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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]


Jessica - Nov 21, 2008 9:20:12 am PST #7313 of 23273
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

My housemate desperately wants to believe that Bob makes another one and manages to convince Corinne that it's the one from the beach and to pull the same thing Randy did.

That would be pretty priceless.


Scrappy - Nov 21, 2008 9:29:24 am PST #7314 of 23273
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

Whoever woulda thought that Krystal, Kenny and Susie would become forces to be reckoned with--especially given how none of them are physical threats. Krystal LOOKS like a physical threat but she always folds in the challenges, so I am amazed any of them made it this long. It's why I love this show.


Jessica - Nov 21, 2008 9:34:52 am PST #7315 of 23273
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I think Crystal would be a physical threat (a) in a footrace (b) after a month of training (c) well-rested and well-fed. But under these circumstances, she's probably just barely getting enough calories to stay conscious (and being a professional sprinter doesn't mean you can throw a ball or walk a balance beam, so in many challenges her skills just don't apply).

That said, she's probably feeling pretty good about her decision not to tell anyone she used to be an Olympian.


brenda m - Nov 21, 2008 9:40:44 am PST #7316 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

I think Crystal would be a physical threat (a) in a footrace (b) after a month of training (c) well-rested and well-fed.

Like say on the first day when she had to be dragged up the hill?

That said, she's probably feeling pretty good about her decision not to tell anyone she used to be an Olympian.

Oh yeah. Actually, I was hoping that might come with the whole Marcus thing. That could have been fun-ee.


victor infante - Nov 21, 2008 10:43:59 am PST #7317 of 23273
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.

Yep, that's the one. It's huuuuuuuuuuuuuge.

I know! I've actually been in there a couple times! It's proved a convenient place to sit, have a cup of coffe and read when I'm in the city and a couple hours early for whatever lunch engagement I have in the neighborhood. (Especially in the summer, when it was scorching.)

I was equally dismayed about the lack of understanding about New American, which was made clear by the comment by one of them about "contemporary American," which, yeah, there's your problem right there.

To be fair -- and remember, I'm not much of a cook, and these folks should be WAY ahead of ME -- Tom's explanation of New American cuisine on his blog was terribly confusing, and left me going, "Huh. So, Thomas Kelleher is New American, and so is Mario Battalie. Huh. I don't get it."

One suspects that the phrase itself is the bugaboo here: It strikes me as one of those things that have meant so much to so many people that it's essentially meaningless. So what happened was, for the most part, an emphasis on classic American flavors (done badly, evidently, fo rwhich there's no excuse) when what they should have been concentrating on was sophistication.


sumi - Nov 23, 2008 3:25:40 pm PST #7318 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!

TAR: OMG, I can't believe that the Frats just had to leave their shoes behind.

I'm wondering whether that lack of money in addition to their general incompetence will finally have them out.


Kathy A - Nov 23, 2008 3:42:51 pm PST #7319 of 23273
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

It looks like "general incompetence" is an ongoing theme for the Frats. They've inherited Team Divorces' inability to Read.The.Damn.Clue.


sumi - Nov 23, 2008 3:47:31 pm PST #7320 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!

Can you BELIEVE how uncoordinated that one Frat is?


sumi - Nov 23, 2008 3:51:07 pm PST #7321 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!

They switched AGAIN??!!

Oh, no. There is no way they can catch up, is there?


Kathy A - Nov 23, 2008 3:52:00 pm PST #7322 of 23273
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

No band in school is bad for you!! I love the razzing they're getting from the soldiers.

Poor Dallas is getting so worn out.