbands EVER (with a nod to Margaret Atwood). Also: Middle Jersey Peace Talks, Big Ass Play, and Mandy makes a big apology for insulting strippers and cash guns. And apologies also to Robert Duvall for forgetting your name. Who could be angry at God when we've got Jersey episodes rolling!
 
Instagram: @RealHousewivesofBendOregon
TikTok: @RealHousewivesofBend
 
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Intro and Outro Music: “Stomping Rock” by Alex Grohl 
 
Inspired by Game of Roses
#rhonj #realhousewivesofnewjersey #realhousewives #bravo #bravotv

Wednesday May 01, 2024

It’s the RHONJ Eras Tour!!! Join us as we revisit some Hall of Fame plays from past eras of RHONJ and also look forward to Season 14 by analyzing the S14 trailer and play styles of each of our RHONJ players. This episode, Mandy celebrates a new era of her life as she turns 50! (Happy Birthday, Mandy!!!) and she gets a special birthday message from a certain rookie RHOSLC player. This episode we coined some new terms, including: The Mean Girls Conference Call, Schmootzing, the Water Boy move and Camel Play. We also took a look into our crystal ball to make some predictions about who will be fired after this season! Will it be Teresa Giudice? Or Melissa Gorga? Or both?? And finally, we explore some of our own favorite life eras like starting relationships via blackberry messenger and crying at long distance phone call commercials. Get ready, Bleacher Nation, RHONJ Season 14 IS COMING!!!!
Instagram: @RealHousewivesofBendOregon
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Intro and Outro Music: “Stomping Rock” by Alex Grohl 
 
Inspired by Game of Roses

Wednesday Apr 24, 2024

Join Sandra and Mandy as they dish on the top twenty housewives, thanks to Sandra's detailed RSS analysis of ALL FRANCHISES! Who's the real Dork Lord now? Plus: Mandy insults the entire state of New Jersey, Hunting Housewives gets another free plug, and Sandra coins the term "lastability." Come to find out who the number one housewife is, and stick around for the dish on why Miami is absent from our top 20.
Instagram: @RealHousewivesofBendOregon
TikTok: @RealHousewivesofBend
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Intro and Outro Music: “Stomping Rock” by Alex Grohl 
Inspired by Game of Roses

Thursday Apr 18, 2024

Sandra and Mandy discuss all the news that's fit to clip. We confirm that we are right about EVERYTHING! Not only is the Apology Rubric an important measure of play, but we also get confirmation of Bravo's deep state editing powers. In addition to learning a bit more about how the sausage is made, Sandra and Mandy give potent career advice, and Mandy gives Sandra a fictionalized hero edit.
 
For more of the referenced clips, please check out:
Reality Life with Kate Casey - “Ep. 945 - Executive Producer of Buying Beverly Hills” March 28, 2024
Andy Cohen’s Daddy Diaries Podcast - “A week of two reunions and PTSD from sports” March 8, 2024
ReWives with Bethenny Frankel - “Denise Richards (Part 2)” November 7, 2023
The Bravo Docket - “On Display: The Gorga Lawsuits Part 1” February 26, 2023
Two T’s in a Pod with Tamra Judge and Teddi Mellencamp - “Monica Garcia (RHOSLC)” February 13, 2024
 
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Intro and Outro Music: “Stomping Rock” by Alex Grohl 
 
Inspired by Game of Roses

RH on RH Guest Spectacular!

Thursday Apr 11, 2024

Thursday Apr 11, 2024

Sandra and Mandy dish with Caitlin and Sharon of Real Housewives on Real Housewives all about RHOBH and the upcoming season of RHONJ. We learn about the beauty of the Bravo fan community as they give us the down low on BravoCon, as well as Sharon's OG theory. And in honor of their episode format, so many versus: Producers vs Housewives! Heather Gay vs UGT cast! Sharon vs. the RSS! Caitlin vs. the analog clock! Join us for a relaxed chat and check out their podcast, available where podcasts live.  
Real Housewives on Real Housewives can be found at rhonrh.com, and on social media at @rh_on_rh
Instagram: @RealHousewivesofBendOregon 
TikTok: @RealHousewivesofBend
 
