No studying? Damn! Next thing they'll tell me is I'll have to eat jelly doughnuts or sleep with a supermodel to get things done around here. I ask you, how much can one man give?

Xander ,'Conversations with Dead People'


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]


Jesse - Aug 03, 2007 5:29:02 pm PDT #1371 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I'm actually kind of shocked that Color Me Badd dude is only two years older than Chris K.


meara - Aug 03, 2007 5:47:54 pm PDT #1372 of 23273

Yeah, I thought Color Me Badd was older. Who knew? (Hmm, actually, I guess I thought they were all YOUNGER, though--they're all older than I am, which surprises me)

TWOP did a "review" too.


Jesse - Aug 03, 2007 5:56:49 pm PDT #1373 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Holy crap, that was hilarious.


sumi - Aug 05, 2007 3:32:40 pm PDT #1374 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!

LeeAnn's Blog - v. interesting re: Quickfire.

And Rocco blogs in Padma's place.


Liese S. - Aug 05, 2007 4:20:17 pm PDT #1375 of 23273
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Top Chef: Lee Anne's blogs are always the best! I'm cracking up at the thought of her underneath that table handing ingredients up. And I'm pleased that there were supposed to be Japanese ingredients in there; ume, agar-agar, inari, azuki. They just didn't make it to them. Lame, cheftestants, lame!

Although I wouldn't have gotten the daikon sprouts or the taro root either.

Rocco's blog is funny in that he can't resist cracking back at Bourdain's blog. Hee.


sumi - Aug 05, 2007 4:22:01 pm PDT #1376 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!

My computer is refusing to let me read past page 2 of Rocco's blog.


sumi - Aug 05, 2007 4:47:45 pm PDT #1377 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!

Okay, was finally able to get back into that blog. I like what he said in response to Bourdain and it's interesting that he's had alot of positive comments. (Most say, start cooking again and your rehabilitation will be 95% done.)

I wonder what he's going to say next time?


sumi - Aug 06, 2007 5:06:48 am PDT #1378 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!

Very interesting article about Bravo's reality show contestants.


Jesse - Aug 06, 2007 5:44:45 am PDT #1379 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

What a great article. Of course, it helps that I've watched every one of those shows. I can't believe Jay's contract would have given Bravo 10% of his business forever, in exchange for the $100K. That's bananas. I wonder if the first-season winner always gets screwed over -- now I'm thinking of Adrianne Curry.


bon bon - Aug 06, 2007 6:09:30 am PDT #1380 of 23273
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

Oh, I don't know. It seems like a standard investment. Any other investor would ask for the same deal-- how does Jay expect to get investors if he wants them to just give him money with no return? I am kind of annoyed with him for complaining about having no money and giving up the 100K.