the Chris Mortenson and Ron Jaworski of Chega Mais!!! and I mean that in the most complimentary way. I really look forward to their analysis of my (our?) new favorite show.In fact, Rich is more like the Chris Mortenson of South American/Latin pies in general, if you have followed his posts he is really plugged into the cultural aspects and his experience as a producer gives him cred on the camerawork and editing of these shows and scenes.

Those guys and a few others are the experts, I am a super fan. Some random observations as a fan:

1. some have wondered why the promos focus on the men. I think that's easy: to get men to watch. They show the guys getting obliterated and give lots of clean shots of the ladies and a "tease" like this wek's promo showing Barb but not the actual coverage or aftermath. What better incentive for a guy to watch? And I am of the belief a lot more guys have out "interest" than are letting on.

2. The anticipation is what makes the show. We never really know who is going to get messy until it happens. Sometimes the hottest dressed and most beautiful girls either end up clean or not messed to our satisfaction...again...keeps us coming back for more.

3. Who cares about "real" pies when there is coverage and mess like this? I personally love splatter on the outfits, legs and butts of the ladies as well as the facial hits...some of these girls get destroyed. would crusts make it better? to a purist but come on..

4. Barb has a great ass and legs.

5. Dani is underrated

6. The gorgeous model mentioned in a previous thread (forget her name but there were lingerie pix posted) is great at selling reluctance to be pied and humiliation afterward.

7. we should do a road trip and be in the studio audience and wear those silly masks

I get it that its not for everybody. But for me its outrageous to see girls that hot and dressed that hot getting splattered with gooey pies...to me they are pies. They stick and they splatter all over their clothes, hair and bodies...not every hit does it for me...but the ones that do...well, DO!

This is absolutely hilarious. We need a podcast.

I think we all have many varied tastes, and sometimes you don't even realize you "dig" something until you actually see it. Mainstream clips, surprisingly, will sometimes have a wider variety of random mess... Either by accident or because the folks putting it together wanna try something different.

In other words... I never really thought much of paper plate pies with no crusts... until a handful of Brazilian shows started using them. And I STILL don't know what this recipe is (believe me, MANY people have asked me to try to copy it... I'm not alone here...). The cream takes the best elements of heavy cream, icing, and marshmallow fluff. It's thick, and gooey, and sticks very well, but DOES come off with a towel, albeit with residue.

And it's not just Chega Mais, although the consistency of the pies every week, plus the same rotation that amount to a "cast" of hotties, is certainly the reason it's Must See Viewing. Domingo Legal and Passa ou Repassa was the mainstream "gold standard" for me before that... Those pies are outstanding too, and provide amazing coverage if smushed right. (Which rarely happens.)

And for anyone who forgot, the flash-in-the-pan show Domingo da Gente produced ONE epic "tit-for-tat" pie battle with two hotties and the thickest, gooey-ist pies I've ever seen... It was like the CM pies on steroids. If THAT segment had become a weekly thing, with two different hotties pieing each other over (literally) a card game... I would be raving about that one too.

(And that cream recipe must be unique to Brazil, because there are amateur "torta na cara" videos with random couples pieing each other, and while the pies aren't colored, the consistency is sometimes very similar. The fact that multiple shows on different networks ALL use similar pies can't be a coincidence.)

Many here have probably not seen this incredibly silly video featuring several of the Chega Mais women.

It's so very very very stupid it's funny.

Apparently filmed after an especially messy episode the women are harassed by a man in a chicken suit intent on sticking his beak between their legs.

This has nothing to do with the topic but I thought it was an opportunity to share this video.

Sabrina's frustration and Ana Luisa's embarrassment are priceless.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJeaPyW3kzI

I'm game. Doesn't seem to be anyone really volunteering their knowledge of Portuguese, or Brazilian TV in general. (Seems like a few Portuguese speakers with a little skill at social media could definitely juke the responses of CM's IG and FB to make it seem like EVERYONE wants to see the ladies take more pies. And the twins get fired.)

One guy came on here a while back who actually lived in Brazil. He posted about how Brazil actually DOESN'T do pies in mainstream culture, and the sudden rise of shows that all had pie games was just a quirk... And then he disappeared again. (I guess he didn't like CM either.)

I was pretty good at catching the football but not throwing. Can I be Jerry Rice instead?

I've seen CM respond to a few commenters on FB, YT and once on IG.

Mostly they respond to kids asking what time/channel the show is on.

Good luck getting them to respond to email. Let me know how that works for you. Ha!

Perhaps these colored containers (in the background) are related to the pie formula?

https://www.instagram.com/p/-d3qE_AjK_/?taken-by=chegamaistv

They appear to be the same colors as the pies (and balloons) and are also primary colors.