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Intro and Outro Music: “Stomping Rock” by Alex Grohl 
 
Inspired by Game of Roses

Thursday Apr 04, 2024

Sandra and Mandy discuss The Housewife and the Hustler Part 2. Mandy proclaims Tom Girardi a Dirty F***ing Dude but for some reason Sandra can’t quite land on one side of the fence or the other when it comes to Erika Jayne. We get to pull out our apology play rubric when Erika meets with the victims for the first time. Sandra continues to promote her singing career and rediscovers a 1980s favorite: cat’s cradle! Sandra and Mandy disagree on how afraid Erika is of her husband and they dive deep into their thoughts on Erika’s role in all of this lawyer-up play while they try to determine if Erika is a victim or a sociopath.  
 
Instagram: @RealHousewivesofBendOregon
TikTok: @RealHousewivesofBend
 
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Intro and Outro Music: “Stomping Rock” by Alex Grohl 
 
Inspired by Game of Roses

Thursday Mar 28, 2024

Bonus material until RHONJ starts up! Sandra and Mandy discuss The Housewife and the Hustler Part 1, where we learn that Tom Girardi does not make good choices. Plus: Erika Jayne is not a food truck and the perks of working at Jamba Juice corporate. Mandy provides some long winded and semi-accurate legal explanations (lawyers CAN be certified financial planners - who knew?), and we learn that Sandra is really using the podcast to promote her singing career, possibly accompanying herself on trumpet. 
 
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Intro and Outro Music: “Stomping Rock” by Alex Grohl 
 
Inspired by Game of Roses

Thursday Mar 21, 2024

Brandy Ferner is our guest today as we break down the entire Season 13 of play from our Beverly Hills Housewives. Which Housewives Player compares to Bella in Poor Things? Was Sutton’s “Name ‘Em” scene with Kyle good play or an error? What is happening with Crystal’s play that makes her difficult to “like”? Why do we still enjoy watching Erika despite her lack of empathy for the law firm victims? Which of our hot seats this season (Kyle and Sutton) did we think played it best? Should rookie Annemarie get another season of play? All this, plus our final awards of the season!
Brandy Ferner on Instagram: @adultconversationBrandy Ferner Podcast: Adult Conversation
 
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Intro and Outro Music: “Stomping Rock” by Alex Grohl 
 
Inspired by Game of Roses
 

Saturday Mar 16, 2024

Sandra demonstrates her improv chops before she and Mandy get into the game analysis of part three of the RHOBH reunion. They explore Resting Reunion Face, love deposits, Kathy's career as a magician, and . . . relationsheeps? It's a reunion of firsts: first IFI (injury, fear or illness) at a reunion, first intensely emotional salon story, and our first use of the clown car cushions to store human remains. Although Mandy's new mic isn't winning any awards, Sandra is quick to vote themselves better than NPR. 
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Intro and Outro Music: “Stomping Rock” by Alex Grohl 
Inspired by Game of Roses
 

We kick off the podcast with analyzing play in the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City (RHOSLC), but can’t wait to dig into all of Bravo’s Real Housewives locations and seasons, including The Real Housewives of Orange County (RHOC), The Real Housewives of New York City (RHONY) reboot and legacy, The Real Housewives of Atlanta (RHOA), The Real Housewives of New Jersey (RHONJ), The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (RHOBH), The Real Housewives of Miami (RHOM), The Real Housewives of Potomac (RHOP), The Real Housewives of Dubai (RHODubai). Of course, we’d be remiss if we didn’t comment on the historical significance of those locations that were canceled: The Real Housewives of Dallas (RHOD) and The Real Housewives of Washington D.C. (RHODC). 

Inspired by Game of Roses, aka GOR, we analyze all the play that happens during each episode. We love cast trips, taglines, glam squads, reunions and reunion seating, behind the scenes, breaking the fourth wall, producer manipulation, apologies, money, the edit, villains, rumors, drama and more! 

