Aww, shucks.
Everybody plays each other. That's all anybody ever does. We play parts.
Saffron ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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]
Jon B. - Aug 11, 2016 7:08:17 am PDT #22959 of 23273
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Toddson - Aug 15, 2016 7:56:44 am PDT #22960 of 23273
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Great British Baking Show: I am SO impressed with the skills the bakers bring to the show! It's like the Olympic gymnastics - not only do they have to do something difficult, it has to look pretty!
I was happy with the very first person to be sent home - he got on my nerves - but now the field has been whittled down to five (at least the series I'm watching), each person sent home is going to hurt. I like all of them.
meara - Aug 15, 2016 10:10:29 am PDT #22961 of 23273
Toddson, if you want to watch online, oddly WETA had many more episodes up than PBS.org did. I haven't checked in a few days but last I saw WETA had all but the finale up, so that may be up now too. Though then I'll be sad because I won't have more :(
Jesse - Aug 15, 2016 10:16:10 am PDT #22962 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
It's pretty good still on re-watch, as I learned last night.
Toddson - Aug 15, 2016 11:47:23 am PDT #22963 of 23273
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I'm happy to take it a week at a time. They're down to the top five at this point in my viewing, so I'll let it play out. I just wish I had their skills - I'm competent, but I'm always thrilled when something comes out looking good.
brenda m - Aug 16, 2016 9:46:39 am PDT #22964 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
Finale challenge -
What on earth was that with the signature bake? Hot dog buns filled with frosting?
Man, the British are weird sometimes.
Jesse - Aug 16, 2016 11:30:23 am PDT #22965 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
The more people I talk to, the more I'm not sure why I didn't think that was weird at all! I mean, they are that shape, but not that kind of dough.
Toddson - Aug 16, 2016 12:48:50 pm PDT #22966 of 23273
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
la la la ... haven't seen the finale yet ... one thing I don't think I'll ever understand is their passion for beetroot (that's beets, right?). They seem to use it for coloring, flavoring, thickening ... I mean, beets are fine, but they seem a little overly fond of it.
meara - Aug 16, 2016 1:21:50 pm PDT #22967 of 23273
hah, it hadn't occurred to me that's what they looked like Brenda, but you're right. I was just confused about how they were supposed to look/taste. And I felt like in the finale, their showstoppers seemed way less intense than last years wedding cakes, which had to be super fancy?
Mostly I now want to do a lot of baking. And am sad when someone linked to an article about the "new season" starting in the UK that we won't get for like, years. (But I'm too lazy to figure out how to torrent or whatever the kids do to watch foreign tv these days)
Toddson - Aug 17, 2016 4:59:04 am PDT #22968 of 23273
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
If I remember correctly, the wedding cakes from last year (except the winning Frances's) were kind of disappointing. I remember one woman did a stamp with some text about love that she put on the cake. The second one I don't remember, but I do remember Frances doing something both festive and impressive. She always went for the super pretty, sometimes at the expense of the taste ... but she learned better.