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"Work Out" Recaps: Episode 3.8 "Make It Work … Out"

Worth the wait — The day to shoot the Jackie Warner workout DVD is approaching faster than a speedboat full of Lindsay-Sam paparazzi gunning towards P. Diddy's yacht, but the Jackster still hasn't given any thought to the concept, the exercises or any of the other pesky details involved in producing a fitness DVD with her name on it. Who's up for buying 40 minutes of Jackie winging it while calling everyone "honey"?

Seasoned fitness video producer/director Andrea Ambandos arrives at Sky Sport & Spa with her video choreographer, Keli, for their pre-production meeting with Jackie. Too bad their star isn't there.

While they wait for Jackie — who's late, as usual — Andrea tells Keli what's in store. Or rather, what's not in store.

Andrea: She does not have a clue as to how much work is involved. I think she thinks this is something she can do in her sleep. Last night, she called me and she kinda like didn't have anything to show us today. And my biggest concern is that she's not ready, and she's going to have excuses.
Keli: Yeah, well, people always do.

Jackie didn't have time to organize her thoughts about the DVD because she was too busy walking on eggshells and trying to win a crumb of approval from her socially awkward, fundamentalist mother. And if that doesn't take someone's head out of the game, I don't know what will.

An hour and a half goes by, and Jackie is still nowhere to be found. Andrea gets on her cell and calls someone to complain about not being treated like a priority. Who is Andrea talking to? It could be the show's producer; it could be her therapist. We will never know.

Just as Andrea and Keli are about to give up and go find Jillian Michaels, Her Majesty comes swaggering in and tosses off a half-ass apology.

Why is it cool to be late? Does it make someone feel important to keep others waiting? Is someone truly better than the rest because they cultivate the perception of being oh-so-busy? Granted, I don't like being the first guest at a party, but mostly because the first-to-arrives always get suckered into chopping celery for a veggie platter or going out for ice. But being late to a business meeting is just unprofessional. Perhaps Jackie had a fashion dilemma — gray T-shirt or white T-shirt today?

Jackie shrugs and says indifferently she was only 20 minutes late, even though Andrea says it was more like 90 minutes. Let's split the difference and call it rude.

Pre-pro — Once they get down to the business of production, Andrea explains that Keli is experienced with fitness videos and Jackie should use her as much or as little as she wants. Andrea recommends using Keli a lot. Jackie hates being told what to do, so that's never going to happen. Instead, Jackie explains her vision — ya know, the one she thought up while she was parking her car.

Jackie: I was thinking good things come in threes. So, I break it up in increments of threes. So what I'll do is one minute, plié squats; one minute, backward lunge. So we keep it flowing.


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