Frank is me. On the predictions. But now that I think about it, also on the wishing someone would pop him one.

(A point on the fight with Dale - they may have played, and MC may have seen it as, him throwing his weight around against a junior sous chef over who got the good fridge.

But what he was acutally saying was that it was Anita, the chef Hung was working for, who should get her ass to a fridge in the back room rather than him.)

TCM- Anita apparently said in an interview that she never saw any such behavior from Chiarello and she thinks that whole thing was edited to make him look like an asshole.

Is this possible?

Is this possible?

Maybe on the sous chef interviews, but I don't see how it could have been the case with confrontation with Dale. He was even talking about it in his interview segment.

The earlier episodes, maybe, but I don't buy it on this one.

I caught these snippets from Bourdain, and I am in a fit of giggles over here:

PAULA DEEN: I’m reluctant to bash what seems to be a nice old lady. Even if her supporting cast is beginning to look like the Hills Have Eyes--and her food a True Buffet of Horrors. A recent Hawaii show was indistinguishable from an early John Waters film. And the food on a par with the last scene of Pink Flamingos. But I’d like to see her mad. Like her look-alike, Divine in the classic, “Female Trouble.“ Paula Deen on a Baltimore Killing Spree would be something to see. Let her get Rachael in a headlock--and it’s all over.

and, of course:

SANDRA LEE: Pure evil. This frightening Hell Spawn of Kathie Lee and Betty Crocker seems on a mission to kill her fans, one meal at a time. She Must Be Stopped. Her death-dealing can-opening ways will cut a swath of destruction through the world if not contained. I would likely be arrested if I suggested on television that any children watching should promptly go to a wooded area with a gun and harm themselves. What’s the difference between that and Sandra suggesting we fill our mouths with Ritz Crackers, jam a can of Cheez Wiz in after and press hard? None that I can see. This is simply irresponsible programming. Its only possible use might be as a psychological warfare strategy against the resurgent Taliban--or dangerous insurgent groups. A large-racked blonde repeatedly urging Afghans and angry Iraqis to stuff themseles with fatty, processed American foods might be just the weapon we need to win the war on terror.

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TC:M - You know, Chiarello didn't strike me that badly during the interviewing section. I think it was reasonable to want to see their skills and for them to know who he was. I think those factors would figure in to how they worked together.

The fridge thing I'm not too sure about. I think I needed more detail about that.

I liked it when Anita got Jamie for her first interviewee and immediately asked her, "Who should I get?" Might as well get the insight of someone you know and who knows more of the personnel than you do.

Big Brother people: Do you think Jeff's going to be smart enough to put Jessie and Natalie up for eviction tonight?

No. I think he will come up with some oh-so-clever reason why to wait and do it next week and then something will shake up the house dynamic and somehow it will never come to fruition and more than likely will turn around and bite him or Jordan in the ass anyway. I don't know how that could happen, but it's what I've learned to expect.

But, he did bring it up so at least he's thinking along those lines. One can always hope!

Isn't this the last week he has the power?

I don't think he will do it either, because he won't want to piss off Chima.

eta: I'm just hoping he won't be stupid enough to put either Natalie or Jessie up against Russell or Lydia.