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Ask 'Junkyard Wars Diva' Cathy Rogers

Posted by Roblimo on from the where-welding-skills-trump-coding-prowess-every-time dept.

Junkyard Wars (and the British Scrapheap Challenge) have long been popular with Slashdot readers. Now Cathy is co-host of a new show, Full Metal Challenge, that also involves teams building strange machines out of this and that. Take a look at this 'Cathy' fan site (and possibly her less interesting official biography), then ask away. (Usual Slashdot interview rules.)

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  1. Why choose a jock to host a show for 'nerds'? by SethJohnson · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    I don't know what demograph you're aiming for with this show, but if it follows in the tradition of Junkyard Wars and Battlebots, I'd expect you're going for the male, engineering, nerd crowd with a slight bend toward the hillbillys-like-things-that-go-boom crowd.

    If so, why is Henry Rollins hosting? This man represents brawn over intellect. His solution to social aloofness/alienation is to spend more time in the gym, not study your ass off in highschool so you get a scholarship to MIT.

    If this show is meant for nerds, why host it with someone who represents the nerd-beaters of the world?
    Seth
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  2. Whore Makeup by pajor · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    I always thought you were quite the tottie on JYW. In the commercials for Full Metal Challenge, you are now wearing a ton of dark makeup. Did the producers tell you to do this to "Mean up" your look or was this your idea?

    On an aside the whore look isn't becoming...

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