Buffy: How bored were you last year? Giles: I watched 'Passions' with Spike. Let us never speak of it.

'Beneath You'


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]


-t - Apr 20, 2010 4:44:38 pm PDT #13569 of 23273
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

So, 12 total, and 10 contestants.

I'm glad you kept track of that. How strange.


le nubian - Apr 21, 2010 2:53:26 am PDT #13570 of 23273
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

behind the scenes at Top Chef:Masters (LA Times)

[link]


Jesse - Apr 21, 2010 5:56:23 pm PDT #13571 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Man, watching Jonathan Waxman on Top Chef makes me wish I had eaten at Barbuto more. I think I went there once -- a friend lived basically across the street for a while.


Jesse - Apr 21, 2010 5:59:03 pm PDT #13572 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

And from that article:

But what you won't see are the more discerning criticisms, best left to the pros: Dufresne shouldn't have removed the casings from his sausage because it dried out the meat, Moonen should have sliced his chips thinner so they‘d be less unwieldy. And Rayner and Greene really took Bowles to task for his obvious disdain for kidneys, masking their presence with other flavors.

I'm pretty sure we saw all of that in the episode.


Amy - Apr 21, 2010 6:22:12 pm PDT #13573 of 23273
Because books.

I agree, Jesse. And Bowles calling Waxman "Chef Kenobi" was awesome. I really like Waxman.

I'm watching Hoarders for the first time, and OMG. I can't even *watch* this, it freaks me out so much.


le nubian - Apr 21, 2010 6:25:35 pm PDT #13574 of 23273
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

yes. I'm not sure which episode you are watching, but if you get to the one where the woman used adult diapers for 6 months (actually maybe 3 years?) because she couldn't get to the toilet...

prepare yourself.


Amy - Apr 21, 2010 6:30:03 pm PDT #13575 of 23273
Because books.

::shudders:: Wow. That's just horrifying.

This is a woman with a husband and three sons, one of whom was injured in a car accident. Her family is at the breaking point and I don't blame them.


brenda m - Apr 22, 2010 2:31:03 am PDT #13576 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

There was a woman here in Chicago a few weeks ago, about my age, who died in a fire because her studio apartment was so crammed she couldn't find the exit.


sumi - Apr 22, 2010 4:13:28 am PDT #13577 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!

Hey, the Amazon "Deal of the Day" is BBC's Planet Earth on dvd or bluray. (Must be AMAZING on bluray.)


sumi - Apr 22, 2010 5:02:21 am PDT #13578 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!

TCM: I think that Ludo should never be on this show again.