Hey, preaching to the choir. I thought our Lady of the Perpetual Sea Breeze was the real deal until the Divine Miss J walked right through that door and right into my ass—which is where my heart is…physiologically. I could show you an x-ray.

Lorne ,'Time Bomb'


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]


Liese S. - Jan 03, 2010 9:22:02 am PST #12575 of 23273
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Dude, that's the only station my parents will watch. If that happened, they would go ballistic.


quester - Jan 03, 2010 4:20:26 pm PST #12576 of 23273
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.

Ooo, Megan, I would love copies of the SYTYCD DVDs.


Hil R. - Jan 03, 2010 5:48:30 pm PST #12577 of 23273
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Anybody else watching Worst Chef in America? It seems like this challenge is really designed for people to fail -- restaurant cooking is really different from home cooking, and throwing people right into shellfish and stuff like that seems like just reinforcing that cooking is complicated and not something that ordinary people can do.


Strix - Jan 03, 2010 6:31:12 pm PST #12578 of 23273
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

I posed that question to my bf; I'm a fairly competent cook, and that dish in an hour would have not been my favorite -- and I've cooked shrimp before. Not clams, but mussels. I know how imtimidated I was by them for a long time (I grew up in the midwest.)


Hil R. - Jan 04, 2010 2:03:05 am PST #12579 of 23273
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Yeah. Also, getting fussy about plating with people who still have trouble with things like sauteeing onions just seems mean. One thing at a time.


Jessica - Jan 04, 2010 7:38:39 am PST #12580 of 23273
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Jeff Probst is on Twitter - [link]


megan walker - Jan 04, 2010 8:06:38 am PST #12581 of 23273
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

Ooo, Megan, I would love copies of the SYTYCD DVDs

No problem, just send your snail mail address to my profile addy.


victor infante - Jan 04, 2010 8:55:07 am PST #12582 of 23273
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.

I was watching "Worst Chef" as a parody of "Top Chef," and in that regard, I thought it was hysterical. Also, I found it oddly reassuring about my own mediocrity in the kitchen.


Vortex - Jan 04, 2010 9:17:47 am PST #12583 of 23273
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Also, I found it oddly reassuring about my own mediocrity in the kitchen.

which is why most people will watch it, I think.


sumi - Jan 04, 2010 9:21:03 am PST #12584 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!

I intended to watch it but then forgot.