Eric is 27, from New York, NY, is single and a "talent management assistant."

His occupation is gopher. Fisty embraces his cousin and raises his fist in solidarity.

Oh joy, another Eric. Let's hope this one can reach the doorknobs, at least.

Maybe in the Big Person room.

"Talent management assistant"? Wtf does that even mean? I hope he has a sense of humor. The shirt with the t-shirt underneath it makes me think I'll hate him.

He reminds me a lot of James. Kind of a dork who's not really comfortable in front of a camera. Definitely has a game plan.

What an unfortunate name. He has a plan though -- I can tell.

The videos show Eric to be a real planner and schemer. Hooray! A bit like RWJames, but without the low self-esteem and nail-biting. He said something about 'cutting throats' of HG's. And he says he'll make close friends with everyone on the show...that is until after they SEE the show, and see what he actually said and did! Yippee!
So he really plans to manipulate, lie, scheme, flirt, and whatever else he has to do! And he has this brilliant , evil, conniving way about him.

Love it!

Me likey.

You know what I lurve about Eric? That we can't find out anything about Eric. I am hoping he'll be my famewhore salvation after Kail is voted out post haste. Now I'll just pray no one can find his myspace or any old porn stills in the next three days.

Me likey, too. I hope he sticks around awhile...

So far, it looks like Eric and Dustin are long-lost brothers or something.

I might be prepared to not hate him immediately. There's something about his face..

*Waves to Kimmie* Are you ready to think alike again all summer? 'Cause I'm already hating most of them!

Eric is so the new Jamesy.

Tee hee!! you KNOW it, sister!

But the real question is...now that we know he's America's Player, how do we torture him?

Glad HE's America's player...can you see us having to root for some of these other dolts???

1. hopefully he can help kail read her bible.

2. he needs to make out with joe or dustin. fo' sho. bonus bucks if he does it in front of kail reading her bible.

Oh, hella YEAH! But I wouldn't inflict Joe and his mystery STDs on him. But eric and dustin: hawtness. Bonus bucks: SHIRTLESS dry humping in front of Kail.

Umm... cold shower time...

You know what *I* want America's Player to do?

Stop making all those stupid faces at the camera!

I was so worried about who they would pick for AP but his little speech at the end made me happy. He does seem like a happy little James, and I always thought anger and frustration was James' biggest problem. Good choice for once CBS - I think I'm gonna like Eric.

I agree. He was one of the best possible choices for America's Player. Big Brother actually did something right on this one.

And, count me in the camp that will be furiously voting for him to make out with Dustin should the opportunity ever arise.

Eric does seem to "get" the on-line community which of course if a big bonus for all of us. I like him so far!

I had to laugh at how hard he tried to throw HOH and kept getting questions right. Hee. I like him so far and think he'll be a good AP.

I think he's a decent choice for AP. He appears to have a brain and some semblance of a sense of humor, and I have projected all of my love for Rob Cesternino from Survivor eighty billion seasons ago onto him and I am sure to be disappointed.

Still, even if he's in more of the James category... could do worse, and he'll probably have fun messing with people.

I too am glad that Eric is America's Player. So far he seemed to be one of the only normal-non-stereotype people on the show.

Wha...? I'm afraid he's not going to last long in the house. He is so high-strung I keep waiting for him to pop out of his own skin. He jabbers on like a teenage boy who's had too many Red Bulls and when he's not jabbering, he has kind of a crazed look.

I watched him last night on After Dark. Two notable Eric moments:

1. The wish that women's breasts were filled with Gatorade, Beer, lemonade (the beverage of your choice) so that you could get restorative fluids while having sex.

2. Everything he needs to know about life he learned from Gem and the Holograms.

Oy!

I agree he's a good choice for AP...but all I can think of is him looking like Jason Bigg. heh that's all I got.

I'm also glad that he's America's Choice. He really seems to have embraced that role and will probably be up for almost anything we want to give him. I don't want the American public to tell him who to vote off but I would like for him to stir things up a bit.

