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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]


flea - Apr 07, 2011 2:54:33 am PDT #16490 of 23273
information libertarian

I will watch Ido later, but did anyone watch Top Chef Masters last night? I want a report about Hugh Acheson! How did he do? Did you like his unibrow?


megan walker - Apr 07, 2011 5:39:00 am PDT #16491 of 23273
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

Oh, flea.

I was sad I didn't recognize most of the chefs. I'd never heard of anyone but Floyd Cardoz and Traci Des Jardins (and Chef Tio, but only because of The Next Iron Chef).


flea - Apr 07, 2011 6:42:53 am PDT #16492 of 23273
information libertarian

Yeah, so the neighborhood buzz is that Hugh lost big. But he gave a very classy exit interview! We still love him here.


sumi - Apr 07, 2011 9:01:56 am PDT #16493 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!

Did he go home because the trite cupcake was better executed than his scallop? It was unclear to me.


Nora Deirdre - Apr 07, 2011 6:07:27 pm PDT #16494 of 23273
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

There's a New Orleans chef, but she didn't get much airtime. Sue Zemanick. She was on Team Leela, but we didn't see her QuickFire dish.


SuziQ - Apr 07, 2011 7:04:56 pm PDT #16495 of 23273
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

AI - WTF?!?!?

ABDC is BACK!!!!


Jessica - Apr 18, 2011 4:20:18 am PDT #16496 of 23273
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I think TAR needs a new post-production team - both DH and I called the nonelim last night about halfway through the ep.

Anyone else watching Next Great Restaurant? HOORAY THE GRILLBILLIES ARE FINALLY GONE! I'm rooting for Spice Coast on the premise that everyone else left in the competition is terrible, but honestly, I can get better Indian food for lunch already at the Biryani Cart.


Jesse - Apr 18, 2011 4:54:44 am PDT #16497 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

There was nothing hard on that leg, right? I appreciated that the food thing was just 12 minutes and done (successfully or not), because I kind of hate watching people throw up, but the chimney sweep thing was just doing it, right? I mean, there was nothing to screw up, as far as I could tell. And moving the sofa is also whatever.


Theodosia - Apr 18, 2011 4:56:36 am PDT #16498 of 23273
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

TAR: how many watchers were shouting "Use the dolly!" at the screen during the couch-moving sequence?

Never choose an eating task if you have any choice in the matter. Even though for once the entree wasn't something disgusting, and the view was probably amazing.


Theodosia - Apr 18, 2011 4:59:45 am PDT #16499 of 23273
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

Jessica, we sure haven't had a whole lot of challenges that involved serious physical challenges like rappelling or shooting the rapids -- more like following a chimney sweep around or carrying a couch for a mile.

Not that I necessarily miss the seasons where if you landed in a strange country, you could just look around for the tallest structure and suspect you were going to have to climb it, jump off it, or climb & jump off it.