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River ,'Objects In Space'


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]


lisah - Mar 01, 2008 7:54:31 am PST #3635 of 23273
Punishingly Intricate

Okay reality tv peoples, can someone explain the Bad Girl's Club to me?? I keep flipping by it and getting sucked in but I don't understand the point of it. Is it a competition???

Or...is that one reality show too far for everyone else?


sumi - Mar 01, 2008 11:02:42 am PST #3636 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!

I read that about Robert Irvine too. Why do people do that? Wasn't his resume impressive enough as it was?


sumi - Mar 01, 2008 11:57:39 am PST #3637 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!

I had wondered why TWOP's Dinner Impossible thread was so active. Somebody linked to this article back on the 18th of February. And they also put up the resume in question.

And Michael Ruhlman and Tony Bourdain nominated him for a "Golden Clog" award:

THE CAT CORA AWARD
For most fame based on least actual culinary achievement

Nominees: Guy Fieri for..."Tex Wasabi?"; Tony Bourdain--"One fucking book. Did this asshole ever work anyplace GOOD?"; Robert Irvine--"Sir Robert? Uh....Maybe not. Prince Charles' wedding cake?...uh...no. White House? Hmmm..not according to Walter Scheib....Five Stars? Who IS this guy? Really?"


Ailleann - Mar 01, 2008 12:17:17 pm PST #3638 of 23273
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda

Ohhhh funny:

THE ALTON
For being on Food Network and yet, somehow managing to Not Suck


brenda m - Mar 01, 2008 5:28:43 pm PST #3639 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

The fact that Bourdain is nominated for a chump award on his own made-up award list is a nice illustration of why he is AWESOME.


Frankenbuddha - Mar 01, 2008 5:59:33 pm PST #3640 of 23273
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

The fact that Bourdain is nominated for a chump award on his own made-up award list is a nice illustration of why he is AWESOME

I think that was hysterical. Go Tony!


Dana - Mar 02, 2008 5:12:04 am PST #3641 of 23273
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

I'm watching whatever cycle of ANTM is running on MTV right now, and OH MY GOD, why is Jade so insane? I've seen the ending bits of this cycle more often, so I remember her exit, as she spouted poetry. But she was just insane from the beginning.


Dana - Mar 02, 2008 5:29:49 am PST #3642 of 23273
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Also, judging from the commercials, Janet Jackson is involved in another round of Making the Band? Why?


sumi - Mar 03, 2008 8:29:43 am PST #3643 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!

Sneak peak of the first quickfire - 9 more days 'til TC4!

(And the sneak doesn't really tell you anything about the QF but I'm guessing pizza! What do you guys think?)


megan walker - Mar 03, 2008 8:42:15 am PST #3644 of 23273
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

I had no idea that TC was coming back so soon, but was looking at the TiVo programming for the upcoming weeks this morning and was super excited to see it listed there.

I wonder if it's a Bertolli-type thing since there was a sign for frozen pizza in the background. Or, is the Top Chef kitchen in an Uno's this season? It seemed that way when they showed the lockers and the "pantry".