During our reality TV recaps, we will analyze the play of all the Bravolebrities in Real Housewives, including Lisa Barlow, Mary Cosby, Heather Gay, Meredith Marks, Whitney Rose, Jen Shah, Jennie Nguyen, Monica Garcia, Angie Katsanevas, Kimberly Bryant, Jo De La Rosa, Vicki Gunvalson, Jeana Keough, Lauri Peterson, Tammy Knickerbocker, Quinn Fry, Tamra Judge, Lynne Curtin, Gretchen Rossi, Alexis Bellino, Peggy Tanous, Heather Dubrow, Lydia McLaughlin, Lizzie Rovsek, Shannon Storms Beador, Meghan King Edmonds, Kelly Dodd, Peggy Sulahian, Gina Kirschenheiter, Emily Simpson, Braunwyn Windham-Burke, Elizabeth Lyn Vargas, Jen Armstrong, Noella Bergener, Jennifer Pedranti, Bethenny Frankel, Luann de Lesseps, Alex McCord, Ramona Singer, Jill Zarin, Kelly Killoren Bensimon, Sonja Morgan, Cindy Barshop, Aviva Drescher, Carole Radziwill, Heather Thomson, Kristen Taekman, Dorinda Medley, Jules Wainstein, Tinsley Mortimer, Leah McSweeney,  Eboni K. Williams, Sai De Silva, Ubah Hassan, Erin Lichy, Jenna Lyons, Jessel Taank, Brynn Whitfield, NeNe Leakes, DeShawn Snow, Shereé Whitfield, Lisa Wu, Kim Zolciak-Biermann, Kandi Burruss, Cynthia Bailey, Phaedra Parks, Kenya Moore, Porsha Williams, Claudia Jordan, Kim Fields, Shamari DeVoe, Eva Marcille, Drew Sidora, Marlo Hampton, Sanya Richards-Ross, Teresa Giudice, Jacqueline Laurita, Caroline Manzo, Dina Cantin, Danielle Staub, Melissa Gorga, Kathy Wakile, Teresa Aprea, Amber Marchese, Nicole Napolitano, Dolores Catania, Siggy Flicker, Margaret Josephs, Jennifer Aydin, Jackie Goldschneider, Danielle Cabral, Rachel Fuda, Taylor Armstrong, Camille Grammer, Adrienne Maloof, Kim Richards, Kyle Richards, Lisa Vanderpump, Brandi Glanville, Yolanda Hadid, Carlton Gebbia, Joyce Giraud de Ohoven, Eileen Davidson, Lisa Rinna, Kathryn Edwards, Erika Girardi, Dorit Kemsley, Teddi Mellencamp Arroyave, Denise Richards, Garcelle Beauvais, Crystal Kung Minkoff, Sutton Stracke, Diana Jenkins, Annemarie Wiley, Lea Black, Adriana de Moura, Alexia Nepola, Marysol Patton, Larsa Pippen, Cristy Rice, Lisa Hochstein, Joanna Krupa, Ana Quincoces, Karent Sierra, Guerdy Abraira, Julia Lemigova, Nicole Martin,  Gizelle Bryant, Ashley Darby, Robyn Dixon, Karen Huger, Charrisse Jackson-Jordan, Katie Rost, Monique Samuels, Candiace Dillard Bassett, Wendy Osefo, Mia Thornton, Nneka Ihim, Nina Ali, Chanel Ayan, Caroline Brooks, Sara al Madani, Lesa Milan, Caroline Stanbury, Taleen Marie, LeeAnne Locken, Tiffany Hendra, Kameron Westcott, Jennifer Long-Davis, Cary Deuber, Stephanie Hollman, Brandi Redmond, D’Andra Simmons, Kary Brittingham, Tiffany Moon, Mary Amons, Lynda Erkiletian, Cat Ommanney, Michaele Salahi and Stacie Scott Turner. And of course, we can’t forget our Dark Lord, Andy Cohen (DLAC), executive producer, who presides over the game, savoring the suffering of the players.

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