Damn. If THAT ain't the truth of all truths.

I promised myself when "King of the Hill" started in 1996:
No. I am NOT going to start watching another cartoon, least of all one about Texas. I fell in love with the show and watched every episode once from its run from 1996 to 2009. Mike Judge's 2nd greatest creation, 2nd only to the movie "Idiocracy".

I promised myself when "Bob's Burgers" started January 2011:
No: I am NOT going to start watching another animated cartoon show,
least of all one about burgers. But, I simply couldn't resist that H. Jon Benjamin voice.

When I first heard of "Breaking Bad" in 2012 by seeing it on Netflix Instant Viewing, I promised myself: No. I am NOT going to start watching another series.
Binge-watched the entire series posted online at that point and finally saw all 62 episodes, twice. It was the chemistry that got me: the references to chemistry.

Finally, when I first heard of "Archer" on Netflix in 2012, I promised myself:
No. I am NOT going to start watching another animated cartoon series.
I think you can see where this is going...

A relative of mine allowed me access to his Netflix Instant Viewing. Yes, that is legal: one can create separate accounts for the instant viewing feature.
Unfortunately, that relative and I had a massive argument over that relative's nasty horrible spouse, so that relative has since discontinued my Netflix access.
All for the best: lowers temptation.
I got to see all three Human Centipede movies on Netflix online.
So my life is complete now.

Right now, I restrict all my television watching to "The Simpsons", "Family Guy", and SNL. And "The Keiser Report". And, frankly, I'm rather ashamed of watching THAT much. But, luckily, NONE of it has had any detriment to the rest of my life.
I really ought to drop SNL. I just hope to live to see the end of The Simpsons.
But, I really REALLY wish they would end these shows. NOT because I think they are bad or gotten worse, but because they are still so good.

Yes - I want shows to be cancelled or come to a natural end because they are good. Not because they are bad.

When Futurama began January 1999, I actually DID plan to watch that.
Needless to say, I'd seen all of them, and was sad THAT one had to go.
But, again - also glad, for reasons above.

I'm just grateful "South Park" is on Comedy Central, to which I don't have access.
I saw all episodes up through about maybe the year 2012. Just once.

Point of this ramble: it's the same thing with wam producers.
1990s: I thought & hoped I had seen it all: MessyFun, Lenny, Neil Edwards, Messygirl. I assumed and hoped: ok. that's it. For now & forever.
No more wam producers to obsess about or tempt me in the future.
Now I can get back to work. Mental focus.

And then Anglefan and PieFun videos and SlapstickStuff came along
in the 21st century to endlessly tempt and torment me.
Thankfully, the money hurdle is a huge temptation barrier for me.
It's not like my simply flicking on a television set and seeing wam videos pop up.

Ok.. I am REALLY making myself look a LOT worse than I really am.
Seriously. Television has NOT negatively impacted my life.
It's just, when you look back and actually tabulate all you've seen,
you can't help but think: HOW THE HELL DID I HAVE TIME FOR ALL THAT?

7. we should do a road trip and be in the studio audience and wear those silly masks

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That won't be too conspicious!

A group of men who don't speak Portuguese show up at the RedeTv! studio pretending to be teenagers!

Or we could rent a delivery truck and uniforms posing as bakers making a special delivery of pies to Barbara!

or keeping with the football theme we set up a tailgate in the studio and when the girls come over to sample my famous ribs we break out the pies. Or we turn a bunch of Eagles fans loose on the host and the idiot twins and Borat (AKA Kotter AKA Curly)

Rich I smell a vid from you starring Brin and breanna dressed as Chega Mais contestants and you deliver the pies...I will spring for the horse mask. You can insert all the sounds and visuals of fake cats, Shrek,etc. BIG SALES!

As for paper plates who cares that is the delivery system...paper plate, tin, clear plastic as in Pied Pinups the end result is what matters...and a smokin hot pie recipient

If I'm gonna spend all the time & money to travel to Brazil it damn well better be a business trip.

And the business will be me, in a hotel room, Anglefan-style, with the stream of models coming in and out as we shoot pie videos into the wee hours of the morning.

The Brazilian economy is still in the toilet, right? Like, $300 American should cover the costs for all three days of shooting, right?

absolutely. but they also have the highest murder rate and unsolved murder rate in the free world, so we better make sure none of the models have connected brothers, dads or boyfriends!

but seriously, Chega Mais is the best thing to come along to this forum and WAM in general in a long, long time. Hoping it spawns some imitators. Meanwhile Im looking for a used Rosetta Stone Portugese on EBay. How do you say"crotch shot please and hold the wiping."

That's impossible, they have very strict gun control.