The money was too good. I got stupid.

Jayne ,'Ariel'


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]


lisah - Feb 04, 2009 11:23:18 am PST #7888 of 23273
Punishingly Intricate

I just got the wierdest response to the that link: no suitable nodes available to respond to your request?!?

Oh weird! And now I can't get to it either...hmm...maybe because I copied from a link in Twitter?

I'll try to figure it out.


lisah - Feb 04, 2009 11:26:12 am PST #7889 of 23273
Punishingly Intricate

sumi - Feb 04, 2009 11:28:34 am PST #7890 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!

This is what it says:

Eric Ripert, the internationally recognized chef of Le Bernardin restaurant in New York and frequent guest judge on Bravo's "Top Chef," will star for the first time in his own TV series, called "Avec Eric," debuting nationally in the fall on PBS.

Ripert and Le Bernardin have received numerous accolades, earning the highest ratings possible from the New York Times, the Michelin Guide and Zagat.

Ten episodes of "Avec Eric," distributed by American Publication Television, are scheduled to run in the fall.


Nora Deirdre - Feb 04, 2009 3:39:46 pm PST #7891 of 23273
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

Wylie Dufresne? Molecular gastronomy guy in NYC.

Yes, I couldn't think of the name, I knew what I wrote was wrong... thank you!


askye - Feb 04, 2009 4:27:55 pm PST #7892 of 23273
Thrive to spite them

Well I thought AI was going to cut down on the drama and show us more singing, but I guess not.

I can't believe they let Bikini girl through and cut someone else's chances,s omeone who had a better shot at getting through.

And I can't believe they let Katrina the giggler through.

I'm really sorry Rose the dreadlocked girl forgot her lyrics and the pink haired girl. I really liked them.


SailAweigh - Feb 04, 2009 4:54:21 pm PST #7893 of 23273
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

Oh, no. Bikini girl got cut. Only one girl from her group got through and it wasn't Bikini girl.


Frankenbuddha - Feb 04, 2009 5:15:15 pm PST #7894 of 23273
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Well, the eel was seriously icky.

Actually, given that I'm so NOT a seafood person, I'm afraid this whole episode is going to be non-food-porn for me. Love Eric Ripert when he turns up on these shows, but not my kind of food, sadly.


tiggy - Feb 04, 2009 5:16:01 pm PST #7895 of 23273
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore

I think askye means Tatiana. the girl who mysteriously lost her accent in the course of her audition.


brenda m - Feb 04, 2009 5:23:21 pm PST #7896 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 love how Ripert is always so surprised and pleased when they're clean. I can't wait for his show. Though eel does nothing for me either.


askye - Feb 04, 2009 5:26:52 pm PST #7897 of 23273
Thrive to spite them

Oh yes I meant Tatina the giggler.

I had to change the channel after she got through that was so bad.

It seemed like (although it was hard to tell through the edit) that Pink haired girl forgot her lyrics because there was so much emphasis on the choreography.

I thought the group with the young widow guy with the glasses (White chocolate I think) had the best idea of hiding out in the kitchen away from everything. They had some dance moves but not a lot mostly just singing - a cappella! So cool.