Sweetie, we're crooks. If everything were right, we'd be in jail.

Wash ,'Serenity'


Non-Fiction TV: I Reject Your Reality and Substitute My Own

This thread is for non-fiction TV, including but not limited to reality television (So You Think You Can Dance, Top Chef: Masters, Project Runway), documentaries (The History Channel, The Discovery Channel), and sundry (Expedition Africa, Mythbusters), et al. [NAFDA]


Dana - Aug 13, 2009 7:46:15 am PDT #10279 of 23273
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

I love Paula Deen.

Sandra Lee scares me.


Nora Deirdre - Aug 13, 2009 9:38:16 am PDT #10280 of 23273
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

I was really hoping for a Chiarello Comeuppance. Ah well. I kind of wished they'd brought in the sous chefs to discuss working with the chefs.

Could I love Rick and Hubert more? No, I could not.

SERIOUSLY. The only thing that would make me happier is if Eric Ripert were in the mix somewhere.

Spike: It's an honor to be picked last, in a way- it means that the chefs are afraid of my talent overshadowing their menus (quoted from memory, but it's the gist.)

Nora: @@@@@@@@@@


brenda m - Aug 13, 2009 9:40:10 am PDT #10281 of 23273
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

SERIOUSLY. The only thing that would make me happier is if Eric Ripert were in the mix somewhere.

FCM?


Lee - Aug 13, 2009 9:42:18 am PDT #10282 of 23273
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

BINAO with Hubert and Rick would be too damn hard


sumi - Aug 13, 2009 9:42:32 am PDT #10283 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!

I'm tired of Paula and Rachel. I never watched Sandra Lee.


Frankenbuddha - Aug 13, 2009 9:46:20 am PDT #10284 of 23273
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Nora: @@@@@@@@@@

Seriously, I was right there with you, Nora. Dude, you opened a burger joint. What have you been smoking to think you are remotely on par with any of the four?

I never watched Sandra Lee.

You are so lucky.


megan walker - Aug 13, 2009 9:48:08 am PDT #10285 of 23273
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

Spike: It's an honor to be picked last, in a way- it means that the chefs are afraid of my talent overshadowing their menus (quoted from memory, but it's the gist.)

Never underestimate a person's capacity for self-delusion.

My coworker today insisted that, no problem, she would have been able to identify smoked paprika and chervil.


Kathy A - Aug 13, 2009 9:49:28 am PDT #10286 of 23273
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

The only thing that would make me happier is if Eric Ripert were in the mix somewhere.

On Monday, I caught a rerun of No Reservations where Bourdain went back to his old stomping grounds of Les Halles (restaurant in NYC) and worked the line as a sous chef for the day. For the dinner shift, he brought in Ripert to work the grill, who (of course) handled it much better than Bourdain did.


brenda m - Aug 13, 2009 9:53:01 am PDT #10287 of 23273
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Nora: @@@@@@@@@@

What Nora said. Seriously.

I was stunned at the level of asshattery from Chhhhiarello. I mean, we'd talked before about how he can come off as a jerk but that was something else. The contrast between him and Bayless was amazing.


brenda m - Aug 13, 2009 10:06:44 am PDT #10288 of 23273
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Huh. Wikipedia informs me that Keller co-authored Dean Ornish's Eat More, Weigh Less book. I might actually have to check that out.