I think that they conflated mediterranean with Italian because the company is called Bertolli.
I think this was the problem too.
Yeah, I could do that, but I'm paralyzed with not caring very much.
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sj - Aug 03, 2007 10:13:15 am PDT #1360 of 23273
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Sean K - Aug 03, 2007 10:30:21 am PDT #1361 of 23273
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I thought the lower dishes were bad enough they might do a double elimination. But no.
I thought (and was sort of hoping) they might do a double elimination because they handed out a double win. That challenge was ripe for a "one team wins, one team loses," sort of thing.
SuziQ - Aug 03, 2007 10:35:10 am PDT #1362 of 23273
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
But the casting. They don't want to dump someone everyone loves to hate....
le nubian - Aug 03, 2007 10:36:11 am PDT #1363 of 23273
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Oh, and about the product placement, this has got to be the most successful yet.
100% agreement. FWIW, I had a one month trial membership at dream dinners and pretty much all the strategies employed by the successful TC team are at work here:
The place is too expensive for a family of 2 (which is what we are), but for larger families or those willing to go in as 2-3 couples, it could work.
Jessica - Aug 03, 2007 11:08:44 am PDT #1364 of 23273
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The challenge was to produce something that would fit in with "Bertolli's Italian Mediterranean-style Meals." Bertolli's Italian is the brand, Mediteranean-style was the product line. So I can see why the contestants were confused.
I also think they're smart enough to know at this point that tasting good is more important than following the challenge to the letter, and truffle butter tastes really good. So it was a pretty safe risk to take.
Jesse - Aug 03, 2007 12:47:30 pm PDT #1365 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I thought the same thing as Jesse about the pasta, but then I remembered the brand of pasta I buy is Barilla, not Bertolli.
Ah-ha! That explains it.
askye - Aug 03, 2007 3:50:15 pm PDT #1366 of 23273
Thrive to spite them
Mom's hairstylist's daughter met Cedric! She went to some kind of dance camp thing and he was there and Shane Sparks and the daughter talked with Cedric for a bit. She said he was really sweet and took a bunch of the classes/workshops offered.
There were also a bunch of choreographers and dancers from Hairspray and the some of the campers ended watching Hairspray.
I don't know exactly when this was or where it was though.
Jesse - Aug 03, 2007 5:04:00 pm PDT #1367 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
OMG. Mission: Man Band.
Dana - Aug 03, 2007 5:15:40 pm PDT #1368 of 23273
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I saw a commercial for that the other day, after someone posted about the band in Natter. The guy from Color Me Badd looks badd.
bon bon - Aug 03, 2007 5:21:24 pm PDT #1369 of 23273
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
They all look terrible, not leastly because those pictures are awful. [link]