He's gonna have a huge advantage over everyone else because he'll know who America likes and dislikes. With that type of power, he should have no problem becoming a fan favorite. That should lead to more opportunities in the outside world.

My one worry is that he'll start to drive people a little crazy. Last night he was bitching about people going to bed too early. Other housemates have already noticed that he's a little paranoid (ala RWJames).

Eric struck me as a kinda sorta poor man's NY-Rob from Survivor. I hope he sticks around for awhile and we get to play with this America's Choice thing for awhile. There is actually some good potential to this twist but I fear what TPTB will do to fuck it up


edited to note that Sardonic had already made NY-Rob observation earlier in the thread but I had somehow missed it.

He doesn't really remind me of James...but I agree that he's a bit like Jason Biggs! He also reminds me of Jon Cryer.

At any rate, I really like him so far. He seems normal, like someone I could actually know in real life, and smarter than the usual contestant. I think he'll be fun to watch...and control. Heh, heh!

THAT'S who he reminds me of! Wow, finally. Thanks!

I hereby christen him amERICa.

When Eric talks he sounds like the character Mouse in The Matrix.

That's it! That's the one I was trying to get. Thanks, Betsy!

Oh, and welcome to HT.

I guess nobody ever taught him "milk, milk, lemonade"



that's truly, truly, truly outrageous!

Oy! I was in the other room and thought for sure that Woody Allen was on the feeds. Upon further review discovered that it's Eric. He sounds just like Woody Allen with a major potty mouth!

So apparently yesterday Eric was wearing an Oregon Trail shirt and today he's wearing a Maine shirt? Can I speculate he has tshirts from all the states in representation of his alliance with America? Hmmm?

Good catch!!!

I had no clue what his Oregon Trail shirt meant yesterday.
Then, totally out of the blue, I opened up an e-mail a friend sent me a month ago....you know, one of those 'funny' fwds.....about Growing up in the 80's.
I didn't realize that The Oregon Trail
was one of those computer games where you have to plan things in order to survive (like plan your rations, avoid winter cold or your clan will die of hypothermie, or drink infected water.....and your people die if dysentary!) Now it makes sense. Duh! Am I the only one not in the joke? And sadly, I'm Class of 1987.

RE: America's Puppet. Maybe (hopfully!!) he'll be, um, "dared" to try and get Danorexic (Daniele) to actually USE the PoV, and get someone off the mac? That would be heaven! It'd be impossibly hard since no one wants to rock the boat, and Dani has no real connection to Camber (Carol/Amber). A coffee addict can hope and dream, can't she?

Eric seems like the type of guy who LOVES a challenge. I think he'll give it the ol' hamster try!

ETA: fixed link, i think

Sadly, it doesn't really look like we get to suggest things for him to do (like hold a bar of soap in his mouth so he stops with the F-bombs)

We get to vote on a multiple choice list.

Dang.



ETA: Or maybe he's taken his role as Team America really seriously and is replicating their heapin' helpin of profanities.

Okay, after watching the premiere episode again, I realized who Eric REALLY resembles:

Bowser!

Okay looking at Eric's smile, he kinda looks like Adam Sandler.

You know who Eric looks like? America's bitch. Booya!

I think Eric is the spawn of Adam Sandler and Woody Allen...

He also talks game and throws fits like James -- with more profanity, of course!

[Edited to Add] Holy crap! Just after I posted this, he said "I know that I can be profane...I know I can be crazy."

Was anyone else surprised by his piercings and tattoos? :P

I can't tear my eyes away from his super pointy Spock ears to notice anything else.

I can truely say that I didn't expect the nipple piercings. Much like I didn't expect the tattoo on my husband, the Mormon, the first time we ummm, went swimming.

I completely forgot that BB was on last night, and so I missed voting for the first round.

Anyone remember what the choices were?

We had to vote on who should be on the receiving end of a made-up sob story by Eric.

I voted Joe for sheer drama factor.

Yup, Joe got my vote too

Joe also got my vote.

I thought we had more time to vote -- it's just the night of the show (kinda like American Idol)? I would have gone with Joe, as well.