So I guess what you want to do is come close to winning one of these things, wow the audience, then lose? That leaves you as a free agent?
I love the smell of desperate librarian in the morning.
Snyder ,'Showtime'
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]
Connie Neil - Aug 06, 2007 9:50:45 am PDT #1391 of 23273
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sumi - Aug 06, 2007 10:01:59 am PDT #1392 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!
Well, I don't think that Harold or Ilan have the same sort of constraints on the prize money but Bravo expects them to come back for events on the show for a period of time after they win. (I think Harold's contract was up in May.)
Clearly, they aren't expected to do anything in particular with the prize money because Ilan seems to have no plans.
brenda m - Aug 06, 2007 10:19:32 am PDT #1393 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
That tile thing was idiotic. They had plenty of time to do it - what I can't fathom is how it took them the entire first day to figure out that they couldn't afford glass tile, then another full half day (7 hours!) to get the ceramic. And then on top of that, they didn't even measure?! Neeraja deserved to go for that, seriously.
Why they weren't able to find anything other than black is another issue. I am glad Sparkle Josh and (memfault) who did the woodwork on that room were recognized.
I think I've eaten in that fauxtalian restaurant that the other team did.
sumi - Aug 06, 2007 10:21:01 am PDT #1394 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!
Adriana did the woodwork. I think she was the partner of the passive-aggressive southern girl last week.
Jesse - Aug 06, 2007 10:25:44 am PDT #1395 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Maybe I'm missing something. Because it seems like record labels are pretty much like any other investment vehicle, whether a movie studio, a hedge fund or VC firm. There's someone out there that gave Harold Dieterle the money to open Perrilla with the assumption that their investment would be returned with profit.
Regular investors generally rely on the business-starter to have the business expertise to make it work as well as the talent, where record labels provide that expertise to the talent. I'd guess that's why there are people like Drew Nieporent -- he's just a restaurant owner, right? So he goes into business with chefs who bring the talent but not the rest. Then Step 2, then profit.
Kristen - Aug 06, 2007 10:32:32 am PDT #1396 of 23273
what I can't fathom is how it took them the entire first day to figure out that they couldn't afford glass tile, then another full half day (7 hours!) to get the ceramic.
I was just discussing this point elsewhere. Someone wondered if she was planning to tile the counters with glass tile. Which, if true, is a whole 'nother level of crazy.
sj - Aug 06, 2007 4:38:16 pm PDT #1397 of 23273
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Are people watching the Hell's Kitchen finale? I'm really hoping Bonnie wins.
ETA: I didn't realize it was a two part finale continuing next week.
sumi - Aug 06, 2007 5:10:50 pm PDT #1398 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!
Yeah, stupid two-part finale.
ChiKat - Aug 06, 2007 5:14:20 pm PDT #1399 of 23273
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
sj, I want Bonnie to win, too.
kicks two-parter in the shin
Frankenbuddha - Aug 06, 2007 5:30:56 pm PDT #1400 of 23273
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Yeah, stupid two-part finale.
I suspect if Josh hadn't gotten his ass fired during service, it WOULD have been a one-episode finale.
As for who, with Julia gone, I'm in the not caring category. And her attitude on the return trip looks awful. If she doesn't realize she really didn't have the know-how for a big-name establishment, and that the culinary school experience Ramsay was offering her was a gift from heaven, I've got some issues as to where her head is at.
Rock seems like he'd be the more comepetent head chef, but he was so hesitant on designing his menu that he made Bonnie look focused and decisive, which is scary.