I want to torture you. I used to love it, and it's been a long time. I mean, the last time I tortured someone, they didn't even have chainsaws.

Angel ,'Chosen'


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]


Toddson - Jun 19, 2007 8:16:23 am PDT #112 of 23273
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

Does Chef Ramsey look at the footage when deciding who goes? There have been things that happened when he wasn't around that should have had some impact, but a lot of the time they don't ever seem to come up. I'm thinking especially of last season when one of the people said something was almost ready and the person who was assembling the service took her at her word and then got chewed out when it was going to take a while to cook and then the person lied about what she'd said.


Frankenbuddha - Jun 19, 2007 9:15:12 am PDT #113 of 23273
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

I love that TWoP has the Gordon Ramsay bleep-o-meter in their recaps. Love.


SailAweigh - Jun 19, 2007 6:09:19 pm PDT #114 of 23273
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

Sean, I missed the Ice Road Truckers on Sunday, but I caught it tonight. Those guys have got to have fricking nerves of titanium to do that. Everytime I heard the ice cracking I wanted to tell them to get the fuck off the road.


Sean K - Jun 19, 2007 6:21:49 pm PDT #115 of 23273
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

Yay! I can talk Ice Road Truckers with Sail!

I loved Alex. He cracked me up. Crazy old bear of a canuck.


SailAweigh - Jun 19, 2007 6:40:28 pm PDT #116 of 23273
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

I loved some of the accents. That kid hauling the oversize loads is so Fargo it's ridiculous.


Sean K - Jun 19, 2007 7:09:58 pm PDT #117 of 23273
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

That kid hauling the oversize loads is so Fargo it's ridiculous.

His wife and kid were beautiful with their pretty, oversized almond eyes.


Hil R. - Jun 19, 2007 9:39:50 pm PDT #118 of 23273
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

I'm watching Ice Road Truckers now. The stuff at the beginning about how they make the road was really interesting.


SailAweigh - Jun 20, 2007 8:04:38 am PDT #119 of 23273
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

The cool thing about being unemployed? I've been able to watch 3 episodes of Mythbusters in a row and I'm on number 4, now. So far, I've seen them blow the mute out of a trombone with firecrackers, paint people gold and silver in an effort to kill them (well, they volunteered!), train goldfish to prove they have more than a 3 second memory, sink a boat to see if people get sucked down by the boat wake, whether toast always falls buttered side up, if a person can get thrown through a plate glass window without getting cut, etc. I'm in heaven.


Dana - Jun 20, 2007 9:19:39 am PDT #120 of 23273
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

And now they have the episode where they see if airline toilet seats can eat you starting with your bottom. This is the greatest show.


SailAweigh - Jun 20, 2007 9:29:10 am PDT #121 of 23273
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

I laughed and laughed when Adam was on it in is jockeys. Hee.