Um, well, we listened to aggressively cheerful music sung by people chosen for their ability to dance. Then we ate cookie dough, and talked about boys.

Giles ,'Get It Done'


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]


Kathy A - Nov 19, 2009 6:07:00 am PST #11978 of 23273
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

Was this the first money award that Kevin won in a quickfire? I know that Jen got one back in the beginning, and I believe one of the V brothers got one, but can't remember how many of those $10K chips the M resort handed out this season.


sumi - Nov 19, 2009 6:44:38 am PST #11979 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!

I don't remember. (I bet it's in wikipedia though.)


Jesse - Nov 19, 2009 7:22:16 am PST #11980 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

TC: I'd never heard of the Bocuse D'Or, and until I saw it on the screen, I thought they were all mispronouncing "beaucoup". Oops.

Oh, if you can catch the competition on TV some time, you totally should. It's been years, but I think I've seen it on PBS. That's some good times.


Kathy A - Nov 19, 2009 7:24:36 am PST #11981 of 23273
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

Yep, Wikipedia had the answer. (Also, it illustrated that the only four people to win an elimination challenge were the four finalists!!)

Jen, Michael, Mike all won a chip in a Quickfire challenge, and Kevin took the chip instead of immunity when he won. Also, in the Restaurant Wars round, the team of Jen, Mike, Laurine, and Kevin gambled their winning money on winning the war, but lost it all to Michael in the elim challenge.


Frankenbuddha - Nov 19, 2009 8:02:30 am PST #11982 of 23273
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Also, it illustrated that the only four people to win an elimination challenge were the four finalists!!

Huh. I hadn't noticed that.


le nubian - Nov 19, 2009 8:47:12 am PST #11983 of 23273
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

I have had so many negative experiences with people with the first name of Michael that it took until the recent three years when I have a friend named Michael that I let go of my initial wariness at meeting Michaels.


Jesse - Nov 19, 2009 9:19:28 am PST #11984 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

That's funny -- I feel like half of the guys I have known in my life have been named Michael.


flea - Nov 19, 2009 9:20:09 am PST #11985 of 23273
information libertarian

Michael was the #1 name in the country for about 40 years from the 50s on.

signed, so is my husband


Frankenbuddha - Nov 19, 2009 9:22:28 am PST #11986 of 23273
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Michael was the #1 name in the country for about 40 years from the 50s on.

I had a lot of Davids and a LOT of Erics. Four of my closest friends over the years (two of whom I'm still close with) were Erics, and I knew even more.


le nubian - Nov 19, 2009 9:23:45 am PST #11987 of 23273
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

The other name I have wariness with is "Kevin." In person, I have yet to meet a Kevin who hasn't been a major asshole.

I'm looking for a good Kevin.